The Television Critics Association has announced its award nominees, from Watchmen to Schitt’s Creek. In the unscripted categories, most of the shows are new to the TCA Awards and to television.
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These reality shows and hosts are eligible for Emmys
Emmy voting is underway. Here are all the potential nominees in four categories: reality TV show hosts, competition show, and structured and unstructured reality show.
Why quarantᎥning Big Brother, The Circle, or Survivor casts isn’t an easy solution
Why aren’t networks and producers just taking the casts of our favorite shows and keeping them in hotel rooms for two weeks? Because that would ignore a key part of reality TV.
RuPaul’s Drag Race won its second Emmy, but The Masked Singer dominated
Fox’s returning competition series was all over the pre-show and telecast, which also included Kim Kardashian-West and Kendall Jenner being laughed at by the audience.
Reality TV Emmy winners: RuPaul ties Jeff Probst, Queer Eye wins again
Emmys for all but one reality TV and nonfiction category were presented this weekend. Here’s who won.
Queer Eye, Leaving Neverland, and the other shows that won TV critics’ 2019 awards
For the first time since the Television Critics Association created the reality TV award in 2011, a reality show has won for the second time.
Emmy reality TV nominations: some surprises (Nailed It!, Marie Kondo), lots of familiarity
Among the new nominees this year are Making It! for reality competition, and in the reality show host category, Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler, James Corden, and Marie Kondo.
The 10 reality shows and documentary series nominated for TCA Awards
All of the shows nominated by the Television Critics Association, including Queer Eye, Surviving R. Kelly, Making It, and Nailed It.
MTV’s RealityCon will not be the first attempt at a reality fan convention like Comic-Con
MTV’s announcement of RealityCon has been treated by the entertainment press as if it’s a brand-new idea. But it’s been tried before.
What creates reality TV’s most annoying sound effect, and how it started with Survivor
Eeeee, aaaa! Survivor is partially to blame for the screeching sound effect used to illustrate tension and drama on so many reality shows.
How much ads cost for network reality shows: The Voice, Bachelor, Survivor, Idol, and more
See how much advertisers pay for the ads you fast-forward through on your favorite network reality shows.
RuPaul’s Drag Race finally wins the Emmy for outstanding reality competition
Drag Race broke The Voice’s streak and became only the fourth show ever to win the outstanding reality competition Emmy.
Three reality shows won 12 of the 24 reality TV Emmys
Here’s who won Emmys among reality TV shows, documentary series, and nonfiction programs, including the award for best reality TV host.
CBS forces Les Moonves to resign after more reports of sexual harassment, assault, and retaliation
Moonves continued to play an active role in CBS’ reality TV shows, including approving final casts of shows such as Big Brother and Survivor; he also previously defended Big Brother’s bigotry and bad behavior.
The reality TV winners of the Television Critics Association’s 2018 awards
Five reality shows and four documentary series were nominated TCA Awards, including Nailed It, The Great British Baking Show, Queer Eye, Wild Wild Country, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Here’s who won.