Kennedy's Gone, Couples Are Dumped, and BB28 Is Three Days Away

CBS is three days out from one of the most hyped BB premieres in recent memory. Big Brother 28, subtitled 'Time Trip,' kicks off Thursday, July 9 at 8 p.m. ET with a special 90-minute episode — and during the season, it will become the first primetime U.S. series ever to hit 1,000 original episodes. Host Julie Chen Moonves is back, and the cast reveal is expected to drop on July 7. The companion show Big Brother: Unlocked also returns Friday with a live studio audience, now featuring new panelist Jerry O'Connell alongside Taylor Hale and Derrick Levasseur.

Orange County is about to get very OG. The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 20 — a milestone celebrating 20 years of the franchise that launched the global Housewives phenomenon — premieres Thursday, July 9 on Bravo. The cast brings back Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, and Jennifer Pedranti, plus the full-time return of franchise founder Vicki Gunvalson. Newbie Carmella Garcia also joins as a full Housewife. The trailer already has fans hollering after Vicki reportedly drops an epic 'Get the F--k Out' on someone at the table.

Just as Season 2 of RHORI begins filming, original cast member Liz McGraw announced she won't be returning. McGraw cited a desire to 'focus on family, work, and passions' in a gracious Instagram statement. The timing stings a bit — RHORI became a massive Bravo hit, setting a record as the most-watched premiere of all time for a Bravo original on Peacock in its first seven days, and the show only got more popular as the season progressed. The remaining cast of six ladies, including breakout star Ashley Iaconetti, will carry the torch into Season 2.

MAFS is officially reinventing itself. Season 20 premieres Sunday, July 12 on Peacock, trading its old format for a fresh Seattle setting with more couples than ever before. Gone are longtime experts Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Pastor Cal Roberson — in their place come internationally recognized matchmaker Paul C. Brunson and clinical therapist Dr. Lisa Paz. With 20 episodes dropping in multi-episode weekly batches through an August 27 finale and reunion, this is MAFS like we've never seen it. The show has already been renewed for Season 21, which is currently casting in Charlotte, NC.

Bravo has officially acquired the Hayu original series The Real Housewives of London Season 1, and the newly released trailer proves these women do not come to play. The special presentation premieres July 21 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, with next-day streaming on Peacock. The cast — Juliet Angus, Amanda Cronin, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker, and Nessie Welschinger — brings Scottish castle blowups, diamond bracelet drama, and shade flying faster than a Concorde. Ladies of London alum Juliet Angus brings familiar franchise energy, and Season 2 has already wrapped filming on Hayu.

Episode 5 of Below Deck Mediterranean Season 11 drops tonight on Bravo at 8 p.m. ET, and after last week's chaos — where Luke made a decisive (and dramatic) choice in his love triangle — the Adriatic drama is only ramping up. The Dubrovnik-set season has already served up a dock crash, a fractured Nathan-Joe friendship threatening crew unity, and chief stew Aesha Scott juggling wedding planning alongside an extremely competitive stew team. Captain Sandy, meanwhile, is handling a crew she calls 'the youngest and most intense' she's ever captained.

After six years off the Bravo grid, Stassi Schroeder is making her much-anticipated return to reality television — this time on her own terms. House of Stassi premieres July 29 with two episodes on Freeform, with the full season streaming July 30 on Hulu. The show follows Stassi, husband Beau Clark, her kids, and her inner circle (including VPR alum Katie Maloney) as she attempts to reclaim her pop culture spot while confronting the 'ghosts of her past.' This time, she's also an executive producer — meaning no one's editing her out of her own story.