COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The second season of `Terrapins Rising,' a reality television show chronicling Maryland's spring football practice, kicks off later this month.

The 10-episode series, presented by Under Armour, begins on Tuesday, June 17. The 30-minute show will air for 10 consecutive weeks on Comcast SportsNet. A new episode will air at 9:30 p.m. each Tuesday, preceded by a re-broadcast of the previous week's show.

The show gives a behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a major college football program. The series, a first of its kind at the collegiate level, debuted last summer.

Footage for the show was shot beginning in January and continued through the end of spring practice.

A film crew, led by former University of Maryland and Washington Redskins place-kicker Jess Atkinson, followed the team both on and off the field. The crew also sat in on team and positional meetings.

`Terrapins Rising' is the result of a partnership between Maryland Athletics, Under Armour and Atkinson & Co.

The department of athletics is holding a premiere for the first two episodes of the show at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 12 at the AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Md.

A current schedule of Terrapin Rising shows:

Day, Date - Network (Episode), Time (ET)
Tuesday, June 17 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 1), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 17 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 1), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 24 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 1), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, June 24 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 2), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 1 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 2), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 1 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 3), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 8 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 3), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 8 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 4), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 15 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 4), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 15 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 5), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 22 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 5), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 22 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 6), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 29 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 6), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 29 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 7), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 5 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 7), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 5 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 8), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 12 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 8), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 12 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 9), 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 9), 9 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 19 - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (No. 10), 9:30 p.m.

About Atkinson & Co.
Jess Atkinson, owner of Atkinson & Co., has worked with the university the past seven years, producing Fridge TV and video segments for the school's athletics Web site, umterps.com. `Fridge TV,' the Terps' weekly football television show, is broadcast during the regular season on Comcast SportsNet. He also produces Under the Shell, the weekly Maryland women's basketball television show.

About Under Armour, Inc.
Founded in 1996 by former University of Maryland football player Kevin Plank, Under Armour is the originator of performance apparel - gear engineered to keep athletes cool, dry and light throughout the course of a game, practice or workout. The technology behind Under Armour's diverse product assortment for men, women and youth is complex, but the program for reaping the benefits is simple: wear HeatGear® when it's hot, ColdGear® when it's cold, and AllSeasonGear® between the extremes.

About Comcast SportsNet
Comcast SportsNet operates 10 sports networks that cover more than 2,400 live sporting events annually and deliver comprehensive sports news and analysis to nearly 40 million cable and satellite homes. Comcast SportsNet's networks are: Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, Comcast SportsNet New England, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Comcast SportsNet West, SNY, The Mtn. - MountainWest Sports Network, and CSS. These networks provide live game coverage of 18 professional teams as well as college, minor league and other sports.