Survivor filming, classic Nick shows streaming, Nailed It doubling up, and much more
Dear newsletter friends,
Let’s start with this reality-altering observation from Ben Mandelker:
“If [Mad Men’s] Sally Draper were real, she'd be 3 years older than [The Real Housewives of New York City’s] Ramona Singer.”
And in honor of Jessica Walter, who died Wednesday, I’ll respond to that with a GIF:
Reality TV reviews
This week, I reviewed:
*A few of the original Real World cast reunite with Andy Cohen in next week’s episode, and in the latest episode of Reality of Reality, I learned that the attempt to reunite the season-one cast predated the Paramount+ show, and was not filmed at the same time as the series.
Reality star news
Life Below Zero: Port Protection’s Gary Muehlberger died in a house fire
Johnny Bananas is getting a late-night talk show. Sort of.
Rock M. Sakura, the second queen eliminated on last year’s RuPaul’s Drag Race, tweeted a thread with this:
“I was a sex worker, specifically working with massage until my debut on season 12. Why is it important that I come out and say this to everyone? Everyday I have felt the emotional weight of keeping this secret from the community,and my fanbase,because of fear of being blacklisted from things like tv appearances and all stars,slut shamed publicly,or losing job opportunities in different countries” … “my job paid for my expenses while I lived in SF, and helped me pursue and fund my drag, even on drag race.”
Reality show news
The Circle and RHONY’s premiere dates are now on the calendar, and Netflix did not take my advice about scheduling The Circle
USA’s Chrisley Knows Best and Growing Up Chrisley have both been renewed
Gina Carano filmed an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls but that episode isn’t appearing in listings (yet?)
⭐️ I recommended
This article, in which Buzzfeed’s Zan Romanoff shared what he discovered by watching every every single episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians (!)
This episode of the Longform podcast, in which Elon Green talks about the different approach his new true-crime book takes from most true-crime
This show, which has been great and will crown its winner last week. This week they designed kitchens inspired by sitcoms, including The Golden Girls!
These shows, whether you watched them in the 1990s or not
This new season, if you want to laugh as much as my husband I did while watching the new episodes
That’s everything I have for you this week. Have a great Friday and weekend!
best,
Andy
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