Netflix’s new competition series is a thrill to watch, like a reality TV version of Fast & Furious on a stunning obstacle course.
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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.
Blown Away brings glass blowing to Netflix without the usual reality TV tropes
The reality TV competition Blown Away lacks what other reality TV competitions have, for better and for worse.
Hurry up and watch Slow TV before it leaves Netflix
There are 50 hours and 41 minutes of Norwegian slow TV shows on Netflix, including salmon fishing, knitting, and the train ride that kicked off the phenomenon.
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.
Secrets of Scare Tactics, the horror/prank show that’s now on Netflix, uncensored
The creator of the hidden camera horror/prank reality show discusses whether the show will return, the surprising way Scare Tactics is cast, how a lawsuit affected the production, and much more.
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.
Flinch, Netflix’s first game show, involves stupidity, not skill
A review of Flinch, a very, very dumb show that’s like a combination of Fear Factor + Saw + Jackass.
Netflix’s next choose-your-own-adventure: Bear Grylls’ pseudo-reality show You vs. Wild
You’ll be able to choose what Bear Grylls does next on Netflix’s interactive, pre-taped show.
How Dating Around was filmed, according to Lex and two producers
Behind the scenes of Dating Around, the Netflix series that follows one person going on five blind dates.
How Final Table’s culinary cultural diversity crumbled over time
In this edition of The Confessional, Aiyanna Maciel writes about her appreciation for Netflix’s The Final Table—and her disappointment with its outcome.
Netflix’s Dating Around has romance, clever editing, and more than just straight white guys
One person has five first dates on Dating Around, which gives us multiple episodes with queer people of color dating other queer people of color. That shouldn’t be remarkable, but it is.
Review: Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, a clutter-free Netflix reality show
Marie Kondo brings her organizational strategies to people’s homes, and to reality TV.
Reviews of Netflix’s Westside and Amazon’s Inside Jokes, in which talent meets reality
Two groups of talented artists, two showcases for their talent, two very different reality shows.
A review of The Final Table, Netflix’s attempt at MasterChef
Netflix’s new culinary competition is MasterChef on a spaceship without the charm.