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The Exterminators 57
A&E, Wednesday

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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 Sunday 8/24

Series Premiere

Z Rock

IFC | Sunday | 11:30p

IFC brings its own real rock-band comedy with the Zo2 trio, who play the children's party circuit by day and rock music by night.


Premieres for Thursday 8/21

Series Premiere

The Principal's Office

truTV | Thursday | 9:00p

A look at the job of principal in different high schools across the country.

Series Premiere

Tabatha's Salon Takeover

Bravo | Thursday | 10:00p

"Shear Genius" contestant Tabatha Coffey brings her scissor-like tongue to help save some beauty salons.

Series Premiere

The Cho Show

VH-1 | Thursday | 11:00p

Comedian Margaret Cho shows her day-to-day life on this VH-1 reality show.


Premieres for Monday 8/18

Movie Premiere

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

HBO | Monday | 9:00p

A rather short documentary from HBO about long-time White House reporter Helen Thomas.


Premieres for Sunday 8/17

Series Premiere

Skins

BBC America | Sunday | 9:00p

The Brits import their sometimes racy and edgy nighttime teen drama about a group of young teens in Bristol to our shores.


Premieres for Monday 8/11

Movie Premiere

The American Mall

MTV | Monday | 9:00p

MTV jumps into the musical genre again with its own "High School Musical" tween romance set in the mall.


Premieres for Saturday 8/9

Series Premiere

Primeval

BBC America | Saturday | 9:00p

After being contacted by the government to investigate strange happenings in the forest, a group of scientists discover that dinosaurs are coming to Earth.

Movie Premiere

True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet

Lifetime | Saturday | 9:00p

Hollywood actress Morgan Carter (Joanna "JoJo" Levesque) is sent to her aunt's (Valerie Bertinelli) house in Indiana to recover after a near overdose in this adaptation of Lola Douglas' novel.


Premieres for Thursday 8/7

Movie Premiere

Larry Flynt: The Right to be Left Alone

IFC | Thursday | 9:00p

The documentary focuses on the life of the "Hustler" publisher and his battle for his First Amendment right to publish the magazine.


Premieres for Sunday 7/27

Season Premiere

Mad Men: Season Two

AMC | Sunday | 10:00p

The second season of the multi-Emmy-nominated series picks up two years ahead in 1962 where the questions left hanging in season one are slowly answered.


Premieres for Wednesday 7/23

Series Premiere

Sordid Lives: The Series

Logo | Wednesday | 10:00p

Del Shores' movie and stage show about a Texan family moves to the small screen with Rue McClanahan as the family matriarch who takes in the town bar singer played by Olivia Newton-John.


Premieres for Monday 7/21

Special Premiere

Heidi Fleiss: The Would-Be Madam of Crystal

HBO | Monday | 9:00p

Cameras follow Heidi Fleiss as she tries to set up her own male brothel in Nevada.

Series Premiere

Date My Ex: Jo & Slade

Bravo | Monday | 10:00p

Jo De La Rosa from "The Real Housewives of Orange County" seeks a new boyfriend with the help of her ex-fiancé, Slade.


Premieres for Tuesday 7/15

Series Premiere

The Cleaner

A&E;| Tuesday | 10:00p

William Banks (Benjamin Bratt) is a former drug addict out to help those addicted in this drama based in part on the life of William Boyd.


Premieres for Monday 7/14

Season Premiere

The Closer: Season Four

TNT | Monday | 9:00p

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is on the job again for the fourth season, but after selling her house, she's living in an apartment that doesn't allow cats.

Season Premiere

Saving Grace: Season Two

TNT | Monday | 10:00p

Grace explores her guilt over her sister's death in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in the second season.


Premieres for Sunday 7/13

Miniseries Premiere

Generation Kill

HBO | Sunday | 9:00p

The Wire's David Simon produces this seven-part miniseries about the 2003 war on Iraq through the eyes of one Marine unit.


Premieres for Friday 7/11

Series Premiere

Flashpoint

CBS | Friday | 10:00p

The Canadian series about a specialized unit used to dealing with urgent situations is based on the Emergency Task Force in Toronto.


Premieres for Thursday 7/10

Series Premiere

Greatest American Dog

CBS | Thursday | 8:00p

Dogs and their owners compete in different games to win the title of "Greatest American Dog" and $250,000.

Season Premiere

Burn Notice: Season Two

USA | Thursday | 10:00p

Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) has a new handler in the form of the mysterious Carla (Tricia Helfer).


Premieres for Wednesday 7/09

Series Premiere

Koppel on Discovery: The People's Republic of Capitalism

Discovery | Wednesday | 10:00p

The veteran reporter explores China's new economy and its impact on the U.S. as part of the Koppel on Discovery documentary series.


Premieres for Tuesday 7/01

Series Premiere

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

ABC Family | Tuesday | 8:00p

Molly Ringwald stars as a mom to a pregnant teenager in the ABC Family series by the creator of "7th Heaven" and "Blossom."


Premieres for Sunday 6/29

Series Premiere

Factory

Spike | Sunday | 9:00p

This comedy features four guys who work at a factory and stars its creator Mitch Rouse.


Premieres for Thursday 6/26

Series Premiere

Hopkins

ABC | Thursday | 10:00p

ABC returns to expand on its "Hopkins 24/7" documentary with a six-episode series about the lives of the doctors and the people they treat at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital.


Premieres for Wednesday 6/25

Series Premiere

The Baby Borrowers

NBC | Wednesday | 8:00p

The remake of the British reality series looks at how young couples cope when given children (and, later, elderly people) to care for.


Premieres for Tuesday 6/24

Series Premiere

Wipeout

ABC | Wednesday | 8:00p

Contestants race through a huge obstacle course hoping not to fall into mud for a $50,000 prize.

Series Premiere

I Survived a Japanese Game Show

ABC | Wednesday | 9:00p

Contestants are flown to Japan to compete in a variety of competitions based on real Japanese game shows.


Premieres for Sunday 6/22

Series Premiere

Inspector Lewis: Series One

PBS | Sunday | 9:00p

Partnered with a new detective named James Hathaway (Laurence Fox), Robbie Lewis finds himself the lead detective now that his mentor/partner, Inspector Morse, has passed away.


Premieres for Friday 6/20

Movie Premiere

Camp Rock

Disney | Friday | 8:00p

The Disney channel launches its newest tweener musical, this time set in a rock-music camp featuring the Jonas Brothers.


Premieres for Monday 6/16

Series Premiere

The Middleman

ABC Family | Monday | 8:00p

In this adaptation of the Viper Comics graphic novel, Wendy Watson is a temp who finds herself recruited by a man called The Middleman to help stop creatures and criminals.

Season Premiere

Weeds: Season Four

Showtime | Mondays | 10:00p

Nancy (Mary-Louise Parker) has relocated to her father-in-law's (Albert Brooks) house near the Mexican border after her own burned down last season.

Series Premiere

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

Showtime | Mondays | 10:30p

The British dramatic series is based on the real-life situations of a London escort.


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.

Note: All times are ET unless otherwise noted.

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