Summer 2025 will be filled with tons of new and returning reality series, and here are eight shows viewers can get excited about, including Big Brother. Along with the competition show returning for season 27 on CBS and Paramount+, Julie Chen will also be returning as host. However, Big Brother is not the only reality show on the schedule this summer.
Networks that will be releasing brand-new unscripted series include TLC, Bravo, and Fox, among others. Some fan-favorite shows will be returning while others have been left off network schedules. Audiences had anticipated being able to watch Claim To Fame season 4, but ABC left the competition show off its schedule for summer 2025. While Claim To Fame may have been canceled, fans may have to wait a little longer for the next season. Which reality shows can fans watch this summer?
8 Big Brother Is Returning For Its 27th Season
The Show Has Been On Since 2000
Big Brother is one of the longest-running reality shows of all time. Unlike most shows, which finish filming before airing on TV, Big Brother does things differently. While audiences are tuning in three days a week to watch the drama unfold on the social experiment, the cast are living in the Big Brother house playing the game live.
Viewers can tune into the Big Brother live feeds on Paramount+ to watch the houseguests game, strategize, and lie around in real time. However, the feeds get cut during important moments, such as competitions and nomination ceremonies. That being said, fans can still get a much clearer picture of each cast member's gameplay than on similar shows.
Actor Jerry O'Connell filled in as host, and Julie returned the next week to thunderous applause.
New twists are introduced every season, and last season, the main twist was called the A.I. Arena. Instead of two nominees each week, the head of household nominated three houseguests, and a live eviction-night competition would save one, leaving the house with just two remaining players to vote for. Due to the success of the A.I. Arena, Julie told Us Weekly the twist may return for another summer.
7 Next Gen NYC
The Kids Of Bravolebrities Are Getting Their Own Show
Bravo announced a brand-new show airing in June 2025. Next Gen NYC will follow a group of fashion-forward Gen Z friends living it up in New York City. Many of the Next Gen NYC cast will be familiar to the Bravo audience; the sons and daughters of various Real Housewives will be the stars of the new series.
Audiences can expect to see Ariana Biermann, daughter of Kim Zolciak-Biermann from The Real Housewives of Atlanta. She'll be ed by New York University graduate and daughter of Kandi Burruss, Riley Burruss, as well as Gia Giudice from The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Meredith Marks's son, Brooks Marks, will also be heavily featured on the show. Plus, audiences will meet new faces who are sure to become Bravo stars.
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Next Gen NYC was originally titled Making In Manhattan but was renamed ahead of its June release. The trailer features laugh-out-loud moments, such as when Ariana itted to a producer that she wasn't sure who Ben Affleck was. Next Gen NYC will air on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, although viewers should also be able to watch episodes the day after they air on Peacock.
6 Bachelor In Paradise
Bachelor In Paradise Season 10 Has A New Twist
With no new season of The Bachelorette airing anytime soon, fans of Bachelor Nation will be relieved to learn that The Bachelor and The Bachelorette return to TV. However, this season will be different from the previous nine seasons.
Bachelor In Paradise season 10 will feature alumni from The Golden Bachelor and The Golden Bachelorette alongside their younger Bachelor Nation counterparts.
Bachelor In Paradise seasons 8 and 9 aired in September of their respective years, so July is earlier than viewers may be used to. Since ABC won't be airing Claim To Fame this summer, Bachelor In Paradise may be able to fill that reality TV void. Fans will have to wait to see how the new twist plays out.
5 Love Island: Beyond The Villa
Fan Favorite Cast Are Returning To Peacock
Bachelor In Paradise isn't the only dating show fans can expect this summer. For fans of Love Island, Peacock has announced a new series called Love Island: Beyond The Villa, specifically featuring the cast of Love Island season 6. Love Island: Beyond The Villa will follow the former cast as they navigate careers, friendships, romance, and life in Los Angeles.
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4 Match Game
The Long-Running Game Show Is Getting A New Host
Match Game was canceled in 2021. Now, ABC is bringing back the game show with a new, hilarious host.
Martin Short, most recently known for his work on Hulu's Only Murders In The Building, will be the new host of Match Game. Each week, four contestants will attempt to match the answers of six celebrities in a fill-in-the-blank game, with the grand prize being $25,000. Match Game will be competing with game shows like Jeopardy, but with Martin Short as host, it may be fun enough to break through the noise.
3 Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour
Kristin Cavallari Is Back On TV
a show called Honestly Cavallari: The Headline Tour.
The show will focus on Kristin's first podcast tour. Her podcast, Let's Be Honest on Spotify, claims to set "the record straight on everything from dating and relationships, nutrition and wellness, to what’s really going on behind those headlines." Each episode of her new reality show follows Kristin to a new city, where she will have candid conversations with famous friends, Bravolebrities, memorable exes, and more. The series premieres Thursday, June 5, on E! and Peacock.
2 The Snake
Fox Is Releasing Their Version Of The Traitors
With the success of Peacock's unscripted competition show The Traitors, many networks are releasing new social experiments. Million Dollar Secret, and now, Fox is coming out with a new, somewhat similar show. Comedian Jim Jeffries will host The Snake, a show where 15 contestants compete to win challenges that give them the ultimate power: control of The Saving Ceremony. The show will include a chain reaction-style elimination where the contestants expose whom they want to save rather than send home. The grand prize is $100,000, and Fox has not yet announced a release date.
1 Virgins
TLC Is Airing Another Salacious Show
Virgins is the latest show announced by TLC, a network known for docies like 90 Day Fiancé and 1,000-lb Sisters. The new series will follow four adults in their 30s and 40s who have yet to go all the way. According to the official logline shared with People:
"After years of missed connections and dating horror stories, these late bloomers are done playing it safe. They’re stepping outside their comfort zones and taking big swings to finally go all the way, emotionally and physically."
Based on the trailer, Virgins seems heartfelt and relatable despite its scandalous title. TLC is known for making unscripted series with a lot of heart, so Virgins will likely follow suit. Virgins premieres June 9 at 9 p.m. ET on TLC.
Big Brother hasn't announced an official release date yet, but will air in the summer of 2025.
Sources: Julie Chen/Instagram, Us Weekly, Bachelor In Paradise/Instagram, Kristin Cavallari/Instagram, Let's Be Honest/Spotify, People
Big Brother
- Release Date
- July 5, 2000
- Network
- CBS
- Showrunner
- Allison Grodner
WHERE TO WATCH
- Seasons
- 28
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