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Good evening! While there’s been a non-stop flood of premieres have continued since the start of the year, we're fast approaching the start of the summer reality TV season. There's a lot on the way: The week of Memorial Day alone, there will be more than 30 reality shows premiering!

Because my summer quarterly calendar is coming next Tuesday, this weekly preview will take us through May 31 for show premieres, and through June 6 for one-off specials or feature documentary premieres. Let's get to it!

The long-awaited reunion of the Friends cast finally arrives on TV this week (HBO Max, Thursday), but it is not a reunion like The Real World: Homecoming. Instead, it's more like a Bravo reunion, with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer sitting down to talk on the Warner Bros. lot, in the soundstage where they filmed their iconic sitcom.