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Dancing With the Stars Season 35 kicks off with a two-night premiere. Night one features the male celebrities performing while a voting outage forces reliance on text votes, compounded by contestants with similar names causing vote confusion. Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman are eliminated after their first dances, ahead of night two when the women finally take the floor.
Hulu will premiere The Mob, a celebrity-driven reality competition, on October 26 with new episodes weekly. Hosted by Parker Posey, the series puts celebrities in a lavish Italian villa to tackle mob movie–inspired tasks for up to $250,000, with a don who controls the purse and decisions each episode. The cast features Bruno Tonioli, Demi Engemann, Harry Jowsey, Chelsea Lazkani, Debi Mazar, Willam Belli, Joe Gorga and more; the show is produced by Studio Lambert and Primal Media, with Posey serving as an executive producer and Susan House as showrunner.
Dancing with the Stars Season 35 has its hosts and judges set: Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough return as hosts, with Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli back on the judges’ panel. Four celebrities — Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins, Jackson Olson and Guillermo Rodriguez — are the first cast reveals, with Rodriguez paired with reigning champ Witney Carson (Carson) who is pregnant with her third child. Pro dancer Sharna Burgess returns after a five-year break. The season premieres Sept. 15–16 on ABC and Disney+, with Hulu streaming the next day.
NBC’s The Traitors: New Blood brings an all-civilian spin to the hit reality format, set in a Scottish Highlands castle with 22 contestants competing for a prize up to $250,000. A trailer and first-look photos were released ahead of the Sept. 17 premiere (two-hour extended), followed by back-to-back episodes on Sept. 24. New episodes then air Thursdays at 8:00 PM ET/PT on NBC and stream on Peacock the next day, with Alan Cumming hosting and executive producing.
TODAY reveals live the nominees for two major Emmy categories ahead of the Sept. 14 ceremony, which will be hosted by Mariska Hargitay and air on NBC with a Peacock stream; the full nominations will be announced July 8, and the article lists contenders across reality competition, variety series, and acting/directing/writing categories for drama, comedy and limited series.
The 2026 Emmy nominations for best reality-competition and best variety-series were announced on NBC's Today show, naming Dancing With the Stars, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Survivor, Top Chef, and The Traitors in reality and The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Saturday Night Live in variety; Mariska Hargitay will host the ceremony on Sept. 14 on NBC/Peacock, with the remainder of nominees to be revealed later today.
Deadline reports the Television Academy will reveal the nominations for Outstanding Variety Series and Outstanding Reality Competition Program on NBC's Today between 4:45 a.m. and 5:20 a.m. PT, with the rest of the noms announced three hours later at 8:30 a.m. PT by Liza Colón-Zayas and Jeff Hiller; frontrunners for Variety include The Daily Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Saturday Night Live, while Reality contenders are expected to include Top Chef, The Traitors, The Amazing Race, Survivor and RuPaul’s Drag Race, with The Voice possibly earning a nod but not guaranteed.
Parker Posey will host The Mob for Hulu, a Traitors-style reality competition produced by Studio Lambert and Primal Media. Set in an Italian villa, the show pits celebrity contestants against mob-themed challenges with a don in charge, awarding up to $250,000 to the winner; Posey exec produces alongside studio teams and a showrunner is in place to helm production.
Alex Cooper’s Unwell Network is launching Unwell Winter Games, a four-episode YouTube reality competition filmed at a Park City, Utah chalet with 16 polarizing contestants, including Dakota Mortensen and Demi Engemann. The two-team format features mental and physical challenges across four days, hosted by Adam Waheed, with prize money up for grabs and daily episode releases starting April 6.
Season 34 of 'Dancing With the Stars' features a star-studded cast including Hilaria Baldwin, Corey Feldman, Danielle Fishel, and others, with new and returning professional dancers. The show premieres on September 16 on ABC and Disney+, with pairings announced on Good Morning America.
NBC is launching a non-celebrity version of the reality series 'The Traitors' with Alan Cumming as host, filmed in spring, aiming to attract a new audience and featuring civilian players in a highly addictive gameplay format. The show has previously featured celebrity contestants and is set to return for a fourth season in 2026, with plans for a fifth.
The 2025 Emmy nominations for reality competition and talk series have been announced, with categories featuring shows like 'The Traitors', 'RuPaul’s Drag Race', 'The Daily Show', and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'. More nominations will be revealed later, and the awards ceremony is scheduled for September 14, 2025, hosted by Nate Bargatze.
‘The Voice’ missed out on an Emmy nomination for the first time since 2012, losing its spot in the Outstanding Reality Competition Program category to shows like ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Traitors,’ marking a shift in the competition landscape.
The Emmy nominations for best reality competition series and best talk series will be announced early on CBS at 7:47 a.m. ET, nearly four hours before the official TV Academy announcement at 11:30 a.m., with the full list of nominations to be revealed then.
MTV announced that The Challenge Season 41, titled Vets and New Threats, will premiere on July 30, featuring 16 veteran contestants and 16 rookies, with a focus on shifting alliances and new challenges. The season will be broadcast globally and will be preceded by a special episode on July 23.