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Familiar staples like 'Wipeout' will be joined by three new series

By Alan Sepinwall Thursday, Apr 5, 2012 1:54 PM

<p>Missy Peregrym in "Rookie Blue," which will return to ABC this summer.</p>

Missy Peregrym in "Rookie Blue," which will return to ABC this summer.

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ABC has announced a summer schedule that includes the return of "Wipeout," "Rookie Blue," "Secret Millionaire," "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" and "Bachelor Pad," plus new series "Duets," "Trust Us With Your Life" and "Final Witness." That leads to a full roster once you include "The Bachelorette," whose May 14 premiere had been previously announced. 

The schedule, with premiere dates:
 
Thursday, May 24: "Duets" is ABC's latest attempt to get in on the singing competition show action, in which celebrity judges Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Nettles, Lionel Richie and Robin Thicke perform alongside the contestants. It airs at 8, followed by "Rookie Blue" at 10.
 
Sunday, June 3: "Secret Millionaire" at 8, followed by a two-hour version of "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition" at 9.
 
Thursday, June 28: Once "Duets" shrinks back to an hour, "Wipeout" returns, airing from 9 to 10.
 
Tuesday, July 10: In "Trust Us With Your Life," celebrities tell stories from their past, which are then acted out by a team of improv actors. That airs from 9 to 10 and is followed by "Final Witness," a true-crime series blending documentary-style interviews with recreated scenes featuring actors playing the killers and victims.
 
Monday, July 23: "Bachelor Pad," the one show in the "Bachelor" franchise that doesn't pretend to be about true love, will air from 8 to 10.

 

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Alan Sepinwall
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Alan Sepinwall has been reviewing television since the mid-'90s, first for Tony Soprano's hometown paper, The Star-Ledger, and now for HitFix. His new book, "The Revolution Was Televised," about the last 15 years of TV drama, is for sale at Amazon. He can be reached at sepinwall@hitfix.com

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    Will

    Wipeout!

    I'm so sorry to say this, but I really don't think there's a show I enjoy more.

    Actually, I'm not sorry!

    April 5, 2012 at 1:59PM EST Reply to Comment
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    bmfc1

    Will the actors "improve" or are they improv actors?

    April 5, 2012 at 2:02PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Midnight_run_mca255950_talkback_profile

      sepinwall This is why auto-correct in word processors is not always a good thing, BMFC1.

      April 5, 2012 at 3:38PM EST
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    Balaji K

    Rookie Blue is one of my summer guilty pleasures. Starts a bit early this season.

    April 6, 2012 at 12:01AM EST Reply to Comment

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