Reviews of The Circle and Flirty Dancing, plus 90 Day Fiance news and a question about casting
Dear newsletter friends,
Happy new year! I hope the end of 2019 and the start of 2020 have both been terrific for you.
The year ended with 7 reality shows premiering in its final 10 days, and then started with 26 reality shows premiering this week. 😍😱
In this abbreviated week, I reviewed two new shows, both of which are UK imports to the US:
I also answered two questions about reality TV in the same Ask Andy column:
If you have a reality TV-related question, or an unscripted entertainment-adjacent question, ask me! You can reply to this newsletter, comment with the comment button above, or e-mail me from a fun form.
And here’s some news from the end of last year: The hit franchise 90 Day Fiancé will do something few other relationship shows have done.
That’s it for this weird, short week, which kind of feels like four weekends smashed together. Although I am totally up for weeks composed of weekends smashed together.
best,
Andy
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