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.
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Recaps and analysis of reality TV show episodes, including nearly every episode of CBS' Survivor.
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.
Survivor: Island of the Idols delivers one of the show’s best audience blindsides ever
A hilarious lie led to an unexpected moment, and that was before an actual blindside at Tribal Council.
“Why the fuck are we doing this?” Temptation Island begins again
The start of USA’s second season of Temptation Island mirrored the first, and it seems like there’s a lot of drama to come.
What a frustratingly stupid episode of Survivor: Island of the Idols
A visit to the Island of the Idols resulted in a comedic but dumb challenge, and also destroyed someone’s game. Meanwhile, a tribe completely ignored a stabbing.
Survivor Island of the Idols lies, previews, promos, and insights into humanity
On Survivor Island of the Idols’ second episode, the editing pointed directly at an oncoming blindside, but that wasn’t as bad as spoiling the outcome of the immunity challenge, which a CBS promo did last week.
Survivor Island of the Idols’ premiere was so strong, it didn’t need the idols
Rob and Sandra were on screen for almost one-fifth of the Survivor Island of the Idols premiere, though this strong cast proved their twist was unnecessary.
Big Brother 21 winner Jackson Michie: “I’m not racist”; “I respect women”
Jackson Michie was confronted with fragments of his behavior during the live finale, and exited the house with $500,000 and a dejected look on his face.
RuPaul’s Drag Race won its second Emmy, but The Masked Singer dominated
Fox’s returning competition series was all over the pre-show and telecast, which also included Kim Kardashian-West and Kendall Jenner being laughed at by the audience.
Another white Bachelor, BiP’s same-sex engagement, AGT’s ‘best final’ ever, and Bring the Funny’s end
Recaps, news, and thoughts about the Bachelor in Paradise finale, America’s Got Talent’s final performances, and Bring the Funny’s finale and first season.
DWTS has a brand-new set and live voting. It still feels old and creaky.
A recap of the Dancing with the Stars season 28 premiere, which introduced the show’s new set and live voting, but otherwise felt unchanged.