New Summer TV Shows Ranked by Premiere Viewers (Updating)

NBC/Fox/ABC

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. Also Read: Fall TV 2019 Premiere Dates: The Complete List of New and Returning Shows (Updating)

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 Also Read: Ratings: NBC Edges Out Tuesday Competition With ‘America’s Got Talent’ Quarter Finals Kickoff

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 Also Read: 14 Highest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of the 2018-19 Season (Photos)

The CW

Rank: 18 Show: "Pandora" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 736,000 Also Read: Ratings: Sci-Fi Series ‘Pandora’ Doesn’t Open Well for The CW

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 Also Read: Ratings: No One Watched What Happened on Fred Savage’s ‘What Just Happened??!’ Debut

Fox

Rank: 15 Show: "Paradise Hotel" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.4 million Also Read: 11 Highest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows to Go Off the Air During the 2018-19 Season – So Far (Photos)

Fox

Rank: 14 Show: "First Responders Live" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.1 million Also Read: 11 Lowest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of the 2018-19 Season That Have Been Renewed – So Far (Photos)

CBS

Rank: 13 Show: "Love Island" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 2.7 million Also Read: Ratings: NBC’s ‘Bring the Funny’ Debut Brings the Viewers – But Not as Many as Fox’s MLB All-Star Game

ABC

Rank: 12 Show: "Reef Break" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.8 million Also Read: ABC’s ‘Highwire Live': Why Nik Wallenda Is Totally Cool With Wearing a Safety Harness This Time

ABC

Rank: 11 Show: "Family Food Fight" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 2.9 million Also Read: Fall TV Premieres: Here’s When All Your Favorite Shows Will Return (Updating)

NBC

Rank: 10 Show: "The InBetween" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.1 million Also Read: Live TV Musicals Ranked by Ratings, From ‘Rent’ to ‘Grease’ (Photos)

Fox

Rank: 9 Show: "Spin the Wheel" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 3.4 million Also Read: Fall TV: Here Are the Premiere Dates for the New Broadcast Series (Updating)

ABC

Rank: 8 Show: "Grand Hotel" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 3.7 million Also Read: Ratings: Eva Longoria’s ‘Grand Hotel’ Has Less Than Grand Debut

Fox

Rank: 7 Show: "BH90210" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 3.8 million Also Read: Fox’s ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Revival ‘BH90210’ Debuts as Summer’s Highest-Rated New Show

ABC/Eric McCandless

Rank: 6 Show: "Card Sharks"* Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.4 million *Revived series Also Read: 22 Worst Dads in Film and TV, From Homer Simpson to Darth Vader (Photos)

ABC/Eric McCandless

Rank: 5 Show: "Holey Moley" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.8 million Also Read: Ratings: ABC’s ‘Holey Moley’ Tees Off, Lands Atop Thursday Leaderboard

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. Also Read: 27 of TV’s Best Father Figures Who Weren’t Actually Dads, From Mr. Belvedere to Joey Gladstone (Photos)