Summer 2011 Matchups, Tuesday

Bold indicates a timeslot change; ALL CAPS indicates a new show.

8/7c
Broadcast:
Wipeout (ABC, 6/21)
NCIS (R) (CBS)
America's Got Talent (NBC, 5/31)
Masterchef (Fox, 6/7)

Cable:
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family, 6/14)

Projected A18-49 winner: Wipeout (ABC) 

Wipeout and Got Talent will only briefly go head-to-head (I just count June 21 and 28), and if there's some Wipeout fatigue from the regular season run, it might be Got Talent that comes out on top for those couple weeks. I look for it to edge out Masterchef, though.



9/8c
Broadcast:
101 WAYS TO LEAVE A GAME SHOW (ABC, 6/21), TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (ABC, 8/2)
NCIS: Los Angeles (R) (CBS)
The Voice (NBC, 6/7-6/28), America's Got Talent (NBC, 6/28)
Hell's Kitchen (Fox, 7/19)

Cable:
THE NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING (ABC Family, 6/14)
Gene Simmons Family Jewels (A&E, 6/14)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery)
Memphis Beat (TNT, 6/14)
White Collar (USA, 6/7)

Projected A18-49 winner: The Voice/America's Got Talent (NBC)

We again see just how big a deal the Wipeout lead-in is for ABC in the summer as they've launched several new shows after it historically. Two more reality efforts here. But they'll have tough competition, especially once Hell's Kitchen gets going in July.

10/9c
Broadcast:
THE HOT ZONE (ABC, 6/21)
The Good Wife (R) (CBS) 
The Voice (NBC, 5/31-6/28), America's Got Talent (NBC, 6/28) 

Cable:
Tosh.0/THE SPORTS SHOW WITH NORM MACDONALD (Comedy Central)
Rescue Me (FX, 7/12)
16 and Pregnant (MTV), Teen Mom (MTV, 8/5)
HawthoRNe (TNT, 6/14)
Covert Affairs (USA, 6/7)

Projected A18-49 winner: The Voice/America's Got Talent (NBC)

You only need look at Comedy Central's recent scrap heap to see how badly they seem to want to be in the sports show business, but viewers just don't seem to be buying into them; and The Sports Show is also off to a rough start. Thanks to TNT flipping its Tuesday shows of last summer, HawthoRNe will duel with another big female-led cable drama, USA's Covert Affairs.