The Cave, Spy Games, Brain Games, and all the unscripted TV premieres for the week
Dear newsletter subscribers, I hope your weekend is going well. Today is the final day of TCA in Los Angeles, and now my 13th day in a row of sitting in a...
I'm in love with The Circle! Also: news about Survivor fire tokens, GBBO, and Making It
Dear newsletter friends,I’m still at TCA—which is generating a lot of news, as you’ll see below—and that means I’m watching less live TV the shows that...
Relief from the deluge: your weekly preview
Dear newsletter subscribers, It suddenly occurred to me this morning that it’s Sunday already. I’m at TCA, the Television Critics Association winter press...
I celebrate Jeopardy!'s joy and recommend a wonderful show on Netflix
Dear newsletter friends,Happy Friday! One of my new year’s resolutions for reality blurred is to notice more of the good stuff: the stuff that I love, that...
The 27 reality shows premiering this week
Dear newsletter subscribers, Hope you’ve had a great weekend, and are having as much of a riotously fun Sunday night as celebrities are undoubtedly doing on...
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...
The first 25 reality shows of 2020
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy (almost) New Year! I hope this final day of 2019 finds you well, or that your 2020 is going well if you don’t read this...
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I hope you’ve had a wonderful holiday week. Thanks for subscribing to reality blurred’s newsletter this year (and/or for becoming a patron). I appreciate it!...
The final reality TV show premieres of the year
Dear newsletter friends, Good evening! I hope you’ve had a grand weekend. Usually I look forward to these two weeks at the end of December—which encompass...
Survivor ends with an apology and a plan, Legends of the Hidden Temple ...
Survivor ends with an apology and a plan, Legends of the Hidden Temple is returning, and more in the last newsletter of the year Dear newsletter friends,...
This week on reality TV: a show ends forever, and a season finally ends
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Sunday evening. I’ve just finished the season finale of Watchmen, which I thought was terrific, solidifying this show as yet...
The best reality show(s) of the decade
Dear newsletter friends,Happy Friday the 13th! Last week I published my list of the best reality TV of 2019, so this week, it’s time for the best reality TV...
Even more holiday reality TV shows and specials, and this week's other premieres
Dear newsletter friends, Good evening/morning, depending upon when you’re reading this preview of the reality TV premieres that are coming this week. The...
The best reality TV of 2019
Dear newsletter friends,It’s that time of year: there’s a chill in the air, and fluttering everywhere are best-of-the-year lists. So, I’ve added my own to...
This week—and month, and winter
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Sunday night—and happy December! I hope your Thanksgiving week was full of gratitude, great deals, and quality time yelling at...
A bunch of new holiday competitions, and this week's other reality TV premieres
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Thanksgiving week! Besides Thursday's parade and football games, there's other TV premiering, perhaps a welcome distraction...
Survivor and Jeff Probst's inadequacy, Bravo and ABC news, two reviews, gratitude for you, and more
Dear newsletter friends,Here in the U.S., next week we have Thanksgiving followed by our national consumer orgy, aka Black Friday. Two things related to...
The return of Blind Date, and other reality TV premieres this week
Dear newsletter friends, Good Sunday evening! It's surprisingly chilly here in Florida, and that front has brought a light week of premieres, which is fine...
How Survivor failed its contestants. Plus: remembering Pedro Zamora
Dear newsletter friends,The big story in television this week was Disney+’s launch, but the big story in reality TV this week was a 19.5-year-old broadcast...
What reality TV is coming this week from Disney+, and regular old TV
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Sunday evening! As November marches on—as of Monday morning, we’ll be a third of the way through the month already, and there...
An original Survivor died, plus Bear Grylls' confession ...
An original Survivor died, plus Bear Grylls' confession, BravoCon's lineup, Survivor vs. Masked Singer, and more Dear newsletter friends, I’ve spent seven of...
Holiday Baking Championship, RHONJ, The Profit, and all the other reality shows premiering this week
Dear newsletter friends, Halloween and October are over, it's apparently Christmas time already—judging by the commercials I've been seeing on TV, not...
How weird can reality TV get? We start this week with actual bears competing on a show.
Dear newsletter friends,It’s November, and I don’t think I’ll write a weirder headline in the next two months than the one you’re about to read.I think it...
Reality TV premieres for the last week in October 🎃
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Monday! Let me begin with a warning: We're not even to Halloween yet and this preview of the week's reality TV and documentary...
Baking Show review, Gold Rush news, DWTS voting, Survivor's Applebee's ad, and more
Dear newsletter friends,Today, the semi-finals of The Great British Bake-Off arrive on Netflix for those of us in the U.S.So far, I’ve been loving The Great...
This week in reality TV premieres: Oct. 21 to 27
Dear newsletter friends, Good Monday morning! How is that we are in the final third of October already, especially when it feels like every week actually...
The Mole's format is back! Plus: Survivor comedy, AGT and Love Island news, and more
Dear newsletter friends,It’s been one of those weeks where there are 17 things to do for every available second, so I am wiped out. Thankfully, after I send...
This week in reality TV: Oct. 14 to 20
Dear newsletter friends, Good Monday morning! This past Friday was National Coming Out Day, and to paraphrase something I posted then on social media, I'm...
You might not agree with what I've written here (about Survivor, or Project Runway...), but that's great
Dear newsletter friends,I’ve been writing about the reality TV I watch for more than 20 years now, since the summer of 1999, when I recapped The Real World:...
All the reality TV premieres coming this week
Dear newsletter friends, Good morning! It’s Monday, and there's another busy week in reality television premieres ahead—and of course, the premieres are just...
Top Chef's future; why Jeff Probst is annoyed with CBS ...
Top Chef's future; why Jeff Probst is annoyed with CBS; Phil Keoghan's new show; In a Man's World review; and more reality TV Dear newsletter friends, Happy...
Reality TV links: Fat Bear Week edition
reality blurred’s original mission of curating great journalism and reporting on reality television continues in this newsletter, where, every week or two,...
Your weekly reality TV preview, now in your inbox!
Dear newsletter friends, Good morning! Welcome to the first Monday edition of Reality in Focus. You’re getting this preview of the week ahead hours before it...
Survivor's twists, Big Brother's sad winner, Masked Singer's ...
Survivor's twists, Big Brother's sad winner, Masked Singer's first two unmaskings, Chopped's insane pilot, Food Network judge's death, and more Dear...
Great reality TV reads: Queer Eye edition
Since the very first day of reality blurred, I’ve looked for and then shared great journalism and reporting on reality television. Every week or two, I’ll...
Welcome to our new home
Welcome to the new home of Reality in Focus, the e-mail newsletter by me, Andy Dehnart, editor of reality blurred, your guide to the wonderful and weird...