A mysterious Celebrity Big Brother exit, Survivor's new cast, Matt Paxton's advice, and Guy Fieri's bad show
Dear newsletter friends,
Happy Friday! A warm welcome to those new subscribers who are joining us, and a thank you to those of you who’ve been here for months or years or decades.
This week, the Oscar nominations were announced, and afterwards, I gathered together the documentary nominees—most of which you can stream right now, some for free:
Also this week, there was news from CBS:
The Survivor 42 cast was announced, and this new season looks like more of the same, for better and for worse
And surprising news from inside the Big Brother house:
Chris Kattan left Celebrity Big Brother. Why exactly he exited will apparently be addressed on tonight’s show.
Help from Hoarders’ Matt Paxton
You may know Matt Paxton from Hoarders, or from his great new, Emmy-nominated PBS series Legacy List.
His new book was just published, and I have an exclusive excerpt in which he tells the story of his first cleaning job—and helps us understand why it’s so hard to throw stuff away sometimes:
A review and recap
This week, I reviewed/recapped/wrote about:
The season finale of Guy’s Chance of a Lifetime, which named a winner but was as pointless as the show
The Amazing Race 33’s seventh episode, which prompted me to ask: Are Amazing Race 33’s start groups actually a ‘brick wall’?
There was some new seasons and new shows that came our way, so here are this week’s
🤩 I recommend
This review of We Need to Talk About Cosby—and the newsletter it comes from, Best Evidence, if you’re into true crime TV
This story about how Puppy Bowl is filmed
Have a great weekend, and a nice Valentine’s Day for those of you who celebrate, and for those of you who don’t, a fantastic Monday of doing whatever you want for yourself.
best,
Andy
🌄 This is Reality in Focus issue 277, first sent Feb. 11, 2022, and it definitely gets emotionally attached to stuff.
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