Reality Check: Braxton sisters returning to TV in new show

More than three years since WE’s “Braxton Family Values” ended its 148-episode run — amid allegations by R&B singer Tamar Braxton that producers of the spinoff “Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life!” had mistreated her — WE brings back the Braxtons in a new series.

The basic-cable network announced it has greenlit an untitled new reality TV show about singers Toni and Tamar Braxton and their kin. The series will address, among other things, the death of the singers’ sister, Traci, in 2022 at age 50 as well as Toni’s upcoming Las Vegas residency with Cedric the Entertainer.

‘Golden’ autumn

Following reports last month that casting had begun for “The Golden Bachelorette,” ABC on Saturday formally announced the new series. This second seniors spinoff in the “Bachelor/Bachelorette” franchise comes in the wake of the surprise hit “The Golden Bachelor.”

“The Golden Bachelorette,” which will star a woman 55+ years old, according to a social media post last month by reality show casting agent Rachel Reilly Villegas, will premiere this fall, ABC said. Additionally, the network announced season 21 of “The Bachelorette” will air this summer. As with other ABC series, each will be available to stream on Hulu a day after their prime-time airing.

Last month, the “Casting” link at BachelorNation.com began offering users an application page where the choices of shows included both “The Golden Bachelor,” suggesting there may be a second season, and “The Golden Bachelorette.”

The forms stated, “Production is scheduled for this summer,” specifying “June-August 2024.”

Finale

The two-hour final performance night of “America’s Got Talent: Fantasy League” season 1 takes place Monday at 8 p.m. on NBC, with the top 10 acts performing. The winner will be announced on the results episode next Monday.

Premieres

Originally announced to premiere last spring, season 2 of “Lil Jon Wants to Do What?,” starring the Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist and interior designer Anitra Mecadon, hits HGTV Monday night at 10 … Early Wednesday, on Valentine’s Day, “Love Is Blind” for a sixth time, as the streaming service Netflix brings another season in which singles propose marriage after only speaking with the other person but not seeing them … Thursday from 9 to 10:01 p.m., WE’s new “Bold & Bougie” follows five women — producer and talent scout Princess Banton-Lofters, wardrobe stylist Tameka Foster, restaurateur Gocha Hawkins, entrepreneur Malaysia Pargo and restaurateur Crystal Renay Smith — and what the cable network calls their “unbreakable sisterhood” … Partly opposite on History, from 9:35 to 10:35, the troubling ecosystem effects of pet Burmese pythons being relocated to the Everglades by reptile rescuers continues to give snake-hunters work in season 4 of “Swamp People: Serpent Invasion” … and Sunday from 8 to 10:01 p.m., judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie and host Ryan Seacrest all return for season 22 of the ABC singing competition “American Idol.”

Recaps

Evalin Clark, Chrissa Perez and Starr Skyler were eliminated on “The Bachelor.”