Survivor's anniversary • Ryan Reynolds' new reality show • Claim to Fame's blindside • and much more!
Dear newsletter friends,
Tuesday was the 22nd anniversary of this game-changing episode of television. I cannot believe it's been that long!
I still remember that night, when my co-workers and I reserved a private room in a bar to watch together. I'd never been that excited for an episode of TV! Do you remember where you were?
Speaking of anniversaries and watching the years go by, it's also my birthday today, so to celebrate I've moved this newsletter to a new home, a long-overdue change. I've detailed my reasons for moving away from Substack in this Twitter thread.
They most-important thing is that I'm thrilled to now be using Buttondown.. Ideally, this change should be mostly invisible to you, and this newsletter should look very similar, though perhaps with a few formatting differences. If anything appears wonky to you, please let me know!
Okay, on to this week in reality TV!
I answered
These two questions:
A question I have:
- When is Netflix's The Mole actually premiering? A partial answer came this week: Not in September. It's not on Netflix's list of premieres for September. October, maybe?!
I reviewed and recapped
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The new show following Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as they buy a UK football club, Welcome to Wrexham.
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Claim To Fame's best episode yet—with a big-swing blindside
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The Challenge's attempt to kill someone with Hall Brawl
reality TV news
The latest updates to my news round up:
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Amazing Race 34's teams were announced—including a Big Brother/Challenge USA player
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Love Island UK host quit
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Trista Sutter gave a fascinating interview
🤩 I recommend
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This show, which my review points out isn't as perfect as a predecessor, but it's still great
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This season of reality TV, which still holds up!
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This show, which has been the surprise of the summer for me!
That's everything for this week. This newsletter will take next Friday off to give it a Labor Day break, so I'll next see you in your inbox in September, and on reality blurred until then.
—Andy
🌄 This is reality blurred's Reality in Focus issue 304, first sent 26 August 2022, and it still thinks it's 22 years old.
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