“Alphas,” “Warehouse 13″ return July 23

WAREHOUSE 13 -- "A New Hope" -- Episode 401 --Pictured: (l-r) Eddie McClintock as Pete Lattimer, Saul Rubinek as Artie Nielsen, Joanne Kelly as Myka Bering -- (Photo By: Steve Wilkie/Syfy)

The first 10 episodes of the fourth season of Syfy’s “Warehouse 13″ are set to begin airing at 8 p.m. Monday, July 23, followed by the second season debut of “Alphas” airing at 9 p.m., according to a news release.

In a summary provided by Syfy, the “Warehouse 13″ fourth season opens with the team confronting the horrible reality of the Warehouse’s destruction and the tragic loss of Steve Jinks (Aaron Ashmore), Mrs. Frederic (CCH Pounder) and H.G. Wells (Jaime Murray). With matters so desperate, Pete (Eddie McClintock), Myka (Joanne Kelly), Artie (Saul Rubinek) and Claudia (Allison Scagliotti) must decide whether to knowingly use a dangerous artifact for their own personal gain – at the risk of deadly consequences.

Guest stars in Season Four of “Warehouse 13″ include Sam Huntington (“Being Human”), Jeri Ryan (“Star Trek: Voyager”), Brent Spiner (“Star Trek: Next Generation”), Rene Auberjonois (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”), Brian J. Smith (“Stargate Universe”) and Amy Acker (“Angel,” “Dollhouse”).

The second half of the series’ fourth season (10 episodes) will be broadcast in April 2013.

Syfy’s summary of “Alphas” is as follows:

In season 2 of Syfy’s action-packed hit drama series “Alphas” – a clandestine group of ordinary people with superhuman mental and physical abilities, led by preeminent neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Lee Rosen (Emmy Award-winner and Academy Award-nominee David Strathairn), takes on cases the CIA, FBI and Pentagon are unwilling or unable to solve, going head-to-head with many of the criminal Alphas hiding among the normal population.