Spring Launch for Summerland

The WB will launch new drama Summerland Tuesday, June 1, with a two-hour premiere from 8p.m.-10 p.m.

The show, from Spelling Television, stars Lori Loughlin as a San Francisco fashion designer who becomes the guardian of her sister's and brother-in-law's children.

After its premiere, Summerland will repeat on Sunday, June 6, at 8 p.m., then settle into its regular time period on Tuesday at 9 p.m., with another repeat on Sunday, June 13, at 9 p.m., and then regular repeats on Monday at 9 p.m.

Summerland is from executive producers Remi Aubuchon and Stephen Tolkin along with Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent. Spelling and Vincent are also executive producers of The WB's 7th Heaven and Charmed.

Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.