A review of The Real World Atlanta, season 33 of the iconic MTV reality show, which premiered today on Facebook Watch.
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Press Your Luck’s return stays true to the original, but also adds a Whammy of a surprise
The very first Whammy of the night was a Whammy version of Bachelor host Chris Harrison, and it only got better from there.
Review: NBC’s Songland is a refreshing dive into creativity
Each episode of Songland is different, with a new artist choosing from four songwriters’ songs—and then revising and reworking them.
Instant Hotel and Stay Here: two addictive but very different reality shows
Instant Hotel and Stay Here are both on Netflix, and both take place primarily in home stay rentals like AirBNBs. But they’re otherwise very different.
Review: The Butcher doesn’t carve out new territory, but it may help you loin about meat
Top Shot host and Survivor alum Colby Donaldson hosts History Channel’s new meat butchering competition, which has more information than gore.
Paradise Hotel starts as a meat parade ideal for fans of Big Brother showmances
Paradise Hotel season three returned to Fox after 16 years, and it’s still populated by “pea-brained flesh monkeys.”
On Best Room Wins, Genevieve Gorder is the best part of a competition between designers
A review of Best Room Wins, which is similar to Trading Spaces, but with a higher budget and the homeowners lingering to see what’s happening to their rooms.
Why Project Runway is truly excellent, imaginative reality TV once again
This is what we’d been missing: wild creativity from the designers and from Project Runway itself.
Restaurant: Impossible’s return focused on Robert Irvine helping, not phony drama
Food Network brought back Robert Irvine and the Restaurant: Impossible crew, and the premiere dropped the ambushes and replaced it with more intimate, useful interaction.
Buddy vs. Duff is such a weird show
Food Network brought together its own Duff Goldman and TLC’s Buddy Valastro for a competition that isn’t doing either of them any favors.
On The Profit: My Roots, Marcus Lemonis learns more than his birth name in Lebanon
This is the best Profit documentary CNBC has produced so far, and not just because of the emotional discoveries at the orphanage where Marcus was adopted.
Million Dollar Mile: thoughts and questions after its quick flame-out
CBS pulled Million Dollar Mile off its schedule before I was able to watch an episode. Here’s a belated review plus many questions that I still have.
Hoarders had its best season ever, thanks to episodes that were four times longer
A&E, renew this show, which became an even better, more informative, more emotionally affecting show as a result of its longer episodes.
Hostile Planet is an intentionally brutal natural history series
National Geographic’s new natural history series is tough to watch. You probably don’t want to watch the clips in this story. I warned you.
Temptation Island ends its surprising, successful new season
USA Network’s reboot of Temptation Island ends tonight, as the couples decide if they’ll stay together, split up, or leave each other for someone they met on Maui.