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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.
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The CW
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
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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
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The CW
Rank: 18 Show: "Pandora" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 736,000
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The
Rank: 17 Show: "Bulletproof" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 803,000
Fox
Rank: 16 Show: "What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 809,000
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Fox
Rank: 15 Show: "Paradise Hotel" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.4 million
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Fox
Rank: 14 Show: "First Responders Live" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.1 million
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CBS
Rank: 13 Show: "Love Island" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 2.7 million
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ABC
Rank: 12 Show: "Reef Break" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.8 million
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ABC
Rank: 11 Show: "Family Food Fight" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.9 million
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NBC
Rank: 10 Show: "The InBetween" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.1 million
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Fox
Rank: 9 Show: "Spin the Wheel" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 3.4 million
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ABC
Rank: 8 Show: "Grand Hotel" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 3.7 million
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Fox
Rank: 7 Show: "BH90210" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.8 million
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ABC/Eric McCandless
Rank: 6 Show: "Card Sharks"* Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.4 million
*Revived series
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ABC/Eric McCandless
Rank: 5 Show: "Holey Moley" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.8 million
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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.
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CBS
Rank: 3 Show: "Blood & Treasure" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.7 million
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Trae Patton/NBC
Rank: 2 Show: "Songland" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 5.9 million
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NBC
Rank: 1 Show: "Bring the Funny" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 6.2 million
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