For some reason, Survivor’s winners are just falling down at Rob and Parvati’s feet, instead of just voting them out.
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Recaps and analysis of reality TV show episodes, including nearly every episode of CBS' Survivor.
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.
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.
The Circle’s finale: a strong but bloated end to a very likable competition
A recap of The Circle episodes 9 to 12, during which the final rankings took place, the players met each other, and the show dragged on longer than it should have.
The Circle episodes 5 to 8: catfishing takes center stage
The middle batch of The Circle episodes added new catfish and exposed others, and left us with a lot to discuss.
Bachelor starts Peter Weber’s journey with its twist ending
The Bachelor season 24 started with what would usually be the final episode, flashing forward to a surprise Chris Harrison has in store for Peter Weber.
Survivor ends its worst season ever by doing one thing right: giving Kellee Kim an apology and time to speak
“I hope that this season of Survivor isn’t just defined by inappropriate touching or sexual harassment. I hope that it’s defined by change,” Kellee Kim told Jeff Probst during the Survivor: Island of the Idols reunion.
Survivor proves ‘there are always consequences for standing up’ in a bleak merge episode
Survivor: Island of the Idols’ merge episode dealt directly with Dan’s unwanted touching and inappropriate behavior, and then started to gaslight us.
Survivor: a mid-confessional surprise, a discussion of sexism, a MeToo moment, and more
Kellee started a conversation about sexism on Survivor and upended the game with her Island of the Idols immunity idol—and that was just the beginning.
The Profit returns with comedy, tragedy, and Marcus Lemonis making an unusual choice
In The Profit season 7’s premiere, “Dante’s”, Marcus Lemonis visited a restaurant and did something new.
Survivor: an honest, vulnerable discussion of race and privilege was just one part of an all-time-great episode
The conversation between Jamal and Jack was not a tangent nor extraneous to Survivor’s game: this was the backbone that Survivor and CBS haven’t had for years.
Survivor swaps tribes, and swaps Applebee’s for Rob and Sandra
The tribes swapped, the Island of the Idols disappeared, and both reward challenges and product integration returned to Survivor.
Dancing with the Stars’ new voting system is a failure. The show is still a popularity contest.
No white DWTS contestants have been up for elimination before last night, when two contestants with the two highest scores landed in the bottom two.
Shark Tank was very weird, from Lori’s Golden Ticket to ‘Chef Wonderful’
Lori Greiner has apparently opened her own Chocolate Factory and Kevin O’Leary is now a food YouTuber. Also, there was some unexpected breaking news.