The opening minutes of Survivor Edge of Extinction took days to plan and involved “34 different boats carrying 714 bodies over a total of 1,500 miles.”
Archives for February 2019
How Final Table’s culinary cultural diversity crumbled over time
In this edition of The Confessional, Aiyanna Maciel writes about her appreciation for Netflix’s The Final Table—and her disappointment with its outcome.
FX is returning to reality TV as ‘a sustained and enduring part’ of its programming
The cable network home of scripted shows such as The Americans, American Horror Story, Atlanta, Fargo, Pose, Better Things, and Legion is developing several unscripted and documentary TV shows.
Survivor returns, Minding the Gap comes to TV, and other reality TV premieres this week
At Home with Amy Sedaris returns this week, and RHONJ’s reunion begins. Plus: a dating show with groups of identical people.
Drag Race’s queens deserve better than these inept twists
“Lord, please let there not be another twist. I can’t. I can’t. I’m broken,” said Monet X Change, perhaps speaking for many RuPaul’s Drag Race fans.
Netflix’s Dating Around has romance, clever editing, and more than just straight white guys
One person has five first dates on Dating Around, which gives us multiple episodes with queer people of color dating other queer people of color. That shouldn’t be remarkable, but it is.
An interview with Sam Neill about his reality series The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook
The Jurassic Park actor traced the route of Captain James Cook.
How I went from reality TV fan to reality TV story editor
What does a reality TV story producer do? How do you find work in reality show post-production? In this edition of The Confessional, Eric Reynolds shares his story.
Real World season 33 will film in Atlanta, with an older cast
Facebook’s Real World has a city, and it’s a first for the franchise: Atlanta, Georgia.
Four Drag Race queens, Josh Gates & mummy, Atlanta child murders, and the Serengeti: four new specials
Discovery’s family of networks—including TLC, ID, and Discovery—announced four upcoming reality TV specials today.
Heidi Klum, Mel B, Tyra Banks won’t be back on America’s Got Talent
There’s a major shake-up on America’s Got Talent, which is replacing half of its judging panel and its host.
Small Fortune, a game show with tiny challenges, appears to be coming to the U.S.
Exclusive: A new ITV game show on which contestants compete in super-tiny little challenges appears headed to NBC.
RHOBH, Don’t Be Tardy, American Chopper, and other reality TV premiering this week
Here’s your look at reality TV that’s premiering this week, along with a few documentaries that are also airing on TV.
Running Wild with Bear Grylls is moving from NBC to NatGeo
National Geographic is returning to more conventional reality TV, picking up season five of a reality show that aired four seasons on NBC.
Slut-shaming cost a reality show contestant $500,000
The Challenge: Final Reckoning’s finale saw Ashley hold Hunter accountable for his awful language and behavior by deciding to keep $1 million for herself.