What happened to ANW's Drew Drechsel? • Probst, snubbed?! • Are Forged in Fire & Holey Moley returning? • RuPaul's lecture • and much more!
Dear newsletter friends, This week, I did some investigative journalism, by which I mean I searched through federal court records. Did you know each search...
Reality TV premieres for June 18 to 24, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I am pre-writing this on Friday, because after an exhausting week/two weeks/month, I intend to spend this weekend...
Project Runway is back! • Why Padma actually left Top Chef • Iron Chef Morimoto's new show • and much more
Dear newsletter friends, Thanks to a friend's kindness and generosity—and specifically the fun packing material used to send that—I was able to do something...
Reality TV premieres for this week: June 11 to 17, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I hope your weekend has been fun, relaxing, productive, or whatever you wanted it to be! And if not, I hope this...
Top Chef says goodbye 🥲 to Padma • Two new 😫 competitions • Three 🔥 interviews • and more reality TV stuff!
Dear newsletter friends, Good morning! For those of you in Canada or in the half the states affected by wildfires and/or their smoke, I hope relief comes...
Reality TV premieres for this week: June 4 to 10, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, With America's Got Talent premiering last week and American Ninja Warrior this week, it feels like we're really into summer now....
Here is all the summer reality TV coming your way!
Dear newsletter friends, On Monday, my dad died. It was both expected and unexpected, considering how resilient he was, and how often he bounced back from...
Reality TV premieres for May 28 to June 3, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy Memorial Day weekend here in the States, the unofficial start of summer, in addition to being a day when there are both...
Survivor succeeds & saddens • Disney+ deletions • Big Brother behindhand • much more!
Dear newsletter friends, Are you as tired as I am of streaming services deleting shows? It's often just to save themselves some cash, though sometimes under...
Reality TV premieres for May 21 to 27, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! This is the week that HBO Max becomes just Max. Aren't you excited for such creative corporate rebranding?! What...
Jeff Probst tells on himself • Jeopardy! • an amazing Survivor episode • ABC's bonkers fall schedule • and much more
Dear newsletter friends, I'm spending time with family this week/end and weekend, so let's just jump right into the reality TV of the week! 🙋 A review...
Reality TV premieres for May 14 to 20, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! First, congrats to Melissa for winning Kristen Kish's cookbook. And thanks to everyone else for entering—there...
Survivor 44's best episode yet • Spring Baking Championship conspiracies • Top Chef's Restaurant Wars changes • and more!
Dear newsletter friends, One thing I realized putting together today's newsletter is that I wrote a lot of headlines as questions this week. On the Internet,...
Reality TV premieres for May 7 to 13, 2023 (plus: a contest!)
Dear newsletter subscribers, Before we get to this week's premieres, an mini-contest just for you: I received a copy of this Kristen Kish cookbook along with...
The greatest reality stars of all time?! Plus: a review, recommendations, recaps, and more
Dear newsletter friends, This week, a new reality competition was announced: a search for the reality TV GOAT, which of course stands for "Greatest of All...
Reality TV premieres for April 30 to May 6, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers,Hello, and happy May!The love bugs are back in Central Florida, which for me is the symbolic start of our hot and humid...
🚨 Reality TV alert: Traitors marathon on Bravo this weekend!
Dear newsletter friends, In my newsletter earlier today, I neglected to share this very exciting news—especially for those of you who don't have Peacock but...
Challenge USA 2 cast • Top Chef 🔥 emoji 😳 challenge • Maneet Chauhan • Swedish death cleaning • and more
Dear newsletter friends,I get a lot of press releases announcing new reality shows. I'll add the info to my quarterly premiere schedule, and for many shows,...
Reality TV premieres for April 23 to 29, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Evening! I hope you've had a pleasant weekend, whether it's been full of work or relaxation or both. There's some fun unscripted...
An interview with TOC's winner, Love is Blind's mess, and a Survivor alumnus' death
Dear newsletter friends, What a start to the reality TV week Sunday night was, thanks to the Netflix fiasco, which I wrote about with my trademark subtlety:...
Reality TV premieres for April 16 to 22, 2023—including Earth Day! 🌏
Dear newsletter subscribers, It's tax day here in the United States this week, and Earth Day around the world. 🌍 A lot of the unscripted show premieres, from...
Survivor's latest shenanigans, Love is Blind set photos, (HBO) Max's reality TV plans, and much more
Dear newsletter friends, I have a lot of great reality TV to discuss with you—recaps, news, and more—that's all below, so let's just get right to it! Also I...
Reality TV premieres for April 9 to 15, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, It's a quieter week of premieres—but there won't be a shortage of things to watch! This week includes two season finales:...
More ridiculousness from MTV, The Traitors, Survivor, and yet another reality TV star indicted for crimes
Dear newsletter friends, Over the past week, my husband I traveled to The Netherlands, home of Endemol, which has given us reality TV from Big Brother to The...
Your reality TV premieres for April 2 to 8, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers and friends, Happy April! I hope spring is in full bloom wherever you are. A very warm public thank-you to those of you who...
Reality TV premieres for March 26 to April 1, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I'm here to give you the scoop about what to look for on TV this week—besides, of course, all the shows that are...
Two winners, from Top Chef and Survivor, and two very different weeks
Dear newsletter friends, The last week or so brought two very different examples of the paths that former reality competition winners have taken: A Survivor...
Reality TV premieres for March 19 to 25, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening. Hope your March is going well, and that reality TV is bringing you the kind of entertainment you want. Compared to...
Did Netflix give us reality TV's biggest villains of all time? Or just great game play?
Dear newsletter friends, The talk of the reality TV competition world this week has been Netflix's newest show, Outlast. It's basically a combination of...
Reality TV premieres for March 12 to 18, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, First, thanks, as always, for your support of my work! Here's your Sunday evening look at what shows are coming your way to TV...
Top Chef! Traitors UK! Survivor! Big Brother Canada! So many recaps and reviews for you
Dear newsletter friends, My favorite new show of the year, The Traitors, is already a global show, and two of those international series are now on Peacock....
Reality TV premieres for March 5 to 11, 2023
Dear newsletter friends, Good evening, and happy March! As of right now, 50 reality TV shows are scheduled to premiere this month (including some that...
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...
The Traitors reunion, Survivor 44, and other reality TV premieres for Feb. 26 to March 4
Dear newsletter friends, Good evening! This Wednesday, I'll publish my new spring reality TV premiere guide, but this week—which spans two months—is chock...
The Traitors reunion, Survivor 44, and other reality TV premieres for Feb. 26 to March 4
Dear newsletter friends, Good evening! This Wednesday, I'll publish my new spring reality TV premiere guide, but this week is chock full of premieres, so I...
Reality TV premieres for the week of Feb. 19 to 25, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, I hope your weekend is going swimmingly, even if swimming season is a few months away. This week's reality TV premieres include:...
Netflix's Mole is coming back! But when? • Perfect Match & Love Trip reviews • Jinkx Monsoon & Giada De Laurentiis news • and much more
Dear newsletter friends,I'm working on a redesign of my personal website, mostly to update ancient technology behind the scenes, but it's given me a chance...
Reality TV premieres for Super Bowl Sunday and the week of Feb. 12 to 18, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good morning! I'm sending your weekly preview early because apparently there is a major TV event on today. Okay, I know it's the...
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...
Reality TV premieres for Feb. 5 to 11, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good Sunday evening. I hope you've had a delightful weekend so far. Yesterday, I ran in a 5K race—my first in more than three...
Streaming services are giving us more reality TV — and taking it away, too
Dear newsletter friends, The biggest story on reality blurred this week—both in terms of readership and, I think, newsworthiness—is about a streaming...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 29 to Feb. 4, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, How are we almost through the first month of 2023? Wasn't it just New Year's Eve?! It's another quieter week of premieres—we're...
Traitors finale & interview • more Survivor on Netflix • Housewives • Top Chef • actual squid + real Squid Game
Dear newsletter friends, Hello from my heated blanket, where my cat and I are roasting because it is 34 outside. I don't love the Florida summers, but a...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 22 to 28, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, It's a somewhat quieter week of new reality show premieres this week, which I don't mind considering my exhaustion from 11...
Traitors!🤩 • Milf Manor's 🤢 twist • Shark Tank's curious guest • prison and other reality TV news
Dear newsletter friends, I just returned from 11 days in L.A. at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour—our first time in person in three...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 15 to 21, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, I'm still making my way through The Traitors, trying to savor it while also eager to recap and talk with y'all about it! But...
The best new reality show of the 2023 is already here
Dear newsletter friends, A major milestone in reality TV history occurred this week, and involved a show I'd never heard of when I started reality blurred in...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 8 to 14, 2023
Dear newsletter subscribers, I'm getting ready to head to L.A. for my first in-person press tour in three years, which is very exciting! I'll be reporting...
New year, new home page, new cooking competitions, new Tough As Nails, new Drag Race network, and more!
Dear newsletter friends, Happy New Year! I hope it's been a fantastic start to the year for you so far. After some wonderful time with family, I spent the...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 1 to 7, 2023 🎇
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy new year! It's somehow 2023 already, and it's been a great start to the year for you. While it's a holiday today and an...