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Salim, Gurki, Dating Around

Netflix’s Dating Around has romance, clever editing, and more than just straight white guys

One person has five first dates on Dating Around, which gives us multiple episodes with queer people of color dating other queer people of color. That shouldn’t be remarkable, but it is.

Sam Neill, The Pacific: In the Wake Of Captain Cook

An interview with Sam Neill about his reality series The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook

The Jurassic Park actor traced the route of Captain James Cook.

Eric Reynolds, reality TV story editor

How I went from reality TV fan to reality TV story editor

What does a reality TV story producer do? How do you find work in reality show post-production? In this edition of The Confessional, Eric Reynolds shares his story.

Atlanta, Jackson Street Bridge

Real World season 33 will film in Atlanta, with an older cast

Facebook’s Real World has a city, and it’s a first for the franchise: Atlanta, Georgia.

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Netflix’s Dating Around has romance, clever editing, and more than just straight white guys

Netflix’s Dating Around has romance, clever editing, and more than just straight white guys

One person has five first dates on Dating Around, which gives us multiple episodes with queer people of color dating other queer people of color. That shouldn’t be remarkable, but it is.

Netflix | reality TV show reviews 14 Feb. 2019 | 12:51 pm

An interview with Sam Neill about his reality series The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook

An interview with Sam Neill about his reality series The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook

The Jurassic Park actor traced the route of Captain James Cook.

international shows | interviews 14 Feb. 2019 | 9:00 am

How I went from reality TV fan to reality TV story editor

How I went from reality TV fan to reality TV story editor

What does a reality TV story producer do? How do you find work in reality show post-production? In this edition of The Confessional, Eric Reynolds shares his story.

The Confessional | behind-the-scenes 13 Feb. 2019 | 8:46 am

Real World season 33 will film in Atlanta, with an older cast

Real World season 33 will film in Atlanta, with an older cast

Facebook’s Real World has a city, and it’s a first for the franchise: Atlanta, Georgia.

The Real World 33 12 Feb. 2019 | 8:01 pm

Four Drag Race queens, Josh Gates & mummy, Atlanta child murders, and the Serengeti: four new specials

Four Drag Race queens, Josh Gates & mummy, Atlanta child murders, and the Serengeti: four new specials

Discovery’s family of networks—including TLC, ID, and Discovery—announced four upcoming reality TV specials today.

Discovery Channel, reality check, TLC 12 Feb. 2019 | 12:57 pm

Heidi Klum, Mel B, Tyra Banks won’t be back on America’s Got Talent

Heidi Klum, Mel B, Tyra Banks won’t be back on America’s Got Talent

There’s a major shake-up on America’s Got Talent, which is replacing half of its judging panel and its host.

America's Got Talent 14 11 Feb. 2019 | 4:29 pm

Small Fortune, a game show with tiny challenges, appears to be coming to the U.S.

Small Fortune, a game show with tiny challenges, appears to be coming to the U.S.

Exclusive: A new ITV game show on which contestants compete in super-tiny little challenges appears headed to NBC.

international shows 11 Feb. 2019 | 11:30 am

RHOBH, Don’t Be Tardy, American Chopper, and other reality TV premiering this week

RHOBH, Don’t Be Tardy, American Chopper, and other reality TV premiering this week

Here’s your look at reality TV that’s premiering this week, along with a few documentaries that are also airing on TV.

reality check 11 Feb. 2019 | 9:00 am

Running Wild with Bear Grylls is moving from NBC to NatGeo

Running Wild with Bear Grylls is moving from NBC to NatGeo

National Geographic is returning to more conventional reality TV, picking up season five of a reality show that aired four seasons on NBC.

Bear Grylls 10 Feb. 2019 | 5:10 pm

Slut-shaming cost a reality show contestant $500,000

Slut-shaming cost a reality show contestant $500,000

The Challenge: Final Reckoning’s finale saw Ashley hold Hunter accountable for his awful language and behavior by deciding to keep $1 million for herself.

The Challenge | recaps 9 Feb. 2019 | 3:30 pm

Answers to all your Masked Singer questions

Answers to all your Masked Singer questions

The judges and the producers explain things like why the judges’ guesses are so terrible, whether the singers are live, what will change for season two, and much more.

Masked Singer 8 Feb. 2019 | 8:45 am

The must-see Mister Rogers doc is on TV Saturday. Get your tissues ready.

The must-see Mister Rogers doc is on TV Saturday. Get your tissues ready.

Missed last year’s best theatrical documentary on PBS and HBO this weekend? You can still stream or buy online.

documentary film 7 Feb. 2019 | 9:12 pm

On The Challenge: War of the Worlds premiere, reality stars invade other reality stars’ show

On The Challenge: War of the Worlds premiere, reality stars invade other reality stars’ show

I haven’t watched The Challenge in years, but War of the Worlds brought in a new group of reality stars to compete, so I thought I’d check in.

The Challenge | recaps 6 Feb. 2019 | 10:00 pm

ABC’s new president, a Bachelor fan: ‘Those women have a lot of power, and they are using it well’

ABC’s new president, a Bachelor fan: ‘Those women have a lot of power, and they are using it well’

“I do believe that the people that go on the show are looking for love,” ABC’s entertainment president Karey Burke told TV critics today.

Bachelor in Paradise 5 Feb. 2019 | 10:27 pm

A Big Brother houseguest’s cancer, a fundraiser, and a social media fight

A Big Brother houseguest’s cancer, a fundraiser, and a social media fight

A fundraiser put on by Swaggy and Fessy for fellow BB19 houseguest Kevin has resulted in accusations and conflict on social media.

Big Brother 19 4 Feb. 2019 | 6:07 pm

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