Ultimate Girls Trip Reunites Ex-Housewives, The Bear Brings Culinary Comedy to Hulu

Peacock stages a reunion for the ages today as eight ex-Housewives gather at Dorinda Medley’s Bluestone Manor in a new season of Ultimate Girls Trip. Plus: Jeremy Allen White headlines the new FX on Hulu comedy The Bear, Menudo gets the music doc treatment on HBO Max, Best of the Fest recaps the Netflix is a Joke Festival, and more. Here’s what’s new and noteworthy on TV this Thursday:

Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Season 2 premiere. Dorinda Medley and Jill Zarin (RHONY), Eva Marcille (RHOA), Brandi Glanville (RHOBH), Vicki Gunvalson (RHOC), and other former Housewives make for strange bedfellows on a week-long vacation at Medley’s Bluestone Manor. Three episodes drop today, followed by one new episode every Thursday through July 21. Read our review. Streaming on Peacock

The Bear: Complete first season. Fine dining chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) comes home to Chicago to run the family sandwich shop where he's forced to contend with the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, a strong-willed kitchen staff and his own strained family relationships. Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ayo Edibiri also star. Watch trailer. Streaming on FX on Hulu

Menudo: Forever Young: Complete docuseries. HBO Max tracks the rise and fall of the iconic Latin American boy band in a four-part docuseries chronicling the web of exploitation at the hands of the band’s manager, Edgardo Diaz. Read our review. Streaming on HBO Max

Best of the Fest: Comedy special. Netflix shares highlights from its 11-day Netflix Is a Joke Festival, the service’s biggest live, in-person event yet. Streaming on Netflix

Buckhead Shore: Series premiere. A group of longtime friends and former flames look to make a name for themselves in Buckhead, Georgia, considered Atlanta’s “Beverly Hills of the South.” MTV’s latest installment in its Shore franchise follows the nine friends as they head to the lake for their annual summer getaway, where wild fun and dramatic hook-ups await. Two episodes air tonight. Watch trailer. 9:00 PM ET on MTV

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe: Original film. In 1998, Beavis and Butt-head are sentenced to Space Camp, but after the Space Shuttle goes through a black hole, they reemerge in 2022, where they look for love, misuse iPhones, and are hunted by the Deep State. Watch trailer. Streaming on Paramount+

Walker: Season 2 finale. After Gale (guest star Paula Marshall) comes clean to Geri (Odette Annable) about the past, Cordell (Jared Padalecki) is forced to relive something he buried long ago. The CW drama has already been renewed for a third season. Watch preview. 8:00 PM ET on The CW

Masterchef Junior: Season 8 finale. With their families and past cheftestants in the crowd cheering them on, this season's two finalists Grayson Price and Liya Chu must create an entree and dessert that best represent themselves in just 60 minutes. 9:00 PM ET on FOX

Southern Charm: Season 8 premiere. New relationships blossom and old resentments boil over as Bravo’s Southern staple kicks off a new season with a super-sized premiere. 9:00 PM ET on Bravo

Chrisley Knows Best: Season 9 summer premiere. As Todd offends Faye during a gardening contest, Chase plays grill master for the 4th of July BBQ. A warning for viewers hoping to get an insider's perspective of Todd and Julie Chrisley's recent conviction on tax fraud" producers say the couple's high-profile trial will not be covere this season. Watch trailer. 9:00 PM ET on USA Network

Austin Dillon’s Life in the Fast Lane: Series premiere. NASCAR driver Austin Dillon invites cameras into his home to document his over-the-top lifestyle, marriage to wife Whitney, and adventures with his best friends in a new reality series. Watch trailer. 9:30 PM ET on USA Network

2022 NBA Draft: College basketball stars wait for their name to be called during the NBA Draft, held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The Orlando Magic have the first pick, followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. Coverage runs for three hours, beginning at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT on ABC and ESPN

Claire Spellberg Lustig is the Senior Editor at Primetimer and a scholar of The View. Follow her on Twitter at @c_spellberg.