Your spring reality TV show guides are here! Plus Survivor's premiere, The Traitors reunion, and so much more
Dear newsletter friends,
I'm back from a few days vacation in Hawaii, thanks to generous family members who let us stay with them.
While there, I was remembering our previous visit, when MTV's Are You The One filmed a challenge in the public park behind the condo—so close I could take photos from the lanai.
This time we went to The White Lotus, thanks to Hawaii's public beach access.
Then I arrived home to a DVR full of reality TV and new stuff premiering, including The Traitors reunion and a new season of Survivor, and a new month, which means publishing my quarterly premiere guides. 😅
All of that and much more is below—enjoy!
Survivor 44
My recap of the premiere: gushing wounds, big lies and big characters, and so many advantages!
Update: Probst said Bruce was "in great shape: no danger, no damage"; Bruce actually had a concussion and took three days to "start feeling a little normal"
Behind the scenes of Survivor, including the cast's underwear horror
A review and recaps
I reviewed:
I recapped:
📺 Reality TV guides
🗞️ Reality TV news
My February reality TV news highlights includes:
An investigation into How Far Is Tattoo Far? tattoos (are they fake?)
The 20th anniversary of "two of the worst reality shows of all time"
How a reality star got the Hollywood Reporter to erase a story about a sexual assault allegation
Winners of Perfect Match and America’s Got Talent: All Stars
💬 Comments of the week
"You’ve captured some fascinating and important TV history Andy… extremely insightful, thanks for sharing!"
—Phil Keoghan, on this story"My heart completely broke for Mister when he came across that missed knot. But I was rooting for him or Jorge, so I was happy Jorge won. Great finale!"
—Melissa, on this story
🤩 I recommend
This competition, once again!
These TikToks about Drag Race’s production
This piece about what the word "woke" actually means
🗓️ Coming up:
A recap/review of Jeff Probst's new Survivor podcast
A recap/review of The Traitors UK (my coverage plans)
A review of The Exhibit: The Next Great Artist, which premieres tonight—the last night of MTV's dumb Drag Race schedule
Have a terrific weekend and start to your March!
best,
Andy
🌄 This is issue 237 of reality blurred’s weekly newsletter, first sent 3 March 2023, and it can't wait to watch The Traitors UK this weekend!
📸 Photo of flowers in Hawaii by Colter Olmstead