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The new CBS drama Extant will debut on July 9 at 9 PM.

Halle Berry stars as astronaut Molly Woods, who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband John (Goran Visnjic from ER) and son Ethan (who isn’t all he seems to be) (Pierce Gagnon from One Tree Hill) in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.

The cast also includes Camryn Manheim (Ghost Whisperer and Person of Interest) and Hiroyuki Sanada (Revenge).

Here is a first look at Extant.

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On July 8, the new MTV drama Finding Carter will debut at 10 PM

The series centers on Carter, a teenage girl who thinks she has the perfect life until one night after a police bust at a high school party she is told that the woman who she believes to be her biological mother actually abducted her as a toddler.

The cast includes Kathryn Prescott (Skins and Reign), Milena Govich (Rescue Me), Cynthia Watros (Lost) and Alexis Denisof (Angel and Grimm).

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On June 29, the new HBO drama The Leftovers will debut at 10 PM.

Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, the series will revolve around the mysterious disappearances, world-wide, and specifically follows a group of people who are left behind in the suburban community of Mapleton. They must begin to rebuild their lives after the loss of more than 100 people.

The series stars Justin Theroux (Wanderlust), Amy Brenneman (Private Practice), Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Liv Tyler (Lord of the Rings franchise), Michael Gaston (Jericho and TURN), Charlie and Max Carver (Teen Wolf) and Chris Zylka (The Secret Circle and The Amazing Spider-Man).

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The new drama Reckless will debut on June 29 on CBS at 9 PM.

The series is set in Charleston, S.C., where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city apart. Jamie Sawyer (Anna Wood from Deception) is enviously cool, confident and armed with south side of Chicago street-smarts as she takes on the good ol’ boys in the South. Her handsome courtroom rival is Roy Rayder (Cam Gigandet from Burlesque and Twilight), is a divorced father of two who embodies the Old South and is the newly minted City Attorney, thanks to his influential former father-in-law, Dec Fortnum (veteran actor Gregory Harrison).

When disgraced cop Lee Anne Marcus (Georgina Haig from Fringe) hires Jamie to represent her in a lawsuit against the police department, Jamie and Roy discover that Lee Anne is at the epicenter of a sinister case with dire implications for the members of the Charleston PD. Heading that department is Deputy Chief Holland Knox (Michael Gladis from Mad Men), a family man who radiates integrity. Working under him are Terry McCandless (Shawn Hatosy from Southland), a cocky and corrupt detective, and Preston Cruz (Adam Rodriguez from CSI: Miami), Jamie’s well-respected boyfriend who might not be all that he appears. Helping Jamie is her confidante and paralegal, Vi Briggs, an expert at digging up case-winning information. As Jamie and Roy spar in and out of the courtroom, dark secrets simmer behind every door and threaten to tarnish the genteel facade of seductive Charleston.

The cast also includes Kim Wayans (In Living Color).

Here is a behind the scenes trailer for Reckless.

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The new FX Middle East-set series Tyrant will debut on June 24 at 10 PM.

The drama tells the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam “Barry” Al Fayeed (Adam Rayner from Hunted and Hawthorne), the younger son of the dictator of a war-torn nation, ends a self-imposed 20-year exile to return to his homeland, accompanied by his American wife (Jennifer Finnigan from Close to Home) and children, for his nephew’s wedding. Barry’s reluctant homecoming leads to a dramatic clash of cultures as he is thrown back into the familial and national politics of his youth.

The cast includes Justin Kirk (Weeds), Jordana Spiro (My Boys) and Alice Krige (Star Trek franchise).

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On June 22, the new TNT drama The Last Ship will debut at 9 PM.

The series opens with a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world’s population. Because of its positioning, the Navy destroyer U.S.S. Nathan James avoids falling victim to the devastating tragedy. But now, Captain Tom Chandler (Eric Dane from Grey’s Anatomy) and his crew must confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they may be among the few remaining survivors.

The cast includes Rhona Mitra (Strike Back), Adam Baldwin (Firefly and Chuck) and Travis Van Winkle (Hart of Dixie).

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The new BBC America drama The Musketeers will debut on June 22 at 9 PM.

The 10-part series is set in Paris in 1630 with Musketeers D’Artagnan (Luke Pasqualino from The Borgias), Athos (Tom Burke from The Hour), Aramis (Santiago Cabrera from Heroes and Merlin) and Porthos (newcomer Howard Charles) fighting for what is just and heroes in the truest and most abiding sense.

The cast includes Peter Capaldi, who is the new Doctor on Doctor Who.

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On June 19, the new Syfy series Dominion will air is 90-minute debut episode at 9 PM.

Based on the 2010 film Legion, Christopher Egan (Kings) stars in this new series that is set 25 years in the future, after a war between an army of angels and mankind has transformed the world.

The cast includes Tom Wisdom (300), Roxanne McKee (Game of Thrones), Alan Dale (Lost), Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Merlin) and Luke Allen-Gale (The Borgias).

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