Every May, I get a little bit of post-television depression following a string of season and series finales as the regular 2013-14 television season ends. But then I perk up when I remember it also calls for the return of summer series!
Here’s a list of the return and premiere dates of some of the most anticipated summer shows:
May
- Rosemary’s Baby — Sunday, May 11 on NBC (series premiere)
- Penny Dreadful — Sunday, May 11 on Showtime (series premiere)
- Riot — Tuesday, May 13 on FOX (series premiere)
- The Bachelorette — Monday, May 19 @ 9 p.m. PST on ABC
*Moving to regular time slot of 8 p.m. the following week - Rookie Blue — Monday, May 19 @ 10 p.m. PST on Global
- The Normal Heart — Sunday, May 25 on HBO
- Masterchef — Monday, May 26 on FOX
- The Wil Wheaton Project — Tuesday, May 27 on Syfy
- Extreme Weight Loss — Tuesday, May 27 @ 8 p.m. PST on ABC
- So You Think You Can Dance — Wednesday, May 28 on FOX
- Undateable — Friday, May 30 on NBC (series premiere)
June
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- Mistresses — Monday, June 2 on ABC
- Beauty and the Beast — Monday, June 2 on The CW
- Orange Is the New Black — Friday, June 6 on Netflix
- Pretty Little Liars — Tuesday, June 10 on ABC Family
- Suits — Wednesday, June 11 on Bravo Canada
- Switched At Birth + The Fosters — Monday, June 16 on ABC Family
- The Quest — Thursday, June 19 on ABC (series premiere)
- True Blood — Sunday, June 22 on HBO
- Wipeout — Sunday, June 22 on ABC
- Teen Wolf — Monday, June 23 on MTV
- NY Med — Tuesday, June 24 on ABC
- Big Brother — Wednesday, June 25 on CBS
- Crossbones — Wednesday, June 25 on NBC (series premiere)
- Unforgettable + Reckless — Sunday, June 29 on CBS (Reckless is series premiere)
- The Leftovers — Sunday, June 29 on HBO (series premiere)
- Under The Dome — Monday, June 30 on CBS
July
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- Extant — Wednesday, July 9 on CBS (series premiere)
- Taxi Brooklyn + Welcome to Sweden — Thursday, July 10 on NBC (series premiere)
- Hemlock Grove — Friday, July 11 on Netflix
- Masters of Sex — Sunday, July 13 on Showtime
- The Astronauts Wives Club — Thursday, July 24 on ABC
- Working the Engels + Food Fighters — Tuesday, July 22 (series premiere)