Naked and Afraid has published a video of its crew members on an island off the coast of Panama being attacked by killer bees. They’re scouting for locations two days before the survivalists arrive to begin the experiment. The video is brief, but shows them fleeing, suffering from the effects of the bee stings (including …
Naked and Afraid
After just three episodes, Naked and Afraid XL has become more like current The Real World seasons than its amazing sibling show. While the survival elements are familiar–tough conditions, extreme challenges–the personal drama is an unwelcome addition to the spin-off of the usually fantastic series. Dividing up the group into threes has mostly served to …
Two of Naked and Afraid’s producers discuss how the Discovery Channel reality show is produced, from the possibility of death to keeping the cast isolated.
Discovery’s hit reality TV series Naked and Afraid is spinning off a new series, while NBC has nearly simultaneously ordered a show, The Island, that sounds extremely similar. When Discovery announced the fourth season of Naked and Afraid, which returns in April, its press release started with, “There have been many copycats, but nothing ever comes close to the original.” That’s …
Biggest Loser winner Rachel Frederickson previously defended her disturbing weight loss by only saying that her “body is going to balance and find its rhythm with maintenance and it’ll be perfect,” and Rachel now says she’s reached that perfection: “I’ve gone up about 20 pounds. I think I’m at my perfect weight!” Naked and Afraid‘s …
Thanks to the awful things its cast members have said, Big Brother has gotten an inordinate amount of attention this summer, here and elsewhere. That’s unfortunate; while the format has potential, the execution is continually mediocre. But there’s a lot of high-quality TV on right now, too, and those shows deserve positive attention. Nearly all …