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Summer TV for June 2011

Summer TV Series and Season Premieres for June 2011

Alice Clair Gunkee
**Denotes a time and/or date change for the program
Dates and times subject to change
Click on resource links at the end of the article for more information on specific programs.


June 1 - June 4, 2011 Summer TV Premieres

Minute to Win It (NBC)
8:00pm, 2nd Season returns June 1, 2011
America's newest favorite wacky game show is back for a second season this summer! Tune in to see what wacky new games will be played for a chance at the big money.

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
8:00pm, 8th Season Premiere June 1, 2011
Dancers show off their skills to become America's Favorite Dancer.

*Franklin & Bash (TNT)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
With a flair for the dramatic in the courtroom, ambulance chasing lawyers Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer) and Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) have caught the eye of Stanton Infield (Malcolm McDowell) the patriarch of one of the top law firms in Los Angeles, Infield Daniels. They are welcomed to the firm with open arms by everyone except Infield's nephew, Damien Karp (Reed Diamond) who has his own ideas for the business. "Franklin & Bash" also stars Dana Davis as Carmen, Kumail Nanjiani as Pindar, and Garcelle Beauvais as Hanna Linden.

*Haunted Collector (SYFY)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
Did you know that spirits and ghosts can inhabit objects such as paintings, dolls, jewelry and even guns? The Zaffis family is paranormal investigators who track down these spooky objects and store them in the family museum.

*Man v. Food Nation (TRAVEL)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
Now that he has mostly conquered America's food challenges, Adam Richman sets out on this quest again. Only this time local people will be standing in for him. Will they be up to the challenge?

*Combat Hospital (ABC)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
Following in the footsteps of the famous M*A*S*H TV show, "Combat Hospital" is based in the war zone of Southern Afghanistan and modeled after the real Canadian-led NATO Role 3 Hospital at the Kandahar Airfield. Colonel Xavier Marks (Elias Koteas) heads the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit. He is supported by Major Rebecca Gordon (Michelle Borth), Captain Bobby Trang (Terry Chen), non-military staffer neurosurgeon Dr. Simon Hill (Luke Mably), psychiatrist Major Grace Pedersen (Deborah Kara Unger), and Chief of Nursing Commander Will Royal (Arnold Pinnock).

Hollywood Treasure (SYFY)
10:00pm, 1st Season returns June 1, 2011
Joe Maddalena is searching for iconic showbiz and pop culture memorabilia. Tune is to see what he will find next.

*Love in the Wild (NBC)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
If you combine the Bachelor/Bachlorette and Survivor what do you get? "Love in the Wild," that's what. 10 single men and 10 single women are thrown together in the Costa Rican jungle where they will try to find that special someone while paddling through crocodile infested waters, battling bats, and zipping through the forest canopy. Sounds real romantic.

Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
10:00pm, 2nd Season returns June 1, 2011
Joe, Terry and Owen (Ray Romano, Scott Bakula, and Andre Braugher) help each other through the trials and tribulations of mid-life (their 40s).

*Sand Masters (TRAVEL)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
Join sand sculpture experts Rusty Croft and Kirk Rademaker and their sand sculpting team which includes Matt Long, Andy Gertler, Sue McGrew and Morgan Rudluff, as they travel the world creating huge sand sculptures for clients.

*The World According to Paris (OXYGEN)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 1, 2011
Get a behind the scenes look at the real Paris Hilton.

*Love Bites (NBC)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 2, 2011
"Love Bites" displays a modern spin on love, sex, marriage and dating. Regulars will include Annie Matopoulos (Becki Newton), a single NY C girl and Colleen & Judd Rouscher (Constance Zimmer & Greg Grunberg) as a happily married Venice Beach couple.

*NY Ink (TLC)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 2, 2011
Ami Brash became famous when "Miami Ink" aired in 2005. Now he is opening a new parlor in the heart of SoHo in an attempt to become the tattoo king of NY.

*The First 48: Missing Persons (A & E)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 2, 2011
It's said that if a person is missing and they are not found in the first 48 hours then chances of finding them are cut in half. Follow the investigators of the Chicago missing persons unit as they respond to more than the 17,000 calls they receive a year.

**Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (ABC)
9:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 3, 2011
Jamie takes his Food Revelation ideas to America hoping they will implement them at home and at school in the hopes of fighting obesity, heart attacks and diabetes.

Whale Wars (ANIMAL PLANET)
9:00pm, 4th Season Premiere June 3, 2011

One brave group (the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) stands between a 750-ton whale killing machine and its prey.

June 5 - June 11, 2011 Summer TV Premieres

Food Network Star (FOOD)
9:00pm, 7th Season Premiere June 5, 2011
Twelve new hungry chefs are competing for the next Food Network title.

Ice Road Truckers (HISTORY)
9:00pm, 5th Season Premiere June 5, 2011
It's not easy driving a big rig across the ice.

Freaky Eaters (TLC)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 5, 2011

The Glades (A & E)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 5, 2011
Chicago Detective Jim Longworth (Matt Passmore) got caught sleeping with the captain's wife and earned himself a transfer to Palm Glade, Florida. Jim tries to slow down the pace in this sleepy little town by working on his golf game and trying to get a date with Callie (Kiele Sanchez) but dead bodies keep showing up in unusual places.

Hot in Cleveland (TV LAND)
10:00pm, 2nd Season returns June 5, 2011
Three LA women (Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves & Wendie Malick) have accidently landed in Cleveland, Ohio and discover they love the laid back life they have found there. Betty White stars as the sassy landlord of the home they are renting and dishes out advice to them unsparingly.

*Mancations (TRAVEL)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 5, 2011
Best friend comedians Evan Mann and Gareth Reynolds are given free rein to find the best American getaways for the guys.

The Real L Word (SHO)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 5, 2011
In this case, "L" is for lesbian. Follow these six females of mainly 30-somethings in their daily lives.

**Masterchef (Fox)
8:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 6, 2011
In MasterChef, Gordon tries to turn amateur chefs into master chefs by putting them through the culinary paces as they go head-to-head in various food challenges. Restaurateur wine maker Joe Bastianich and four-star chef Graham Elliot Bowles will join Chef Ramsay as judges on MasterChef.

*My Yard Goes Disney (HGTV)
8:00pm, Series Premiere June 6, 2011
Lucky homeowners get surprise yard makeovers inspired by Disney Park ideas.

The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC FAMILY)
8:00pm, 4th Season Premiere June 6, 2011
Love, relationships, heartaches, family bonds, and being a teen mom are highlighted on "Secret Life." Amy (Shailene Woodley) and Ricky (Daren Kagasoff) have a baby together. But Amy and Ben (Kenny Baumann) love each other, but there's one snafu '" in an angry moment, Ben slept with Adrian (Francia Raisa), who is Ricky's on-again-off-again girlfriend, and got her pregnant. Anne (Molly Rongwald) is Amy's mother who had a baby soon after Amy did, and is on the outs with her husband. There's a wedding in someone's future. Which couple could it be that's tying the knot?

*House Hunters on Vacation (HGTV)
8:30pm, Series Premiere June 6, 2011
Lucky families are given their choice of which fabulous vacation home they would like to stay in for a week.

*HGTV'd (HGTV)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 6, 2011
HGTV surprises lucky viewers who have wished they would stop by their home to do some work.

*Switched at Birth (ABC FAMILY)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 6, 2011
Two teenage girls, Bay Kennish (Vanessa Marano) and Daphne Vasquez (Katie Leclerc) learn they were switched at birth. One lives with a wealthy family with a brother and 2 parents while the other is deaf with a working-class single mother. Once the switch is discovered, the families have to learn how to get along with each other.

**Masterchef (FOX)
8:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 7, 2011
In MasterChef, Gordon tries to turn amateur chefs into master chefs by putting them through the culinary paces as they go head-to-head in various food challenges. Restaurateur wine maker Joe Bastianich and four-star chef Graham Elliot Bowles will join Chef Ramsay as judges on MasterChef.

**White Collar (USA)
9:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere June 7, 2011
What happens when an FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) takes con artist Neal Caffrey (Matt Boomer) under his wing? Cases suddenly become easier to solve with expertise provided from the "other side" of the law!

Covert Affairs (USA)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 7, 2011
Annie walker (Piper Perabo) is training to be a CIA agent, but a month before her training ends she is suddenly called in to report for duty as a field operative. Her unofficial guide in this new world is Auggie Anderson (Christopher Gorham), a tech ops expert.

*Hook Line and Dinner (COOK)
10:30pm, Series Premiere June 7, 2011
Follow expert fisherman and seafood guru Ben Sargent along America's coastal waterways as he explores local fishing cultures and follows his supper from the sea to the dinner table. Ben also hangs out with the locals exchanging big fishing stories and where to find the best seafood eatery in town.

Locked Up Abroad (NATGEO)
10:00pm, 5th Season Premiere June 8, 2011
Hear stories of people who have gotten locked up out-of-country and how they coped.

Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (SCIENCE)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 8, 2011
Follow the brightest minds and best ideas from the very edges of science '" Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, and more '" to reveal the extraordinary truth of our Universe.

**Color Splash (HGTV)
9:00pm, 9th Season Premiere June 11, 2011
Need some color in your home? David Bromstad is here to help.

June 12 - June 18, 2011 Summer TV Premieres

*The Glee Project (OXYGEN)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 12, 2011
Follow performers as they try out for guest starring roles on the hit TV show "Glee."

*Amsale Girls (WE)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 12, 2011
I learned today that I cannot afford an Amsale gown. According to the synopsis on their website, Amsale wedding gowns go for as much as $75,000. I don't know many people who could afford that, but if you like to pretend to rub elbows with the rich and famous, then this is a show for you.

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!)
10:00pm, 6th Season Premiere June 12, 2011
Keep up! Don't you dare fall behind!

*The Protector (LIFETIME)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 12, 2011
Gloria Sheppard (Ally Walker) is an LAPD homicide detective and divorced mother of two boys, Leo (Thomas Robinson) and Nick (Sage Ryan) who must juggle her professional and personal life.

*Ice Loves Coco (E!)
10:30pm, Series Premiere June 12, 2011
If your into this kind of thing, you can follow the now-married lives of Rapper Ice-T and his glamour and fitness model wife Coco.

*Teen Wolf (MTV)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 13, 2011; Preview June 5 @ 11pm
Scott (Tyler Posey), the teenage werewolf, is back in this classic story reboot from the 70s. Is he more human or wolf?

**Cupcake Wars (FOOD)
8:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere June 14, 2011
Four cupcake bakers face off each week for a chance at $10,000.

**Pretty Little Liars (ABC FAMILY)
8:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 14, 2011
Some of the ugliest secrets in Rosewood belong to the prettiest girls in town.

**Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A & E)
9:00pm, 6th Season Premiere June 14, 2011
Follow the family of KISS's iconic tongue-wagger and his family in their everyday lives.

Memphis Beat (TNT)
9:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 14, 2011
Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) has shaved the moustache and put on a badge in his new role on "Memphis Beat." Lee plays Dwight Hendricks, an Elvis-loving Memphis cop who can protect his town better than anyone else. Joining him on the Memphis force is Lt. Tanya Rice (Alfre Woodard), partner Charlie White (Sam Hennings), and prot©g© Sutton (DJ Qualls).

*The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABC FAMILY)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 14, 2011
Chloe (Skyler Samuels) is mysteriously beginning to develop heightened abilities and soon finds out she is also being followed by a shadowy figure. She learns that she is a part of an ancient race that has been hunted by humans for a long, long time.

HawthoRNe (TNT)
10:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere June 14, 2011
Christina Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith) is the Chief Nursing Officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital; that is she was until she and several coworkers were transferred to the failing James River hospital. Once there Christina does what she does best '" butts heads with those in authority, in this case it is James River's head ER nurse Gail Strummer (Vanessa Bell Caloway).

*Happily Divorced (TV LAND)
10:30pm, Series Premiere June 15, 2011
Los Angeles florist Fran (Fran Drescher) has just found out her husband of 18 years (John Michael Higgins) is gay. Joining the cast is Fran's best friend Judi (Tichina Arnold), her parents Dori & Glen (Rita Morenoand Robert Walden), and her flower delivery boy Cesar (Valente Rodriguez).

*Jon Benjamin Has a Van (COMEDY)
10:30pm, Series Premiere June 15, 2011
In this fake news magazine narrative show, Jon Benjamin brings you unique stories from across America.

Celebrity Ghost Stories (BIO)
9:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere June 18, 2011
Even celebrities see ghosts and have close encounters.

*Outcasts (BBC AMERICA)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 18, 2011
Outcasts Eric Mabius, Liam Cunningham, and Hermione Norris explore the human drive for power, politics and sex in a post-Earth new world.

June 19 - June 25, 2011 Summer TV Premieres

*Falling Skies (TNT)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 19, 2011
It's finally happened. The alien race humans have dubbed Skitters and Mechs have attacked Earth and left most of it incapacitated. Human survivors have bonded to form a resistance group known as 2nd Mass in Boston led by history professor Tom Mason (Noah Wyle). Mason's wife was killed in the first wave attack and one of his 3 sons has been captured by the aliens. "Falling Skies" is executive-produced by Steven Spielberg.

**Hoarders (A&E)
9:00pm, 4th Season Premiere June 20, 2011
People who can't part with any belongings are called hoarders. Hey cannot part with any of their belongings. Even throwing away a piece of trash could be hard for them. This can lead to eviction, their children being removed from their care, divorce or even jail time. An organizer's guidance and professional help may or may not help these hoarders rid themselves of this disease.

**Intervention (A&E)
10:00pm, 11th Season Premiere June 20, 2011
Sometimes people just need a little help from their friends, or a specialists.

**History Detectives (PBS)
8:00pm, 9th Season Premiere June 21, 2011
Hosts Wes Cowen (Auctioneer/Appraiser), Elyse Luray (Appraiser/Art Historian), Gwen Wright (Professor of Architecture/Author/Architectural Advisor), Tukufu Zuberi (Professor of Sociology/Author), and Eduardo Pagan (Professor of History/Author) explore the complexities of historical mysteries.

**Wipeout (ABC)
8:00pm, 4th Season Premiere June 21, 2011
Contestants try their luck on the world's most extreme obstacle course for a chance at big money.

*101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (ABC)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 21, 2011
The loser of the each multiple choice question round will be eliminated in spectacular fashions such as being shot out of a canon or strapped to the wing of a biplane. The winner receives $50,000.

*Staten Island Cakes (WE)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 21, 2011
If you live on Staten Island and need a cake for a special occasion, then Vinny Buzzetta is your go-to guy.

**The Cupcake Girls (WE)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 21, 2011
Best friends and now business partners Heather and Lori are trying to build a cupcake empire.

*Rocco's Dinner Party (BRAVO)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 22, 2011; Preview June 15 @ 11pm)
Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito gives chefs a chance to impress him with their dishes, menus, and party d©cor for a $20,000 prize.

Wipeout (ABC)
8:00pm, 4th Season returns June 23, 2011
Contestants try their luck on the world's most extreme obstacle course for a chance at big money.

**Burn Notice (USA)
9:00pm, 5th Season Premiere June 23, 2011
Michael Weston (Jeffrey Donovan) has been "Burned" by the spy business. The US government has frozen his bank accounts, and flagged him on every government agency list they can find. His new and personal mission is to find out who issued the burn notice on him.

*Expedition Impossible (ABC)
9:00pm, Series Premiere June 23, 2011
Mark Burnett, the Executive Producer of hit reality shows Survivor, The Apprentice and Shark Tank, takes contestants on another wild adventure in "Expedition Impossible: the Kingdom of Morocco." 13 three-person teams will race across deserts, raging rivers, and snow-capped mountains in a 10-leg competition for $50,000 each and a new Ford Explorer.

Futurama (COMEDY)
10:00pm, 7th Season Premiere June 23, 2011
It's 1999 when pizza delivery guy Philip J. Fry is accidently flash-frozen and doesn't wake up until the 31st century. Together with his new robot buddy and love interest Leela, Fry travels the universe discovering strange alien life forms, freaky mutants and intergalactic conspiracies.

**Rookie Blue (ABC)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 23, 2011
Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym) is fresh out of the Police Academy and following in her father's footsteps. Follow Andy as she and 4 other graduates are thrown into the tough streets in their new jobs. Rookie Blue also stars Gregory Smith (Dov Epstein), Charlotte Sullivan (Gail Peck), Enuka Okuma (Traci Nash) and Travis Milne (Chris Diaz).

*Suits (USA)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 23, 2011
A top Manhattan corporate lawyer (Gabriel Macht) needs a hotshot sidekick. Instead of an eager young lawyer, he hires a genius college dropout (Patrick J. Adams) who has a hustlers street smarts and the book smarts of a Harvard law grad.

*Wilfred (FX)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 23, 2011
Ryan (Elijah Wood) forms an unusual relationship with his neighbor's dog, Wilfred (Jason Gann). Everyone around Ryan sees Wilfred as what he is '" a dog. But Ryan sees Wilfred as an Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. (Which brings to thought '" just what kind of meds is Ryan on?)

**Louie (FX)
10:30pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 23, 2011
Louis C.K. is a stand-up comedian who is raising his two daughters singlehandedly.

June 26 - June 30, 2011 Summer TV Premieres

Leverage (TNT)
9:00pm, 4th Season Premiere June 26, 2011
Nate Ford (Timothy Hutton) and his con team are out to settle the scores for those who have been victimized by the wealthy and powerful. A good con team consists of a mastermind (Ford/Hutton), a grifter (Sophie Devereaux/Gina Bellman), a retrieval specialist (Eliot Spencer/Christian Kane), a gadget and technology wizard (Alec Hardison/Aldis Hodge) and a seasoned thief (Parker/Beth Riesgraf).

True Blood (HBO)
9:00pm, 4th Season Premiere June 26, 2011
Vampires have been given a new lease on life with the invention of synthetic blood which takes human blood off their menu, but some people are still leery about walking side-by-side down the street with letting vampires. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is 'Ëœcursed' with the ability to read thoughts and understands the outcast feeling. She also has a thing for the vampire down the street, Bill Compton (Stephen Myer).

**The Marriage Ref (NBC)
10:00pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 26, 2011
If this show is for real (and not scripted), then I do not understand why people would want to air their dirty laundry on national television and let non-professionals assess their lives.

Weeds (SHO)
10:00pm, 7th Season Premiere June 27, 2011
Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) found the grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side of the fence (or south of the border) in her search for true love.

The Big C (SHO)
10:30pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 27, 2011
Laura Linney plays a suburban wife and mom who has just discovered she has the Big C (cancer.) The series follows her as she learns how to use hope and humor to deal with a bad situation. Oliver Platt stars as her husband.

**Melissa & Joey (ABC FAMILY)
8:00pm, 1st Season returns June 29, 2011
Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence star in "Melissa & Joey" where Mel is a local politician who is raising her niece and nephew. Living a hectic political life, she soon discovers she needs help and finds it in the most unlikely place of Joey who becomes their live-in "manny."

*State of Georgia (ABC FAMILY)
8:30pm, Series Premiere June 29, 2011
Georgia (Raven-Symone) is an aspiring actress in New York City. Loretta Devine and Majandra Delfino also star.

Drop Dead Diva (LIFETIME)
9:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere June 29, 2011
A beautiful diva gets a second chance at life in the body of an average, plus-size attorney.

**Royal Pains (USA)
9:00pm, 3rd Season Premiere June 29, 2011
Hank (Mark Feuerstein) and his brother Evan (Paulo Costanzo) have made a place for themselves in the Hamptons with HankMed. But the concierge doctor show is turning into a web of romantic intrigue. Will Divya (Reshma Shetty) go through with her arranged marriage or will she hook up with Evan or Adam? Does Hank have a chance with Jill (Jill Flint) or will Emily (Anastasia Griffith) catch his eye? Pop Eddie Lawson (Henry Winkler) and rich man Boris (Campbell Scott) also return.

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (VH1)
10:00pm, 5th Season Premiere June 29, 2011
Celebrity patients' enter a 21-day intensive program with Dr. Drew with both group and one-on-one therapy and non-traditional therapies like art and music. Assisting Dr. Drew are drug counselor Bob Forrest and resident technician Shelly Sprague who have each spent years on both sides of the rehab fence.

*Necessary Roughness (USA)
10:00pm, Series Premiere June 29, 2011
Callie Thorne plays a divorcee who becomes a therapist for a professional football team. She soon becomes the most sought after therapist in Long Island. Now this single mom of 2 teenagers she must balance her personal and professional life.

**Ugly Americans (COMEDY)
10:30pm, 2nd Season Premiere June 30, 2011
(Animated) Social worker Mark Lilly helps "other" new citizens adapt to life in the big Apple.

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Resources:

Minute to Win It (NBC)
http://www.nbc.com/minute-to-win-it/

So You Think You Can Dance (FOX)
http://www.fox.com/dance/.

*Franklin & Bash (TNT)
http://www.tnt.tv/series/franklinandbash/

*Haunted Collector (SYFY)
http://www.syfy.com/hauntedcollector/

*Man v. Food Nation (TRAVEL)
http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Man_V_Food

*Combat Hospital (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/combat-hospital

Hollywood Treasure (SYFY)
http://www.syfy.com/hollywoodtreasure/

*Love in the Wild (NBC)
http://www.nbc.com/love-in-the-wild/

Men of a Certain Age (TNT)
http://www.tnt.tv/series/menofacertainage/

*Sand Masters (TRAVEL)
http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Sand_Masters/

*The World According to Paris (OXYGEN)
http://the-world-according-to-paris.oxygen.com/

*Love Bites (NBC)
http://www.nbc.com/love-bites/

*NY Ink (TLC)
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/tv/ny-ink

*The First 48: Missing Persons (A & E)
http://www.aetv.com/the-first-48-missing-persons/

**Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/jamie-olivers-food-revolution

Whale Wars (ANIMAL PLANET)
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/

Food Network Star (FOOD)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-next-food-network-star/index.html

Ice Road Truckers (HISTORY)
http://www.history.com/shows/ice-road-truckers

Freaky Eaters (TLC)
http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/freaky-eaters/

The Glades (A & E)
http://www.aetv.com/the-glades/

Hot in Cleveland (TV LAND)
http://www.tvland.com/shows/hot-in-cleveland

*Mancations (TRAVEL)
http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Mancations

The Real L Word (SHO)
http://www.sho.com/site/reallword/home.sho

**Masterchef (Fox)
http://www.fox.com/masterchef/

*My Yard Goes Disney (HGTV)
http://www.hgtv.com/my-yard-goes-disney/show/index.html

The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC FAMILY)
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/secret-life-american-teenager

*House Hunters on Vacation (HGTV)
http://www.hgtv.com/house-hunters-on-vacation/show/index.html

*HGTV'd (HGTV)
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtvd/show/index.html

*Switched at Birth (ABC FAMILY)
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/switched-at-birth

**Masterchef (FOX)
http://www.fox.com/masterchef/

**White Collar (USA)
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/whitecollar/

Covert Affairs (USA)
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/covertaffairs/

*Hook Line and Dinner (COOK)
http://www.cookingchanneltv.com/hook-line-dinner/index.html

Locked Up Abroad (NATGEO)
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/locked-up-abroad/all/Overview

Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (SCIENCE)
http://science.discovery.com/tv/through-the-wormhole/

**Color Splash (HGTV)
http://www.hgtv.com/color-splash/show/index.html

*The Glee Project (OXYGEN)
http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com/

*Amsale Girls (WE)
http://www.wetv.com/shows/amsale-girls

Keeping Up With the Kardashians (E!)
http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/kardashians/index.html

*The Protector (LIFETIME)
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/the-protector

*Ice Loves Coco (E!)
http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/ice_loves_coco/index.html

*Teen Wolf (MTV)
http://www.mtv.com/shows/teen_wolf/series.jhtml

**Cupcake Wars (FOOD)
http://www.foodnetwork.com/cupcake-wars/index.html

**Pretty Little Liars (ABC FAMILY)
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/pretty-little-liars

**Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A & E)
http://www.aetv.com/gene-simmons-family-jewels/

Memphis Beat (TNT)
http://www.tnt.tv/series/memphisbeat/

*The Nine Lives of Chloe King (ABC FAMILY)
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/nine-lives-chloe-king

HawthoRNe (TNT)
http://www.tnt.tv/series/hawthorne/

*Happily Divorced (TV LAND)
http://www.tvland.com/shows/happily-divorced

*Jon Benjamin Has a Van (COMEDY)
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/jon-benjamin-has-a-van/index.jhtml

Celebrity Ghost Stories (BIO)
http://www.biography.com/celebrity-ghost-stories/

*Outcasts (BBC AMERICA)
http://www.bbcamerica.com/comingsoon.jsp

*Falling Skies (TNT)
http://www.tnt.tv/series/fallingskies/

**Hoarders (A&E)
http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/

**Intervention (A&E)
http://www.aetv.com/intervention/index.jsp

**History Detectives (PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/

**Wipeout (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/wipeout

*101 Ways to Leave a Game Show (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/101-ways-to-leave-a-game-show

*Staten Island Cakes (WE)
http://www.wetv.com/shows/staten-island-cakes

**The Cupcake Girls (WE)
http://www.wetv.com/shows/the-cupcake-girls

*Rocco's Dinner Party (BRAVO)
http://www.bravotv.com/roccos-dinner-party

Wipeout (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/wipeout

**Burn Notice (USA)
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/burnnotice/

*Expedition Impossible (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/expedition-impossible

Futurama (COMEDY)
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml

**Rookie Blue (ABC)
http://abc.go.com/shows/rookie-blue

*Suits (USA)
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/suits/

*Wilfred (FX)
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/wilfred/

**Louie (FX)
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/louie/

Leverage (TNT)
http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/

True Blood (HBO)
http://www.hbo.com/#/true-blood

**The Marriage Ref (NBC)
http://www.nbc.com/the-marriage-ref/

Weeds (SHO)
http://www.sho.com/site/weeds/home.sho

The Big C (SHO)
http://www.sho.com/site/thebigc/home.sho

**Melissa & Joey (ABC FAMILY)
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/melissa-joey

*State of Georgia (ABC FAMILY)
http://abcfamily.go.com/shows/state-georgia

Drop Dead Diva (LIFETIME)
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/drop-dead-diva

**Royal Pains (USA)
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/royalpains/

Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew (VH1)
http://www.vh1.com/shows/celebrity_rehab_with_dr_drew/season_4/series.jhtml

*Necessary Roughness (USA)
http://www.usanetwork.com/series/necessaryroughness/

**Ugly Americans (COMEDY)
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/ugly_americans/index.jhtml

Published by Alice Clair Gunkee

Alice Clair has been a Hot 500 contributor for Associated Content and has received the Top 1000 Badge for 2009 and 2010. She has written articles for the local newspaper featuring the soccer league, swim tea...  View profile

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  • Michael Segers6/6/2011

    I'm always impressed/amazed at your encyclopedic articles. I'll bookmark this, so I can return to refer to it during the season.

  • Zack Mandell6/2/2011

    Thanks for putting this together Alice.... definitely have to search for the good TV during summertime

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