The star of The Bachelor season 21 is a two-time The Bachelorette runner-up and current star of Bachelor in Paradise, Nick Viall, another white guy.
Archives for August 2016
Adam Conover responds to criticism of Adam Ruins Everything’s reality TV episode
The host of Adam Ruins Everything, Adam Conover, addresses criticism of the reality TV episode of his truTV show, and talks to Andy Dehnart about it.
Jessie Graff makes American Ninja Warrior history again
Jessie Graff has set yet another record for American Ninja Warrior, this time during the Las Vegas finals during Mt. Midoriyama’s stage one.
An Australian Survivor did something on day 10 that took seven seasons on US Survivor
A significant moment in Survivor history took seven seasons to arrive on the CBS version, but just four episode and 11 days on the new Australian Survivor.
How much Below Deck: Mediterranean passengers will pay, and what they get
A second season of Below Deck: Mediterranean is on its way, thanks to the show becoming Bravo’s “fastest growing show over the past three years among” people 25 to 54. That means it needs new passengers who will become key temporary cast members, making outrageous demands and adding drama while the yacht sails around.
Apprentice contract’s nudity clause is identical to Survivor’s
A passage in The Apprentice cast contract about contestant nudity is very familiar, and has nothing at all to do with Donald Trump.
The many highs and troubling lows of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars premiere
A recap of the premiere episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, which introduced this season’s big twist, and teased another one.
The reality of Big Brother: it will stay toxic until we stop watching
It’s been another summer of light, silly Big Brother fun: costumes, sloppy competitions, grotesque sexism, blatant misogyny, atrocious editing that makes heroes into villains and vice versa, unpunished rule violations, and a young cast with little life experience that laughs about animal abuse and brags about not knowing the game they’re currently playing.
Of particular horror this summer has been the treatment of women by some male cast members, and by the television show itself.
Ryan Lochte will follow Olympics, lying with Dancing with the Stars
Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte will appear on this fall’s Dancing with the Stars season 23. Reports that said he’s long wanted to be on the show.
Adam Ruins Everything’s claims about reality TV did not match its evidence
The fun truTV show Adam Ruins Everything took on reality TV in its “Hollywood” episode, but the evidence it presented was surprisingly b.s.
Review: Better Late Than Never has splashes of reality amid scripted shenanigans
A review of NBC’s Better Late Than Never, on which William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, Henry Winkler, and Jeff Dye travel together.
204 suggestions for Big Brother’s fall season
Big Brother fans sent hundreds of suggestions for the fall CBS All Access season of the BB. Here are a selection of those ideas for changing the game.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Terminator-like boss in new Apprentice promo
Watch the promo for The New Celebrity Apprentice, which features Arnold Schwarzenegger in a familiar role, and not one previously occupied by Donald Trump.
35 new and renewed reality TV shows
A long list of renewals and newly ordered shows from summer announcements. Shows range from America’s Got Talent to Hellevator to Carpool Karaoke.
Lou Pearlman, who created O-Town on Making the Band, died in prison
Lou Pearlman, the star of ABC’s Making the Band and the creator of boy bands such as NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and O-Town, died in prison Saturday.