Types of Real Housewives men • A new Work of Art? • Drag Race's schedule • Survivor study • and more!
Dear newsletter friends,
Last night, as I was getting ready for bed, I was thinking about everything I didn't do, and how much time I wasted playing games on my phone and browsing Instagram and taking a nap.
And then I realized that I also:
watched Abbott Elementary
wrote a recap
revised a chapter in my book
attended a meeting
applied for a writer's residency
met virtually with a writer I'm coaching
went on a stupid walk for my stupid mental health
Weird how my brain would conveniently forget all that.
I may try Gretchen Rubin's Ta-Da list—on which I will give myself credit for things like taking naps and doing nothing, because that is important, too, and hustle culture is bullshit.
A review, a recap, and this week's reality TV
I reviewed:
I interviewed:
The final three on a competition that drops its finale today! Winner interview is coming tonight.
The founders of a great Shark Tank-like podcast about why their show is not Shark Tank
I recapped Tough As Nails’ dramatic fear-conquering episode:
This week's reality TV premieres include:
new seasons of RHONJ; Vanderpump Rules; and Chrisley Knows Best, even though Todd and Julie are now in prison
history shows hosted by Pierce Brosnan and Peyton Manning
The documentaries and specials premiering this week range from Titanic and Titanic to a cult at Sarah Lawrence college.
Reality TV news
MTV is undoing its dumb Drag Race/Untucked scheduling 🎉 and also giving us a show that sounds a lot like Work of Art 🎉🎉
A study of Survivor seasons 1 to 40 found some surprising—and not-so-surprising—patterns
Despite effectively abandoning Discovery+, Warner Bros. Discovery is reversing its plans to merge it with HBO Max, and now will let the two stand alone. Rick Ellis has a deep dive into why. I was looking forward to that new platform, Warner Bros Discovery Plus Discovery Plus HBO Max Plus.
Here are all The Types of Men You Find on Real Housewives, from "The Con Man" to "The Limelight Hogger"
A new Netflix show has taken one of Survivor’s three elements as its name, Outlast, and while I thought it was just ripping off Alone, its trailer suggests the players will hunt each other, set fire to the woods, and possibly even cut someone's head off. 🎉
🤩 I recommend
This competition on Food Network
This story about how Puppy Bowl is filmed
I hope you have a great rest of your week, and give yourself credit for everything you're doing, even if that's a well-deserved nothing!
best,
Andy
🌄 This is issue 325 of reality blurred’s weekly newsletter, first sent 10 February 2023, and it wrote a newsletter, too. Ta-da!
📸 Photo of frozen flowers in Finland by Elisa H.