Last year, Jesse James said a deal to bring back Monster Garage fell through because Discovery management was “pushing very hard to change Monster Garage into a Crappy/Cheap reality show.”
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The Voice, Jersey Shore, and a Shark Tank special among this week’s reality TV premieres
It’s a light week of reality TV premieres this last week of February, but among the shows premiering are new seasons of The Voice and Jersey Shore Family Vacation.
Amazing Race 33 is now filming, and one team is a Love Island couple
The Amazing Race 32 hasn’t aired yet, but TAR 33 is currently being filmed with two familiar CBS reality stars competing. Will coronavirus affect the route?
The long-awaited Friends reunion? Just an unscripted special
The cast of Friends will reunite, but not for a new episode or follow-up movie. Instead, they’ll just reminisce in an “unscripted special.”
So You Think You Can Dance will return for its 17th season
For SYTYCD 17, last year’s panel of judges, except Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval, is returning, as is host Cat Deeley.
Drag Race All Stars moving to Showtime and airing this summer
RuPaul’s Drag Race is moving again: All Stars 5 will only be on Showtime when it premieres this summer with a “special edition,” whatever that means.
Survivor winners play like terrified amateurs as advantages rain down
For some reason, Survivor’s winners are just falling down at Rob and Parvati’s feet, instead of just voting them out.
Apprentice’s format is coming back: Bethenny Frankel starring, Mark Burnett producing
Bethenny’s HBO Max show may be called The Big Shot with Bethenny, but it sounds just like a new version of The Apprentice.
Love Island season 2 will start months earlier, and add a weekly recap show
CBS announced the premiere date for Love Island USA’s second season, which will air in late spring/early summer, long before Big Brother premieres.
How Life Below Zero: Port Protection is different from the shows that form its name
The series Port Protection Alaska returns to NatGeo, rebranded as Life Below Zero: Port Protection. Meet its cast members, and see what makes it different than Life Below Zero.
All of Jeopardy’s Survivor category answers and questions
Jeopardy gave an entire category to Survivor in honor of its 40th season. Here are the answers Jeff Probst gave, and the correct questions.
The return of Forensic Files, and 11 other reality shows premiering this week
Among this week’s premieres are a game show version of Hot Ones, a new season of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, and a Netflix series about babies.
Survivor winners’ war starts with pre-existing relationships becoming part of the game
Two very strong episodes kicked off Survivor’s 40th season as winners went to war, though in very different ways.
A review of Netflix’s Love is Blind, on which The Circle meets Temptation Island and Married at First Sight
Love is Blind is a new Netflix dating series that starts with fascinating interactions similar to The Circle, but then becomes a more cautionary tale.
The campaign to get rid of Survivor’s Edge of Extinction has succeeded!
“We’re not going to do Edge for a while. I’ve heard people. I got it,” Jeff Probst said. He also said Survivor: Winners at War “will be the best season we’ve ever done.”