The CW has announced its first-ever summer schedule with even more original programming. Premiere dates have been set including two new reality series The Next: Fame Is at Your Doorstep and Oh Sit!, for August.
Also returning this summer is a ravamped America’s Next Top Model (Friday, August 24th). Cycle 19 will not only introduce two new judges, it will also offer an interactive experience where, for the first time in AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL history, the public will be able to have a say in who stays and who goes in the competition.
The most notable on the summer slate is the return of The L.A. Complex. Thought to have been surely canceled by a few, the network has set its return with the first seven, all-new episodes from its second season beginning on Tuesday, July 17th. Fans of Complex can catch up in time for the season two premiere as The CW has been airing encores of the first season.
Here’s what you can look forward to this summer on The CW:
MONDAY, JULY 9
9:00-10:00 p.m. REMODELED (series premiere encore)
TUESDAY, JULY 17
9:00-10:00 p.m. THE L.A. COMPLEX (season two premiere)
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15
8:00-9:00 p.m. OH SIT! (series premiere)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16
8:00-9:00 p.m. OH SIT! (special original episode)
9:00-10:00 p.m. THE NEXT: FAME IS AT YOUR DOORSTEP (series premiere)
FRIDAY, AUGUST 24
8:00-9:00 p.m. AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL: COLLEGE EDITION (cycle 19 premiere)
OH SIT!, a fun, high-stakes, high-octane musical chairs competition, kicks off the action on Wednesday, August 15 (8:00-9:00 p.m.). Hosted by Jamie Kennedy (“The Ghost Whisperer”) and actress/television host Jessi Cruickshank (“MTV Live”), OH SIT! will see 12 thrill-seeking daredevils racing head to head through five physically demanding, obstacle course-style eliminations as they each compete to claim a chair, to the sounds of a live band. At the end of the hour, only one contestant will be left sitting triumphant to seize the cash prize. Adding to the fun, Tanika Ray (“Extra”) will be in the trenches with the contestants both on and off the track and will add color commentary from the sidelines as the action unfolds.
On Thursday, August 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m.), The CW will go on a nationwide search for undiscovered artists on the verge of stardom with THE NEXT: FAME IS AT YOUR DOORSTEP from executive producer and hip-hop icon Queen Latifah and executive producer Dave Broome (“The Biggest Loser”). In this new take on the music competition genre, superstar mentors, including Grammy Award-nominated musician and actor Joe Jonas, Grammy Award-winning hip-hop superstar Nelly, pop legend Gloria Estefan, and country star John Rich will travel to where the talent is, immersing themselves in the lives and towns of these local performers and preparing them for the chance to represent their home city on stage, live, in front of America.