Before you know it, broadcast will be back in session
Summer is the season for mornings at the beach, afternoons by the grill, and nights spending prime time around the fire pit. Though things have changed a bit in recent years, May-August is still not the time for TV.
To date, 14 new summer series have premiered on CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW — we’ve got each of their starts charted by total viewers below.
Scroll through our gallery for the full rankings of summer show’s debuts. TheWrap will update this post as more new broadcast series start. Find our Fall TV version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.
NBC/Fox/ABC
Rank: 14 Show: “The Big Stage” Net: The CW Total Viewers: 652,000
The CW
Rank: 13 Show: “What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage” Net: Fox Total Viewers: 809,000
Fox
Rank: 12 Show: “Paradise Hotel” Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.4 million
Fox
Rank: 11 Show: “First Responders Live” Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.1 million
Fox
Rank: 10 Show: “Reef Break” Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.8 million
ABC
Rank: 9 Show: “Family Food Fight” Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.9 million
ABC
Rank: 8 Show: “The InBetween” Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.1 million
NBC
Rank: 7 Show: “Spin the Wheel” Net: Fox Total Viewers: 3.4 million
Fox
Rank: 6 Show: “Grand Hotel” Net: ABC Total Viewers: 3.7 million
ABC
Rank: 5 Show: “Card Sharks”* Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.4 million
*Revived series
ABC/Eric McCandless
Rank: 4 Show: “Holey Moley” Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.8 million
ABC/Eric McCandless
Rank: 3 Show: “Press Your Luck”* Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.9 million**
*Revived series
**Time-period premiere. Special post-“Bachelorette” debut earned 3.2 million viewers.
ABC/Eric McCandless
Rank: 2 Show: “Blood & Treasure” Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.7 million
CBS
Rank: 1 Show: “Songland” Net: NBC Total Viewers: 5.9 million
Trae Patton/NBC
Nielsen sheets are cooling off as the months warm up
Summer is the season for mornings at the beach, afternoons by the grill, and nights spending prime time around the fire pit. Though things have changed a bit in recent years, May-August is still not the time for TV.
To date, 14 new summer series have premiered on CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW — we’ve got each of their starts charted by total viewers below.
Scroll through our gallery for the full rankings of summer show’s debuts. TheWrap will update this post as more new broadcast series start. Find our Fall TV version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.
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