Dear newsletter subscribers,

Happy President's Day eve, if that is a thing. I'm still recovering from being beaten up by the flu last week; opening a can of cat food winded me earlier today, which was a humbling moment. (The cat food wasn't for me, just in case that wasn't clear.)

I am very fortunate to be recovering swiftly, but also now am behind on everything, reality TV included. I couldn't even really focus to watch anything, so when I had the TV on, it was just mostly just reruns of The Golden Girls, movies I've seen dozens of times, or HGTV.

Enough about me: Here are the reality TV premieres coming to a TV or streaming service near you this week—in addition, of course, to all the other TV currently airing, from American Idol season 18 (which premiered last night) to Survivor Winners at War (which premiered last week—here’s my recap in case you missed it.)