Big Brother will be premiering early again this summer, with the controversial reality-competition series set to debut Wednesday, June 25th at 8:00. The live eviction show, which airs on Thursdays, bows the following day at 9:00, while the Sunday broadcast premieres June 29th at 9:00. Said Sunday broadcast will lead off a night of new programming, as legal drama Reckless premieres at June 29th at 9:00 and crime drama Unforgettable returns to the schedule at 10:00 the same night. Taking place in South Carolina, Reckless tells the story of a police sex scandal that brings a Yankee litigator and southern attorney together. The series stars Cam Gigandet (Easy A), Anna Wood (Chronicle), Shawn Hatosy (Southland), Adam Rodriguez (Ugly Betty), and Kim Wayans (In Living Color).

CBS will be adding to its genre stable with sci-fi drama Extant. Executive produced by Stephen Spielberg, the series stars Oscar winner Halle Berry as an astronaut trying to reconnect with her family after returning from a year-long mission. In addition to Berry, Extant stars Goran Visjnic (ER), Camryn Manheim (The Practice), Hiroyuki Sanada (Helix), Grace Gummer (Zero Hour), and Michael O’Neill (Transformers). Extant joins fellow genre series Under the Dome on the CBS summer schedule, with the Stephen King adaptation to premiere its second season Monday, June 30th at 10:00.

CBS Wednesday, Effective June 25
8:00-9:00 PM              Big Brother (Wednesday Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM            Criminal Minds
10:00-11:00 PM          CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CBS Thursday, Effective June 26
8:00-8:30 PM              The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9:00 PM              The Millers
9:00-10:00 PM            Big Brother (Thursday Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          Elementary

CBS Sunday, Effective June 29
7:00-8:00 PM              60 Minutes
8:00-9:00 PM              Big Brother (Sunday Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM            Reckless (Series Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          Unforgettable (Third Season Premiere)

CBS Monday, Effective June 30
8:00-8:30 PM              2 Broke Girls
8:30-9:00 PM              Friends with Better Lives
9:00-9:30 PM              Mike & Molly
9:30-10:00 PM            Mom
10:00-11:00 PM          Under the Dome (Second Season Premiere)

CBS Wednesday, Effective July 9
8:00-9:00 PM              Big Brother
9:00-10:00 PM            Extant (Series Premiere)
10:00-11:00 PM          Criminal Minds

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The Bad Teacher move will be preceded by The Crazy Ones and Two and a Half Men flipping time slots, with the former concluding its first season on April 17th. The time slot change will occur on February 27th. Meanwhile, Undercover Boss, which has been performing well for CBS, will conclude its 15-episode season on Friday, March 27th, making way for the recently resurrected drama starring Poppy Montgomery. It’s the first time CBS has had a drama in this particular hour since A Gifted Man in 2011.

Not receiving a premiere date was legal drama Reckless, which has effectively been pushed to summer. Bad Teacher is in an interesting position in that it only has three weeks to make a positive ratings impression on CBS executives before the network has its upfronts presentations in May. Airing behind Two and a Half Men could give it the boost necessary to earn an early second season renewal, but since CBS held it for so long anyway, they might see what it can do in the summer before making a final decision. Meanwhile, The Crazy Ones got the move that it should have earlier in the season, as the Robin Williams comedy has been struggling to hold up the 9:00 hour while being the only single camera comedy in the lineup and airing after The Millers, one of the most tonally incompatible comedies it could have been paired with. Whether the move will allow it to feed off of Men‘s audience, though, remains to be seen.

Which of the CBS Thursday comedies do you think will return next season? Should CBS have made the move to flip Two and a Half Men and The Crazy Ones earlier in the season? Will you be watching Bad Teacher?

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-ION Television has added encores of Burn Notice and White Collar to its programming slate, which includes the likes of Criminal Minds, Psych, and House. There’s no word yet on when they’ll make their channel debuts, however. While Burn Notice is currently in its final season, White Collar returns this fall.

–Person of Interest fans are in for a treat at Comic-Con, as CBS has issued nearly 40,000 limited-edition hotel keycards featuring images from the hit drama. Included are one with Reese and Fitch keeping a watchful eye and one meant as a response to people thinking that the show could be a work of fiction, given recent world events.

-Put into development at Discovery today is an untitled miniseries centering on William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, Scottish patriots who were forced to deal with King Edward I of England taking over Scotland and the discontent this produced among their people.

–Ray Donovan has become the first freshman Showtime series to see a rise in the ratings for its second episode, as it garnered a 15% increase this past Sunday. Thus far in its premiere week, the fixer drama is pacing 49 percent ahead of Homeland‘s freshman season premiere week. Meanwhile, Dexter grew from its highest-rated premiere ever, marking the first time the show has increased its numbers from a premiere to a second episode.

-Former American Idol judge Paula Abdul will guest judge on tonight’s episode of So You Think You Can Dance, which will feature the top 18 battling it out to stay in the competition.

-The entire first season of CBS drama Unforgettable has been made available on CBS.com, the CBS app, and various CBS Audience Network partner sites. The series, which stars Poppy Montgomery, returns for a second season on Sunday, July 28th.

-Syfy and Trion Worlds will be giving fans of Defiance a chance to become further involved in the show, thanks to the “Play the Game. Join the Show.” in-game contest. The ten Ark Hunters who complete the most Major Arkfall events between July 8 and July 30 will compete for a chance to have their  character written onto the show. These ten semifinalists will be fleshed out  with backstories written by the show’s writing staff, which will then be  featured on Facebook, where Defiance fans will choose their five favorites. A member of the Defiance team will then select the winner, who will appear on the show. Season two of Defiance premieres in June 2014.

-NBCUniversal is set to distribute the syndicated talk show of Meredith Viera, which will debut in the fall of 2014. The show will be taped on a set meant to resemble her home and feature a mix of feel-good human interest stories, celebrities guests with stories to tell, and various lifestyle segments.

-Jenna Elfman has officially been cast in NBC’s Growing Up Fisher (formerly The Family Guide), taking over for Parker Posey. The show will premiere this midseason.

-Esquire Network has released an extended look at The Getaway, a new original series that explores the world’s greatest cities through the eyes  of a revolving cast of travel-loving celebrities. Here’s who to expect during the first season and where they’ll be going:

Joel McHale (The Soup, Community) in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Aisha Tyler (Archer) in Paris.
Grammy Award-winning performer-songwriter Eve in  Kingston, Jamaica.
Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) in Hong Kong.
Acclaimed chef José Andrés in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Josh Gad (Book of  Mormon) in New York City.
True Blood‘s Ryan Kwanten in Los Angeles.
Brothers Seth Meyers (Saturday Night Live) and Josh Meyers (MADtv) in  Amsterdam.
Rashida Jones (The Office, Parks and Recreation) in London.
Paul Feig (creator of Freaks and Geeks, director of Bridesmaids) in Boston.

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