7 great reality TV stories: a Fixer Uppers profile, Big Brother misogyny, and more
Welcome to a new reality blurred feature: a curated monthly selection of long-form writing that looks in-depth at reality TV: people, shows, and the industry.
Finding Prince Charming review: 5 reasons why the gay dating show fails
Logo’s Finding Prince Charming, the gay dating show, could have done something original. Instead, it cast a boring bachelor and badly copied The Bachelor.
On Survivor, a make-out session and a possible heart attack
A recap of Survivor Millennials vs. Gen X’s second episode, “Love Goggles,” on which Figgy and Tails’ make-out sessions made them a target.
19 renewed and new reality shows
A list of newly renewed and newly announced reality shows, including a competition to find new Mythbusters and a Dance Moms-ish series about kid cooks.
How a college student went from The Voice to Syria to The New Yorker
The unlikely story of Ben Taub, a Princeton student whose audition for The Voice eventually led him to Syria and a job writing for The New Yorker.
10 of 13 Big Brother: Over the Top houseguests are in their 20s
CBS announced the 12 houseguests who will be on Big Brother: Over the Top, and most of them—including one returnee—are in their 20s, as usual.
How keeping ‘Revenge of the Queens’ off VH1 affected RuPaul’s Drag Race
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars did not simulcast its most anticipated episode, “Revenge of the Queens,” on VH1. How did that affect the show’s ratings?
