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Fear Factor

Fear Factor’s Survivor vs. Big Brother, and Bachelor/Bachelorette episodes air tonight

Fear Factor’s Survivor vs. Big Brother, and Bachelor/Bachelorette episodes air tonight

July 31, 2018 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

A preview of tonight’s reality TV-themed episodes of Celebrity Fear Factor: “Reality TV Royal Rumble,” which has CBS reality TV stars, and “For the Love of Fear,” which has Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants.

Celebrity Fear Factor air date and cast, including Survivor, Big Brother, Bachelor alum

Celebrity Fear Factor air date and cast, including Survivor, Big Brother, Bachelor alum

June 26, 2018 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Celebrity Fear Factor will include episodes with cast members from Jersey Shore, Floribama Shore, Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race, The Bachelorette, The Bachelor, Bachelor in Paradise, and more.

MTV’s Fear Factor will air a Big Brother vs. Survivor episode; is now airing three episodes a week

MTV’s Fear Factor will air a Big Brother vs. Survivor episode; is now airing three episodes a week

March 20, 2018 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

A Big Brother vs. Survivor episode is scheduled for next week. This week, contestants drink pho made of roaches (watch a preview).

MTV rewards Fear Factor for keeping, not scaring away, young viewers

MTV rewards Fear Factor for keeping, not scaring away, young viewers

August 22, 2017 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

MTV’s version of Fear Factor didn’t scare away viewers (ha!), but instead did so well that it’s been renewed for a new season.

MTV’s Fear Factor is the same old show, just younger

MTV’s Fear Factor is the same old show, just younger

May 31, 2017 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

A review of MTV’s new Fear Factor, a revival of the NBC competition. The new version gives younger people a chance to face their fears in familiar ways.

Details about MTV’s new Fear Factor, hosted by Ludacris

Details about MTV’s new Fear Factor, hosted by Ludacris

April 12, 2017 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

MTV announced details of its new version of Fear Factor, which will be hosted by Ludacris and play off of millennials anxieties with new challenges.

Fear Factor is returning to television, again

Fear Factor is returning to television, again

March 4, 2017 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Fear Factor is now casting for a new season that will air on a Viacom network, perhaps CMT. The show wants teams of two to compete for $50,000.

Bullseye is fun, but it’s really Fear Factor light

Bullseye is fun, but it’s really Fear Factor light

May 28, 2015 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Let’s not pretend: Fox’s Bullseye is Fear Factor. It looks like Fear Factor, with the same southern California desert locations. It has the same prize, $50,000. It has the same episodic structure, with people being eliminated after each of three challenges. It has the same explosions signaling the successful completion of the big challenge. This… continue reading

Finally: Watch twins drink donkey semen and urine on Fear Factor

Finally: Watch twins drink donkey semen and urine on Fear Factor

June 10, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The never-broadcast Fear Factor stunt involving donkey semen and urine did air, but on Danish television–and, thanks to someone videotaping the screen, on YouTube. It’s actually very tame and significantly less gross than most of the gross-eating stunts the show has done, because ultimately it’s just people drinking out of mugs; NBC replaced this episode… continue reading

Biggest Loser out, The Voice in this fall, as NBC cancels Fear Factor and other reality

Biggest Loser out, The Voice in this fall, as NBC cancels Fear Factor and other reality

May 13, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

NBC has made some major and somewhat unexpected changes to its schedule next season, and several of those changes affect its biggest reality series, including The Voice and The Biggest Loser. A rundown of what the network announced today: Most significantly, The Voice will return in the fall and then air in the spring, using… continue reading

Why Wipeout is far superior to Fear Factor

Why Wipeout is far superior to Fear Factor

February 13, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Fear Factor aired its final two episodes of its revival season last night, unless NBC finds its testicles and airs the donkey semen episode. While the series held up better than might have been expected, especially since so little changed after five years, executive producer Matt Kuntiz’s other series, Wipeout on ABC, remains the superior… continue reading

Donkey semen drinker threatened by NBC for talking about the Fear Factor stunt

Donkey semen drinker threatened by NBC for talking about the Fear Factor stunt

February 1, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

One of the Fear Factor contestants who drank donkey semen and urine during a stunt says she has been threatened by NBC for talking about it. The network pulled the episode Monday and has not yet rescheduled it. Twins Brynne and Claire Odioso talked about drinking the semen on Tampa Bay’s Cowhead Show, revealing that… continue reading

Donkey semen-drinking episode of Fear Factor replaced with insect-vomiting episode

Donkey semen-drinking episode of Fear Factor replaced with insect-vomiting episode

January 30, 2012 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

The finale episode of the newly resurrected Fear Factor has been pulled off the schedule by NBC, apparently because it features contestants drinking donkey semen. The episode has not been rescheduled, though a different, two-hour special will air Feb. 12. The pulled episode’s title was “Hee Haw! Hee Haw!”, but its official description said only… continue reading

Fear Factor: same show plus creepy relationships equals big ratings

Fear Factor: same show plus creepy relationships equals big ratings

December 14, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

NBC’s decision to resurrect Fear Factor proved to be a good one, at least based on the very strong ratings for last night’s two episodes, which were–amazingly–nearly identical to the show that aired in the early 2000s. The first episode was actually the weaker of the two, with challenges that weren’t all that exciting, unless… continue reading

Fear Factor comes out of its coma tonight

Fear Factor comes out of its coma tonight

December 12, 2011 by Andy Dehnart Leave a Comment

Five and a half years after being cancelled, Fear Factor is being resurrected on NBC tonight, now in HD and with more cow’s blood. But everything seems to be pretty much the same, including the return of host Joe Rogan, although the stunts are bigger. When I first broke the news that the show was… continue reading

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