The rec.arts.tv FAQ:2005 Summer TV Series:Last updated: October 23, 2005. This version: 8.00c
2005 Summer Series:What follows is the list of shows, by broadcast network, that will be airing first-run (i.e. new, never-before-seen) episodes during the summer of 2005. To keep track of such things, shows that are completely new series are indicated as such, in italics. See also: The 2005 Summer Series - TV Schedule Grid.
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ABC: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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Brat Camp new! Wednesdays, 9:00 pm reality: Uncontrolable teens get sent to
Sagewalk Wilderness Therapy Camp in OR.
Long-term fate unknown...
Complete Savages finished [Finished Airing] sitcom: ABC burning off remaining episodes.
Already cancelled.
Dancing With new! [Finished Airing] reality: Six celebrities paired compete,
the Stars in ballroom dancing.
Already renewed for a 2nd season!
Empire new! [Finished Airing] historical limited series: Octavius' journey
to become Emperor of the Roman Empire.
Completed.
Hooking Up new! [Finished Airing] reality: Follows online daters.
Unlikely to be renewed...
My Kind of Town new! Sundays, 9:00 pm reality: A weekly "celebration" of a small
town with "hilaroius games & prizes".
Effectively cancelled.
The Scholar new! [Finished Airing] reality: High schoolers compete for
college scholarship.
Unlikely to be renewed...
Supernanny returning [Finished Airing] reality: Subject matter is obvious.
Returns Sept. 23.
Welcome to new! [Won't Air!!] reality: Seven families compete
the Neighborhood to win house.
Pulled from the schedule!
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CBS: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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Big Brother (6) returning Tuesdays, 9:00 pm reality: 14 strangers, isolated in
Thursdays, 8:00 pm a house, slowly go insane (virtually),
Saturdays, 8:00 pm as they vote each other out, 1 by 1.
Already renewed for a 7th edition!
The Cut new! Fridays, 9:00 pm reality: contestants compete to join
Tommy Hilfiger.
Unlikely to be renewed...
Fire Me... Please new! [Finished Airing] reality: contestants try to get fired.
Long-term fate unknown...
Rock Star: INXS new! Tuesdays, 10:00 pm American Idol-eque reality: group of
Wednesdays, 9:00 pm singers tries out to become the
[3rd show moved to VH-1] new frontman for Aussie band, INXS.
Long-term fate unknown...
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FOX: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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American Dad continuing Sundays, 9:30 pm animated sitcom from Seth MacFarlane:
Dad is also CIA agent.
New episodes air in Summer.
Returns Sept. 11.
Family Guy continuing Sundays, 9:00 pm animated sitcom from Seth MacFarlane:
Odd family.
New episodes air in Summer.
Returns Sept. 11.
Hell's Kitchen new! [Finished Airing] reality: Culinary boot camp headed
by chef Gordon Ramsay.
Already renewed for a 2nd season!
The Inside new! [No Longer Airing!] procedural drama: Rachel Nichols plays
rookie to FBI's Violent Crimes Unit;
Also stars: Adam Baldwin, Peter Coyote.
Effectively cancelled.
Life on a Stick returning [Unlikely to Air] sitcom: FOX brings back food-service
comedy to "burn off" remaining episodes.
Pulled from schedule - cancelled.
The Princes of Malibu new! [No Longer Airing!] reality: Free-wheeling adult brothers live
at home with stepdad David Foster.
Pulled - moved to FOX Reality channel.
Renovate My Family returning Mondays, 8:00 pm reality: FOX's answer to ABC's Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition.
Cancelled?...
So You Think You new! Wednesdays, 8:00 pm reality: Competition to find
Can Dance "the nation's best dancer".
Likely to return.
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NBC: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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Average Joe 4 returning [Finished Airing] reality: "Average Joes" compete for
"beauty". Again.
Renewal status unknown...
Hit Me Baby new! [Finished Airing] reality: Former chart-topping singers
One More Time sing new tunes in competition.
Long-term fate unknown...
I Want to Be new! [Finished Airing] reality: Paris' mom Kathy oversees
a Hilton contestants wanting the "high life".
Unlikely to be renewed...
The Law Firm new! [No Longer Airing!] reality from David E. Kelley: Real
lawyers compete with real cases.
Pulled from the schedule!
Meet Mr. Mom new! Wednesdays, 8:00 pm reality: Dads are left "to deal"
while Moms are sent on vacations.
Unlikely to be renewed...
Tommy Lee Goes new! Tuesdays, 9:00 pm reality: Rocker Tommy Lee tries
to College out collegiate life.
Long-term fate unknown...
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UPN: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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The Bad Girl's Guide new! [Finished Airing] sitcom: Jenny McCarthy and 2 friends
live by their own set of rules.
Effectively cancelled.
Britney and Kevin: new! [Finished Airing] reality: Follows newlyweds Britney Spears
Chaotic & Kevin Federline.
Completed/Effectively cancelled.
R U the Girl with new! Wednesdays, 8:00 pm reality: Former memebrs of _TLC_ stage
T-Box and Chilli search for new member of the trio.
Completed.
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WBN: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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Beauty and the Geek new! [Finished Airing] reality: WBN does Average Joe-redux.
Already renewed for a 2nd season.
Summerland returning [Finished Airing] family drama: Lori Loughlin's cloying
brood returns to finish season #2.
Already cancelled; now reruns will air.
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Others (e.g. cable) - author's choice: |
Summer Series show status Airing Time Series Description
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The 4400 (USA) returning Sundays, 9:00 pm sci-fi drama: 4400 hundred people, who
were mysteriously abducted over the
years, return, with special powers.
Already renewed for a 3rd season!
Battlestar returning Fridays, 10:00 pm sci-fi drama: "Reimagining" of BG continues
Galactica (SCI-FI) in the new 2nd season.
Returns Jan. '06.
Beach Girls new! Sundays, 8:00 pm limited drama series: Explores the friendship
(LIFETIME) of three teenage girls as they grow up
while summering in a beach town.
Stars: Rob Lowe, Julia Ormond.
Completed.
Beautiful People new! Mondays, 9:00 pm drama: The story of the Kerr family - three
(ABC Family) dynamic women in transitional periods
of their lives. Stars: Daphne Zuniga.
Already renewed for a 2nd season!
The Closer (TNT) new! Mondays, 9:00 pm cop drama: Kyra Sedgwick plays CIA-trained
detective in LA's Priority Murder Squad.
Renewed for season #2!
The Combeack (HBO) new! Sundays, 9:30 pm comedy: Lisa Kudrow's new show.
Cancelled.
The Dead Zone (USA) returning Sundays, 10:00 pm supernatural drama based on Stephen King:
Johnny Smith, and his visions of
the future, are back for season #4.
Returns Jan. '06.
Entourage (HBO) returning Sundays, 9:00 pm showbiz comedy: Returns for season #2.
Already renewed for a 3rd season!
Into the West (TNT) new! [Finished Airing] limited series: Pioneers settle the "West".
Completed.
Missing (LIFETIME) returning Sundays, 10:00 pm (skiffy) drama: Psychic FBI agent and her
partner are back for season #3.
Returns Jan. '06.
Monk (USA) returning Fridays, 10:00 pm cop drama/mystery: USA airs Monk's
4th season.
Returns Jan. '06.
Over There (FX) new! Wednesdays, 10:00 pm military drama: About soldiers in Iraq,
and their families back home.
Expected to be renewed...
Reno 911! (COMEDY) returning Tuesdays, 10:00 pm improv comedy: The wacky hijinks of
the Reno police squad continues
into season #3.
Long-term fate unknown...
Rescue Me (FX) returning Tuesdays, 10:00 pm drama: Dennis Leary's show about firemen
continues into season #2.
Already renewed for a 3rd season!
Six Feet Under (HBO) returning Mondays, 9:00 pm drama: 6th and final season.
Completed series run.
Stargate: Atlantis returning Fridays, 9:00 pm sci-fi drama: Stargate spin-off conintues
(SCI-FI) into season #2.
Returns Jan. '06.
Stargate: SG-1 returning Fridays, 8:00 pm sci-fi drama: SG-1 continues into season #8
(SCI-FI) with Benjamin Browder, and without
Richard Dean Anderson.
Returns Jan. '06.
Strong Medicine returning Sundays, 9:00 pm medical drama: Patricia Richardson is out,
(LIFETIME) and Rick Schroder is in, as Rosa Blasi's
new partner, for season #6.
Returns Jan. '06.
Wanted (TNT) new! Sundays, 10:00 pm cop drama: Various law enforcement
agencies form a covert strike force.
Stars: Gary Cole, Karen Silas.
Returns Dec. '05.
Wildfire (ABC Family) new! Mondays, 8:00 pm drama: After serving time at a teen
detention center, an 18-year old girl
starts over working at a horse ranch.
Returns Jan. '06(?).
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