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Snatch Game & sous chef woes • Extracted's twist • 3 reviews, 5 recaps, and more!
February 21, 2025
Photo of Denali by Barth Bailey Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! Another cold front swept through Florida this week. It was 38 this morning, which is...
Reality TV premieres for Feb. 16 to 22, 2025
$ · February 16, 2025
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! If you’re in the middle of a three-day weekend, I hope it’s been a relaxing one for you. And if it’s a work day...
An all-Big Brother Amazing Race • Team Tzarina or Team Anthony? • Bye, Bachelorette!
February 14, 2025
Photo by Jay Antol Dear newsletter friends, Happy Valentine’s Day! 💜 I hope you’re surrounded by people, animals, books, and/or ideas that bring you joy and...
Reality TV premieres for Feb. 9 to 15, 2025
$ · February 8, 2025
Puppy in a bowl—get it?! 😂 Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy Super Bowl Sunday, if you celebrate. I’m sending this early because two of this week’s...
Dr. Will & Boston Rob earn their paychecks • Captain Jason & Coach D are back • recaps and reviews
February 7, 2025
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! First, a correction and mea cupla. In a news item last week, I linked to the Survivor 48 cast reveal video—or at least...
Reality TV premieres for Feb. 2 to 8, 2025
$ · February 2, 2025
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy Groundhog Day! I’m writing this before the groundhog does its thing, so I don’t know if it’ll predict more winter or an...
Survivor’s off-limits camera camps • Traitors messiness • true crime worth your time • recaps & reviews
January 31, 2025
Photo by Ralph Katieb Dear newsletter friends, It’s been one of those weeks: Some super-fun reality TV!An anxiety spiral or three!Working on exciting things...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 26 to Feb. 1, 2025
$ · January 26, 2025
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening. I cannot believe I just wrote “February” in the subject line. Okay, “Feb.,” but—what? Where is January? What year...
Survivor explained to a Survivor winner, and more comedy and catastrophe
January 24, 2025
Photo by Fabien Dear newsletter friends, The image above is not from Florida, though it could be, since the northern part of the state got snow this week. So...
Reality TV premieres for January 19 to 25, 2025
$ · January 19, 2025
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening, and a happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day eve, if that is a thing. Though it’s not premiering this week, I suggest...
Bob vs Rob • Dr. Will, reality TV corpse • Hollywood Squares lies • help for fire victims
January 17, 2025
Photo of Seiser Alm in Italy by eberhard grossgasteiger Dear newsletter friends, While LA fires are still burning, the worst may have passed. There’s still a...
Reality TV premieres for January 12 to 18, 2025
$ · January 12, 2025
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening, and happy National Hot Tea Day, which is appropriate even here in Central Florida, where we’ve had temps in the...
Traitors is back 🎉 • my new podcast • 5 recaps • Survivor mysteries, solved 
January 10, 2025
Photo by Aaron Burden Dear newsletter friends, A very happy new year to you! I realize that, for so many people affected by extreme weather right...
Reality TV premieres for January 5 to 11, 2025
$ · January 5, 2025
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy New Year! 🥳 I hope the opening days of this new year have been great for you so far. The first full week of 2025 will...
7 of my 2025 plans for reality blurred
December 31, 2024
Dear newsletter friend, Happy (almost) new year! I’m so glad we hung out virtually this year, watching and discussing a wild year of reality TV together. As...
7 of my 2025 plans for reality blurred
$ · December 31, 2024
Dear newsletter friend, Happy (almost) new year! I’m so glad we hung out virtually this year, watching and discussing a wild year of reality TV together. As...
Reality TV premieres for the rest of 2024
$ · December 22, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, I love this time of year—not just for the secular holiday decorations and lights, but for the quiet reality TV time. We’re...
The year's best reality TV 🥳 • plus Survivor's finale, Joe Schmo's return, and more 
December 20, 2024
Photo by Laura Nyhuis Dear newsletter friends, This is my last Friday newsletter of the year, though look out for one more note. 😉 The end of a year means...
This week's reality TV premieres: Dec. 15 to 21, 2024
$ · December 15, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! If you didn’t get to see the Geminid meteor shower’s peak on Friday night because of the full moon—or you didn’t...
My new podcast • Survivor Sue's face • Love is Blind stunner • much more
December 13, 2024
Photo by Sophie Popplewell Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! I’m still processing the news about Love is Blind and how that may affect reality TV. FYI,...
This week's reality TV premieres: Dec. 8 to 14, 2024
$ · December 8, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening, and welcome to new members! I appreciate your support in keeping reality blurred going. This is your weekly...
☃️ Winter reality TV • What a Survivor episode!! • Summit secrets • much more
December 6, 2024
Photo by Tatiana Predeina Dear newsletter friends, Happy December! The start of this month means the debut of my new quarterly premiere guide, and this...
Thanks for being part of my reality TV journey!
December 2, 2024
Dear newsletter friend, When I was a closeted teenager watching The Real World on MTV during weekend marathons, I never imagined that, one day, my daily work...
Reality TV premieres for the rest of November and start of December 2024
$ · November 24, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! With Thanksgiving landing this week in the U.S., there are very few show premieres, and not a whole lot the week...
I'd love your feedback • Human vs. Hamster 🐹 is a delight • Survivor has balls
November 22, 2024
Photo by Vlada Karpovich Dear newsletter friends, I don’t know how we’re suddenly six weeks from the end of the year. 😱 The end of the year, though, means...
This week's reality TV premieres: Nov. 17 to 23, 2024
$ · November 17, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening, and happy belated birthday to Beverly D'Angelo, who I will soon be seeing regularly every time I watch Christmas...
Anne Burrell out • Harry Potter baked • Survivor sh!tshow • Bizarre Foods • murder houses
November 15, 2024
Photo by Anna Mircea Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! There’s a cool breeze and blue sky here in Central Florida, and nice that fall has finally...
This week's reality TV premieres: Nov. 10 to 16, 2024
$ · November 10, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Hope your weekend has gone well so far. I’m very sorry that I completely forgot to send a preview to you last weekend! I blame a...
Why cable TV is dead • Survivor's auction • holiday shows • The Apprentice
November 8, 2024
Photo by Nana Nakazwe Dear newsletter friends, Greetings on this muggy Friday morning. It’s been a week/month/year/decade, huh? I don’t have any insight to...
The many joys of Bake-Off • Traitors news • an old but can’t-miss dating show • recaps, reviews, and more!
November 1, 2024
Photo by Ken Cheung Dear newsletter friends, Happy November! I hope you had a great Halloween, whether you went trick or treating with kids, partied with...
This week's reality TV premieres: Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, 2024
$ · October 27, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, We’ve arrived at the final week of October for this year. 😱 And that means holiday reality TV is just around the corner. First,...
I was on TV! • that Survivor blindside • Dating Game killer • so much more
October 25, 2024
Photo by Judith Chambers Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! This week, I was on a reality TV show—well, a documentary reality show, as a talking head for...
This week's reality TV premieres: Oct. 20 to 26, 2024
$ · October 20, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Hope you’ve had a delightful weekend! I’m here with highlights of new and returning reality shows, and documentaries that’ll be...
Project Runway! • Pets on The Circle • Survivor 🌭 • Grey's Anatomy lies
October 18, 2024
Photo by Clay Banks Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! And a warm welcome to our new community members who subscribed over the past week. In very...
This week's reality TV premieres: Oct. 13 to 19, 2024
$ · October 13, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I start again with another mea culpa: I did the thing last week where I previewed the wrong week. I don’t have any...
Life Below Zero's end • BB26 & Survivor • Menendez Brothers • Summit sacrifice
October 11, 2024
Photo by Justin Cron Dear newsletter friends, Greetings from Central Florida, where reality blurred international headquarters was very lucky with Hurricane...
This week's reality TV premieres: Oct. 6 to 12, 2024
$ · October 6, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I’m currently watching Four in a Bed on Tubi—it’s a delightful British competition show—which is a fun comfort...
LeVar Burton's new show • Summit • Survivor's Rome empire • Forged in Fire
October 4, 2024
Photo by Gary Yost Dear newsletter friends, My thoughts this Friday morning are with all those affected by Hurricane Helene. As a Floridian, I’m used to...
This week's reality TV premieres: Sept. 29 to Oct. 5, 2024
$ · September 29, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy National Coffee Day! ☕️ I’m not sure why this falls on a Sunday instead of a Monday, when it might be more necessary, but...
The state of reality TV • Survivor chicken pox • lots of news • recaps
September 27, 2024
Photo of Acadia National Park by Mick Haupt Dear newsletter friends, I really struggle to write headlines sometimes, especially for my reporting. I just...
This week's reality TV premieres: Sept. 22 to 28, 2024
$ · September 22, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I hope you’ve had a pleasant weekend, whether it was relaxing or productive or neither! As always, I’m here with...
Survivor is back • So is Tyler Henry 👻 Also: fake Gordon Ramsay, Aaron Hernandez & more
September 20, 2024
Photo by Ludovic Charlet Dear newsletter friends, Happy (almost) fall! 🍁 It officially starts Sunday, though we’re still in summer here in Florida,...
This week's reality TV premieres: Sept. 15 to 21, 2024
$ · September 15, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, It’s the start of the fall TV season! 🎉 🍂 That means return of big broadcast reality shows, plus some big cable and streaming...
Emmy winners • Netflix's Outlast • Hallmark reality TV • Matthew Perry
September 13, 2024
Photo by Andre Portolesi Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! What a week in reality TV-adjacent news: Alan Cumming won an Emmy for The Traitors, breaking...
This week's reality TV premieres: Sept. 8 to 14, 2024
$ · September 8, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, Hope you’ve had a great weekend, and a great September so far. Considering how much the last presidential debate upended the...
Fall reality TV • Survivor & DWTS casts • Bachelorette b.s. • Joe Millionaire & Amish in the City
September 6, 2024
Photo by Quentin Grignet Dear newsletter friends, Happy September! I took the last two weeks of August to decompress—and travel to Australia with my husband,...
Reality TV premieres for the rest of August
$ · August 18, 2024
Dear newsletter friends, The summer is ending, even if the heat isn’t dissipating; kids are heading back to school; and summer reality TV is starting to wrap...
Claim to Fame's changes • Below Deck fights back • West Memphis Three • SYTTD
August 16, 2024
Photo by Aaron Burden Dear newsletter friends, It’s back-to-school time, end-of-summer vacation time, and, well, just too hot and humid here in Florida to...
This week's reality TV premieres: Aug. 11 to 17, 2024
$ · August 11, 2024
Dear newsletter subscribers, A milestone season premieres this week: the 40th Challenge, which somehow began in 1998 and had Puck as the host. 🥴 It was...
Claim to Fame answers • new Netflix baking show • Below Deck • Watergate @ 50
August 9, 2024
Photo by Luca Dugaro Dear newsletter friends, Before I forget as I did in our last issue: I was on the podcast Extra Hot Great last week discussing Wayne...
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