CBS announced the premiere date for Love Island USA’s second season, which will air in late spring/early summer, long before Big Brother premieres.
Archives for February 2020
How Life Below Zero: Port Protection is different from the shows that form its name
The series Port Protection Alaska returns to NatGeo, rebranded as Life Below Zero: Port Protection. Meet its cast members, and see what makes it different than Life Below Zero.
All of Jeopardy’s Survivor category answers and questions
Jeopardy gave an entire category to Survivor in honor of its 40th season. Here are the answers Jeff Probst gave, and the correct questions.
The return of Forensic Files, and 11 other reality shows premiering this week
Among this week’s premieres are a game show version of Hot Ones, a new season of 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days, and a Netflix series about babies.
Survivor winners’ war starts with pre-existing relationships becoming part of the game
Two very strong episodes kicked off Survivor’s 40th season as winners went to war, though in very different ways.
A review of Netflix’s Love is Blind, on which The Circle meets Temptation Island and Married at First Sight
Love is Blind is a new Netflix dating series that starts with fascinating interactions similar to The Circle, but then becomes a more cautionary tale.
The campaign to get rid of Survivor’s Edge of Extinction has succeeded!
“We’re not going to do Edge for a while. I’ve heard people. I got it,” Jeff Probst said. He also said Survivor: Winners at War “will be the best season we’ve ever done.”
Girl Scout Cookie Championship is a mess, and Girl Scouts and their cookies deserve better
The editing and filming of Food Network’s latest baking championship is incredibly clunky and atypically amateurish.
Survivor. American Idol. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Wife Swap.
No, it’s not 2005 again, but these early reality TV shows are all premiering this week, from Survivor’s 40th season, Winners at War, to the return of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
How to watch the 2020 Oscar-nominated documentaries
The five Oscar-nominated documentaries, and the eventual winner, are all available to stream or watch online. And they’re also a far more diverse group of nominees than the fictional Oscar categories.
Project Runway’s Sergio problem
Sergio has been at the forefront of this season’s Project Runway trend: the sharper edges of people’s personalities are getting caught on the show’s fabric.
Survivor’s retrospective had nostalgia, but mostly focused on modern Survivor’s defects
Survivor has never done clip shows well, and—while it had some great flashbacks—Survivor at 40: Greatest Moments and Players was no exception.
A new reality series, NASCAR All In: Battle for Daytona, is like Hard Knocks for stock car racing
If you like NASCAR and/or sports documentary series that take you behind the scenes, MotorTrend has a new show for you.
Lego Masters: a review of Fox’s Will Arnett-hosted competition
Lego Masters is firmly in Will Arnett’s sardonic grip, but it’s still a dazzling display of talent, creativity, and multicolor spectacle.
Watched The Circle? Read these stories for behind-the-scenes details
Interviews with players, details about the production from The Circle’s creator, and much more.