Weeds

Season 8 Premiere
July 1 at 10pm • Showtime
Television’s favorite pot-dealing soccer mom returns to Showtime on July 1 for its eighth (and final) season. For its final 13 episodes, the Botwins’ go back to the their suburban roots (weeds?). The shot heard round the Tri-State area promises to transform everyone for the better, at least initially, as tragedy causes Nancy (Mary Louise Parker) to turn over a new (pot) leaf and return to her pre-dealing soccer mom ways. If there is any justice in the universe, the final season will neatly tie up loose ends of seasons past and perhaps bring back Nancy’s original suburban nemesis, the deliciously sardonic Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins).

Project Runway

Season 10 Premiere
July 19 at 9pm • Lifetime
On the heels of last winter’s lackluster All Star season (seriously, did the producers have to edit Mondo into such an unlikeable Moody McGrumpenpants?), Project Runway returns on July 18 for its 10th season with a new set of 16 designers all vying to become “the next great American designer.” Also back after sitting out of the All Star season are judging panel regulars Michael Kors, Nina Garcia, and Heidi Klum.

The Real L Word

Season 3 Premiere
July 12 at 10pm • Showtime
Showtime is bringing back the unscripted lesbian docuseries The Real L Word on July 12 with a new set of twists and turns as well as a new location. While the first two cycles focused on the lives and loves of a group of women in Los Angeles, the show’s third year will go bi-coastal, adding a new set of cast members out of Brooklyn, N.Y. Fans of the show need not fret, as the Los Angelenos will still be represented, including fan favorites like Whitney Mixter.

Big Brother

Season 14 Premiere
July 12 at 9pm • CBS
Since its debut 12 years ago, I promise myself every summer that I will not partake in the ridiculousness that is Big Brother, but I inevitably give in and become completely consumed. Debuting on July 12, producers, in an attempt to keep the show fresh, are promising a “super-sized” version of the show, which will boast more houseguests than in previous seasons.

Big Ang

Season 1 Debut
July 8th at 9pm • VH1
If you’ve never seen VH1’s Mob Wives, you probably haven’t witnessed the sage Staten Island philosopher queen that is Big Ang. The essence of big, loud, and bawdy, the single mother of two (and niece of deceased Mafioso Sally Dogg Lombard of the Genovese crime family syndicate), Big Ang promises to talk it straight and shoot from the hip in her new eponymous reality show, debuting on VH1 July 8.