The Voice, Dancing with the Stars, Survivor, and Hell’s Kitchen all premiere new seasons this week. Plus: Will Smith jumps out of a helicopter live on his birthday.
In a podcast interview, Jeff Probst went into incredible detail about how he produces Survivor, and what his team’s priorities are. Here are highlights from that interview.
As Live PD season 3 premieres, A&E has extended the reality show’s episode order to a total of 293 episodes.
There’s new information about Julie Chen’s future with Big Brother, including Celebrity Big Brother. Plus: a crazy theory about The Glass House.
I explored just how Adam Conover’s Adam Ruins Everything works to convince its audience of the truth with jokes and scripted bits. And his new Netflix series, The G Word with Adam Conover, does the same thing.
From The Great British Bake-Off to Project Runway, what makes a reality show format strong enough for it to survive once its stars depart?
Drag Race broke The Voice’s streak and became only the fourth show ever to win the outstanding reality competition Emmy.