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Fall TV 2019 Premiere Dates: The Complete List of New and Returning Shows (Updating)

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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