A decade after losing the show to Lifetime, Bravo has taken it back by buying the format from the bankrupt Weinstein Company.
Below Deck Mediterranean, Total Bellas, Iron Chef America, and more new and returning shows this week
Ahead this week: Rose McGowan’s E! series returns, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding will be preceded by several specials, and there’s a new crafting challenge for kids.
Celebrity Big Brother will return to CBS, but when?
Season two of CBS’ Celebrity Big Brother will air sometime during the 2018-2019 season.
A winter, all-star, international season for America’s Got Talent
NBC is extending its hit summer series America’s Got Talent into winter with America’s Got Talent: The Champions, a season that will bring back the best acts from the show’s 13-season life on NBC—plus acts from other Got Talent shows around the world.
Alton Brown responds to people angry about Iron Chef Gauntlet’s finale
Iron Chef Gauntlet season two had an unusual ending, and the host of the Food Network competition had a few thoughts for those who were disappointed.
New ways to get in touch, and how to stay connected to reality blurred
Did you know you can send me a text or leave a voicemail message—or send tips via secure, encrypted messaging?
World of Dance gets a third season before season two premieres
World of Dance season two filmed in January and February, and debuts in late May. Season three will air next summer.
The Survivor family members visit brings an opportunity and an illustration of this season’s problems
Loved ones visit and Survivors have a chance to flip the game, but once again decline.
The RuPaul’s Drag Race contract
Drag queens give up everything from rights to revenue in order to appear on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and everything from per-episode compensation to Drag Race’s rules are covered in this 51-page participant agreement that contestants sign during the casting process.
Syfy cancelled Face Off, which will end after an all-star season 13
Face Off: Battle Royale, an all-star season, will be the final season of the makeup and effects competition series, as Syfy has killed the show.
How real is NBC’s Running Wild with Bear Grylls?
On the NBC reality show, Bear Grylls takes celebrities on a two-day journey through the wild. A reader asks, “How safe are the contestants? Do they know what their up for before showing up to film? And is their journey as spontaneous as it seems on TV?”
The all-star cast of Alone season five, which is returning to the show’s original format
History is bringing back 10 previous Alone contestants to see who can survive the longest in Northern Mongolia.
The 10 reality shows returning this week
The month-long Vanderpump Rules reunion starts tonight, the producers of Big Brother bring back their live stunt series, and more reality TV debuting this week.
Short, efficient seasons: reality TV needs to follow DWTS and American Idol’s lead
American Idol and Dancing with the Stars: Athletes are airing shorter-than-usual seasons, and they’re wonderful. Time for other reality competitions to follow.
Big Brother Canada 6 was supposed to be ‘for the fans,’ but it was actually a fiasco
Big Brother feed-watcher Hamsterwatch analyzes season six of Big Brother Canada, which she argues needs “some serious revamping,” in part because of how bad it is for feedsters.
American Idol renewed for a second ABC season; all three judges are returning
Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan will all return to American Idol for its second ABC second season, which will be the 17th season of the show.
Amazing Race season 31: Big Brother vs TAR all-star teams
The Amazing Race season 31 teams will be Big Brother houseguests and Amazing Race all-stars.
The Great Interior Design Challenge is the splendid makeover that the interior design competition needed
My new reality TV competition obsession from the UK has amateur designers redecorating rooms in buildings already blanketed with history.
Survivor shakes up the double-elimination episode, and a player makes history
There was a new Survivor record set during an episode that introduced a new format for the standard double-elimination episode.
A new show will try to find damning Trump footage from The Apprentice
Tom Arnold and Viceland will try to do what a presidential campaign and media organizations could not: get access to The Apprentice footage to see if now-President Donald Trump says anything damning on it.