Dear newsletter friends,

Good evening! I hope you’ve had a grand weekend.

Usually I look forward to these two weeks at the end of December—which encompass Christmas and New Year's Eve, and this year, Hanukkah—because there tends to be a break in television, a much-needed breather.

Not this year: That's because 2020 and the new decade are starting with strong. More than 40 (!) reality shows in the first week of the year alone (!!). So while this is the final weekly preview of the year, get ready for what's coming on Jan. 1: a lot of reality TV.