Dear newsletter subscribers,

The summer solstice has passed, so even as the days get incrementally shorter, we're headed into the hottest time of year—for weather, of course, and often for reality TV.

With the writers' strike, and possible actors' strike, things will be a little different. Big Brother won't show up until August, for example, though in other ways, it's status quo, like with a new Bachelorette season.

So let's look at what's coming to your TVs over the next two weeks.