Summertime TV is looking less sparse now.
CBS has announced a schedule that includes “Big Brother,” “Let’s Make a Deal” and transplanted episodes of Sylvester Stallone’s “Tulsa King” (shown here).
That news came on the same day as others – the final “Snowpiercer” season, on AMC, and hard-rock biographies on A&E. Both are on Sundays, when PBS has its dramas.
Add some previous news and you have a shot at a no-rerun summer. Details include:
CBS: The centerpiece, as always, will be “Big Brother.” It starts July 17 and will air at 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Two of those nights will also get other new (or new-ish) shows.
— On Sundays, transplanted hours of “Tulsa King,” a Sylvester Stallone series from the “Yellowstone” producer. It starts at 8 p.m. July 14 and previously aired on Paramount+.
— On Wednesdays, “The Real CSI Miami,” a true-crime series, at 10 p.m., starting June 26. Also, a primetime version of “Let’s Make a Deal,” at 8 p.m., starting Aug. 7.
In addition, there will be a few early-summer specials. Fridays have the Daytime Emmys at 8 p.m. June 7, and a pre-Father’s Day edition of “Greatest @Home Videos” at 8 p.m. June 14. Sunday has the Tony Awards, from 8-11 p.m. ET June 16.
OTHER SUMMER NEWS: That summer Sunday (June 16) will be especially crowded.
Alongside the Tonys and the season-opener of PBS’ “Grantchester,” it will have the start of a series on the A&E channel, profiling hard-rock stars.
That starts (9 p.m. June 16) with Bret Michaels. It follows with Dee Snyder ad Alice Cooper on June 23 and Sammy Hagar and Sebastian Bach on June 30.
Later, AMC will have the final season of “Snowpiercer,” the sci-fi series about the survivors of a frozen planet. TNT had aired the first three seasons and ordered the fourth, but then sold it. The first two seasons will stream on AMC+ on June 1, with the third on June 8. The fourth and final season starts at 10 p.m. Sundays – yes, the summer’s one big day – starting July 17.
PREVIOUSLY SET:
— NBC has the Olympics from July 26 to Aug. 11, so it will give its summer an early start. That includes “America’s Got Talent” (May 28), “American Ninja Warrior” (June 2, after two specials) and three game shows.
— ABC will have Sunday movies, starting June 2, but will wait with everything else until after it has the pro-basketball finals. Starting July 8, it has “The Bachelorette” on Mondays and game shows on Tuesdays through Thursdays.
— CW will try scripted shows on Mondays – “All American: Homecoming” at 8 p.m., starting July 8, and “61st Street” at 9, starting July 22.