Watch the two Oscar-winning documentaries on TV: Free Solo will be on National Geographic, and Period. End of Sentence. is on Netflix.
Archives for February 2019
‘Kumbaya Survivor’ delays major decisions and moves
On the second episode of season 38, someone found an idol, a tribe considered a real blindside but took the easy way out instead, and Jeff Probst had fun with snakes.
Masked Singer ended without surprises as Bee, Monster, and Peacock were unmasked
The finale of The Masked Singer—or the second hour of it—was an efficient and fun conclusion to this wacky but watchable hit reality show.
Will Killing Fields or Vet Life return? Plus: Survivor Tribal Council questions and answers
Who decides what order Survivors vote in? Does Jeff Probst re-arrange votes if an idol is played? Answers to those and other questions about reality TV.
Temptation Island will return, and is now casting for season two
USA’s revival of the show has been a success, so it’ll be back with an expanded season two.
The Challenge gets personal, resolving two conflicts in its first three episodes
A recap of The Challenge: War of the Worlds episodes two and three, which involved conflicts between Ashley and Hunter, and Bananas and Wes.
Wife Swap: What happened to CMT’s revival of the show?
Wife Swap is moving to an entirely different network after being originally scheduled to premiere on CMT in February.
American Idol, The Voice, World of Dance, and Drag Race all return this week
The Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo will be on TV this week, as will an A&E Biography about the Trump family, and an HBO doc in which two men talk about abuse by Michael Jackson.
How long should Survivor’s episodes be? Jeff Probst wants to know
At least long enough to include the title sequence, please!
An ugly first vote on Survivor: Edge of Extinction’s premiere
The person who was thrown overboard first on Survivor Edge of Extinction was neither the weakest nor the most annoying, so why did they get those labels?
Survivor’s marooning: 34 boats, 714 people, 9 hours, one great 10,000-word story
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.”
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.