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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Rank: 23 Show: "Peaking" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 250,000
Rank: 22 Show: "Mysteries Decoded" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 456,000
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Rank: 21 Show: “ Hypnotize Me” Net: The CW Total Viewers: 564,000
Rank: 20 Show: "Two Sentence Horror Stories" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 588,000
Rank: 19 Show: "The Big Stage" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 652,000
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Rank: 18 Show: "Pandora" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 736,000
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Rank: 17 Show: "Bulletproof" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 803,000
Rank: 16 Show: "What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 809,000
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Rank: 15 Show: "Paradise Hotel" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.4 million
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Rank: 14 Show: "First Responders Live" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.1 million
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Rank: 13 Show: "Love Island" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 2.7 million
Rank: 12 Show: "Reef Break" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.8 million
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Rank: 11 Show: "Family Food Fight" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.9 million
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Rank: 10 Show: "The InBetween" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.1 million
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Rank: 9 Show: "Spin the Wheel" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 3.4 million
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Rank: 8 Show: "Grand Hotel" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 3.7 million
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Rank: 7 Show: "BH90210" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.8 million
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Rank: 6 Show: "Card Sharks"* Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.4 million
*Revived series
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Rank: 5 Show: "Holey Moley" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.8 million
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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.
Rank: 3 Show: "Blood & Treasure" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.7 million
Rank: 2 Show: "Songland" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 5.9 million
Rank: 1 Show: "Bring the Funny" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 6.2 million
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