Showtime’s terrific new unscripted series takes us inside a therapist’s office for weekly visits with four couples.
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All reality show and documentary TV reviews on reality blurred by TV critic Andy Dehnart. (Learn more about Andy.)
Review: Hyperdrive sends drivers and their cars on an insane obstacle course
Netflix’s new competition series is a thrill to watch, like a reality TV version of Fast & Furious on a stunning obstacle course.
Reviews: Netflix’s Diagnosis and TNT’s Chasing the Cure, which crowdsource answers to medical mysteries
Neither Diagnosis nor Chasing the Cure are Yahoo Answers: The TV Show, thankfully, but only one is a compelling reality television show.
Undercover Billionaire is ‘Naked and Afraid in the business world’: a review and interviews with its producers
Discovery Channel’s new show sends billionaire Glenn Stearns to Erie, Penn., with $100 to see if he can build a $1 million business in three months. But it also tries to argue that you, too, can do the same.
Review: On Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted, the ego has landed, and he’s being an ass
On National Geographic Channel’s new show, Gordon Ramsay’s culinary adventures are drenched in complaints and condescension.
Why Instant Hotel season 2 was disappointing
The second season didn’t live up to the first, thanks to a number of changes that Instant Hotel made.
Bring the Funny, NBC’s new comedy competition, is more AGT than Last Comic Standing
A review of NBC’s newest summer reality competition, which brings together all kinds of comedy-forward acts, like the kind that often appear on America’s Got Talent.
Why Holey Moley’s hijinks on the links succeeds where other shows have whiffed
Where other shows have found themselves trapped in the sand, the mini golf competition Holey Moley soars, thanks in part to Stephen Curry’s self-deprecation and Rob Riggle’s commentary.
The Real World is back. Did Facebook return the show to its roots?
A review of The Real World Atlanta, season 33 of the iconic MTV reality show, which premiered today on Facebook Watch.
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 season 2 is on Netflix starting today. It’s a lot of light but crazy fun drama.
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.