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  • Ask Andy: What celebs would be best on Survivor? Would you go on Survivor, Big Brother, or Amazing Race?

  • Amazing Race creator on Double U-Turns, all-star seasons, locations, and more

  • Probst says Colton quit Survivor One World; Housewives star encourages marital rape

  • Project Runway 12: gimmicks that actually work

  • ABC hires former E! president as its reality exec

  • Not much blood in the water yet on Survivor

  • Hoarders cancelled, but Matt Paxton continuing its work with ServiceMaster

  • CBS promotes publicist Mitch Graham to VP of reality TV; will oversee Survivor, Amazing Race, Big Brother

  • Esquire Network’s new reality TV: smart, visually interesting, lots of potential

  • The Voice wins reality competition Emmy, which actually qualifies as an upset

  • ABC’s John Saade fired, the third broadcast reality exec to leave this summer

  • ABC’s Lost was originally pitched as “all the things you DON’T see on Survivor”

  • Restaurant Stakeout scripted and fake; Real World sex scandal; Queer Eye reunion

  • CBS’ shameful, no-longer-fun Big Brother ends ironically with its first gay winner

  • Survivor Blood vs. Water’s debut: as beautiful and uneven as that metaphor

  • Actually Vegas-worthy act wins America’s Got Talent

  • Survivor alumni invited to a “Survivor social”: tweeting

  • Whodunnit’s possible season two: celebrity contestants? motives? new location?

  • An early win for Dancing with the Stars’ great cast

  • The lives and deaths of Buckwild’s Shain Gandee, Storm Chasers’ Tim Samaras

  • Tim Gunn, Heidi Klum win Emmy for best reality TV hosts

  • CBS vs. Probst on Survivor returnees; Seacrest’s popularity dropping; Style network gone, G4 survives

  • Cold Justice leads to mistrial, murder confession

  • Big Brother renewed for season 16; summer of bigotry a ratings success

  • Julie Chen’s plastic surgery secret: not a secret since 2004

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