Thursday, April 7, 2016

Freeform Sets Premiere Dates for 'Pretty Little Liars,' 'Dead of Summer,' 'The Fosters,' 'Young & Hungry' & More!

Today has been a very busy day for programming announcements from Freeform. And now, the cable network has announced summer premiere dates for a number of shows - including Pretty Little Liars, Dead of Summer, The Fosters, Guilt and more!





Summer 2016 will see new seasons of veteran comedies Young & Hungry and Baby Daddy, returning dramas The Fosters and Pretty Little Liars, new docuseries Cheer Squad and new dramas Dead of Summer and Guilt.

Freeform has also announced that 2017 will see the premieres of sci-fi drama Beyond, unscripted series The Letter, the fifth and final season of Switched at Birth and the second season of Shadowhunters.

YOUNG & HUNGRY - Wednesday, June 1 at 8/7c.
  • In the new season, Gabi, reeling from her discovery of Josh with his therapist, meets a brokenhearted stranger (guest star Tyler Ritter) and they decide to commiserate together. Elliot and his husband Alan make a major life change, and Yolanda celebrates a big milestone. The comedy stars Emily Osment, Jonathan Sadowski, Rex Lee, Aimee Carrero and Kym Whitley.
BABY DADDY - Wednesday, June 1 at 8:30/7:30c.
  • The comedy picks up right where it left off in the spring finale, with Ben finally deciding to be with Zoey (guest star Jonna Walsh), just as her son's father reappears in her life. Riley is heartbroken after learning Danny hooked up with Sam (guest star Daniella Monet) in high school, and decides to put him on "trial" for his misdeeds with Bonnie acting as his lawyer. Tucker tries to further his career as an entertainment reporter, and Bonnie reunites with a relative she'd rather forget. The comedy stars Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Derek Theler, Tahj Mowry, Melissa Peterman and Chelsea Kane.
GUILT - Monday, June 13 at 9/8c.
  • The definition of guilt is being responsible for wrongdoing or a crime. In the murder of Molly Ryan, many are guilty in different ways, but only one is truly guilty of her murder. When Natalie's sister, Grace, becomes the prime suspect in her roommate Molly's murder and popular target for the press and in social media, Natalie leaves her life in Boston and heads to London to defend her. With the help of an ethically questionable ex-pat lawyer Stan Gutterie, Natalie starts to question how innocent her sister may really be as more ugly truths start to emerge. The drama stars Billy Zane, Emily Tremaine, Daisy Head, Cristian Solimeno, Naomi Ryan, Kevin Ryan, Zachary Fall, Simona Brown and Sam Cassidy.
THE FOSTERS - Monday, June 20 at 8/7c.
  • The new season picks up immediately from the dramatic cliffhanger finale with Mariana's emotionally devastated boyfriend Nick bringing a gun to school. Now that Callie's moms know she slept with Brandon, Callie worries they may not want her to remain part of the family. The drama stars Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly, Noah Centineo, David Lambert, Maia Mitchell, Danny Nucci and Cierra Ramirez.
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS - Tuesday, June 21 at 8/7c.
  • In the new season, the PLLs band together to unearth answers to the last remaining secrets and take down "Uber A" for good in the most romantic season of PLL yet. The drama stars Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Tyler Blackburn, Lucy Hale, Ian Harding, Laura Leighton, Shay Mitchell, Andrea Parker, Janel Parrish and Sasha Pieterse.
DEAD OF SUMMER - Tuesday, June 28 at 9/8c.
  • Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Stillwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses - and first kills. Stillwater's dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was suppose to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn. The drama stars Elizabeth Mitchell, Elizabeth Lail, Zelda Williams, Mark Indelicato, Alberto Frezza, Eli Goree, Ronen Rubinstein, Amber Coney and Paulina Singer.
CHEER SQUAD - Monday, August 22 at 10/9c. (Airs Nightly for 2 Weeks)
  • The Great White Sharks are a sisterhood, there for each other through first loves, new jobs, bad breakups and everything in between. But they are also elite athletes, idolized by thousands and members of the best all-star cheerleading team in the world. The series will follow the two-time World Cheerleading Champions on the long road to defending their title as they try to balance life off the matt with the all-consuming battle to stay on top.