YOU’VE been suffering through some of the worst weeks of the year. Those weeks where all the good free-to-air TV wraps up and programming is made up of annoying re-runs and sport.

But you’re suffering is about to end. Or maybe not.

You might be about to enter a whole new kind of pain with networks offering so much you simply can’t keep up with what’s on the box.

When it rains it pours, and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! provides the first drops when it premieres ahead of the pack this Sunday.

Last year’s inaugural series of the successful UK reality show was an experiment for the network that paid off. While the ratings weren’t explosive (it premiered with 1.199m metro viewers, at times dipping down to 588k during the six week run, and ended on 1.144m), I’m A Celeb was a hit on social media, with viewers making the show the topic of conversation on platforms like Twitter.

“The network recognises that the show needs to perform well, not just in the ratings, but across all social media platforms,” Ten’s head of entertainment and factual programs Stephen Tate told AAP.

While the concept at its core is based around old-school reality television — people eating gross things and being forced to do embarrassing activities — the mix of celebrities, candid confessions given in the camp and the conversation that’s generated provides interest.

Also, given the footage that goes to air is filmed mostly day-to-day, this gives it a feeling of currency over shows that are filmed months (or sometimes a year) in advance.

Now audiences know what to expect, and given the hype in the months leading up to Sunday’s premiere around which celebs will be dropped into the jungle, there’s no doubt curiosity will mean solid numbers for the initial episodes.

But even if we do get to see former cricketer Shane Warne in a jungle deprived of spray tan and his Clairol homekit, it won’t be enough to make I’m A Celeb top My Kitchen Rules once it reignites on Monday.

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Going head-to-head in the 7.30pm timeslot, it won’t be a surprise when Seven’s homecooking juggernaut reigns supreme with viewers. Yes, it’s overproduced, the couples are over-the-top and it seems to go on forever, but viewers lap it up.

“I can’t see it being toppled from the top spot,” Media analyst Steve Allen of Fusion Strategy told News Corp earlier this month. “It would appear it’s going to be another blockbuster season.”

With both Seven and Ten kicking the year off with strong shows that have proven successful with audiences, all eyes will be on Nine to see how their offerings stack up.

The network will be rebooting two previously shelved shows in the hope they somehow work this time around.

Just over a year after it was axed, Australia’s Got Talent will return Monday in the same timeslot as MKR and I’m A Celeb. During its original run on Nine, its head-to-head battle with Seven’s X-Factor meant it failed to pick up a strong audience.

While it won’t be competing with any other talent shows this time around, watching a couple of nobodies juggle while balancing on a ball isn’t much of a drawcard compared to what else is on offer.

Its host Dave Hughes and the strong judging panel of Sophie Monk, Kelly Osbourne, Eddie Perfect and Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson will probably be more entertaining than any of the acts that get wheeled out on stage.

And while the program will move to both Sunday and Monday from next week, it’s likely AGT will get lost among MKR and IAC, which engages viewers across four and three nights a week.

Following on from AGT each Monday is Nine’s reboot of Farmer Wants A Wife. Perhaps the network’s hoping to cash in on the success Ten’s had with The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.

When it last aired in 2012, the series finale finished eighth in the ratings — pulling in 987,000 viewers.

Last year, the reboot began to attract some hype when it came out that one of the farmers who’d made it into the show was dropped and replaced with Lachlan McAlee, a popular contestant on Nine’s successful dating show Married At First Sight. Perhaps his inclusion will draw fans into his watching latest crack at finding love.

Also joining the dating game will be Seven with their local version of the UK show First Date. Luckless in love singles will be slammed together and sent on a blind date in a restaurant with cameras everywhere. It’s like Big Brother but everyone’s sad and single.

With First Dates being produced by Warner Brothers, who are also responsible for The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, and given the showwill follow on from MKR on Wednesday’s, it could prove to be a hit.

And as we’ve seen with The Bachelor and Married At First Sight, dating shows engage viewers on both the TV screen and on social media. Even viewers who hate the show will watch just to join in the snark on Twitter. First Dates might prove to be so bad it’s good.

I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!kicks off tonight on TEN at 6.30pm.

My Kitchen Rules returns Monday night on Seven at 7.30pm.

Australia’s Got Talent returns Monday night on Nine at 7.30pm.

Farmer Wants A Wife returns Monday night on Nine at 8.45pm.

First Dates kicks off Wednesday night on Seven at 9pm.