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TV choices continue to trudge through the dog days of summer; filled with endless reruns and so- Called “reality” programming.

Despite a few bright spots on cable and network TV – most notably Sunday night’s vampire melodramas True Blood on HBO and the much-better than expected The Gates on ABC, as well as Friday’s quirky fantasy series, Warehoue 13 and Haven on Syfy – genre TV fans are in the doldrums on the other 5 nights of the week.

One bright spot is that the new 2010 Fall TV season starts in a few short weeks. This is your guide to the debut dates of the returning genre TV programs (and a couple new shows, too).

2010 Genre TV New Season Premiere Dates

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These are “tag” logos that I made in 2007 to go with stories for the TV shows, Smallville and Supernatural.

For the week ending December 24, 2006 (Monday through Sunday),”Be Kind, Rewind,” a repeat episode of NBC’s Medium drew the largest audience of all science fiction and fantasy series on broadcast network television, according to Nielsen figures gleaned from various media outlets.

Second and third, respectively, were repeat episodes of the CW’s Smallville and Supernatural. Facing no new episodes of CSI or Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural’s share of the 18-to-49 year old audience grew compared to last week, while Smallville‘s ratings remained stable.

THE LIST
1. Medium 5.12 million households (2.87 million 18-49 yo)
   Repeat: “Be Kind, Rewind”

2. Smallville 1.89 million households (1.44 million 18-49 yo)
   Repeat: “Reunion”

3. Supernatural 1.45 million households (1.18 million 18-49 yo)
   Repeat: “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”

Jensen Ackles, who plays Dean Winchester on The CW network’s Supernatural, answers viewer questions in this video:

For the week ending December 17, 2006 (Monday through Sunday), “Profiles in Terror” a new episode of NBC’s Medium drew the largest audience of all science fiction and fantasy series on broadcast network television, according to Nielsen figures gleaned from various media outlets.

The highly-touted episode guest starred actor Kurwood Smith (That 70s Show) as agent Edward Cooper, an FBI profiler that Allison ( Patricia Arguette) idolizes. More than 7 million households tuned into the episode, resulting in almost 5 million viewers in the advertiser prized 18-to-49-year-old demographic.

Second was a new episode of CBS’s Ghost Whisperer, which scored just under 7 million households with 3.66 million 18-to-49ers. ABC’s Day Break also aired a new episode with just over 3 million households and fewer than 2 million 18-to-49 years olds bothering to tune in. ABC later pulled the plug on the struggling show Friday.

Bringing up the rear were repeat episodes of the CW’s Smallville and Supernatural.

THE LIST
1. Medium 7.35 million households (4.83 million 18-49 yo)
   New: “Profiles in Terror”

2. Ghost Whisperer 6.79 million households (3.66 million 18-49 yo)
   New:”Cat’s Claw”

3. Day Break 3.12 million households (1.83 million 18-49 yo)
   New: “What If They Find Him ”

4. Smallville 2.34 million households (1.57 million 18-49 yo)
   Repeat: “Wither”

5. Supernatural 1.56 million households (1.04million 18-49 yo)
   Repeat: “Blood Lust”

Below is raw video from Supernatural episode 203. Here, Winchester brothers, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean (Jensen Ackles), face off with a vampire hunter who once knew their father.

Jared Padalicki, who plays Sam Winchester on The CW network’s Supernatural, answers viewer questions in this video:

Episode promo – Croatoan

Promo for episode “Bloodlust”

After taking a couple weeks off during the month of February, the dark fantasy thriller, Supernatural, is set to return to The WB this week before moving to Thursday nights at 9 p.m. (8 central) starting March 16.

The network is paring the show up with Smallville, a move many expect to be ported over the the new CW network in September.

With this consolidation, The WB (and the new CW network) will have a 2-hour female friendly fantasy block on Thursday nights to counter program crime shows, reality programs, news magazines and sitcoms on the other networks.

With the casting of hunky heartthrobs Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, a strong following among women was to be expected by the network. But according to Nielsen results, Supernatural’s dark tone, witty dialogue and action also has been drawing a sizable male audience.

Although nothing is official at The CW, Supernatural is considered a shoo-in.