One person has five first dates on Dating Around, which gives us multiple episodes with queer people of color dating other queer people of color. That shouldn’t be remarkable, but it is.
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All reality show and documentary TV reviews on reality blurred by TV critic Andy Dehnart. (Learn more about Andy.)
World’s Best wasn’t an America’s Got Talent knock-off. It was much worse.
The World’s Best was not the best reality TV CBS could have offered to the world after the Super Bowl.
Dynasties is slower, but it’s far more moving than previous Planet Earths
BBC America’s latest Planet Earth series takes a different approach, and one that’s quite effective.
The Masked Singer is a guessing game wrapped in a horrifying costume
Despite ludicrous judging and terrible singing, there’s a compelling mystery at the center of the new Fox show: Who are the people behind the masks?
Review: Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, a clutter-free Netflix reality show
Marie Kondo brings her organizational strategies to people’s homes, and to reality TV.
A belated review of America to Me, a vital look at high school, race, and us
“Go to your neighborhoods, go help somebody that look like me, go help somebody that look like you, but take away from this that this doesn’t need to happen anymore.”
Reviews of Netflix’s Westside and Amazon’s Inside Jokes, in which talent meets reality
Two groups of talented artists, two showcases for their talent, two very different reality shows.
A review of The Final Table, Netflix’s attempt at MasterChef
Netflix’s new culinary competition is MasterChef on a spaceship without the charm.
The joys of Get a Room with Carson & Thom: wit and banter with a side of design
Original Queer Eye cast members Thom Filicia and Carson Kressley are back together, and it’s absolutely wonderful.
Welcome to Waverly could have been The Real World for those of us who miss the original
Bravo’s Welcome to Waverly decided to be The Simple Life instead of The Real World with adults.
Review: Making a Murderer Part Two struggles with what it wrought
The 10 new episodes of Making a Murderer part two focus on lawyers’ attempts to free Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey.
How Samin Nosrat turned her book Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat into Netflix’s first instructional cooking show
An interview with Samin Nosrat, the James Beard award-winning chef and author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.
Review: In Dancing Queen, Alyssa Edwards steps aside for Justin Johnson
The Netflix series tells the story of Justin Johnson’s life, today and before Alyssa Edwards.
Recommended: Million Pound Menu, which combines Shark Tank with Top Chef’s restaurant wars
A review of BBC Two’s Million Pound Menu, which is now on Netflix.
The Contender is back, with more boxing, less reality TV competition
Epix’s The Contender season five is the reverse of the very first NBC season: it’s now mostly boxing, with a little bit of reality show.