The Kardashian clan will return to the small screen in April as part of a new reality series debuting on Hulu.

The series, The Kardashians, will debut April 14 and will follow the exploits of Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie as they deal with the intense pressures of running billion-dollar businesses while enjoying the day-to-day adventures of playtime and school drop-offs, according to the streaming service.  

The Kardashians will debut on Hulu nearly a year after E!'s Keeping Up With The Kardashians reality series left the air after 20 seasons.

The Kardashians is executive produced by Ben Winston, Emma Conway, Danielle King and Elizabeth Jones. ■

AXS TV has acquired the rights to A&E's reality series Wahlburgers, which will launch on the service February 27, AXS TV said.

The series, which ran on A&E from 2014-2019, takes viewers behind the scenes of one of the country’s most high-profile restaurant chains, as chef Paul Wahlberg works to build a burger empire with the help of his own personal entourage led by his brothers Mark and Donnie, and their beloved mother Alma.

AXS TV will run four hours of the series each Sunday night beginning February 27.

“The Wahlbergs are one of entertainment’s most beloved families, amassing loyal fans across the realms of films, food, television, and music,” said Sarah Weidman, head of programming, development and multi-platform content for AXS TV in a statement. “Despite the success they have achieved, they are still the same humble boys from Boston at heart, and that undeniable charm shines throughout the hit Wahlburgers series. This show is the perfect complement to our programming roster, and I am confident our viewers are going to enjoy watching it on Sunday nights.” ■ 

Peacock has dropped a teaser trailer for its upcoming reality series Ex-Rated, set to debut on the streaming service Aug. 12.

The eight-episode series premise follows singles who have just broken up to face raw, candid feedback on everything from their personality to sexual prowess and relationship skills in order to find out where they went wrong and how they can improve, said Peacock. 

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Along with Cohen, Ex-Rated also features dating coach and relationship expert Shan Boodram. Ex-Rated is produced by BBC Studios, with Eric Pankowski serving as showrunner and executive producer.

Peacock will debut all eight episodes on Aug. 12.

Big Brother and Love Island have their season premieres on CBS July 7. Big Brother begins that night with a live 90-minute episode, followed by 90 minutes of Love Island. 

Julie Chen Moonves hosts Big Brother, which will enter season 23, and Arielle Vandenberg hosts Love Island, which starts season three. 

Beginning Sunday, July 11, Big Brother airs Sundays and Wednesdays, with the live eviction show on Thursdays. 

Following its season premiere, Love Island will air Thursday, Friday and Sunday in its first week, then Tuesday through Friday, and Sunday, for the rest of the season. 

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This summer will be the first time that CBS regularly airs three hours of reality on Sundays.

Both shows can be streamed live and on demand on the CBS app and on Paramount Plus. 

Ten hours of bonus Love Island content will be available to Paramount Plus subscribers. 

Big Brother is produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly On The Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America.

Love Island is produced by ITV Entertainment. David George, Adam Sher, David Eilenberg, Simon Thomas, Caroline Abaecheta, Ben Thursby, Jessica Castro, Richard Foster and Chet Fenster are executive producers.

 Lifetime in April will launch the latest spinoff series for its Married At First Sight franchise, which will provide a second chance to applicants of the original series.

Married at First Sight: Unmatchables debuts April 21 and will work to match 16 applicants from previous Married at First Sight seasons to help them discover another chance at love, according to network officials.  In each self-contained episode, Pastor Calvin Roberson and Dr. Viviana Coles will mentor two unlucky-in-love singles who have been hoping to find their perfect match.

The series will follow as the participants are guided through their physical and personal transformations, resulting in them being set up on a date, according to network officials. 

Married at First Sight: Unmatchables is the latest of several spinoffs for the series including Honeymoon Island, Couples' Cam and Happily Ever After.

WE tv in March will follow the lives of hip hop stars Waka Flocka and his wife Tammy Rivera in a new reality series Waka & Tammy: What The Flocka.

The six-art series, debuting March 12, follows Waka Flocka Flame and Tammy as they navigate their renewed commitment to their relationship after their emotional roller-coaster on WE tv’s Marriage Boot Camp: Hip Hop Edition, according to network officials. 

The series will chronicle the couple's challenges of married life, from home renovation, juggling Tammy’s music career and  parenting their teenage daughter Charlie, said WE tv.  

A&E tonight (Aug. 21) brings back the granddaddy of paranormal-themed reality series, Ghost Hunters, after a 15-year absence from television screens. The series follows Grant Wilson -- one of the original show’s team leaders -- and a handpicked group of professional ghost hunters as they use their decades of field experience to investigate hauntings across the country.

Wilson recently explained to me the success of the first iteration of Ghost Hunters, his decision to leave the show, and his reasons for reviving the show in a recent interview, an edited version of which appears below.

How will this version of Ghost Hunters differ from the original series?

It will be very familiar in that we go in, we talk to the person, we try to dispute stuff and we try to find stuff. It's a very familiar format, but the audience has gotten smarter over the years, so we can’t come back and do the exact same thing. What we’ve done is focus less on 'is it there?' -- that‘s still part of the show -- but more about what does it all mean. A lot of people see an entity or hear a voice and then stop, but that’s where we are going to start. We’ll look at it and try to figure out what it is or who it is, what does it mean and how can we help. We’re showing people how to think differently, so it's much more about treating the clients and entities like the people they are.

Why did you decide to bring it back now?

That’s a good question. I left because I wanted to be with my three boys during their teenage years, and I felt I met a lot of the goals I set out to accomplish, one of which was to raise awareness. I wanted people to know that if they thought their house was haunted there was somewhere to turn to. Also, I wanted people to know that if they were interested in this stuff there’s a way to do it that helps people. So we built this momentum [for the show] to the point where I said I could stop and be with my family again. But I started to watch the [genre] change -- it was growing which is good, but there’s a lot of it that’s going just to the left of center. It wasn’t anybody’s fault, but it [the genre] was naturally drifting. So at that point I felt I needed to get my voice back out there and needed to take it to the next level. It’s not just about a different team doing the same thing and it's not about demons; it's bringing back the humanity and showing that these are real people and that we can do a lot of good with this.

You mentioned the genre’s ebbs and flows in popularity over the years. Why has it become popular again?

I think there was this eruption of shows and ideas, and [other producers] saw that Ghost Hunters was a hit -- the formula worked and was repeatable. There were a bunch of people who tried their hand at it and there were different techniques, but then it became too saturated and the shows weren’t succeeding. Now people are starting to see what they were missing and [the genre] has come back strong.

Are you concerned that the genre may again find itself suffering from over-saturation given the number of shows currently in the marketplace?

What we really need to do is avoid that same repetition. Imagine you sit down in kindergarten and they teach you how to color inside the lines, but now your 15 and they’re still teaching you that same thing. That’s when it gets frustrating. We have to advance the programming -- as the audience gets smarter, we have to get smarter. We’re doing that here, and the plan is to constantly engage the audience and push a little further so as they get smarter the show stays current instead of getting stuck in a template.

This past Sunday (Feb. 21), Hallmark Channel debut its first unscripted reality series, Meet The Peetes, which follows the lives of ex-NFL star Rodney Peete, actress Holly Robinson Peete and their family. The series drew a respectable 705,000 viewers in its premiere as the network looks to attract a younger, diverse audience. 

I recently spoke to Rodney Peete about Meet The Peetes, its place on the Hallmark Channel, and the importance of portraying positive, African-American marriages and families within the reality TV genre.

Why did you decide to take Meet The Peetes to Hallmark Channel?

We started the series two years ago on OWN, but after the network started [hesitating] about picking us up, Hallmark stepped in and said we want to do it. They were looking for diversity and wanted to do a reality series, which they hadn’t done before, so we said yes. They are a great network and a wonderful family to work with. They are really making a push toward diversity, which is really cool. It doesn’t feel like its forced – it feels like they’re trying to do it organically. The first time they take a dive into reality they chose a black family, so it says a lot about them. I’m pretty excited about that.

What will we viewers see in the new season?

The show continues to document our family. We’ve been married for 22 years with four kids, and have a son with autism. For me I’m usually a private guy, but when we go out and get the feedback from families that said you helped us so much –they say we were going through the same thing, or they like the way you talk to your daughter about the safety an dangers of being in college and away from home -- I know it resonated with people. That lets us know that we are doing the right thing. We wanted to have a positive show where people can see some of the realness of our lives – sometimes people see your name and think that you're so out of touch and this and that -- but when they see us on the show, they see that we’re just a regular black family and have regular issues like everybody else.

Following up on that, reality tv doesn’t portray a lot of African-American marriages in a positive light. How important is it for you to showcase your successful marriage in a series?

It’s super important. First, I had that growing up with my parents -- they’re still married today. I wanted to be a good role model for my kids, and as you said you don’t see that dynamic that often on TV and especially in reality TV. You often see Black folks flipping tables and somebody yelling at someone else – its a lot of negative stuff going on. So even though we have our issues we’ve stayed together and kept the family together and tackled real problems. There’s a way to do that all without going crazy and nuts. 

Are you working on any other projects?

My wife has a couple of movies with Hallmark (Holly Robinson Peete stars in the March 17 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie Morning Show Mysteries: Mortal Mishaps), and I do a local radio show with Fred Roggin on AM Radio LA Sports, so that keeps me in the middle of [sports].