How and why I grade reality TV shows
I’ve started grading reality TV shows again, and also added a new feature to make those grades more transparent. Here’s why I made those changes.
I’ve started grading reality TV shows again, and also added a new feature to make those grades more transparent. Here’s why I made those changes.
Squeaky Clean, a cleaning competition hosted by Leslie Jordan that I absolutely recommend, is one of the former Quibi shows that is now streaming for free, on the web and via The Roku Channel app.
Jacques’ Chocolate Adventure Cake recipe from Nailed It! season six is one of the many recipes in Nailed It’s new cookbook, which is in bookstores Oct. 5 and has “baking challenges for the rest of us.” Here’s the recipe.
Top Chef 19 is being filmed in Houston, Texas, with the return of all-stars, including Dawn Burrell, Kristen Kish, Kwame Onwuachi, Brooke Williamson, and Sam Talbot. Host Padma Lakshmi has been defending the show’s presence in Texas after the state effectively banned abortion.
CBS confirmed TAR33 is returning during the 2021-2022 season, and The Amazing Race 33 now appears to be filming, with stops in places including Switzerland and Greece.
On Survivor 41’s premiere, “A New Era,” some changes worked and some didn’t; others brought us closer to season one and some took us even farther away. And then there was Jeff Probst’s handling of “Come on in, guys.”
Alter Ego, Fox’s new reality competition, uses motion capture technology to allow contestants to perform as digital characters, but has an insufferable format and no reason for existing.