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Below Deck Mediterranean (Bravo)

This spinoff of Below Deck,

which was nominated in this category last year, centers on the crewmembers of a European super yacht during charter season, this time in Malta. It is up for two awards (the other for picture editing). But a Bravo show hasn’t won this prize since Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

prevailed 14 years ago.

Cheer (Netflix)

The first season of this show about a Texas college cheerleading squad won this award and two others in 2020. The second season highlighted the toll that the pandemic took on the team, introduced a rival school’s squad and received a total of three nominations, half of the first season’s total — but it remains Netflix’s best bet in the category.

Love on the Spectrum U.S. (Netflix)

Young autistic adults explore dating experiences on this trailblazing show, the first season of which was set in Australia and the second season of which featured Americans. Some feel it infantilizes its subjects, but many others applauded it for showing autistic people in a way they’ve rarely been portrayed on TV.

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1)

RuPaul Charles has become an Emmy magnet — he has won 11 times — and not just for RuPaul’s Drag Race but also for this spinoff, which has been nominated every year since 2017, finally won last year and could win again for its 14-episode 13th season, which just garnered this year’s corresponding Critics Choice Real TV Award.

Selling Sunset (Netflix) This reality show about L.A. real estate, told through the prism of one brokerage house and the adventures of the real estate agents who work there, has been streaming for five seasons and is nominated for the second year in a row. This is its only nomination, meaning that it is the least promising of Netflix’s three shows nominated in this category.