USA TODAY International Edition
Mark your summer TV calendar
Summer brings a wave of new and returning series for television viewers. USA TODAY’s Patrick Ryan rounds up some of the season’s arrivals ( all times ET/ PT).
WEDNESDAY WAYWARD PINES ( Fox, Wednesdays, 9 p. m.)
After Matt Dillon’s Secret Service agent was killed off in Season 1, Jason Patric ( Rush) joins the M. Night Shyamalan- produced psychological thriller.
FRIDAY BLOODLINE ( Netflix)
Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek and Linda Cardellini are back for a second season of the Florida Keys- set family crime drama.
MAY 31 MAYA & MARTY ( NBC, Tuesdays, 10 p. m.).
Maya Rudolph and Martin Short headline NBC’s latest stab at a variety show, executive- produced by Lorne Michaels and featuring ‘ Saturday Night Live’s’ Kenan Thompson.
JUNE 3 OUTCAST
( Cinemax, Fridays, 10 p. m.). A man ( Patrick Fugit) wrestles with demonic possession in this supernatural mystery from The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman.
JUNE 6 RIZZOLI & ISLES ( TNT, Mondays, 9 p. m.)
Boston’s toughest crime- solving duo ( Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander) cracks the case for a seventh and final season.
UNREAL ( Lifetime, Mondays, 10 p. m.)
The soapy hit drama, which goes behind the scenes of a fictitious reality dating competition, is back for Season 2.
JUNE 7 CASUAL ( Hulu, Tuesdays)
After a slew of disastrous dates and their parents’ surprise wedding, dysfunctional siblings Alex ( Tommy Dewey) and Valerie ( Michaela Watkins) try to rebuild their lives in Season 2.
JUNE 11 O. J.: MADE IN AMERICA ( ABC, Saturday, 9 p. m.; June 14- 18 on ESPN).
On the heels of FX’s ‘ The People v. O. J. Simpson,’ this nearly eight- hour docuseries from the producers of ESPN’s ‘ 30 for 30’ takes a deeper dive into the trial.
HELL ON WHEELS ( AMC, Saturdays, 9 p. m.)
The 19th- century railroad drama chugs along for its final seven episodes.
JUNE 12 STILL THE KING ( CMT, Sundays, 9 p. m.)
‘ Achy Breaky Heart’ singer Billy Ray Cyrus returns to TV as a washed- up one- hit wonder who learns that he has a daughter.
JUNE 14 WRECKED ( TBS, Tuesdays, 10 p. m.)
An ensemble comedy about a group of plane- crash survivors stranded on an island who must learn to live without social media, indoor plumbing and Chipotle.
JUNE 16 AQUARIUS ( NBC, Thursdays, 9 p. m., then 10 p. m. June 23)
David Duchovny returns as a Los Angeles cop on the hunt for Charles Manson in this period drama.
JUNE 17 ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK ( Netflix)
Go back behind bars with Piper Chapman ( Taylor Schilling) and the Litchfield prison gang for a fourth season.
JUNE 19 THE TUNNEL ( PBS, Sundays, 10: 30 p. m.).
A pair of U. K. and French detectives ( Karl Roebuck and Elise Wassermann) investigate the death of a French politician whose body is found on the border of their respective countries.
JUNE 20 ODD MOM OUT ( Bravo, Mondays, 10 p. m.)
Creator/ star Jill Kargman is an out- of- place mom on New York’s Upper East Side in the comedy’s second season, which welcomes guest stars Drew Barrymore and Blythe Danner.
JUNE 21 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH ( USA, Tuesdays, 10 p. m.)
Based on Arturo Pérez- Reverte novel, a woman ( I Am Legend’s Alice Braga) seeks refuge in America after her drug- dealing boyfriend is killed in Mexico.
GREENLEAF ( OWN, Tuesday, 10 p. m., before moving to Wednesdays June 22)
Oprah Winfrey returns to acting in this soapy drama about an estranged daughter and preacher ( Merle Dandridge) who returns to her affluent family’s mansion after her sister’s mysterious death.
JUNE 26 DANCING ON THE EDGE ( PBS, Sundays, 10 p. m.)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Goodman and Janet Montgomery star in this 1930s drama, tracking the rise of a black jazz band in London.
RAY DONOVAN ( Showtime, Sundays, 9 p. m.)
L. A.’ s best professional fixer ( Liev Schreiber) turns to faith in the fourth season of the crime drama.
JUNE 28 ZOO ( CBS, Tuesdays, 9 p. m.).
Mutated animals are on the loose in Season 2 of the thriller, based on the James Patterson novel of the same name.
JUNE 30 SEX& DRUGS& ROCK& ROLL ( FX, Thursdays, 10 p. m.).
The music comedy rocks out for a second season, starring Denis Leary as an aging singer who reunites with his daughter and former bandmates.
JULY 10 THE NIGHT OF ( HBO, Sundays, 9 p. m.).
An eight- part miniseries based on British drama ‘ Criminal Justice,’ about a fictitious murder case in New York.
JULY 13 MR. ROBOT ( USA, Wednesdays, 10 p. m.).
A security-engineer- turned-hacker ( Rami Malek) grapples with the aftermath of a massive cyberattack in the breakout hit’s second season.
JULY 15 STRANGER THINGS ( Netflix).
Winona Ryder stars in this supernatural mystery about a boy who vanishes.
JULY 17 BALLERS ( HBO, Sundays, 10 p. m.).
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson returns as an ex- pro football superstar who reinvents himself as a financial manager for players in Miami.
VICE PRINCIPALS
( HBO, Sundays, 10: 30 p. m.). Danny McBride and Walton Goggins star as rival administrators at a high school in this dark comedy co- created by McBride and Jody Hill.
AUG. 28 THE STRAIN ( FX, Sundays, 10 p. m.).
Guillermo del Toro’s horror thriller returns to fight mutant vampires for a third season.
AUG. 31 YOU’RE THE WORST ( FXX, Wednesdays, 10 p. m.).
A dysfunctional couple ( Chris Geere and Aya Cash) both CQ grapples with love, heartache, addiction, depression, brunch and work in this offbeat dark comedy returning for its third season.