Summer TV Shows 2016: 12 Series And Season Premieres You Can’t Miss

Did you just say goodbye to your favorite TV show? Fortunately there is a lineup of can’t miss series and season premieres to help fill that open time slot in your life.

Memorial Day is a big night for returning shows. A new killer terrorizes the teens of Lakewood in Season 2 of MTV’s “Scream.” Meanwhile on ABC, Karen (Yunjun Kim), Joss (Jes Macallan) and April (Rochelle Aytes) heat up the screen for another sexy and dramatic season of “Mistresses.”

Those looking to try something new can catch Freeform’s chilling new series, “Dead of Summer,” on June 28. The show introduces a set of teens who face an ancient evil while at a Midwestern camp in the late 1980s.

Check out 12 of the biggest series and season premieres of summer 2016 below:

“Mistresses” Season 4 (Premieres on ABC Monday, May 30 at 10 p.m. EDT)

If you thought last year was scandalous, then wait until you see what the ladies are up to this season. Fans can look forward to Karen developing a new love interest and capitalizing off of her sexcapades with a juicy (and erotic) tell-all book.

“Peaky Blinders” Season 3 (Premieres on Netflix Sunday, May 31 at 3 a.m. EDT)

The wait is finally over for U.S. viewers. Tommy Shelby continues his life of crime in the third season of this hit U.K. series.

“Feed the Beast” (Premieres on AMC Sunday, June 5 at 10 p.m. EDT)

“Friends” alum David Schwimmer shows off a more serious side in this new drama from AMC.

“UnREAL” Season 2 (Premieres on Lifetime Monday, June 10 at 10 p.m. EDT)

Backstabbing, lies and a lot of juicy drama make up the new season of this Lifetime show.

“Ride With Norman Reedus” (Premieres on AMC Sunday, June 12 at 10 p.m. EDT)

Going through Daryl Dixon withdrawal? Watch “Walking Dead” actor ride his motorcycle and explore the culture on this new series from AMC.

“Pretty Little Liars” Season 7 (Premieres on Freeform Tuesday, June 21 at 8 p.m. EDT)

Will the new “A” take another life? More secrets are exposed when Season 7 of “Pretty Little Liars” premieres.

“American Gothic” (Premieres on CBS Wednesday, June 22 at 10 p.m. EDT)

Looking for something spooky to send chills down your spine this summer? Check out CBS’ new dark drama, “American Gothic.” The series is set in Boston and focuses on a “prominent” family that discovers “someone in their midst is linked to an infamous string of murders.”

“Dead of Summer” (Premieres on Freeform Tuesday, June 28 at 9 p.m. EDT)

Your summer just got a little more … bloody. “Dead of Summer” is new to Freeform and tells the story of an ancient evil that awakens at a Midwestern summer camp in the late 1980s.

“The Night Of” (Premieres on HBO Sunday, July 10 at 10 p.m. EDT)

A murder case unravels in this chilling new limited series from HBO.

“Mr. Robot” Season 2 (Premieres on USA Wednesday, July 13 at 10 p.m. EDT)

Things are going to get a lot more complicated in the sophomore season of USA’s hit series. The new episodes pick up just 30 days after the attack on Evil Corp.

“Bachelor in Paradise” Season 3 (Premieres on ABC Tuesday, August 2 at 8 p.m. EDT)

Where do eliminated contestants from “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette” go? “Paradise,” of course! Former broken hearted cast members get a second chance at love on this reality show spinoff. One confirmed cast member from Ben Higgins’ season of “The Bachelor” is the lovable, yet slightly crazy, Lace!

“The Strain” Season 3 (Premieres Friday, August 28 at 10 p.m. EDT.)

What will happen to Eph after the death of Nora? Fans will have to tune in for the new installment of the spooky vampire drama.