ABC's summer lineup includes a dating show on which contestants
can't see each other, Mike Judge's new animated comedy and the
return of three canceled dramas.
The network will kick off its summer schedule next month, taking advantage of in-season momentum to launch "The Bachelorette" -- set to bow at 9 p.m. Monday, May 18, before moving to its regular 8 p.m. period -- featuring the previous cycle's Jillian Harris.
"Bachelorette" will be followed by the second season of "Here Come the Newlyweds," which will air at 10 p.m. Mondays starting May 25. The network will replace "Newlyweds" in that slot July 20 with the new "Dating in the Dark," on which couples date without seeing each other.
Also new to ABC is "The Superstars," a six-episode physical-competition series pitting athletes from various sports in events including swimming, biking, running and kayaking. The show is set to bow at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23.
Last summer's breakout hit, "Wipeout," returns at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 and will lead into Judge's newest animated comedy "The Goode Family," about a politically incorrect clan, at 9pm.
The second season of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" will take over that slot July 8, with producers promising more action and fewer behind-the-scenes reality aspects than the previous go-round.
Finally, they'll finish off its former Wednesday lineup at 10 p.m. on summer Saturdays, airing remaining episodes of "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money." "Daisies" returns to the schedule May 30-June 13, "Stone" from June 20-July 11 and "Money" from July 18-Aug. 8.
The network will kick off its summer schedule next month, taking advantage of in-season momentum to launch "The Bachelorette" -- set to bow at 9 p.m. Monday, May 18, before moving to its regular 8 p.m. period -- featuring the previous cycle's Jillian Harris.
"Bachelorette" will be followed by the second season of "Here Come the Newlyweds," which will air at 10 p.m. Mondays starting May 25. The network will replace "Newlyweds" in that slot July 20 with the new "Dating in the Dark," on which couples date without seeing each other.
Also new to ABC is "The Superstars," a six-episode physical-competition series pitting athletes from various sports in events including swimming, biking, running and kayaking. The show is set to bow at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23.
Last summer's breakout hit, "Wipeout," returns at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27 and will lead into Judge's newest animated comedy "The Goode Family," about a politically incorrect clan, at 9pm.
The second season of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" will take over that slot July 8, with producers promising more action and fewer behind-the-scenes reality aspects than the previous go-round.
Finally, they'll finish off its former Wednesday lineup at 10 p.m. on summer Saturdays, airing remaining episodes of "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money." "Daisies" returns to the schedule May 30-June 13, "Stone" from June 20-July 11 and "Money" from July 18-Aug. 8.
source: THR
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