As the current TV season comes to a close over the next couple months, that doesn’t mean we won’t have anything to watch during the summer hiatus. ABC has announced premiere dates for their summer lineup, including The Bachelorette, Wipeout and Rookie Blue.

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Bachelor Pad won’t be on the air this year, but instead the network is offering three new shows. Motive is a crime drama that changes up the typical format by revealing the killer and victim at the start of each episode. Mistresses, based on a UK series, follows a group of four women on a path of self-discovery. (I wonder if it’s a dramatized version of Sex and the City.) And Whodunnit?, created by CSI‘s Anthony Zuiker, pits contestants against each other as they solve crimes (fake ones, of course) and determine who the killer is.

THURSDAY, MAY 9
8-9pm: Wipeout

MONDAY, MAY 20
9-11pm: The Bachelorette (two-hour premiere following DWTS)

TUESDAY, MAY 21
10:01-11pm: Motive (special day/time following DWTS finale)

THURSDAY, MAY 23
9-10pm: Motive (regular time period premiere)
10-11pm: Rookie Blue

MONDAY, MAY 27
8-10:01pm: The Bachelorette (regular time period premiere)

TUESDAY, MAY 28
8-10:01pm: Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
10-11pm: What Would You Do?

MONDAY, JUNE 3
10:01-11pm: Mistresses

SUNDAY, JUNE 23
8-9pm: Celebrity Wife Swap
9-10pm: Whodunnit?

Do any of ABC’s new summer shows intrigue you? Or will you be sticking with the tried and true Bachelorette, Wipeout and What Would You Do?

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Jeff Dodge

Staff Writer, BuddyTV

Jeff Dodge, a graduate of Western Washington University, has been a TV news editor for many years and has had the chance to interview multiple reality show stars, including Randy Jackson, Nick Cannon, Heidi Klum, Mel B and John Cena.