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04-09-2009, 05:18 AM
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – ABC's summer lineup includes a dating show on which contestants can't see each other, Mike Judge's new animated comedy and the return of three canceled dramas.
Kicking off its summer schedule in May, the network willlaunch "The Bachelorette," featuring the previous cycle's Jillian Harris, at 9 p.m. Monday, May 18, before moving the show to its regular 8 p.m. period.
"Bachelorette" will be followed by the second season of "Here Come the Newlyweds," which will air at 10 p.m. Mondays starting May 25. The network will replace "Newlyweds" on July 20 with the new "Dating in the Dark," on which couples date without seeing each other.
Also new to ABC is "The Superstars," a six-episode physical competition series pitting athletes in events including swimming, biking, running and kayaking. The show is set to bow at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23.
Last summer's breakout hit, "Wipeout," returns at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27. ABC hopes its obstacle-course challenge can avoid the curse of NBC's 2008 incarnation of "American Gladiators," a physical competition series that started strong but faded quickly.
"Wipeout" that evening will lead into Judge's 9 p.m. animated comedy "The Goode Family," about a politically incorrect clan. The second season of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" will take over that slot July 8, with producers promising more action and fewer behind-the-scenes reality aspects than in the previous go-round.
At 10 p.m. on Saturdays during the summer, ABC will air the remaining episodes of shows from its former Wednesday lineup: "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money." "Daisies" returns to the schedule May 30 through June 13, "Stone" from June 20 through July 11 and "Money" from July 18 to August 8.
-Yahoo!
Kicking off its summer schedule in May, the network willlaunch "The Bachelorette," featuring the previous cycle's Jillian Harris, at 9 p.m. Monday, May 18, before moving the show to its regular 8 p.m. period.
"Bachelorette" will be followed by the second season of "Here Come the Newlyweds," which will air at 10 p.m. Mondays starting May 25. The network will replace "Newlyweds" on July 20 with the new "Dating in the Dark," on which couples date without seeing each other.
Also new to ABC is "The Superstars," a six-episode physical competition series pitting athletes in events including swimming, biking, running and kayaking. The show is set to bow at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 23.
Last summer's breakout hit, "Wipeout," returns at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 27. ABC hopes its obstacle-course challenge can avoid the curse of NBC's 2008 incarnation of "American Gladiators," a physical competition series that started strong but faded quickly.
"Wipeout" that evening will lead into Judge's 9 p.m. animated comedy "The Goode Family," about a politically incorrect clan. The second season of "I Survived a Japanese Game Show" will take over that slot July 8, with producers promising more action and fewer behind-the-scenes reality aspects than in the previous go-round.
At 10 p.m. on Saturdays during the summer, ABC will air the remaining episodes of shows from its former Wednesday lineup: "Pushing Daisies," "Eli Stone" and "Dirty Sexy Money." "Daisies" returns to the schedule May 30 through June 13, "Stone" from June 20 through July 11 and "Money" from July 18 to August 8.
-Yahoo!