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Several decades produced new TV series this week, but only a handful of them are memorable. 1983 saw the debut of a long running early morning news program that eventually morphed into a different early morning news program. 1993 had one failed sitcom, and 2003 had a multi-season kids game show. As usual, 2013 had the bulk of the new shows with the need to feed the large number of cable outlets (none of these new series aired on a traditional broadcast network). Most of them ran for one or two short seasons, but there was a three season UK crime drama, a fifteen season cooking competition, and a children’s cartoon series that is still running today and looks to have a bright future ahead. Read on to learn a little more about this week’s new series, and tell us which ones you remember!
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
- August 8 – NBC News at Sunrise (NBC, 16 seasons, last broadcast on September 6, 1999)
NBC News at Sunrise was replaced with Early Today, which premiered on September 9, 1999.
1993
- August 9 – Big Wave Dave’s (CBS, One season, 6 episodes)
2003
- August 8 – Girls v. Boys (Noggin/The N, Four seasons, last broadcast on October 7, 2005)
2013
Kudos
- August 6 – The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man (History, Two seasons, 10 episodes, 2 specials)
- August 7 – Broadchurch (BBC America, Three seasons, 24 episodes)
- August 11 – Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (Disney XD, Two seasons, 52 episodes)
- August 11 – Eat, Drink, Love (Bravo, One season, 8 episodes)
- August 11 – Low Winter Sun (AMC, One season, 10 episodes)
- August 11 – Talking Bad (AMC, One season, 8 episodes)
- August 11 – Bad Ink (A&E, Two seasons, 24 episodes)
- August 11 – Cutthroat Kitchen (Food Network, Fifteen seasons, 189 episodes, 1 special)
- August 12 – PAW Patrol (Nickelodeon, Ten seasons, 235 episodes to date)
- August 12 – Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield (CNN, Four seasons, last broadcast on August 31, 2016)
The Legend of Shelby the Swamp Man was a spin-off of History Channel’s Ax Men. Broadchurch made its debut in the UK on ITV on March 4, 2013 before launching in the US on BBC America. Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. aired as part of the Marvel Universe block on Disney XD. Low Winter Sun was based on a two-part 2006 British mini-series, with star Mark Strong appearing in the same role in both series. PAW Patrol is a Canadian animated children’s series that has become a hit in the US, and was recently renewed for an 11th season.
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