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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-early September is still not the time for TV.  

To date, 23 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: 23       Show: “Peaking”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 250,000

    The CW

  • Rank: 22       Show: “Mysteries Decoded”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 456,000

    The CW

  • Rank: 21       Show: “ Hypnotize Me”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 564,000

    The CW

  • Rank:  20      Show: “Two Sentence Horror Stories”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 588,000

    The CW

  • Rank: 19       Show: “The Big Stage”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 652,000

    The CW

  • Rank: 18       Show: “Pandora”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 736,000

    The CW

  • Rank: 17       Show: “Bulletproof”  Net: The CW  Total Viewers: 803,000

    The

  • Rank: 16       Show: “What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage”  Net: Fox  Total Viewers: 809,000

    Fox

  • Rank: 15       Show: “Paradise Hotel”  Net: Fox  Total Viewers: 1.4 million

    Fox

  • Rank: 14       Show: “First Responders Live”  Net: Fox  Total Viewers: 2.1 million

    Fox

  • Rank: 13       Show: “Love Island”  Net: CBS  Total Viewers: 2.7 million

    CBS

  • Rank: 12       Show: “Reef Break”  Net: ABC  Total Viewers: 2.8 million

    ABC

  • Rank: 11       Show: “Family Food Fight”  Net: ABC  Total Viewers: 2.9 million

    ABC

  • Rank: 10       Show: “The InBetween”  Net: NBC  Total Viewers: 3.1 million

    NBC

  • Rank: 9       Show: “Spin the Wheel”  Net: Fox  Total Viewers: 3.4 million

    Fox

  • Rank: 8       Show: “Grand Hotel”  Net: ABC  Total Viewers: 3.7 million

    ABC

  • Rank: 7       Show: “BH90210”  Net: NBC  Total Viewers: 3.8 million

    Fox

  • Rank: 6       Show: “Card Sharks”*  Net: ABC  Total Viewers: 4.4 million

    *Revived series

    ABC/Eric McCandless

  • Rank: 5       Show: “Holey Moley”  Net: ABC  Total Viewers: 4.8 million

    ABC/Eric McCandless

  • Rank: 4       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: 3       Show: “Blood & Treasure”  Net: CBS  Total Viewers: 5.7 million

    CBS

  • Rank: 2       Show: “Songland”  Net: NBC  Total Viewers: 5.9 million

    Trae Patton/NBC

  • Rank: 1       Show: “Bring the Funny”  Net: NBC  Total Viewers: 6.2 million

    NBC

  • Nielsen sheets cooled off as the months warmed 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-early September is still not the time for TV.  

    To date, 23 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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