TV Schedule 2025: Jungle Camp, Bachelor, GNTM and More: Your Guide to Trash TV
Get ready for an entertaining year ahead as various networks and streaming platforms are set to air a plethora of trash TV shows in 2025. Here's a roundup of some of the most anticipated reality and tabloid-style shows.
January 2025
- Kickstarting the year, "The Biggest Loser - Making Life Easy" will premiere on Sat.1 and Joyn on the 12th, while "Dschungelcamp" will start on RTL+ on the 24th. For those who love celebrity dating shows, "Celebrity First Dates" will air on Vox and RTL+ on the 3rd, and "Make Love, Fake Love" will also be available on RTL+ from the 2nd.
- For those who can't get enough of the Jersey Shore lifestyle, "Germany Shore" will be available on Paramount+ or MTV Germany from the 7th.
February 2025
- "Let's Dance" will have its 18th season on RTL and RTL+ from the 21st, and "Germany's Next Top Model" will return on Pro7 from the 13th.
- If you're a fan of dating shows, "The Bachelors" will start on RTL+ from the 11th, and "Are You the One" will have its sixth season on the same platform from the 4th.
March 2025
- "Temptation Island" will start on RTL+ from the 20th, and "Battle of the Reality Stars" will be a reality TV show on RTL Zwei and RTL+ from the 7th.
- For those who enjoy celebrity-focused shows, "The Ochsenknechts" will start on Sky from the 25th.
April 2025
- "Farmer Wants a Wife International" will start on RTL from the 16th.
May 2025
- "Princess Charming" is a queer dating format on RTL+ starting from the 24th, and "Match My Ex" is an exclusive reality TV show on Joyn starting from the 1st.
- "Ex on the Beach" is a reality TV series on RTL+ starting from the 5th, and "Prominently separated - The Villa of the Exes" will start on RTL+ from the 1st.
June 2025
- "The Traitors" is a reality-game show on RTL+ starting from the 29th.
July 2025
- "Villa of Temptation" is a reality show on Sat.1 starting from the 7th, and "Promis unter Palmen" will start on Sat. 1 and Joyn from the 17th.
October 2025
- CBS's fall schedule will offer a variety of trash TV shows. On the 15th, Survivor returns on CBS at 8 p.m., followed by The Amazing Race at 9:30 p.m. The following day, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (Season 2) premieres on CBS at 8 p.m., alongside other shows like Ghosts and Matlock. On the 17th, Fire Country (Season 4) and the series premiere of Sheriff Country debut on CBS. The regular CBS Friday trash TV lineup continues with Sheriff Country, Fire Country, and Boston Blue on the 24th.
Streaming platforms like Netflix are also launching reality shows such as Long Story Short (expected in 2025).
Other ongoing formats include The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, The Voice, Love is Blind, and long-standing competition shows like The Bachelor / Bachelorette, Big Brother, and Too Hot To Handle.
"Trash TV" encompasses tabloid talk shows known for controversial or confrontational content, a subgenre that remains active though specific new tabloid talk shows for 2025 are not detailed in the available sources.
Shows like "Love Island", "Das Sommerhaus der Stars", "Bauer sucht Frau", "Temptation Island VIP", "Werwölfe", "Das große Promi-Büßen", and "Love is Blind: Germany" are trash TV formats with unknown start dates in 2025.
"Big Brother" will start on the sixx channel from the 24th, and "Reality Backpackers" will air on ProSieben from the 10th.
"Too Hot to Handle Germany" will have its second season on Netflix from the 18th of February, and "Stranger Sins" will have its second season on RTL+ from the 8th of January.
"The Biggest Celebrity Fails" will start on an unspecified channel from the 3rd of January.
In the upcoming year, "Germany Shore" will bring the Jersey Shore lifestyle to Paramount+ or MTV Germany, merging lifestyle and entertainment. Furthermore, reality dating shows like "Princess Charming" and "Match My Ex" on RTL+ and Joyn, respectively, will offer a blend of entertainment and love-seeking.
