What To Watch This Week With Kate Casey

This past week I took my kids to Disneyland, and tried not to puke on rides. I cleaned up the house an estimated 387 times. I skipped fireworks in favor of a true crime documentary. I also watched endless clips of Cabo Verde nearly beating Argentina in the World Cup. I also got some weird virus. How was your week?

Here are my episodes last week, which I hope you loved.

Director of Abandoned

Love Island: Behind the Scenes This Season

Saturday Series - Emily Jennings

Gloriavale: Inside New Zealand's Most Controversial Cult

Real Housewives of Rhode Island Reunion: Part Two

BONUS: Anatomy of a Perfect Life: Insider the Miller's Collapse

This week’s list:

Obviously, the first priority is to watch the USA Men’s Soccer team play against Belgium on Monday. I have enjoyed every single game and all of the videos of the fans celebrating other cultures.

Reality Television

Big Brother 28 “Time Trip” (CBS) The show returns with a time travel theme and a 90 minute premiere. Houseguests will move through rooms, relics, and competitions built around eras like the ‘80s and Y2K, with new powers and twists shaking up the game early. Julie Chen Moonves is back as host, and live feeds remain available to Paramount+ subscribers. This season also marks the first primetime series in U.S. television history to reach 1,000 original episodes, with the milestone episode landing later in the summer. The BB Block Buster twist returns for a third straight season, requiring the Head of Household to nominate three houseguests, who then get one last chance to save themselves before eviction. (July 9)

Project Runway (Freeform/Hulu/Disney+) The fashion design competition returns for its 21st season. Designers face weekly challenges testing speed, creativity, and technical garment construction, with a rotating celebrity guest panel joining the regular judges to evaluate style, wearability, and originality on the runway. (July 9)

Married at First Sight (Peacock) A new group of singles agrees to marry a stranger matched by relationship experts, meeting for the first time at the altar. The season tracks the couples through the early adjustment to married life, expert check-ins, and the eventual decision day when each pair decides whether to stay married or divorce. (July 12)

Love Is Blind: UK, After the Altar (Netflix) This reunion special catches up with the UK cast after the events of the main season, checking in on which couples stayed together, which split, and what has happened since filming wrapped, along with any off-camera drama that did not make the original cut. (July 12)

Documentary

Return to Fox Hollow: New Victims, Darker Secrets (Hulu/Disney+) continues the investigation into serial killer Herb Baumeister, picking up where “The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer” left off. The special returns to Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison, who reopened the decades-old case after thousands of human bones were discovered on the grounds of Fox Hollow Farm, Baumeister’s former Indiana estate. New interviews, new evidence and fresh leads address unresolved questions about possible accomplices, missing evidence and witness accounts that have shifted over time. The original 2025 docuseries earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary and became ABC News Studios’ most-watched Hulu docuseries of the year by hours streamed. Both installments are available on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. (July 8)

** Forthcoming interview on Wednesday with the director and DO NOT MISS IT.

The Man Will Burn (HBO) examines the Burning Man festival, tracing its origins as a countercultural desert gathering through its evolution into a globally recognized cultural phenomenon. It explores the tension between the event’s founding anti-commercial ethos and its current reality as a bucket list destination for celebrities and tech elites, using archival footage, participant interviews, and present day footage from Black Rock City. (July 9)

Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours that Changed Spain (Netflix) reconstructs the 1997 kidnapping and murder of Miguel Ángel Blanco, a young Basque politician abducted by ETA whose death sparked nationwide protests credited with turning Spanish public opinion decisively against the terrorist group. The film uses the 48 hour countdown ETA gave authorities as its structural spine, tracking the negotiations, demonstrations, and political fallout in close to real time. (July 10)

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea (Netflix) examines a maritime disaster through survivor testimony, rescue footage, and expert analysis to reconstruct what went wrong and how the crisis unfolded for those on board. As with most entries in Netflix’s disaster documentary slate, the focus stays on minute by minute reconstruction and first person survivor accounts rather than investigative journalism. (July 10)

The Real Murders of Atlanta (Oxygen) digs into notable homicide cases from the Atlanta area, combining law enforcement interviews, crime scene material, and family testimony. It follows Oxygen’s established Real Murders of format, treating each case as a standalone episode built around investigation, prosecution, and aftermath. (July 11)

ER: Caught on Camera (TLC) reconstructs real emergency room and trauma cases using bodycam, security, and hospital surveillance footage combined with interviews from the medical staff and patients involved. It joins TLC’s medical documentary lineup alongside shows like Untold Stories of the ER, using surveillance footage to add a you are there immediacy to already dramatic medical emergencies. (July 7)

I also want to tell you about Season 3 of Michelle Buteau’s Netflix comedy series Survival of the Thickest, which serves as the final chapter of the show and is currently streaming on the platform. Casting director Felicia Fasano, whom Buteau specifically praised for collaborating on the show’s inclusive vision, helped assemble the talent for the series. She also happens to be a great friend of mine. Check it out!