Dear newsletter subscribers,

Good Sunday evening! Tomorrow is May the fourth be with you, which also happens to be my parents' anniversary, though they were married long before both Star Wars and before the Internet made it a thing.

This week in reality show premieres are several shows and reunions filmed in our new reality: remotely, virtually, Zoom-ly. American Idol did that spectacularly well last week, and has set a high bar. But before we get to those, let's look at some shows produced in the normal way, including ones filmed around the world.

By the way, as I was putting together this preview, I discovered that at least two shows—Food Network's Duff Takes the Cake and Bravo's Million Dollar Listing LA—were scheduled to premiere new seasons this week, but have now been pushed back to later this year. I assume that's just networks holding completed seasons so they'll have something to air now since they haven't been able to be in production over the past two months. Also, it's possible schedules will continue to shift and change.