More Summer Matchups: Thursday | Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday
| Net | 8:00 | 8:30 | Premieres | Average |
| ABC | Secret Millionaire | 6/3 | 2.75 | |
| CBS | Big Brother | 7/15 | 2.71 | |
| NBC | Dateline | ongoing | 1.09 to date | |
| Fox | The Simpsons (R) | Bob's Burgers (R) | ||
| TNT | Leverage | 7/15 | 0.91 | |
I guess Secret Millionaire was sort of the Fear Factor of the 2010-11 season: a reality show with good ratings that for whatever reason hasn't become a main player. At least Secret Millionaire gets to return at some point, though. It'll become that rare show to weather multiple hiatuses of more than a year. It got canned after a pretty decent first season on Fox and was out of the picture for over two years before making its return on ABC, and now its second ABC run will show up over 13 months after the first one ended.
| Net | 9:00 | 9:30 | Premieres | Average |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition | 6/3 | 2.08 | |
| CBS | 3 | 7/22 | NEW | |
| NBC | America's Got Talent (R) | |||
| Fox | Family Guy (R) | American Dad! (R) | ||
| HBO | True Blood | 6/10 | 2.73 | |
| TNT | Falling Skies | 6/17 | 1.64 | |
| E! | Keeping Up With the Kardashians | ongoing | 1.53 to date | |
| AMC | Hell on Wheels | 8/12 | 0.99 | |
| Lifetime | Drop Dead Diva | 6/3 | 0.73 | |
| A&E | The Glades | 6/3 | 0.72 | |
True Blood vs. Falling Skies is one of the biggest cable matchups of the summer. They didn't face off last season since Falling Skies aired at 10/9c. It's also one of the few slots where a cable network seems almost guaranteed to win the slot. But True Blood (down just 4% in season four) has gotta start collapsing at some point, right?
| Net | 10:00 | 10:30 | Premieres | Average |
| ABC | Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition | 6/3 | 2.08 | |
| CBS | The Mentalist (R) (projected) | |||
| NBC | America's Got Talent (R) | |||
| A&E | LONGMIRE | 6/3 | NEW | |
| HBO | THE NEWSROOM | 6/24 | NEW | |
| TNT | THE GREAT ESCAPE | 6/24 | NEW | |
| USA | POLITICAL ANIMALS | 7/15 | NEW | |
| Lifetime | Army Wives | 6/24 | 0.96 to date | |
| AMC | Breaking Bad | 7/15 | 0.81 | |
Is a reality show TNT's best possible use of the Falling Skies lead-in? I guess it's possible, since their new scripted shows don't seem that compatible.. Despite lots of cable goings-on, ABC may still be able to win the hour, even though I don't expect Weight Loss Edition to be as strong as it was last year post-Bachelorette.
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ABC has a family-friendly themed night going for it, but if Big Brother can come back as strong as last season, and 3 can draw an audience, CBS should win the night among the broadcasters.
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