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August 2017 TV Premiere Dates (New Series/Seasons, Movies, and Specials)

Tuesday, August 1, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Maz Jobrani: Immigrant (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
  • 3/2 AM: Surviving Escobar: Alias JJ (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 6:15/5:15 PM: OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes (Cartoon Network, One-Hour Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Dance Moms (Lifetime, 7th Season Summer Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Manhunt: Unabomber (Discovery Channel, Two-Hour Series Premiere)

Wednesday, August 2, 2017:

  • 7:30/6:30 PM: An Inconvenient Special (MTV, Special Presentation)
  • 9/8 PM: RMD Garage (Velocity, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Baroness von Sketch Show (IFC, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Darkness (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Lowe Files (A&E, One-Hour Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Sinner (USA Network, Series Premiere)

Thursday, August 3, 2017:

  • 9/8 PM: Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel, 16th Season Premiere)
  • 9:30/8:30 PM: Small Town, Big Mayor (UP, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team (CMT, 12th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Guest Book (TBS, One-Hour Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: What Would Diplo Do? (Viceland, Series Premiere)
  • 10:30/9:30 PM: Nuts + Bolts (Viceland, Series Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: The Chris Gethard Show (truTV, Series Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: I Love Kellie Pickler (CMT, 3rd Season Premiere)

Friday, August 4, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Comrade Detective (Amazon, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Icarus (Netflix, Documentary Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Lost in Oz (Amazon, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Voltron: Legendary Defender (Netflix, 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Horror on the Homestead (ID, Two-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: We Day (CBS, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Treehouse Masters (Animal Planet, 8th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Million Dollar Matchmaker (WE, 2nd Season Premiere)

Saturday, August 5, 2017:

  • 11:30/10:30 AM: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (DFC, One-Hour 7th Season Summer Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Love at the Shore (Hallmark Channel, Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Love Thy Neighbor (OWN, 4th Season Summer Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet, 9th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Son of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer (ID, Two-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: George Lopez: The Wall, Live From Washington D.C. (HBO, One-Hour Special)

Sunday, August 6, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (Syfy, Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Star Salvation 3 (Food Network, One-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Trapped Sisters (Lifetime, Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days (TLC, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Chesapeake Shores (Hallmark Channel, 2nd Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder (Hallmark Movie Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Life of Kylie (E!, One-Hour Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Ray Donovan (Showtime, 5th Season Premiere)

Monday, August 7, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: Deuces (BET, Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Man v. Food (Travel Channel, 5th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Snap Decision (GSN, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Brillo Box (3¢ Off) (HBO, Documentary Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Escaping Polygamy (A&E, 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Last Shot (Viceland, Series Premiere)

Tuesday, August 8, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Difficult People (Hulu, 90-Minute 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (HBO, 12th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Last Chance High (Viceland, Series Premiere)
  • 10:30/9:30 PM: The Therapist (Viceland, 2nd Season Premiere)

Wednesday, August 9, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: Mr. Mercedes (Audience, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Swedish Dicks (POP, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: The Story of Diana: Part One (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Wahlburgers (A&E, 8th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Growing Up Evancho: Meet the Evanchos (TLC, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Project Nazi: The Blueprints of Evil (AHC, Series Premiere)

Thursday, August 10, 2017:

  • 8:30/7:30 AM: CMT Remembers Glen Campbell (CMT, Special Presentation)
  • 9/8 PM: First in Human (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: The Story of Diana: Part Two (ABC, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Weekend Update Summer Edition (NBC, Special Presentation)

Friday, August 11, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Atypical (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh (Netflix, 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Naked (Netflix, Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: True & the Rainbow Kingdom (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Bering Sea Gold (Discovery Channel, 11th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Son of Sam the Killer Speaks (CBS, One-Hour Special)

Saturday, August 12, 2017:

  • All Day: Ducktales (Disney XD, One-Hour Series Premiere, Airing Every Hour All Day)
  • 8/7 PM: Jojo Siwa: My World (Nickelodeon, Special Presentation)
  • 9/8 PM: Love Thy Neighbor (OWN, 4th Season Summer Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Summer in the Vineyard (Hallmark, Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Rescue Dog to Super Dog (Animal Planet, Series Premiere)

Sunday, August 13, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: The Cars That Made America (History Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Inside Windsor Castle (Smithsonian, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Teen Choice 2017 (FOX, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Elvis Presley: Behind Closed Doors (Reelz, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text (Hallmark Movie Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Get Shorty (Epix, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Guy’s Family Road Trip (Food Network, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Mustang Madness (History Channel, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Oklahoma City Bombing: As We Watched (AHC, One-Hour Special)

Monday, August 14, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: Bachelor in Paradise (ABC, 4th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Diners, Drive-Ins, & Dives: Mex to the Max (Food Network, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Baller Wives (VH1, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: I Hart Food (Food Network, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Real Housewives of Dallas (Bravo, 2nd Season Premiere)

Tuesday, August 15, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Brad Paisley’s Comedy Rodeo (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
  • 3/2 AM: Tumble Leaf (Amazon, 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Chasing Classic Cars (Velocity, 11th Season Summer Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath (A&E, 2nd Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Divided (GSN, 2nd Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Greenleaf (OWN, 2nd Season Summer Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Haunted Towns (DA, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Murder of Laci Peterson (A&E, Series Premiere)

Wednesday, August 16, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: Car Country (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: CMA Fest 2017 (ABC, Three-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Marlon (NBC, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Growing Up Supermodel (Lifetime, Series Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: MTV Undressed (MTV, Series Premiere)

Thursday, August 17, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: Project Runway (Lifetime, 16th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Flipping Out (Bravo, 10th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Mary Tyler Moore: Behind the Smile (Reelz, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Saturday Night Live Weekend Update (NBC, Special Presentation)
  • 9/8 PM: Tiny House, Big Living (DIY, 6th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (Bravo, 4th Season Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: Naked SNCTM (Showtime, Series Premiere)

Friday, August 18, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Dinotrux (Netflix, 5th Season Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Glitter Force Doki Doki (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Marvel’s The Defenders (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: What Happened to Monday (Netflix, Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood! (Showtime, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Cake Hunters (Cooking Channel, 2nd Season Summer Premiere)

Saturday, August 19, 2017:

  • 7/6 AM: Marvel’s Spider-Man (Disney XD, One-Hour Series Premiere)
  • 7/6 PM: The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway (Oxygen, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Eat, Play, Love (Hallmark, Movie Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Halt and Catch Fire (AMC, Two-Hour 4th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Love Thy Neighbor (OWN, 4th Season Summer Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Wild West (BBC America, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Animal ER (Nat Geo Wild, 2nd Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Swamp Murders (ID, 5th Season Premiere)
  • Midnight/11 PM: People Just Do Nothing (Viceland, 3rd Season Premiere)

Sunday, August 20, 2017:

  • 7/6 PM: U.S. Gymnastics Championships (NBC, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Endeavour (PBS, 4th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval (Hallmark Movie Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Great American Eclipse: Countdown to Darkness (Science Channel, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network, 8th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: The Last Ship (TNT, Two-Hour 4th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: The New Age of Terror. A Rising Enemy (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: At Home in Mitford (Hallmark, Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Caribbean Pirate Treasure (Travel Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Episodes (Showtime, 5th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Survivor’s Remorse (Starz, 4th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: WAGS Miami (E!, 2nd Season Premiere)
  • 10:30/9:30 PM: Dice (Showtime, 2nd Season Premiere)

Monday, August 21, 2017:

  • 7/6 AM: Lego Nexo Knights (Cartoon Network, 4th Season Premiere)
  • Noon/11 AM: Great American Eclipse: First Contact (Science Channel, One-Hour Special)
  • 1 PM/Noon: Great American Eclipse: Total Eclipse (Science Channel, One-Hour Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Secret History of the Sun (Science Channel, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: The Great American Eclipse (Science Channel, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: The New Age of Terror. War Without End (History Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: When Nature Calls (Nat Geo Wild, Series Premiere)
  • 10:16/9:16 PM: Voyager: The Definitive History (Science Channel, One-Hour Special)

Tuesday, August 22, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Lynne Koplitz: Hormonal Beast (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
  • 8/7 PM: Black Girls Rock 2017 (BET, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Night Shift Nightmare (ID, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Face Off: Game Face (Syfy, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Filthy Rich Guide (CNBC, 3rd Season Summer Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: The Planets (Science Channel, Series Premiere)

Wednesday, August 23, 2017:

  • 9/8 PM: Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (ID, 7th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Vanderpump Rules Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky (Bravo, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Worst Cooks in America (Food Network, 11th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Shattered (ID, Series Premiere)

Thursday, August 24, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Party Boat (Crackle, Movie Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: A Killer in the Shadows (ID, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Kiss of Death (ID, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update (NBC, Special Presentation)
  • 9:30/8:30 PM: 30 for 30: What Carter Lost (ESPN, Documentary Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Ice Road Truckers (History Channel, 11th Season Premiere)

Friday, August 25, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Death Note (Netflix, Movie Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Disjointed (Netflix, Series Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: Dragons: Race to the Edge (Netflix, 5th Season Premiere)
  • 3/2 AM: The Tick (Amazon, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Heston’s Fantastical Food (Cooking Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Whitney. Can I Be Me (Showtime, Documentary Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Love Blows (WE, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Man Eating Python of Sulawesi (Discovery Channel, One-Hour Special)

Saturday, August 26, 2017:

  • 9/8 PM: Sun, Sand & Romance (Hallmark, Movie Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Mysteries of the Missing (Science Channel, Series Premiere)

Sunday, August 27, 2017:

  • 8/7 PM: 2017 MTV VMA Pre-Show (MTV, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: 2017 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, Special Presentation)
  • 9/8 PM: Drew Peterson: An American Murder Mystery (ID, Two-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Garage Sale Mystery: A Cast of Murder (Hallmark Movie Channel, Two-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Diana’s Death: Search for the Truth (Reelz, One-Hour Special)
  • Midnight/11 PM: Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Awesome 10 Year Anniversary Version, Great Job? (Adult Swim, Special Presentation)

Monday, August 28, 2017:

  • 8/7 AM: Win Lose or Fail (History Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 4/3 PM: Mysticons (Nickelodeon, Series Premiere)
  • 8/7 PM: Fashion Police: The 2017 MTV Video Music Awards (E!, One-Hour Special)
  • 9/8 PM: Diesel Brothers (Discovery Channel, 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (TV One, Movie Premiere)

Tuesday, August 29, 2017:

  • 3/2 AM: Ryan Hamilton: Happy Face (Netflix, Stand-Up Comedy Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Black Love (OWN, Series Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: Chopped After Hours (Food Network, 3rd Season Premiere)
  • 11/10 PM: Dare to Live (MTV, Series Premiere)

Wednesday, August 30, 2017:

  • 9/8 PM: Buying and Selling (HGTV, 7th Season Premiere)
  • 9/8 PM: Misfit Garage (Discovery Channel, 5th Season Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: CMT Crossroads with Backstreet Boys and Florida Georgia Line (CMT, One-Hour Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Garage Rehab (Discovery Channel, Series Premiere)
  • 10/9 PM: Garage Squad (Velocity, 4th Season Premiere)

Thursday, August 31, 2017:

  • 9/8 PM: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Discovery Channel, 90-Minute Special)
  • 10/9 PM: Guilty Rich (ID, Series Premiere)