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The Andromeda Strain 40
A&E, 5/26

Recount 66
HBO, 5/25

 

Upcoming & Recent Series Premieres

Swingtown 49
CBS, Thursday

Fear Itself 52
NBC, Thursday

In Plain Sight 56
USA, Sunday


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The summer season schedule is here!

View the networks' summer season primetime schedule. See a listing of premiere dates for each show.


Premieres for Thursday 6/05

Series Premiere

Fear Itself

NBC | Thursday | 10:00p

The producers of Masters of Horrors are back with another anthology of thrillers written and/or directed by such names as John Landis, Darren Bousman, Breck Eisner, Stuart Gordon, Mary Harron, and Ronny Yu.

Series Premiere

Swingtown

CBS | Thursday | 10:00p

CBS attempts to turn up the heat with a drama about three couples in suburban Chicago who experience the cultural revolution of the 1970s.


Premieres for Sunday 6/01

Series Premiere

In Plain Sight

USA | Sunday | 10:00p

Following the trend of tough-talking female law-enforcement cable series such as TNT's "Saving Grace" and "The Closer," USA Network serves up Mary McCormack as U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon, who helps those in the witness-protection program.


Premieres for Monday 5/26

Series Premiere

The Andromeda Strain

A&E; | Monday-Tuesday | 9:00p

Michael Crichton's novel, which involves a deadly disease that is unleashed when a satellite crashes into a small town, is remade again, this time as a miniseries.


Premieres for Sunday 5/25

Movie Premiere

Recount

HBO | Sunday | 9:00p

The hanging chad is recounted in HBO's TV movie featuring Kevin Spacey, Denis Leary, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson, Ed Begley Jr., and Laura Dern.


Premieres for Wednesday 4/30

Series Premiere

Farmer Wants a Wife

CW | Wednesdays | 9:00p

CW does "The Bachelor" country style as ten city girls look to win farmer Matt's affection.


Premieres for Sunday 4/27

Series Premiere

Carrier

PBS | Sunday-Thursday | 9:00p

The documentary series follows the lives of those who live and work on the U.S.S. Nimitz.


Premieres for Sunday 4/20

Movie Premiere

My Boy Jack

PBS | Sundays | 9:00p

An adaptation of David Haig's play about the impact the death of Rudyard Kipling's son (Daniel Radcliffe) had on the poet.


Premieres for Friday 4/11

Series Premiere

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Sci-Fi | Fridays | 8:00p

The life involving aliens isn't that far behind Sarah Jane as she continues to investigate with the help from three kids.


Premieres for Friday 4/04

Season Premiere

Battlestar Galactica: Season Four

Sci-Fi | Fridays | 10:00p

The final season picks up from last season's revelations of Cyclons amongst the crew.


Premieres for Sunday 3/30

Movie Premiere

Sense and Sensibility

PBS | Sundays | 9:00p

PBS's concludes its Jane Austen series with a new BBC adaptation of the Dashwood sisters' views of love and marriage.

Season Premiere

The Tudors: Season Two

Showtime | Sundays | 9:00p

Henry and Anne are king and queen, but this stops neither Henry's roving eye nor his suspicion of those closest to him.

Series Premiere

Tracey Ullman's State of the Union

Showtime | Sundays | 10:00p

The English comedienne returns to cable television in a sketch-comedy series.


Premieres for Tuesday 3/18

Series Premiere

Miss/Guided

ABC | Thursdays | 8:00p

A guidance counselor returns to work at her old high school. Ashton Kutcher guest stars as a teacher in episode two.

Season Premiere

The Riches: Season Two

FX | Tuesdays | 10:00p

The Molloys' find their identies as the Rich's threatened by Dahlia's urge to leave their scheme in this strike shortened season.


Premieres for Sunday 3/16

Miniseries Premiere

John Adams

HBO | Sundays | 8:00p

The seven-part miniseries on the life of the second US president is based on the book by David McCullough.


Premieres for Friday 3/14

Series Premiere

The Return of Jezebel James

Fox | Fridays | 8:30p

The comedy about sisters and surrogacy has the critics wishing to return it to sender.


Premieres for Wednesday 3/12

Series Premiere

Lewis Black's Root of All Evil

Comedy Central | Wednesdays | 10:30p

Comedians debate pop culture subjects with The Daily Show's Lewis Black as the judge.


Premieres for Monday 3/10

Series Premiere

Canterbury's Law

Fox | Mondays | 8:00p

It's heads she wins for Margulies as the take-no-prisoners lawyer, but the cases look like losing tales to the critics.

Series Premiere

High School Confidential

Fox | Mondays | 10:00p

Life is not a musical for the 12 Kansas teenagers in the eight-episode long documentary.


Premieres for Tuesday 3/04

Series Premiere

New Amsterdam

Fox | Mondays | 9:00p

Will this supernatural drama about a New York detective seeking his true love to break his curse of immortality live on?


Premieres for Sunday 3/02

Series Premiere

Oprah's Big Give

ABC | Sunday | 9:00p

Some critics have misgivings about a show judging contestants on how they used money to help people.

Series Premiere

Unhitched

Fox | Sundays | 9:30p

Is the comedy about a group of single-again 30-somethings in Boston fun and funnier or just unfunny?


Premieres for Tuesday 2/26

Series Premiere

quarterlife

NBC | Sundays | 9:00p

The MySpace show about 20-somethings moves up to network television.


Premieres for Monday 2/25

Movie Premiere

A Raisin in the Sun

ABC | Monday | 8:00p

Phylicia Rashad along with most of the Broadway cast shine in this TV revival of the award-winning play.


Premieres for Tuesday 2/12

Season Premiere

Jericho: Season Two

CBS | Tuesdays | 10:00p

The townspeople try to rebuild after the nuclear war as the show returns from the ashes of cancellation.


Premieres for Tuesday 2/07

Series Premiere

Lipstick Jungle

NBC| Thursdays | 10:00p

This adaptation of Candace Bushnell's book of the same name treads the same familiar grounds of her other big hit, "Sex in the City."


Premieres for Monday 2/04

Series Premiere

Welcome to The Captain

CBS | Monday | 8:30p

The comings and goings of the wacky residents of The Captain, a famous Hollywood apartment building.


Premieres for Thursday 1/31

Season Premiere

Lost: Season Four

ABC | Thursday | 9:00p

After a peek at the future last year, season four aims to show how our lost passengers find their way off the island.

Series Premiere

Eli Stone

ABC | Thursday | 10:00p

A San Francisco lawyer begins seeing and hearing unusual things, including George Michael.


Premieres for Monday 1/28

Series Premiere

In Treatment

HBO | Mon-Fri | 9:30p

A look into therapist Paul Weston's (Gabriel Byrne) practice along with his own sessions with a psychologist.


Premieres for Saturday 1/26

Season Premiere

Torchwood

BBC America | Saturday | 9:00p

Captain Jack and crew return for their second season, with James Marsters and Alan Dale among the guest stars.


Premieres for Sunday 1/20

Season Premiere

Breaking Bad

AMC | Sundays | 10:00p

After hearing bad news, a chemistry teacher decides to start a Meth lab.


Premieres for Sunday 1/13

Series Premiere

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Fox | Mondays | 9:00p

The action drama picks up two years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Note: All times are ET unless otherwise noted.

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