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DeMarcus Family Rules Brings Celebrity Couple Reality TV to Netflix

ALSO: Harris speaks at the DNC, Netflix gives classic video games the docuseries treatment, and more.
  • Allison and Jay DeMarcus in DeMarcus Family Rules. (Photo: Netflix)
    Allison and Jay DeMarcus in DeMarcus Family Rules. (Photo: Netflix)

    Having conquered virtually every other corner of reality TV, today Netflix introduces its first entry in the nearly two-decades old celebreality couple subgenre, as DeMarcus Family Rules welcomes viewers into the world of Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus and his beauty queen wife Allison. Also today: Kamala Harris speaks at the virtual DNC, Netflix sends viewers down the rabbit hole of video game history, and Jemele Hill returns to TV alongside fellow former ESPNer Cari Champion. Here's what's new and noteworthy on TV this Wednesday:

    SERIES PREMIERE: Netflix turns its cameras on Jay DeMarcus of country rock's Rascal Flatts and his wife Allison in DeMarcus Family Rules, in the process revealing that even seemingly normal, buttoned-up celebrities have their, um, quirks..Watch the trailer. Streaming on Netflix

    LIVE COVERAGE: Day 3 of the 2020 Democratic National Convention is set to feature speeches by Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Barack Obama and the party's new Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Coverage begins at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PT on cable news and PBS, and at 10:00 PM ET/7:00 PM PT on ABC, CBS and NBC.

    DOCUSERIES PREMIERE: Classic video games get their due in the six part docuseries High Score, which looks at the creation and development of video games in the 1980s and 1990s. Watch the trailer. Streaming on Netflix

    NEW EPISODE: Head of Household Memphis Garrett left some hard feelings in the Big Brother house when he nominated Nicole A. and David for eviction. Tonight, both of them will compete for the Veto and try to get themselves off the chopping block. 8:00 PM ET on CBS

    SERIES PREMIERE: Disovery Channel is bringing dodgeball to new heights in Dodgeball Thunderdome, as the middle school hazing sport of choice moves from suburban gymnasiums to the commercial arenas of America, with bloodthirsty professional athletes hurling rubber balls at hapless neophytes. 9:00 PM ET on Discovery

    SERIES PREMIERE: Former ESPN anchor Jemele Hill is back on TV, alongside fellow ESPN vet Cari Champion in Cari & Jemele: Stick to Sports a new weekly talk show where the duo will tackle all the topics they couldn't mention at what they lovingly refer to as "the four letters." Watch the trailer. 10:00 PM ET on Vice

    NEW EPISODE: In this week's installment of True Life Presents: Quarantine Stories, we meet Kai and B — two starry-eyed dreamers — and see how their fledgling relationship is faring in comparison to that of grizzled love-veterans Nicole and Ashley. 9:00 PM ET on MTV

    Mike Attebery is Senior Editor at Primetimer and the author of seven mystery thrillers. Follow him on Twitter at @mikeattebery.

    TOPICS: DeMarcus Family Rules, Allison Alderson DeMarcus, Jay DeMarcus, Reality TV