Kristen Bell’s show, which reunites the casts of high school plays, is a smoky fireplace of a reality show, radiating warmth and consistently causing my eyes to water.
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All reality show and documentary TV reviews on reality blurred by TV critic Andy Dehnart. (Learn more about Andy.)
Chef’s Line and Interior Design Masters: reviews of two competitions on Netflix
Australia’s cooking competition The Chef’s Line is the best cooking competition on Netflix now, while Interior Design Masters didn’t live up to its potential.
Netflix’s Prank Encounters is neither scary nor funny, just embarrassing and boring
The Gaten Matarazzo-hosted prank show is scary for all the wrong reasons, and far more tedious than terrifying.
The Great British Baking Show is still a delight, but has it run out of baking challenges?
Watching The Great British Baking Show season 10 weekly has been a delight, and so have the contestants. But the challenges are a little suspicious.
Rhythm + Flow, Netflix’s hip-hop competition, which ends today, sure ‘ain’t The Voice’
“This ain’t The Voice, motherfuckers,” Snoop Dogg said on the premiere of Netflix’s Rhythm and Flow, which released its final three episodes today.
A Very Brady Renovation became HGTV’s most-popular show ever by making the impossible plausible
A review of A Very Brady Renovation, and what made it work where other nostalgic efforts fail. Also: What’s next? The Golden Girls house?
Review: In a Man’s World, Bravo’s gender bias social experiment
In each episode, a woman goes undercover, looking to see if she’ll be treated differently by the same people now that she’s presenting as male.
Couples Therapy: a review of Showtime’s incisive glimpse inside a therapist’s office
Showtime’s terrific new unscripted series takes us inside a therapist’s office for weekly visits with four couples.
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.