It's time for some summer TV! Sure, things are a bit more quiet, but there's still plenty of notable programs coming your way in the coming weeks and months. Nancy Botwin, Bender, Patty Hewes and Walter Freaking White are among the many characters we'll be seeing again soon - Plus, a dude named Tron! Take a look at the summer highlights on the following pages.
Hatfields & McCoys
Network: History
Airs: Monday-Wednesday, 9pm
Premiere: 5/28/12
Kicking off on Memorial Day Monday is History’s three-night Western mini-series, Hatfields & McCoys, starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton as the respective patriarchs of the legendary feuding families. If you like tough, gritty dirt-beneath-your nails Westerns, then make sure you tune in and watch the bullets fly. Tom Berenger, Mare Winningham, Jena Melone and Powers Boothe also star. Oh, and check out what Oscar-winner Kevin Costner had to say to IGN about this new TV project.
Longmire
Network: A&E
Airs: Sundays at 10pm
Series Premiere: 6/3/12
Widowed Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor) wears a cowboy hat and carries a gun, but this ain’t no Justified rip-off. Set in the stoic badlands of rural Wyoming, Longmire has more of a true “Western” feel to it, as well as a rather gripping tone and unique look (as IGN TV can attest to after watching the pilot). Plus, if you’re like us and you’re jonesing hard for some Starbuck, you’ll enjoy seeing Katee Sackhoff, who plays Walt’s new-in-town deputy, Vic. Lou Diamond Phillips and Smallville’s Cassidy Freeman also star.
Tron: Uprising
Network: Disney XD
Airs: Thursdays at 9pm
Premiere: 6/7/12
Set completely inside The Grid, this animated series is set between the original Tron film and Tron: Legacy, and boasts a formidable voice cast, including Elijah Wood as Beck, Bruce Boxleitner returning as Tron, Mandy Moore as Mara, Emmanuelle Chriqui as Paige, Nate Corddry as Zed, Lance Henriksen as General Tesler, Reginald VelJohnson as Able, Paul Reubens as Pavel and Tricia Helfer as the voice of The Grid. The first episode was released early and you can check out our review.
True Blood
Network: HBO
Airs: Sundays at 9pm.
Premiere: 6/10/12
SVU’s Christopher Meloni and Spartacus’ Peter Mensah join the proceedings this Summer as Bill and Eric form a bit on an uneasy alliance in order to try to avoid the wrath of the Vampire Authority. Meanwhile, Eric runs into a female vampire that he’s had a long, storied history with, Jason must deal with the recently turned Rev. Steve Newlin, we’ll flashback to Pam’s life before she became a vamp and Sookie must try to figure out how to protect herself from the possible return of King Russell Edgington. Plus, what is the true fate of Tara?
Dallas
Network: TNT
Airs: Wednesdays at 9pm
Premiere: 6/13/12
We're not exactly the target demo for night time soaps here at IGN, but Dallas gets a bit extra attention by not being a remake of the classic 1980s series, but an actual sequel series - following both a new generation of Ewings and their respective romantic partners (played by Jesse Metcalfe, Josh Henderson, Jordana Brewster and Julie Gonzalo) and original cast members Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray and Larry Hagman, reprising their roles - including Hagman's iconic TV villain, J.R. Ewing. Having seen the pilot we can say Dallas actually looks to be pretty fun, if you can embrace this kind of stuff, played very straight, with nary a sign of camp.
Burn Notice
Network:USA
Airs: Thursdays at 9pm
Premiere: 6/14/12
When we last left Michael Westen, he hadn’t truly beaten end-end-end-end villain Anson Fullerton (Jere Burns, who's been also keeping busy on Justified and Breaking Bad). He, with the help of Fiona, merely managed to eliminate the leverage that Anson held over the group, with a somewhat tragic sacrifice-play. And since he wasn’t defeated that means, yes… Anson will be back. Along with Kristanna Loken’s Rebecca. Other Season 6 guest stars include John C. McGinley, Taryn Manning and William Mapathor.
Falling Skies
Network: TNT
Airs: Sundays at 9pm
Premiere: 6/17/12
Returning for Season 2, Falling Skies will pick up on the heels of last year's cliffhanger, in which Tom (Noah Wyle) went onboard one of the alien's spaceships - to discover... Well, that's what we're waiting to find out! Look for Lost's Terry O'Quinn to show up this year near the end of the season, playing an important figure from Tom's past.
Futurama
Network: Comedy Central
Airs: Wednesdays at 10pm
Premiere: 6/20/12
Futurama will be back on June 20th, and if you want to know more about what’s gonna go down this season, head over to the Futurama Facebook page where you can dive into the “Countdown to Futurama” – that includes exclusive images, storyboards and podcasts. With episode titles like “Decision 3012,” “The Thief of Baghead” and “A Farewell to Arms,” and images of puddle monsters, Zombie Fry and Napoleon Bender, you know this season’s gonna be great!
The Newsroom
Network: HBO
Airs: Sundays at 10pm
Premiere: 6/24/12
After writing acclaimed films like The Social Network and Moneyball, Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) returns to TV with his first cable series. Sorkin's shown his fascination with TV before on Sports Night and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and continues that exploration in this new HBO series, which takes place behind-the-scenes at a CNN-like cable news network, with Jeff Daniels as the star anchor, among a cast that also includes Emily Mortimer, Alison Pill, Olivia Munn, Sam Waterston and Natalie Morales.
Source : http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/05/25/summer-2012-tv-preview
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