Cannonball is a watered-down disappointment
Cannonball, which is being previewed on NBC before airing on USA Network, looks like it should be the next Wipeout or Floor is Lava. It’s not.
The return of Unsolved Mysteries and other reality TV premieres this week
The start of viewer-selected Chopped marathons, a preview of Cannonball, and two Everest documentaries are among the unscripted TV premieres this week.
Karma’s great cast deserved a far better game than this weak copy of Endurance
HBO Max’s Karma mimics Big Brother’s game, except without giving its players a chance to save themselves except by random chance. It’s a waste of a beautiful location and a terrific cast, who make the show compelling even when the game design fails them.
Survivor and race, a Real World season 1 marathon, and other must-watch/listen/reads
This collection of recommended reads and listens includes a discussion tonight between Black Survivor cast members. Plus: the Heroes vs. Villains Ponderosa band that nearly led to a jury mutiny.
The birth of Survivor’s first alliance, and the roots of an epic betrayal
In Survivor: Borneo episode four, Richard Hatch suggests creating alliances, but The Tagi Four alliance is born first between Kelly and Sue.
Crazy Delicious: Netflix’s competition takes GBBO’s DNA into an ‘enchanted garden’
Carla Hall is one of the three food god judges on Crazy Delicious, which has a Willy Wonka-ish set but in tone and approach, is much more like The Great British Baking Show.
Survivor 41: news from Fiji, and Jeff Probst’s need to ‘reinvent the show every single time’
There’s good and bad news from Fiji about season 41. Also: Jeff Probst seems tired of trying “really hard to try to reinvent the show every single” season. I have an idea!
