Summer TV used to be a wasteland of reruns. But not anymore. This summer promises more first-run dramas and comedies than ever with new and returning shows. With NBC and CBS getting in on the action, at least one high-profile program will hit TV screens every week from now until the end of July. Here’s a look at some of those shows. Check listings for date changes and times.
NEW SHOWS
JUNE 5
“Lovespring International,” LIFETIME
A group of dysfunctional people run a dating service in this half-hour improv comedy.
JUNE 7
“Dog Bites Man,” COMEDY CENTRAL
Former “Daily Show” correspondent Matt Walsh stars in this improv comedy about a bumbling TV-news team in Spokane, Wash.
JUNE 8
“Windfall,” NBC
Luke Perry is one of 20 people whose lives get complicated when they share a nine-figure lottery jackpot.
JUNE 11
“Lucky Louie,” HBO
A sitcom created by and starring potty-mouthed comedian Louis C.K.
“Dane Cook’s Tourgasm,” HBO
Dane Cook and three other comics perform 20 shows in 30 days across 28 states.
JUNE 12
“Saved,” TNT
Tom Everett Scott (right) stars as a paramedic who likes to gamble and blast Jimi Hendrix along with the siren while cruising in an ambulance.
JUNE 12
“Nightmares & Dreamscapes,” TNT
The scary anthology series from the stories of Stephen King, stars actors such as William H. Macy and Kim Delaney.
JUNE 13
“Tuesday Night Book Club,” CBS
A group of suburban women hash out their problems at book club meetings.
JUNE 28
“Blade,” SPIKE TV
Based on the “Blade” movies and comic book about a half-vampire vampire hunter.
JULY 7
“Psych,” USA
A regular guy fakes his way into work as a psychic detective.
JULY 9
“Brotherhood,” SHOWTIME
Set in Providence, R.I., this Irish “Sopranos” has mobsters, politicians and an extra helping of moral compromise.
JULY 16
“Angela’s Eyes,” LIFETIME
FBI agent Angela Henson has a gift for discerning when people are lying.
JULY 18
“Eureka,” SCI FI
A U.S. marshal becomes stranded in a town where kids excel at calculus and an auto mechanic is honing an anti-gravity machine.
RETURNING SERIES
June 4: “Footballer’s Wives,” BBC
June 11: “Deadwood,” “Entourage,” HBO; “The 4400,” USA
June 12: “The Closer,” TNT
June 28: “Hustle,” AMC
June 29: “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” FX
July 7: “Monk,” USA
July 9: “Reno 911,” COMEDY CENTRAL
July 12: “30 Days,” FX
