PBS airs its final episode of The Great British Baking Show tonight.
Archives for August 2018
Survivor casting for seasons 39 and 40, and the casting team has advice
Survivor seasons 39 and 40 are now casting—without casting director Lynne Spiegel Spillman, who was fired earlier this summer.
Miz & Mrs gets more episodes. Is it reality TV or scripted comedy?
Mike “The Miz” Mizanin and Maryse will be back for 14 more episodes. Mike says to think of the show like The Office or Modern Family.
Southern Charm’s Thomas Ravenel quits; two women accused him of sexual assault
Thomas Ravenel has been accused of sexually assaulting two different women. Now he says he’s quitting the show.
Everyone hates and dismisses Omarosa. But why?
Omarosa can’t be separated from the image of her created by reality TV.
Born this Way returns, GBBO ends its run on PBS, and more reality TV for Aug. 13 to 19
A preview of reality TV premieres—and one bittersweet ending for a wonderful show.
Trump said the n-word ‘multiple times’ during Apprentice, Omarosa’s book says
Donald Trump used the n-word during production of The Apprentice season one, according to excerpts from Omarosa’s new book that will be released Tuesday.
How Relative Race and Churchill’s Secret Agents: The New Recruits helped shake me from complacency
Aaron Hayes writes about discovering two on-demand reality shows that made for great family viewing, and taught him something about humanity.
RHOBH adds an actor; Catfish loses Max
Two major cast changes for the long-running MTV and Bravo reality shows.
Love Island is coming to CBS. Will it work?
CBS is bringing Love Island, the hit British series that follows single people cavorting and hooking up in-between competing in challenges, to the United States.
Why Food Network—and Discovery networks—choose entertainment over information
I explored the difference between Food Network and Netflix food reality TV—and got some candid insight into how Food Network and Discovery networks view their reality TV programs.
Million Dollar Mile: CBS’ new obstacle course competition, from Big Brother’s producers
Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan are producing the new CBS competition series with LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s company.
What happens to Forged in Fire weapons? Why are Worst Cooks on Great Food Truck Race?
In today’s Ask Andy, when The Last Alaskans will return, what Forged in Fire does with its weapons, and why Worst Cooks in America’s make sense on The Great Food Truck Race.
Review: ABC’s Castaways, a survival series with shades of Survivor, Lost, and Alone
ABC’s new survival series is familiar and promising, and flashes between the cast’s attempt to survive and their home lives, but it also drags.
A death with an odd explanation, plus Bachelor in Paradise, AYTO, and other reality TV premieres
MTV’s Are You The One returns with a new twist; Bachelor in Paradise is back; Robot Wars comes to Science Channel, and more reality TV premieres.