CBS Announces Summer Primetime Schedule

Jennifer Finnigan won three Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal
of Bridget Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. Next she'll star
as Grace Darrow in Salvation.

CBS has announced its summer schedule, including the new event series Salvation, the new live-action game show Candy Crush, the third season of Zoo, based on James Patterson’s #1 bestselling novel, and the return of the summer sensation Big Brother.

Big Brother, hosted by Julie Chen, will once again have three weekly episodes. The hit reality series debuts with a special two-hour premiere on Wednesday, June 28 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT), followed by the Thursday broadcast on June 29 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT), Sunday’s installment on July 2 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT), and its regular Wednesday time period on July 5 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET/PT). Last summer, all three editions ranked among the summer’s top 10 broadcasts in adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and adults 25-54.

Zoo, last summer’s #2 scripted series, returns for its third season on Thursday, June 29 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET/PT). In season three, the year is 2027 and the world has reached a tipping point: as the human population continues to dwindle due to the sterility problem, an equally devastating threat rises in the form of “the hybrids,” an army of unstoppable lab-made creatures, hell-bent on destroying Mankind.

Kirstie Alley & Jennifer Finnigan Star In Lifetime Movie 'Baby Sellers'

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kirstie Alley and three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner from THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Jennifer Finnigan star in the Lifetime Original Movie event Baby Sellers, premiering Saturday, August 17, at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Inspired by true events, the provocative film from prolific and multiple Emmy and Golden Globe winning producer Robert Halmi, Sr. (Human Trafficking, Tin Man) is a chilling account of the brutal and horrific realities behind the global illicit trade of selling children, many kidnapped from their homes, under the guise of seemingly regulated adoption.

TNT's MONDAY MORNINGS Begins Production

Production is now under way for TNT's MONDAY MORNINGS, a powerful new series from award-winning producer David E. Kelley (ALLY MCBEAL, CHICAGO HOPE) and practicing neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, on whose book the series is based. The medical drama stars Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2, TNT's THE COMPANY), Jamie Bamber (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA), Jennifer Finnigan (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL), Bill Irwin (CSI), Keong Sim (GLEE), Sarayu Rao and Emily Swallow (TNT's SOUTHLAND). TNT has ordered 10 episodes for the first season of MONDAY MORNINGS, which is slated to premiere in early 2013.

Set at the fictional Chelsea General Hospital in Portland, Oregon, Monday Mornings follows the lives of doctors as they push the limits of their abilities and confront their personal and professional failings. The title refers to the hospital’s weekly morbidity and mortality conference, when doctors gather with their peers for a confidential review of complications and errors in patient care.

Today in Soap Opera History (August 22)

On this date in...

1967: On DARK SHADOWS, Victoria (Alexandra Moltke) accepted Burke's (Anthony George) marriage proposal.

1979: THE EDGE OF NIGHT's Terry Davis taped a celebrity guest appearance on $20,000 PYRAMID.

Today in Soap Opera History (August 22)

On this date in...

1979: THE EDGE OF NIGHT's Terry Davis was a celebrity guest on $20,000 PYRAMID.