Sunday, May 17, 2009

Ultimate Guide - The Summer 2009 TV Season

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. 

Burn Notice Season 3

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:

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.