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Three decades this week saw the premieres of new series, ranging from animated to news to reality, with very few of them surviving beyond their first seasons … or first few episodes. 1993’s longest running show — just a little over a year — was a game show adaptation of a very popular board game. 2003 gave us a TV movie finale to a popular three season kids series, and a series of animated segments produced for a different show repackaged as its own series. Sixteen new series debuted in 2013, including a morning news show that is still on the air today, although under a different title, and a reality series that is also still running. Only one other reality series ran for two episodes, with the rest having single season runs. Read on to see what shows have anniversaries this week and tell us if your favorites are on the list!
1953
- No new series debuted this week in 1953.
1963
- No new series debuted this week in 1963.
1973
- No new series debuted this week in 1973.
1983
- No new series debuted this week in 1983.
1993
- June 6 – South Beach (NBC, One season, 7 episodes, 1 unaired)
- June 7 – Rumor Has It (VH1, One season, last broadcast on October 28, 1993)
- June 7 – Trivial Pursuit (The Family Channel, 130 episodes, last broadcast on December 30, 1994)
- June 11 – Cutters (CBS, One season, 5 episodes)
Rumor Has It was the first game show to be broadcast on VH1.
2003
Cartoon Network Studios
- June 13 – The Even Stevens Movie (Disney Channel, TV Movie)
- June 13 – The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Cartoon Network, Six seasons, 84 episodes)
The Even Stevens Movie served as the series finale to the popular series that ran for three seasons on Disney Channel. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy was originally produced as segments for Grim & Evil which debuted on August 24, 2001. The segments were then aired as a stand-alone series beginning June 13, 2003.
2013
Pilgrim Studios
- June 8 – Sinbad (Syfy, One season, 12 episodes)
- June 8 – Primeval: New World (Syfy, One season, 13 episodes)
- June 8 – Sam & Cat (Nickelodeon, One season, 35 episodes)
- June 8 – Disrupt with Karen Finney (MSNBC, last broadcast on June 1, 2014)
- June 9 – Stroumboulopoulos (CNN, 7 episodes)
- June 10 – New Day (CNN, last broadcast on October 31, 2022)
- June 10 – King & Maxwell (TNT, One season, 10 episodes)
- June 10 – Deon Cole’s Black Box (TBS, One season, 6 episodes)
- June 10 – Grojband (Cartoon Network/Boomerang, One season, 26 episodes)
- June 10 – Street Outlaws (Discovery Channel, Fifteen seasons, 105 episodes to date)
- June 10 – The Winner Is (NBC, One season, 7 episodes)
- June 11 – Twisted (ABC Family, One season, 19 episodes)
- June 11 – Renovate to Rent (HGTV, Two seasons, 21 episodes)
- June 11 – My Teen is Pregnant and So Am I (TLC, One season, 6 episodes)
- June 12 – Dig Wars (Travel Channel, One season, 6 episodes)
- June 13 – House of Curves (WE tv, One season, 6 episodes)
Sinbad was an acquisition for Syfy of a British series that originally premiered on Sky1 on July 8, 2012. Primeval: New World, a spin-off of the 2007 UK series Primeval, was a Canadian acquisition for Syfy (Hulu acquired the streaming rights).
Sam & Cat was a spin-off of iCarly and Victorious. The series had been renewed for a second season, but behind-the-scenes drama put production on hiatus, and it was eventually cancelled.
New Day was retitled CNN This Morning and relaunched on November 1, 2022.
The pilot for Twisted was broadcast on March 19, 2013 with the remaining nine episodes of the series debuting on June 11. The network ordered an additional nine episodes for a full season with the finale airing on April 1. 2014.
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