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Long gone are the days when the summer months were filled with nothing but television reruns.

June, July and August are replete with new series and new episodes of returning series. Dramas. Comedies. Science fiction. Game shows. Reality shows.

You've got your choice of everything from a soap opera set in a nail salon ("Claws") to the search for the next "Boy Band" to a revival of "The Gong Show." From a giant asteroid threatening Earth ("Salvation") to a sitcom about a marijuana retailer ("Disjointed") to a revival of "The Tick."

And then there's the much-anticipated penultimate season of "Game of Thrones" — in which the dragons are bigger than ever and the ice zombie-ish White Walkers are on their way.

Here's a summer TV rundown:

Sunday

"Claws" (7 p.m., TNT) • Comedy/drama about the employees at a nail salon who get caught up in a money-laundering scheme. The cast includes Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston, Judy Reyes, Harold Perrineau and Dean Norris.

"Steve Harvey's Fun­derdome" (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) • In this competition/reality show, budding entrepreneurs compete to win over a live studio audience to fund their projects.

Returning • "Celebrity Family Feud" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4); "American Grit" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13); "$100,000 Pyramid" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4)

Monday

"Superhuman" (8 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13) • Kal Penn hosts this competition/game show that tests the abilities of ordinary people to use extraordinary skills — memory, hearing, taste, touch, smell, sight and more — as they compete for $50,000.

Returning • "American Ninja Warrior" (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5); "So You Think You Can Dance" (7 p.m., Fox/Ch. 13); "Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge" (9 p.m., NBC)

Tuesday

Returning • "Face Off" (10 p.m., Syfy)

Wednesday

"Blood Drive" (11 p.m., Syfy) • In a near-future, post-apocalyptic world, L.A.'s last good cop is forced to join a cross-country death race — in vehicles powered by blood.

Returning • "To Tell the Truth" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4)

Friday

Returning • "The Ranch" (streaming, Netflix); "The Great British Baking Show" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7)

Saturday

Returning • "Turn: Washington's Spies" (10 p.m., AMC)

Sunday, June 18

"Kevin Hart Presents: The Next Level" (midnight, Comedy Central) • Up-and-coming comedians perform.

Returning • "Botched" (10 p.m., E!); "Legends of Chamberlain Heights" (12:30 a.m., Comedy Central)

Monday, June 19

Returning • "Preacher" (10 p.m., AMC)

Tuesday, June 20

Returning • "Queen Sugar" (7 p.m., OWN); "Haves and Have Nots" (8 p.m., OWN); "Wrecked" (8 p.m., TBS)

Wednesday, June 21

"Little Big Shots: Forever Young" (7 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) • Instead of kids performing, this features senior citizens.

Thursday, June 22

"Boy Band" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) • Singers battle to be in a new group. Rita Ora hosts; Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys and Emma "Baby Spice" Bunton are the "architects."

"The Mist" (8 p.m., Spike) • Horror/drama, based on Stephen King's novella, that centers on a family torn apart by a brutal crime — and then an eerie mist rolls in, cutting them off from the world.

"The Gong Show" (9 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) • British comedian Tommy Maitland hosts a revival of the comedy talent/no-talent show.

Returning • "The Wall" (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5); "The Night Shift" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5)

Friday, June 23

"GLOW" (streaming, Netflix) • Comedy/drama based on the real-life Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling of the 1980s — a made-for-TV wrestling league. Alison Brie, Betty Gilpin and Marc Meron star. (10 episodes)

Returning • "Playing House" (11 p.m., USA)

Sunday, June 25

"Prime Suspect: Tennison" (8 p.m., PBS/Ch. 7) • This prequel to the original "Prime Suspect" casts Stefanie Martini as 22-year-old rookie police officer Jane Tennison (the character Helen Mirren played as a detective). Season 1 of the prequel consists of three 90-minute TV movies.

Returning • "Power" (10 p.m., Starz)

Wednesday, June 28

Returning • "Big Brother," (7 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2); "Younger" (11 p.m., TV Land); "Broadchurch" (11 p.m., BBC America)

Thursday, June 29

"Battle of the Network Stars" (8 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4) • Celebrities compete in the revival of this goofy pseudo-Olympics show that originally aired 1976-88.

Returning • "Zoo" (9 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2)

Friday, June 30

"Gypsy" (streaming, Netflix) • Psychological thriller about a therapist (Naomi Watts) who gets into illicit relationships with people in her patients' lives. Billy Crudup also stars. (10 episodes)

Returning • "Masters of Illusion" (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30); "Killjoys" (9 p.m., Syfy)

Wednesday, July 5

"Snowfall" (11 p.m., FX) • John Singleton's drama takes place against a backdrop of the dawn of the crack epidemic in the 1980s.

Thursday, July 6

"Life or Kylie" (11 p.m., E!) • This spinoff of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" focuses on 19-year-old Kylie Jenner.

Sunday, July 9

"Candy Crush" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) • Mario Lopez hosts this game show, based on the popular mobile game.

Returning • "Famously Single" (11 p.m., E!)

Monday, July 10

"Will" (7 p.m., TNT) • Period drama about the life of young William Shakespeare.

Returning • "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (7 p.m., CW/Ch. 30)

Tuesday, July 11

"The Bold Type" (10 p.m., Freeform) • Soapy drama about the staff of a global women's magazine.

Returning • "The Fosters" (10 p.m., Freeform)

Wednesday, July 12

"Salvation" (8 p.m., CBS/Ch. 2) • Suspense/thriller about a grad student and a tech wizard who convince a Pentagon official that a huge asteroid is going to slam into the Earth.

"I'm Sorry" (11 p.m., TruTV) • Actor/comedian Andrea Savage wrote and stars in this half-hour comedy about a comedy writer, wife and mother whose immaturity and neuroses come through in difficult situations. Tom Everett Scott, June Squibb, Gary Anthony Williams also star.

Returning • "Suits" (10 p.m., USA)

Thursday, July 13

"Hooten and the Lady" (8 p.m., CW/Ch. 30) • British series about two treasure hunters — American (Michael Landes) and Brit (Ophelia Lovibond) — who team up for adventures around the world.

Friday, July 14

"Friends From College" (streaming, Netflix) • Comedy about a group of friends who met at Harvard and are on the verge of turning 40. Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Annie Parisse, Nat Faxon, Fred Savage and Jae Suh Park star. (Eight episodes)

Sunday, July 16

Returning • "Game of Thrones" (10 p.m., HBO); "The Strain" (11 p.m., FX)

Tuesday, July 18

Returning • "Being Mary Jane" (11 p.m., BET); "Shooter"(11 p.m., USA)

Friday, July 21

"Ozark" (streaming, Netflix) • Dark drama about a man (Jason Bateman) who moves his family to the Ozarks to escape his past. (10 episodes)

"Raven's Home" (10 p.m., Disney) • In this sequel to "That's So Raven" (2003-07), Raven-Symoné returns as a single mother.

Sunday, July 23

Returning • "Ballers" (11 p.m., HBO); "Insecure" (11:30 p.m., HBO)

Monday, July 24

"Somewhere Between" (9 p.m., ABC) • Thriller about a "news producer who somehow knows when, where and how her 8-year-old daughter will be murdered."

"Midnight, Texas" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) • Supernatural thriller about a town whose inhabitants include a psychic, a witch, an assassin, an angel, a vampire and a werewolf.

Friday, July 28

"Room 104" (midnight, HBO) • Anthology comedy that features a different cast every episode, all of whom pass through the same room.

Tuesday, Aug. 1

"Manhunt: Unabomber" (10 p.m., Discovery) • Fact-based miniseries about the FBI agent (Sam Worthington) who led the search for the Unabomber (Paul Bettany).

Wednesday, Aug. 2

"The Sinner" (11 p.m., USA) • Jessica Biel stars in this eight-part miniseries as a mother who commits violent acts but has no recollection of them. Bill Pullman also stars.

Thursday, Aug. 3

"What Would Diplo Do?" (8 p.m., Vice) • James Van Der Beek plays a fictional version of DJ Diplo in this half-hour comedy.

Sunday, Aug. 6

Returning • "Ray Donovan" (10 p.m., Showtime)

Monday, Aug. 7

Returning • "Hollywood Game Night" (9 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5)

Tuesday, Aug. 8

Returning • "Difficult People" (Streaming, Hulu); "Bachelor in Paradise" (7 p.m., ABC/Ch. 4); "Hard Knocks" (11 p.m., HBO)

Wednesday, Aug. 9

"Mr. Mercedes" (6 p.m., Audience Network) • A demented killer (Harry Treadaway) taunts a retired police detective (Brendan Gleeson) in this 10-part drama based on Stephen King's novel.

"Story of Diana" (8 p.m., ABC) • Two-part, four-hour documentary about Princess Diana's life and death. (Concludes Thursday, Aug. 10.)

Thursday, Aug. 10

"Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update" (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) • Half-hour "Weekend Updates" on four consecutive Thursdays.

Sunday, Aug. 13

"Get Shorty" (8 p.m., Epix) • A hitman (Chris O'Dowd) becomes a Hollywood producer in this comedy/drama based on Elmore Leonard's 1990 novel, which was also the basis for the 1995 movie. Ray Romano also stars.

Wednesday, Aug. 16

"Marlon" (8 p.m., NBC/Ch. 5) • Sitcom "loosely inspired" by the real life of star/producer Marlon Wayans, who plays a "single father who co-parents his kids with his ex-wife."

Friday, Aug. 18

"Marvel's The Defenders" (Streaming, Netflix) • This entry in the Marvel TV universe brings together the heroes from "Daredevil," "Jessica Jones," "Luke Cage" and "Iron Fist." (Eight-episodes.)

Sunday, Aug. 20

Returning • "The Last Ship" (7 p.m., TNT); "Episodes" (11 p.m., Showtime)

Wednesday, Aug. 23

Returning • "South Park" (11 p.m., Comedy Central); "Broad City" (11:30 p.m., Comedy Central)

Friday, Aug. 25

"Disjointed" (streaming, Netflix) • Kathy Bates stars as the owner of a cannabis dispensary in this comedy from uber-producer Chuck Lorre ("Big Bang Theory," "Mom," "Two and a Half Men"). (20 episodes)

"The Tick" (Streaming, Amazon) • Reboot of the 2001 live-action adaptation of the comic-book character about the goofy superhero (Peter Serafinowicz and his sidekick, Arthur (Griffin Newman). —

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