The CW Sets Summer Premiere Dates for Beauty and the Beast, Two New Comedies, Top Model, and More

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The CW has announced its summer schedule, which features Beauty and the Beast's third season, another round of America's Next Top Model, and a handful of new scripted and unscripted series.

Kicking off the network's warm-weather programming will be the Season 3 debut of Beauty and the Beast on Thursday, May 21 at 8pm.

Penn & Teller: Fool Us will return with new episodes on Monday, July 6 at 8pm, followed by a new episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway? in its new Monday-at-9pm timeslot.

Masters of Illusion will return with new episodes on Friday, July 10 at 8pm.

Imported British series Dates will premiere with back-to-back episodes beginning Thursday, July 9 at 9pm. Each installment focuses on a first date between two people who met online; it's a scripted series with a rotating cast.

New scripted comedy Significant Mother premieres Monday, August 3 and centers on budding Portland restaurateur Nate (Josh Zuckerman), whose world is turned upside-down when he returns home from a business trip to find his lothario best friend and roommate, Jimmy, dating his recently separated mother, Lydia (Krista Allen). To make matters worse, Nate's previously disinterested dad, Harrison (Jonathan Silverman) is now determined to win Lydia back.

America's Next Top Model returns for its 22nd go-round on Wednesday, August 5 at 8pm, followed by the debut of the new reality series A Wicked Offer at 9pm. A Wicked Offer presents its contestants, who are all romantic couples, with a series of Faustian bargains, challenging them to complete a series of scandalous and controversial tasks involving unsuspecting friends, families, and co-workers for cash prizes. As moral and ethical boundaries are tested, the stakes and cash value are raised, forcing each duo to decide how far they are willing to go for money.

Here's a rundown of those dates in list form:


Thursday, May 21

​8pm – Beauty and the Beast (Season 3 premiere)


Monday, July 6

8pm – ​Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Cycle premiere)

9pm – ​Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Time period premiere)


Thursday, July 9

9pm – ​Dates, (Series premiere)

9:30pm – ​Dates (New episode)


Friday, July 10

8pm – ​Masters of Illusion (Cycle premiere)


Monday, August 3

9:30 pm – ​Significant Mother (Series premiere)


Wednesday, August 5

8pm – ​America's Next Top Model (Cycle 22 premiere)

9pm – ​A Wicked Offer (Series premiere)