What's new under the sun

the book with the last episodes of ‘‘Dirty Sexy Money’’ and ‘‘Pushing Daisies.’’ The TV schedule is turning over for the summer season. That means the return of such warm-weather hits as ‘‘Saving Grace’’ and ‘‘The Closer,’’ not to mention silly game shows like ‘‘Wipeout.’’ It also means a slew of new series. Perhaps some of these

20 freshman shows will stick around until the sun shines next year.

Mental

Fox, Tuesdays, 9 p.m

He looks like Sting, he acts like House. He's Chris Vance as Dr. Jack Gallagher, the wizard of the mental ward. Annabella Sciorra is the show's Cuddy.

The Goode Family

ABC, Wednesdays, 9 p.m.

The new animated sitcom from "King of the Hill" and "Beavis and Butt-Head" impresario Mike Judge pokes fun at well-meaning environmentalists who reuse their shopping bags and worship at the altar of Al Gore. No, it is not set in Cambridge.

NBC, June 1, 8 p.m.

Heidi Montag. Spencer Pratt. Janice Dickinson. Sanjaya. Many of the celebrities you'd liked to have dropped into a jungle over the past few years will now be dropped into a jungle and forced to demonstrate their survival skills. America will choose who wins and raises money for a favorite charity.

The Listener

NBC, June 4, 9 p.m.

If you were a cute guy with a special supernatural ability, what would you do? Helm a TV procedural, of course. NBC's new drama centers on Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik), a 25-year-old paramedic who can read people's minds and uses his ability to help folks in need.

Royal Pains

USA, June 4, 10 p.m.

A comedy about a cute guy who saves a life at a Hamptons party and becomes a doctor-on-demand for the rich. Un-self-aware billionaires are always good for laughs (See: the Bravo network).

Nurse Jackie

Showtime, June 8, 10:30 p.m.

So indelible as Carmela Soprano, Edie Falco lands another role equal to her talents as Showtime's latest tarnished angel. Falco is a world-weary nurse with a pill problem. "Sopranos" costar Paul Schulze - he played Father Phil - is the co-worker with whom she's having an affair.

Hammertime

A&E, June 14, 10 p.m

Bring on the parachute pants! MC Hammer is back in a celebrity-afterlife reality series. Among those along for the ride are his wife of 23 years and son Stanley, Jr., better known as Booby. U can't make this up.

HawthoRNe

TNT, June 16, 9 p.m.

The tortured title doesn't bode well, but producer-star Jada Pinkett Smith should be an asset. She's "compassionate and headstrong" Christina Hawthorne, the recently widowed chief nurse at a big-city hospital. Michael Vartan ("Alias") is the oncologist who treated her late husband.

Merlin

NBC, June 21, 8 p.m.

"Kings" flopped, but NBC tries again to bring a modern twist to an old story. This time we're back in Camelot with Arthur and his adventurous friend. They're young, they're cute, they're not legends - yet. John Hurt and Anthony Head ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") play two of the grown-ups.

Make It Or Break It

ABC Family, June 22, 9 p.m.

If you haven't gotten over your Shawn Johnson "Dancing With the Stars" high (or low), here's a reminder of her roots: a new drama about an aspiring gymnast who gets to train at a tough facility called the Rock. Stars include Candace Cameron Bure, formerly of "Full House."

The Superstars

ABC, June 23, 8 p.m.

Think of it as "sweating with the stars." Eight normally toned celebrities team up with eight famous athletes to compete in swimming, biking, kayaking, and the like. The athletes include Terrell Owens and Jennifer Capriati. The stars include Ali Landry and Julio Iglesias Jr.

NYC Prep

Bravo, June 23, 10 p.m.

Imagine Blair and Serena and Chuck. Without a script. With a hunger to get famous. Can "Gossip Girl" keep up with this Bravo docu-series?

The Philanthropist

NBC, June 24, 10 p.m.

What's a bored billionaire to do? Give it away, of course. But Teddy Rist (James Purefoy) is no bespectacled Bill Gates, futzing with a foundation. He's "the world's first vigilante philanthropist," dropping into global hot spots to help those in need.

Hung

HBO, June 28, 10 p.m.

HBO tries to push the envelope again with this sitcom about a down-on-his-luck schoolteacher (Thomas Jane) who decides to turn around his fortunes by capitalizing on his biggest physical asset. Anne Heche costars as his estranged wife.

The CW, July 7, 9 p.m.

Bravo may be considering "The Real Housewives of D.C.," but the CW gets there first with this docu-reality series about the young women who run the Georgetown social circuit.

Warehouse 13

Sci Fi, July 7, 9 p.m.

"The X-Files" formula lives on. Eddie McClintock and Joanne Kelly are Secret Service agents transferred to the government storehouse where unexplained souvenirs are kept and analyzed.

Dark Blue

TNT, July 15, 10 p.m.

Dylan McDermott ("The Practice") heads a squad of undercover cops whose clandestine work throws their everyday lives off-balance. Logan Marshall-Green, Nicki Aycox, and Omari Hardwick costar in the latest product from the Jerry Bruckheimer hit factory.

Dating in the Dark

ABC, July 20, 10 p.m.

Yes, it is exactly what it sounds like. Three men and three women are matched based on compatibility. They go on dates with the lights out. At the end of the episode, the lights go on. Moralism ensues.

Ruby & the Rockits

ABC Family, July 21, 8:30 p.m.

Shaun Cassidy, the teen idol-turned-TV producer, brings us the story of two former teen idols and a long-lost teenage daughter. Patrick Cassidy and David Cassidy costar.

More to Love

Fox, July 28, 9 p.m.

"The Bachelor" meets "The Biggest Loser" in a dating derby that promises to help plus-size people find love, or whatever passes for it these days.