Television Premieres and Notables: June 29-July 5, 2015

Monday, 6/29

Cake Wars; Food. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Teen Wolf; MTV. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Tuesday, 6/30

Zoo; CBS. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
In this adaptation of a novel, animals decide to take back the world.

Scream; MTV. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

The Meltdown With Jonah and Kumail; Comedy Central. 11:30 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 7/1

Extant; CBS. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.


Friday, 7/3

Mysteries at the Monument; Travel. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 7/5

Shark Week; Discovery. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 22-28, 2015

Monday, 6/22

Forged in Fire; History. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A reality competition where four blacksmiths are charged with creating the best weapon.

StarTalk (National Geographic; 10 pm CST). Season Finale.


Tuesday, 6/23

Another Period; Comedy Central. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A mockumentary look at two socialites at the turn of the century.
The 20th Century...


Wednesday, 6/24

Big Brother; CBS. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Suits; USA. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Mr. Robot; USA. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Elliot is a cybersecurity pro who takes it a little further outside work hours when he joins a group of hacktivists.


Thursday, 6/25

Boom! Fox. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A game show where getting an answer wrong means getting sprayed with spaghetti sauce, guacamole, or other things,

Under the Dome; CBS. 8 p CST. Season Premiere.

Graceland; USA. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 6/28

Humans; AMC. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A family buys a high-tech robot to help around the house.

Nurse Jackie (Showtime; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 15-21, 2015

Monday, 6/15

The Making of the Mob: New York; AMC 9 pm CST. eEries Premiere.
Part reenactment, part testimonial, this series looks at the Mob.


Tuesday, 6/16

Tyrant; FX. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

Proof; TNT. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A billionaire offers $10 billion to someone who can prove there is an afterlife.

Clipped; TBS. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A comedy set in a barbershop.


Wednesday, 6/17

Deutschland 83; Sundance. 10 pm CST. Series Premiere.
In 1983, an East German soldier is sent to the West side to be a spy.
(Interesting note: apparently, this is the first German-language series to air on a U.S.network [don't worry, it's subtitled]).


Thursday, 6/18

The Astronaut Wives Club; ABC. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A series centered on the wives of the first (Mercury 7) American astronauts.
Fingers-crossed it's at least half as good as the novel...

Mistresses; ABC. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Complications; USA. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Friday, 6/19

Killjoys; Syfy. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bounty hunters in space!

CollegeHumor's Comedy Music Hall of Fame; IFC. 9 pm CST. Special.
Weird Al Yankovic gets his due...

Catastrophe; Amazon Prime. Streaming. Series Premiere.
Amazon brings this comedy to the States, about a London schoolteacher who has a tryst with an American comic, and a baby is the result.


Saturday, 6/20

Orphan Black (BBC America; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.


Sunday, 6/21

Poldark; PBS. 8 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.
A British Redcoat returns from the Revolutionary War to find that his home and love moved on without him.

True Detective; HBO. 8 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.

The Crimson Field; PBS. 9 pm CST (check local listings). Series Premiere.
A series that follows front-line medics in WWI.

Ballers; HBO. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Dwayne Johnson stars as a former football player who becomes an agent (or something like that) for them.

The Brink; HBO. 9:30 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Tim Robbins and Jack Black star as in this political comedy.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 8-14, 2015

Monday, 6/8

Becoming Us; ABC Family. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A 17 year old man learns his father is a transgender person.



Tuesday, 6/9

Hell's Kitchen (Fox; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

iZombie (CW; 8 pm CST). Season Finale.

Dance Moms; Lifetime. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Younger (TV Land; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.


Thursday, 6/11

Beauty and the Beast; CW. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The Seventies; CNN. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.


Friday, 6/12

Orange is the New Black; Netflix. Streaming. Season Premiere.

Dark Matter; Syfy. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Six characters wake up on a starship with no idea who they are or why they are there.


Saturday, 6/13

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell; CW. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Sunday, 6/14

Silicon Valley (HBO; 9 pm CST). Season Finale.

Veep (HBO; 9:30 pm CST). Season Finale.

Television Premieres and Notables: June 1-7, 2015

Monday, 6/1

So You Think You Can Dance; Fox. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Devious Maids; Lifetime. 8 pm CST. 3rd Season Premiere.

UnREAL; Lifetime. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A scripted series about the behind-the-scenes look at a reality series.

The Whispers; ABC. 9:01 pm CST. Series Premiere.
An invisible entity that only children can see is tricking them into putting adults in life-threatening situations.


Tuesday, 6/2

Community (Yahoo Screen; streaming). Season Finale.
And likely series finale as more and more cast members get roles in new fall TV shows...

Stitchers; ABC Family. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A hacker becomes a part of a government experiment that allows her to become "stitched" into the minds of the recently deceased.

Pretty Little Liars; ABC Family. 9 pm CST. 6th Season Premiere.

Secrets And Wives; Bravo. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Royal Pains; USA. 9:01 pm CST. 7th Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 6/3

Melissa and Joey; ABC Family. 7 pm CST.

Baby Daddy; ABC Family. 7:30 pm CST.

Tia Mowry at Home (Cooking; 8 pm CST). Series Finale.

The Game; BET. 9 pm CST. Final Season Premiere.

Hot in Cleveland (TV Land; 9 pm CST). Series Finale.


Thursday, 6/4

Hannibal; NBC. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Friday, 6/5

Sense8; Netflix. Streaming. Series Premiere.


Saturday, 6/6

100 Things to Do Before High School; Nick. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.

Power; Starz. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 6/7

Food Network Star; Food. 8 pm CST. Season Premiere.

Just in time for Road Construction season...

Television Premieres and Notables: May 25-31, 2015

Monday, 5/25

Texas Rising; History. 8 pm CST. Mini-series Premiere.
Five-part mini about the Alamo starring Bill Paxton, Ray Liotta, and Brendan Fraser.

The Island; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Bear Grylls narrates this reality show where fourteen men are put on an island, and all they have to do is survive.

The Last Alaskans; Animal Planet. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
A series that follows really isolated people in the biggest state in the Union.


Tuesday, 5/26

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader; Fox. 7 pm CST. Season Premiere.

The CW is reairing The Flash from the pilot starting at 7 pm tonight. Looks like one ep a week for the foreseeable future, but the CW commercial during the season finale said it was repeating the entire season over the summer. So should be safe to jump onboard if you want to try it out.
And, if you do try it out, I'll just say that yeah, it is flawed, and it did take some time to find its feet.
But I will also say it's probably the closest comic cook show to the source material there's been in quite some time.
Grant Gustin has just the right balance between earnestness and humor that makes Barry Allen someone to root for. He's not running around saving the city because he has this crushing sense of duty like most of the other DC screen properties have had; he does it because it's the right thing to do.
There are enough forgettable villains of the week, but they did hit some home runs with Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell as Captain Cold and Heatwave, guest stars who were such studs that they'll be a part of next year's DC's Legends of Tomorrow (let's hope they rename it before it airs).
And, finally, the season had a nice build that eventually raced to the finale-- and stuck the landing. So many jaw-droppers the last few episodes, it was impossible to know when to breathe.
So if you have inkling you might enjoy a nice adventure series (even if some of the characters dress up in costumes), give it a try.

I Can Do That; NBC. 9 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Marlon Wayans hosts this show that sounds like a celebrity talent competition.

Knife Fight; Esquire. 9 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Wednesday, 5/27

The Briefcase; CBS. 7 pm CST. Series Premiere.
Families in need of funds get a briefcase full of money.
I am guessing there's more to it..

Bullseye; Fox. 8 pm CST. Series Premiere.


Thursday, 5/28

500 Questions (ABC; 7 pm CST). Season Finale.


Friday, 5/29

Comedy Bang! Bang! IFC. 10 pm CST. Season Premiere.


Sunday, 5/31

Halt and Catch Fire; AMC. 9 pm CST. 2nd Season Premiere.