Remember when summer meant nothing more than reruns and everyone ignored the TV set except to watch the occasional baseball game or tornado weather report (okay that tornado thing is probably just me here in KC)? Partially because of DVRs and partially because we just watch more TV summer has become a third TV season.
This Wednesday night's over-hyped "American Idol" finale really marks the end of the winter/spring 2009 TV season. And for many of us (me included) the time to catch up on many of those shows we recorded and haven't watched is here. But these days there are plenty of premiering TV shows for the summer - some decent and many not worth watching.
As I've done in past years, I have all of the returning and new summer 2009 TV shows listed out for you along with a printable Guide to all of the shows:
Free Printable PDF Guides for the Summer 2009 TV Season:
- Summer 2009 TV Premiere Guide - by Premiere/Airing Date (NOTE: Updated to version 3 6/02/2009 with several additions - those crazy TV Networks keep changing their minds.
NOTE: New Series and Specials are in Bold
Premiere Date | Day | Time (Eastern pm) | Network | Season Premiere | Title |
5/17/2009 | Sun | 10 | COMEDY | SP | Comedy Central: Dane Cook |
5/18/2009 | Mon | 9 | ABC | 5 | Bachelorette |
5/19/2009 | Tue | 9 | Fox | 1 | Glee |
5/21/2009 | Thu | 8 | Fox | 5 | So You Think You Can Dance |
5/22/2009 | Fri | 8 | FOX | * | Don't Forget the Lyrics! |
5/25/2009 | Mon | 9 | TLC | 1 | Jon & Kate Plus 8 |
5/25/2009 | Mon | 9 | A&E | 7 | Intervention |
5/25/2009 | Mon | 10 | ABC | 2 | Here Come the Newlyweds |
5/25/2009 | Mon | 9:13 | TLC | 1 | Cake Boss |
5/26/2009 | Tue | 9 | BBCA | ? | The Appretice (UK) |
5/26/2009 | Tue | 9 | CW | 1 | Hitched or Ditched |
5/26/2009 | Tue | 9 | FOX | 1 | Mental |
5/26/2009 | Tue | 10 | TLC | 1 | The Little Couple |
5/27/2009 | Wed | 8 | ABC | 2 | Wipeout |
5/27/2009 | Wed | 9 | ABC | 1 | Goode Family |
5/29/2009 | Fri | 10 | TLC | ? | What Not to Wear |
5/30/2009 | Sat | 10 | LIFE | SP | Maneater |
5/30/2009 | Sat | 10 | ABC | * | Pushing Daisies |
6/1/2009 | Mon | 8 | NBC | 1 | I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! |
6/2/2009 | Tue | 9 | ABC | SP | ABC News Special: Earth 2100 |
6/2/2009 | Tue | 9:30 | SUNDANC | 1 | Is Your House Killing You? |
6/2/2009 | Tue | 10 | NBC | 1 | Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien |
6/2/2009 | Tue | 10 | DISC | SP | Man vs. Wild: Will Ferrell Special |
6/3/2009 | Wed | 11 | HGTV | 1 | Man Land |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 8 | ABC | SP | ABC Sports Special: Jimmy Kimmel Live |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 8:30 | ABC | SP | ABC Sports Special: NBA Countdown |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 9 | ABC | SP | ABC Sports Special: NBA Finals, Game 1 |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 9 | USA | 3 | Burn Notice |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 10 | NBC | 1 | Listener, The |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 10 | USA | 1 | Royal Pains |
6/4/2009 | Thu | 10 | COMEDY | 1 | Tosh.0 |
6/5/2009 | Fri | 8 | NBC | SP | NBC Sports Special: Stanley Cup Finals |
6/5/2009 | Fri | 9 | TRAVEL | 2 | Ghost Adventures |
6/5/2009 | Fri | 10 | ANIMAL | 2 | Whale Wars |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 8 | CBS | SP | Tony Awards, 63rd |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 8 | DISC | SP | Discovery Special: The Sun |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 9 | A&E | 4 | Gene Simmons Family Jewels |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 9 | FOOD | 5 | Next Food Network Star |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 9 | WE | 6 | Bridezillas |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 9 | DISC | SP | Discovery Special: Inside Planet Earth |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 10 | LIFE | 3 | Army Wives |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 10 | VH1 | 2 | Brooke Knows Best |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 10 | E! | 1 | Kendra |
6/7/2009 | Sun | 10:30 | E! | 2 | Denise Richards: It's Complicated |
6/8/2009 | Mon | 8 | NBC | * | Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
6/8/2009 | Mon | 9 | TNT | 5 | Closer |
6/8/2009 | Mon | 10 | TNT | 2 | Raising the Bar |
6/8/2009 | Mon | 10 | BRAVO | 5 | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List |
6/8/2009 | Mon | 10 | SHOW | 5 | Weeds |
6/8/2009 | Mon | 10:30 | SHOW | 1 | Nurse Jackie |
6/10/2009 | Wed | 10 | BRAVO | 1 | Top Chef Masters |
6/13/2009 | Sat | 8 | NBC | * | Kings |
6/14/2009 | Sun | 9 | HBO | 2 | True Blood |
6/15/2009 | Mon | 9 | A&E | 2 | Cleaner, The |
6/16/2009 | Tue | ? | ABC | * | Cupid |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 8 | CMT | SP | 2009 CMT Music Awards |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 8 | TNT | 1 | Wedding Day |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 9 | A&E | ? | First 48, The |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 9 | TNT | 1 | Hawthorn |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 10 | CMT | 2 | Singing Bee |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 10 | TNT | 3 | Saving Grace |
6/16/2009 | Tue | 11 | Bravo | 1 | NYC Prep |
6/17/2009 | Wed | 9 | BBCA | 1 | Gordan Ramsay's F Word |
6/19/2009 | Fri | 8 | NBC | * | Chopping Block, The |
6/20/2009 | Sat | 10 | ABC | * | Eli Stone |
6/21/2009 | Sun | 8 | NBC | 1 | Merlin |
6/21/2009 | Sun | 8 | ABC | SP | Impact |
6/22/2009 | Mon | 8 | ABC FAM | 2 | Secret Life of the American Teenager |
6/22/2009 | Mon | 9 | ABC FAM | 1 | Make It or Break It |
6/23/2009 | Tue | 8 | ABC | 1 | Superstars |
6/23/2009 | Tue | 9 | NBC | 4 | America's Got Talent |
6/24/2009 | Wed | 10 | NBC | 1 | Philanthropist |
6/24/2009 | Wed | 10 | SHOW | 7 | Penn & Teller |
6/25/2009 | Thu | 8 | ABC | * | Samantha Who? |
6/25/2009 | Thu | 8:30 | ABC | * | In the Motherhood |
6/26/2009 | Fri | 8 | FOX | * | Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader |
6/26/2009 | Fri | 9 | CMT | SP | CMT Crossroads: Bryan Adams & Jason Aldean |
6/26/2009 | Fri | 10 | TBS | SP | Let Freedom Hum: Martin Short |
6/28/2009 | Sun | 9 | DISC | SP | Discovery Special: Prehistoric New York |
6/28/2009 | Sun | 10 | HBO | 1 | Hung |
7/1/2009 | Wed | 8 | NBC | 1 | Great American Road Trip |
7/4/2009 | Sat | 9 | FOX | 1* | Virtuality |
7/7/2009 | Tue | 8 | ABC FAM | 1 | 10 Things I Hate About You |
7/7/2009 | Tue | 9 | CW | 1 | Blonde Charity Mafia |
7/7/2009 | Tue | 10 | SYFI | 1 | Warehouse 13 |
7/8/2009 | Wed | 9 | ABC | 2 | I Survived a Japanese Game Show |
7/8/2009 | Wed | 9 | SYFI | 2 | Ghost Hunters Intl |
7/9/2009 | Thu | 8 | CBS | ? | Big Brother |
7/10/2009 | Fri | 9 | SYFI | 3 | Eureka |
7/12/2009 | Sun | 9 | NBC | SP | Meteor |
7/15/2009 | Wed | 9 | TNT | 2 | Leverage |
7/15/2009 | Wed | 10 | TNT | 1 | Dark Blue |
7/15/2009 | Wed | 10:30 | COMEDY | 1 | Mike & Michael Have Issues |
7/18/2009 | Sat | 10 | ABC | * | Dirty Sexy Money |
7/19/2009 | Sun | 9 | ESPN | SP | ESPYs, The |
7/19/2009 | Sun | 9 | LIFE | 1 | Drop Dead Diva |
7/19/2009 | Sun | 10 | HGTV | 4 | HGTV Design Star |
7/20/2009 | Mon | 10 | ABC | 1 | Dating in the Dark |
7/21/2009 | Tue | 8 | FOX | 6 | Hell's Kitchen |
7/21/2009 | Tue | 8:30 | ABC FAM | 1 | Ruby & the Rockits |
7/26/2009 | Sun | 9 | NBC | SP | Storm, The |
7/28/2009 | Tue | 9 | FOX | 1 | More to Love |
7/29/2009 | Wed | 9 | FOX | * | Moment of Truth, the |
8/4/2009 | Tue | 9 | ABC FAM | 4 | Lincoln Heights |
8/6/2009 | Thu | 10 | MTV | 2 | Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew |
8/9/2009 | Sun | 8 | ABC | 4 | Who Wants to be a Millionaire |
8/10/2009 | Mon | 8 | FOX | SP | Teen Choice Awards |
8/12/2009 | Wed | 10 | TV Land | 1 | How'd You Get So Rich? |
8/12/2009 | Wed | 10:30 | TV Land | 1 | Make My Day |
8/19/2009 | Wed | 9 | SyFy | ? | Ghost Hunters |
8/20/2009 | Thu | 10 | LIFE | 6 | Project Runway |
8/20/2009 | Thu | 10:30 | LIFE | 1 | Models of the Runway |
8/23/2009 | Sun | 9 | NBC | SP | Miss Universe Pageant, 58th |
8/31/2009 | Mon | 9 | ABC FAM | 3 | Greek |
Throughout the summer season, I'll post previews of the new premieres for the week each Sunday along with commentary and a synopsis of the shows.
If you notice anything I missed or a date/time that is off (they tend to change these more often then I can keep track) let me know in the comments.