ABC announces Summer 2013 premieres for 'Mistresses', 'Motive', 'Rookie Blue'

ABC announces its Summer 2013 line up today, featuring the returns of reality series like Celebrity Wife Swap, The Bachelortte, Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, and Wipeout, as well as a new season for Rookie Blue, and the premieres of Whodunnit? and Motive.

Which will you watch?

Thursday, May 9:
8 p.m. Wipeout

Monday, May 20:
9 p.m. The Bachelorette (special time period premiere)

Tuesday, May 21
10 p.m. Motive (new series premiere on a special day and time)

Thursday, May 23:
9 p.m. Motive (regular time period premiere)
10 p.m. Rookie Blue

Monday, May 27:
8 p.m. The Bachelorette (regular time period premiere)

Tuesday, May 28:
8 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

Wednesday, May 29:
10 p.m. What Would You Do?

Monday, June 3
10 p.m. Mistresses (new series premiere)

Sunday, June 23:
8 p.m. Celebrity Wife Swap (summer premiere)
9 p.m. Whodunnit? (new series premiere)

Just what are new series Motive and Whodunnit?

When murder is committed, Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman), a loving, single mother and a damned good detective, along with her partner, Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira), are on the case, looking for clues that will lead them to the killer. But Motive turns the tried-and-true crime drama formula on its head by indentifying the Killer and Victim at the beginning of each episode.

Whodunnit? is a primetime reality series from CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker. The nine-episode alternative series puts 13 contestants’ investigative skills to the test in a mystery reality competition. Each week players will use a variety of crime scene investigation techniques to meticulously uncover evidence that will ultimately reveal who among them is the killer. The interactive series will pit 13 amateur sleuths against each other in a quest to solve a series of puzzling murders. Some will form alliances and others will choose to go it alone just to get them closer to the grand prize. The contestants will reside on a glamorous estate where each week they must solve a new crime in order to advance in the game. Failure to solve the crime will lead to a player’s demise, until only three are left. In the final episode, one player will unmask the killer and take home the $250,000 prize.

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