Big Brother 28 premieres July 9 on CBS — first show ever to hit 1,000 primetime episodes·West Wilson confirms he's OUT of Summer House Season 11 amid Amanda Batula romance fallout·Love Island USA Season 8 finale set for July 12 — Trinity & Bryce are 83% favorites to win·RHUGT: Roaring 20th trailer drops — NeNe Leakes returns to Bravo for the first time since 2020·Below Deck Med Season 11 crew scores a record-breaking tip in this week's episode     Big Brother 28 premieres July 9 on CBS — first show ever to hit 1,000 primetime episodes·West Wilson confirms he's OUT of Summer House Season 11 amid Amanda Batula romance fallout·Love Island USA Season 8 finale set for July 12 — Trinity & Bryce are 83% favorites to win·RHUGT: Roaring 20th trailer drops — NeNe Leakes returns to Bravo for the first time since 2020·Below Deck Med Season 11 crew scores a record-breaking tip in this week's episode
☕ Reality TV Digest
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

RHORI Wraps, BB28 Looms, and Love Island Is Getting MESSY

Happy July, reality besties — summer is officially in full chaos mode. Rhode Island just aired its finale AND reunion, Big Brother 28 is one week away from making TV history, and Love Island Season 8 is serving drama, eliminations, and racial-slur scandals all in the same breath. Pour yourself something cold, because this digest is LOADED.

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The Real Housewives of Rhode Island
Bravo Reunion

RHORI Season 1 Reunion Is a Wrap — and Rulla & Liz Still Can't Stand Each Other

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island has officially closed the book on Season 1, with its two-part reunion now in the books. Behind-the-scenes details from Bravo Insider reveal Andy Cohen coaching the ladies pre-taping, husbands in a separate lounge, and a whispered confrontation between Rulla Nehme Pontarelli and Liz McGraw during a filming break. The extended and uncensored reunion cuts are streaming now on Peacock — because apparently what made air wasn't spicy enough.

📺 The Real Housewives of Rhode Island
Love Island USA
Peacock Drama

Love Island USA Fires Casa Amor Bombshell After Racist Slur Video Surfaces

Casa Amor bombshell Alannah Keyser was edited out and removed from the Love Island USA Season 8 villa after a video surfaced showing her using a racial slur. The removal comes just weeks after original islander Vasana Montgomery was pulled from the cast pre-show for the same reason, making this season's off-screen controversies as dramatic as anything happening in Fiji. Alannah has since apologized publicly.

📺 Love Island USA
CBS Premiere

Big Brother 28 Is One Week Out — And a Fan-Favorite May Already Be in Sequester

CBS's Big Brother 28 premieres July 9 with a 90-minute kickoff episode, and this season will make history as the first U.S. primetime series ever to reach 1,000 original episodes. The cast hasn't been officially announced, but BB superfan Janelle Pierzina raised eyebrows on June 29 when she posted that her messages to former houseguest Angela Murray were going "undelivered" — a classic sign of sequester. Host Julie Chen Moonves has teased the season theme as "brilliant."

📺 Big Brother 28
Summer House
Bravo Cast News

West Wilson Confirms He's Done With Summer House — Here's the Tea on Why

West Wilson officially confirmed on the June 24 episode of the Broadcast Boys podcast that he will not be returning to Summer House for Season 11, following the fallout from his secret romance with recently divorced Amanda Batula. His ex Ciara Miller — who is now co-hosting Love Island: Aftersun this season — called him and Amanda out at the Season 10 reunion. Wilson admitted, "I don't think it would have been a fun summer" for the cast.

📺 Summer House
Below Deck Mediterranean
Bravo Top Story

Below Deck Med Season 11 Crew Breaks the All-Time Tip Record

The Below Deck Mediterranean Season 11 crew aboard the Akira One in Dubrovnik just received the biggest tip in Below Deck franchise history, according to Bravo. The record-shattering payout comes in the middle of a season already defined by bosun Nathan Gallagher's ongoing war with deckhand Joe Bradley, a love triangle between Luke, Joy, and Gen, and multiple near-crashes at the dock. Captain Sandy is earning her paycheck this year.

📺 Below Deck Mediterranean
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th
Bravo Premiere

RHUGT: Roaring 20th Drops Explosive Trailer — NeNe Is Back, Baby

Bravo released the official trailer for The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, the cross-country franchise celebration premiering August 9. The core cast includes Vicki Gunvalson, Teresa Giudice, Kyle Richards, Luann de Lesseps, Porsha Williams, Gizelle Bryant, and Lisa Barlow, with appearances from 82 past and present Housewives — including NeNe Leakes, making her first Bravo appearance since leaving RHOA in 2020. The finale is set at Dorinda Medley's iconic Bluestone Manor.

📺 The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th
Paramount+ Recap

Drag Race All Stars 11 Wraps Bracket 3 With Spoken-Word Lip Sync Brilliance

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11 concluded its third and final bracket this week with a Drag Race first: spoken-word lip syncs pulled from RuPaul's '90s talk show. Kennedy Davenport brought down the house as Eartha Kitt, while Sam Star was a revelation as Anna Nicole Smith. The semifinals now feature A'Keria C. Davenport, Dawn, Crystal Methyd, and Silky Nutmeg Ganache, with two more queens joining from Bracket 3.

📺 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 11
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island
Bravo Renewed

RHORI Season 2 Is Coming — But Is Rulla Even Returning?

With Season 1 of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island officially wrapped, the question on everyone's mind is whether the show will be back — and who's returning. The series pulled a record 2.7 million viewers across platforms in its first week, practically guaranteeing a renewal. Rulla Nehme Pontarelli's ongoing marital drama with husband Brian — including a tracking device allegation and subsequent no-contact order — is the storyline Bravo will undoubtedly want to follow into Season 2.

📺 The Real Housewives of Rhode Island
Love Island USA
Peacock Elimination 🔇 Spoiler

Love Island USA Finale Is Set for July 12 — Trinity & Bryce Are Running Away With It

Love Island USA Season 8 is heading into its final stretch, with the finale locked in for July 12 on Peacock. Fan-favorite couple Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff are overwhelming favorites to win, sitting at 83% in prediction markets, with Aniya Harvey & Carl and Kayda Bosse & Zach Georgiou trailing far behind. The couple even made it official on a private sailboat date this week — going boyfriend and girlfriend before the show wraps.

📺 Love Island USA
Project Runway
Freeform Premiere

Project Runway Season 22 Premieres July 9 With a Record 22 Designers and Tyra Banks

Project Runway Season 22 is dropping next Thursday, July 9, on Freeform, Hulu, and Disney+, and it's coming in big: a record-breaking cast of 22 designers, the largest in the show's history. Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia, Law Roach, and mentor Christian Siriano are all returning, and Tyra Banks has been added as a recurring judge. Notably, two RuPaul's Drag Race alumni — Andrew Dunayevskiy and Robert Crone — are competing this season.

📺 Project Runway
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