Can we push Beyond the Edge over the edge? Also: Survivor, Bachelorette, Bug Out, and more
Dear newsletter friends,
Happy Friday! To start today, I just wanted to say thanks for subscribing to this newsletter and reading my stuff.
I’m so grateful to be able to share my love of this incredible genre of TV with you all—and to talk about what we’ve watched, or recommend shows.
Speaking of, let’s start with a recommendation: This week, I reviewed Bug Out, a short true-crime series that’s free to watch and really engaging.
It’d be a perfect weekend watch if you need something light—and you don’t mind seeing lots and lots of bugs. Just don’t Google the case until after you’ve watched!
Survivor and Celebrity Survivor
I also wrote an in-depth piece looking at both…
Finally, I reviewed CBS’s new show, which is not Celebrity Survivor:
Why Beyond the Edge is mostly terrible, despite having several Survivor producers in its credits.
Reality show news
Bachelorette 19 will have two bachelorettes, and other changes. Creator Mike Fleiss insists they won’t be pitted against each other.
NBC kicked its newest reality show over to USA Network, where it’ll air Wednesdays at 11 after Temptation Island. On NBC, this game show replaces it for now
Broken link and corrected number from last week (sorry about both!): Only six of HGTV’s Dream Home winners have stayed in their dream home for more than a year.
This week and next week’s reality TV premieres, and documentaries that start streaming or air on TV.
🤩 I recommend
Things I’ve found amusing, helpful, fascinating, amazing, and/or all of those things:
This short series that’s free on IMDb TV (i.e. Amazon Prime with ads)
This show—but only as a reminder of Survivor’s quality, because it mostly sucks
This oral history of The Bachelor
Sesame Street actor Sonia Manzano’s tribute to Emilio Delgado, who died this week at 81. I knew them as Maria and Luis—and for a long time, though those were their real names, because as a kid, it never occurred to me that they were acting.
That’s everything for this week! I hope you have a great weekend.
best,
Andy
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