We are
not including everything, because some stuff looks bad, but here are some important shows and dates that we will/might/could look forward too.
- So You
Think You Can Dance - Tonight. This
reality competition has been running for a long time, and it’s a favorite of
Leeard’s
- Rookie
Blue - Tonight. Leeard loves this cop drama, and its third season is just now starting.
- Workaholics -
May 29. This
show is in its third season, and you can check out episodes on Instant Netflix.
Three guy friends got this show based off of shorts they made about their
partying, sad lives. It’s actually pretty funny, if for a very narrow crowd.
- Melissa & Joey - May 30. The second season of this show is (inexplicably) happening this summer. Leeard watches it (don't judge) for strictly nostalgic reasons.
- Breaking
Pointe - May 31. This
is a documentary series following a real-life ballet company. We love ballet,
so this should be good. Maybe there will be some drama to go with it.
- Drop
Dead Diva - June 3. Leeard
watches this Lifetime body-swap show, which is starting its third season this
year.
- The
Glades - June 3. Yes,
this is still on. And Leeard is still watching.
- Longmire -
June 3. A new
show that’s a modern take on Westerns and crime thrillers. It could be right up
Ern’s alley (Deadwood, Justified, Breaking Bad), or it
could be lame.
- Teen
Wolf - June 3. Season
two of this underrated MTV show begins. Leeard likes it and Ern is still considering catching up. Maybe.
- Pretty
Little Liars - June 5. Season
three starts and we wouldn’t miss it for the world. The previews look
fantastic, and we expect nothing less from this wonderful show.
- Jane
By Design - June 5. Ern to
Leeard: Do you still watch this show? Leeard: Duh
- Rizzoli
and Isles - June 5. This
show is starting its third season. Leeard watches it, because she's a sucker for police procedurals. (Ern sidenote: Then watch Southland, dammit.)
- Franklin
and Bash - June 5. Season
two premiere. The first season was amusing, so we'll stick around for another.
- Necessary Roughness - June 6. We don't know how USA does it, but it's basically Leeard's beacon of hope during the summer months. This isn't the best show on the channel, but it's watchable and has Max Medina in it.
- Saving
Hope - June 7. This new
Canadian show reminds us of A Gifted Man. Hopefully it’s better and more
entertaining.
- True
Blood - June 10. Season
five needs to be better than seasons three and four is all we are saying. This
show has languished in the quagmire of suckitude for too long. Still, it’s
probably the best show on during the summer until Breaking Bad starts, so we’ll watch it.
- The
Secret Life of the American Teenager - June 11 (a week after its season 4 finale). This show
is in its FIFTH season, if you can believe it.
One of us will hate this show forever.
- Bunheads - June 11. Amy
Sherman Palladino reunites with Emily Gilmore and grabs Sutton Foster along the
way to create this new show about a small-town ballet instructor. This. looks. Awesome.
- Suits -
June 14. This
show was a nice surprise for Leeard and we’re looking forward to its second
season.
- Falling
Skies - June 17. We
remember watching a little of the first season and not thinking it was
terrible, but it wasn’t something we just had to watch either. Whether we catch
up and then tune into season two is going to depend greatly on how bored we
are.
- Baby
Daddy - June 20. Unless
this gets rave reviews or you guys overwhelmingly recommend it, we will stick
with Raising Hope rather than check out this new copy.
- Inside
Men - June 20. This
new show sounds cool. It’s from BBC America and follows three men planning a
heist.
- The
Newsroom - June 24. Aaron
Sorkin and a decent cast on HBO? Sign us up for this new show.
- Wipeout -
June 25. We’ll catch
a little of season five, because this show will never stop being hilarious.
- Anger
Management - June 28. Like a
train wreck, we won’t be able to look away from Charlie Sheen’s new show…for a
few episodes anyway.
- Awkward. -
June 28. We’re
glad this show got a second season and one of us still needs to catch up in
time! Leeard is glad Ern is going to catch up, because this show (along with Teen Wolf) is a shockingly good summer show with a really great finale.
- Louie -
June 28. We’ve
heard so many wonderful things about this show that we may need to catch up in
time for season two of this comedy as well.
- Brand
X with Russell Brand - June 28. Maybe
you, like just about everyone else, are sick of Russell Brand. Ern isn't yet,
so she will check his talk show out from time-to-time.
- Weeds -
July 1. We can’t
believe this show is in its eighth season. It’s time to see Nancy’s chickens
come home to roost. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: We think
Esteban is still alive and that he shot Nancy.
- Episodes -
July 1. Ern
feels like she’s the only person enjoying this show, but screw all you guys.
Season two is going to rock, because Matt is STILL on it.
- The
Glee Project - June 2. We
love this show more than the actual Glee. If you haven’t tuned in to the most
interesting, least cruel reality show on TV, check it out. The kids last year were
real, talented, polarizing, and entertaining. Ryan Murphy knows how not to
crush their little spirits, and we are eager to see a new group get the
opportunity to make Glee a little less lame (or be transformed into lameness by
being on Glee. Cough. Damian. Cough.)
- Web
Therapy - July 2. Lisa
Kudrow is a genius and a second season of her celebrity-ridden, funny project
is just what the summer needs.
- Dance
Moms - June 5. Stop
laughing. This returning reality show is funny and those kids can really dance.
If only they would stop them from doing the oversexualized dance routines in
two-pieces. They are like nine, seriously.
- Perception -
July 9. This
sounds terrible. It’s an FBI procedural with Rachel Leigh Cook, also starring
Eric McCormack as a schizophrenic professor whose delusions help him solve
crimes. Since it’s a new show, we may at least watch the pilot.
- White
Collar - July 10. Is
Matt Bomer still on the show? Yes? Good, then Leeard will tune in for the
fourth season to lust over him. She would watch anything featuring that gorgeous man.
- Covert
Affairs - July 10. Season
three begins. Leeard enjoys it, mainly because this show fills a little of the Alias-sized hole in her heart.
- Damages -
July 11. This
will be the fifth and final season.
- Big
Brother - July 12. Leeard
loves this show and Ern has never seen it. Maybe this year….
- Political
Animals - July 15. What
intrigues us about this new show is its cast. We don’t think Sigourney Weaver,
Carla Gugino, Ellen Burstyn, Adrian Pasdar and James Wolk would all have signed
on for a lemon.
- Breaking
Bad - July 15. The
first half of season five reportedly begins right where season four left off.
Ern is dying with anticipation. This show is one of the best ever created.
- Degrassi: The Next Generation - July 16. This is one of Leeard's favorite shows. It's definitely worth watching if you're a fan of teen drama and angst.
- Warehouse
13 - July 23. This
Syfy show is starting its fourth season, and apparently it’s a hit. We’ve never
seen it, but after watching what Syfy did with Being Human, we might check this
out.
- Hell
on Wheels - August 12. Season
two starts, and Bohannon still hasn’t found those Union soldiers he hates. Ern
will need something to distract her from waiting for bar exam results, so while
this series isn’t as good as we hoped it would be, it’s still worth a look.
- Boss -
August 17. Based
on word of mouth, it’s time for us to give this show another chance. Season two, we
will see you in a couple of months.
- Copper -
August 19. This
is BBC America’s first original series. It’s set in the 1860s and is about an
Irish-American cop in the Five Points neighborhood. We sense awesomeness
potential, believe it or not.
We will save this in the cloud link under "-dates" if you need to refer back throughout the summer.
