2014 tv shows listing from jun to aug 2014
SUMMER 2014 - jun, jul, aug

Halt & Catch Fire  [AMC (USA)] it-revolution drama  June 01, 2014
Set in the early 1980s, “Halt & Catch Fire” dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie. From AMC Studios, “Halt & Catch Fire” is created by Chris Cantwell and Chris Rodgers. Mark Johnson (“Breaking Bad,” Diner, Rain Man) and Melissa Bernstein (“Breaking Bad”) from Gran Via Productions serve as executive producers.


Power [Starz (USA)] 8 parts drama  Jun 7, 2014
Power revolves around James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York City nightclub owner who caters to the city's elite. He wants to build an empire, turn the club into a Fortune 500 business, but there's just one problem: Ghost is living a double life. When he's not at the club, he's the kingpin of the most lucrative drug network in New York for a very high-level clientele. His marriage, family and business all become unknowingly threatened as he is tempted to leave his criminal life behind and become the rags-to-riches businessman he wants to be most of all.

Murder In The First [TNT (USA)] 10 parts Crime  Jun 9, 2014
This suspenseful and intriguing crime drama will intimately dissect a single murder case over an entire season, from the commitment of the crime through the investigation, arrest and trial.

Chasing Life  [ABC Family (USA)] 20 parts  Drama  June 10, 2014
The series follows twenty-something April (Ricci), a smart and quick witted aspiring journalist who is trying to work her way up the ladder at a Boston newspaper by trying to impress her hard-nosed editor. When not pursuing the latest scoop, April tries to balance her ambitious career with her family – her widowed mom Sara (Keller), rebellious little sister Brenna (Ramm) and her grandmother. Just as things start to look up at work, home and on the romance front with co-worker Dominic (Brancatisano), April gets the devastating news from an estranged uncle that she has cancer.

Dominion (Syfy) supernatural thriller  June 19, 2014
Based on characters from the hit theatrical film Legion (2010), Dominion is an epic Supernatural drama set in the year 25 A.E. In this transformed post–apocalyptic future an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, has waged a war of possession against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, has chosen to side with humanity against Gabriel. Rising out of the ashes of the 25 year-long battle are newly fortified cities which protect the human survivors. In Vega (formerly Las Vegas), the largest of these cities, two houses vie for control and the stage is set for political upheaval and a dangerous power shift. Meanwhile, a rebellious young soldier begins a perilous journey as the war between the human race and the fallen angels hell-bent on their domination escalates.


The Last Ship [TNT (USA)] 10 parts apocalyptic series June 22, 2014
The Last Ship is an action-packed drama series, based on the popular novel by William Brinkley. In the series, a global virus pandemic nearly obliterates the earth's population, forcing the crew of a naval destroyer to confront the reality of their new existence in a dangerous new world where they are among the only survivors.


Tyrant [FX (USA)] 10 parts political thriller Jun 24, 2014 
tells the story of an unassuming American family — Barry, Molly and their kids — drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle East nation.
Tyrant is from Homeland executive producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff and Six Feet Under alum Craig Wright. It is created by Raff, developed by Gordon and Wright and to be directed by David Yates. The Fox 21-produced project, which will film the pilot in Morocco, has a big commitment at FX and is expected to go to series

Young & Hungry  [ABC Family (USA)]  Comedy food  June 25, 2014
Two worlds collide in Young & Hungry when Nick, a well-off young tech entrepreneur, hires Gabi, a feisty young food blogger, to be his personal chef. Executive producers are Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum (Two and a Half Men), Ashley Tisdale and Jessica Rhoades for CBS Television Studios where the Tannenbaum Co. is based. The pilot was written by David Holden 

Mystery Girls  [ABC Family (USA)]  Comedy Crime    Jun 25, 2014
Mystery Girls follows a former starlet (Tori Spelling) who is roped into solving crimes with her former mystery TV show costar when a witness to a crime will only speak to the infamous Mystery Girls. Spelling and Maggie Malina (Single Ladies) serve as executive producers. The pilot was written by Shepard Boucher based on a story by him and Spelling.

Taxi Brooklyn  [NBC (USA)]  Comedy Crime    Jun 25, 2014
"Taxi Brooklyn": Based on Luc Besson's "Taxi" film franchise, "Brooklyn" stars Chyler Leigh ("Grey's Anatomy") as a headstrong NYPD detective who's demoted to foot patrol. She teams up with a cabbie (Jacky Ido) to help her get around town and solve cases

Reckless (US) [CBS (USA)] legal drama June 29, 2014
Charleston-set drama about two adversaries, a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a Southern city attorney, who struggle to hide their attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal that threatens to implode the city

The Leftovers [HBO (USA)] 10 parts Supernatural  June 29, 2014
What if your life was upended in an instant? What if your spouse or your child disappeared right in front of your eyes? Was it the Rapture or something even more difficult to explain? How would you rebuild your life in the wake of such a devastating event? These are the questions confronting the bewildered citizens of Mapleton, a formerly comfortable suburban community that lost over a hundred people in the Sudden Departure. Kevin Garvey, the new mayor, wants to move forward, to bring a sense of renewed hope and purpose to his traumatized neighbors, even as his own family disintegrates. His wife, Laurie, has left him to enlist in the Guilty Remnant, a homegrown cult whose members take a vow of silence but haunt the town's streets as "living reminders" of God's judgment. His son, Tom, is gone, too, dropping out of college to follow a crooked "prophet" who calls himself Holy Wayne. Only his teenaged daughter, Jill, remains, and she's definitely not the sweet "A" student she used to be.

The Honourable Woman [BBC TWO (UK)] 8 parts Thriller July 03, 2014
The Honourable Woman is described as a fast-paced, labyrinthine thriller set against an international political backdrop that carries Blick’s distinctive rhythmic style and vision. It centers on Nessa Stein’s (Gyllenhaal) whose father was a Zionist arms procurer, and as children, she and her brother witness his assassination. As an adult, inheriting her father’s company, she dramatically inverts its purpose from supplying arms to laying high-spec data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her sudden appointment to the House of Lords, apparently due to her tireless promotion of projects for reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, creates an international political maelstrom


Finding Carter [MTV (USA)]  12 parts Teens Drama July 08, 2014
Finding Carter is described as an unconventional family drama about a girl realizing that sometimes the people closest to you are the ones who have the most to hide. It centers on teen Carter who has the perfect life with her fun-loving single mom Lori until police bust at a high school party reveals that Lori abducted her as a toddler. Now Carter must return to the family who thought they had lost her. As she navigates brand new parents, a twin sister, high school and boys, Carter vows to find Lori before the police capture the only mom she’s ever known and put her behind bars

Extant [CBS (USA)]  13 parts sci-fi thriller July 9, 2014
Extant is a futuristic thriller that follows a female astronaut who tries to reconnect with her family when she returns after a year in outer space. Her experiences lead to events that ultimately change the course of human history.
Steven Spielberg will executive-produce "Extant" alongside Greg Walker, Brooklyn Weaver, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank and Mickey Fisher, who will also pen the project.

Welcome To Sweden  [NBC  (USA)] Comedy July 10, 2014
"Welcome to Sweden": Greg Poehler (Amy's brother) plays an American who moves with his girlfriend (Josephine Bornebusch) to her native Sweden and has to adjust to a different culture, look for work and deal with his girlfriend's eccentric family.

THE STRAIN [FX] 13 parts  Sci-Fi  The Strain  July 13, 2014
The Strain is a high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll), the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.


Backpackers  [CW (USA)]  Comedy July 14, 2014
Originally created as a digital series for the CW’s digital studio, CW Seed, “Backpackers” follows best friends Ryan (Noah Reid, “Titanic”) and Brandon (Dillon Casey, “Nikita”) as they race across Europe in search of Ryan’s missing bride-to-be, while  struggling with the eternal twenty something question of what to do with their lives.

Married [FX (USA)] 10 parts Comedy  July 17, 2014
Married is about being miserably in love. It stars Nat Faxon and Judy Greer as Russ and Lina Bowman, who can barely remember what it was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance. But every once in a while, in between arguments about their declining sex life and who’s driving carpool, they are reminded what drew them together in the first place — they’re best friends. The show co-stars Brett Gelman and Jenny Slate

Satisfaction (US) [USA Network (USA)] 10 parts Drama July 17, 2014
A provocative drama that explores modern marriage at its midpoint. Through the lens of one couple, Neil Truman, and his wife Grace, this series answers the question, "What do you do when having it all is not enough?" by delving into their shocking and unconventional choices.

Rush (2014) [USA Network (USA)] 10 parts Medical July 17, 2014
The fast paced Hollywood drama, "RUSH" is about Dr. William Rush who is not your average on-call doctor -- he's not attached to any hospital, he's highly discreet no matter what the ailment as long as the client can pay his cash-only premium and the doctor can party with the best of them. He has no desire to change his life or how he lives it, until an old flame and his conscience begin to stir things up

You're the Worst (2014)  [FX (USA)] 10 parts Comedy  July 17, 2014
You're the Worst is a comedic love story that centers on two toxic people who fall in love despite themselves and attempt to start a relationship.
Stephen Falk, a "Weeds" alum, has penned the pilot for “You’re the Worst” and will exec produce. FX Prods. will produce the project. Along with co-exec producing and writing for Jenji Kohan’s "Weeds," Falk also serves as scribe and co-exec producer on Kohan’s latest series, "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix

The Divide  [We tv (USA)] 8 parts Crime July 19, 2014
The Divide is described as an exploration of personal morality and probes how truth coexists in the modern justice system alongside ambition, ethics, politics and race. As an impassioned case worker with The Innocence Initiative, Christine Rosa (Marin Ireland) delves into the case of a death-row inmate she believes was wrongly convicted of a young family’s heinous murder 11 years earlier. She chases down new evidence in a search for the truth and confronts an equally passionate district attorney, Adam Page (Damon Gupton), whose view of justice is colored by shades of grey. The cast also includes Joe Anderson, Aunjanue Ellis, Clarke Peters and Paul Schneider

Sensitive Skin(CA) [HBO CANADA (CA)] 6 parts Comedy July 20, 2014
Sensitive Skin' follows the story of Davina and her long-term husband Al who sell their comfortable home to move downtown to a modern condo, in a up and coming neighbourhood, to try and change their lives and become more relevant.
The show is a adaptation of the BBC series that starred Joanna Lumley and Denis Lawson

The Lottery  [Lifetime (USA)]  10 parts  Sci-Fi  July 20, 2014
In a world where women have stopped having children, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized, and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. Government interests and power begin to dominate one of the most personal and basic elements of humanity: the right to have a family

Manhattan [WGN america ( USA)] 13 parts History Sci-Fi  July 27, 2014
WGN America is quickly ramping up its original portfolio. The cable network has greenlighted its second scripted series, 13-episode drama Manhattan, for a summer 2014 premiere. The show, from writer Sam Shaw and director Thomas Schlamme, is being produced by Skydance Television, Tribune Studios and Lionsgate Television. Its pickup comes two months after WGN ordered its first original drama series, Salem, and four months after the network signaled its plans to become a player in the space with the hire of Matt Cherniss as president. Created by Shaw (Masters of Sex) and to be directed by The West Wing alum Schlamme, Manhattan is set against the backdrop of the clandestine mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico and follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives

Sequestered [Crackle (USA)] 12 parts Thriller  Aug  05, 2014
Sequestered is a 12 episode Series Scheduled to Premiere on Crackle in August. A sophisticated, intense thriller, starring Jesse Bradford (BRING IT ON), Summer Glau (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), Patrick Warburton (“Rules of Engagement”), and Bruce Davison (X-MEN) about a jury sequestered in a hotel while deliberating a court case with massive implications

Black Jesus [Adult Swim (USA)] 16 parts Comedy  Aug 7, 2014
Black Jesus stars newcomer Gerald “Slink” Johnson as Jesus living in present day Compton, CA on a daily mission to spread love and kindness throughout the neighborhood with the help of his small but loyal group of downtrodden followers. The pickup comes on the heels of the Jesus race controversy triggered by Fox News star Megyn Kelley’s “Jesus is white” comments


Outlander [Starz ( USA)] 16 parts Sci-Fi  Aug 9, 2014
Outlander spans the genres of romance, science fiction, history, and adventure. It follows Claire, a married WWII combat nurse, who mistakenly steps back in time to year 1743 where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world of adventure that sends her on the run and threatens her life. When Claire is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, it ignites a passionate affair that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives

Legends (2014) [TNT (USA)] 10 parts  spy  Aug 13, 2014
Legends centers on a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum, who has an uncanny ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. But his own identity comes into question when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't who he thinks he is. "Legends" is based on a book by master spy novelist Robert Littell


Intruders  [BBC America (USA)]  10 parts Thriller Aug 23, 2014
the series is about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others