This week's reality TV premieres: June 12 to 18, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I hope your weekend has been either relaxing or productive—or whatever you needed it to be! Here’s your Sunday...
CBS's Challenge cast • Chrisley's crimes • new Amazing Race • SYTYCD judge fired • and so much more!
Dear newsletter friends, It’s been a busy two weeks since we last talked, so there’s a lot of incredible news, fun analysis and reviews, and juicy gossip in...
This week's reality TV premieres: June 5 to 11, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Hello, and happy Sunday evening! I hope you’ve had a nice two weeks, and found plenty of entertaining and/or distracting reality...
Survivor 42's end - Real World's 30th - Celebrity Mole available soon - prison for Josh Duggar - and more!
Dear newsletter friends, Before writing about real-life entertainment, I have to acknowledge that it just feels weird to do that during weeks like this, when...
The next two weeks of reality TV: May 22 to June 4, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, I hope you’ve had a restful, delightful weekend. Before we get to the premieres ahead, a programming note: Between Memorial Day...
A first for Amazing Race & Survivor; Worst Cooks murderer's sentence; behind the scenes of The Quest; and much more
Dear newsletter friends, Summer has suddenly rolled into Central Florida, where it will be somewhere between 90 and 93 today, depending which forecast I look...
What's premiering this week: May 15 to 21, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! Here’s your look at what’s premiering on TV and streaming this week: Among this week’s premieres are: new seasons...
The Quest is back! Great American Baking Show will return! MTV is selling alcohol! Plus: Top Chef, Survivor, and much more
Dear newsletter friends, Although classes ended a two weeks ago, today is technically my last day of teaching undergraduates: I’m taking at least a year off...
Reality show premieres this week: May 8 to 14, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! Here’s your look at what’s premiering on TV and streaming this week: This week’s premieres include new seasons of...
Big Baking Show news, Survivor's missing Ponderosa, Holey Moley Muppets, and much more
Dear newsletter friends, Another month, another week, another onslaught of emotionally challenging news. It’s a lot! Whenever I need a break, reality TV is...
Reality TV premiers this week, May 1 to 7, 2022: RHOA, Holey Moley, The Circle...
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening and happy May! A new month, a new week, and a bunch of new and returning unscripted shows coming to TV: New seasons...
Top Chef's Restaurant Wars, Survivor's double elimination, and a Betsy Wetsy reality show?!
Dear newsletter friends, I went back to my reality TV writing roots this week and recapped last week’s Top Chef: Houston with a lot of snark. Specifically, I...
This week's reality TV premieres: April 24 to 30, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! Here’s your look at what’s premiering this week: This week’s reality show premieres include a new season of Worst...
Tournament of Champions' winner, Top Chef's Last Chance Kitchen, Survivor's monster and torches, and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Earth Day! This week, there are several Earth-focused documentaries premiering on TV and streaming—including a Disney+ feature...
This week's reality TV premieres: April 17 to 23, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy Passover and happy Easter to those who celebrate, and happy Sunday evening to those who do not! And happy tax day to us...
Drag Race's all-winners season, Survivor's hourglass, DWTS's future, Design Star winner's new show, and more
Dear newsletter friends, I was quite surprised yesterday when I got my weekly COVID test result back from the university where I teach two days a week:...
Reality shows premiering this week: April 10 to 16, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, A new season of The Great Pottery Throw Down is definitely exciting to me—and we have a new season arriving this week! If you...
The joy of Making Fun, SYTYCD's new judges, The Quest's return, and a new reality TV news feature
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! I’ve been fortunate to be writing about what I love—reality TV—for almost 23 years now: first recapping The Real World...
This week's reality TV premieres: April 3 to 9, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, First, an apology: I completely forgot to send this preview last Sunday night! It’s on my to-do list, which I also apparently...
Tournament of Champions secrets, Survivor clothes, Rat in the Kitchen, trans reality stars, and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy April 1, aka April Fool’s Day! For reasons that I’ve written about before, I’m still not returning to my former tradition of...
RHONY, Love is Blind, Survivor, Love Boat, NBC's Eurovision, and more reality TV news and reviews
Dear newsletter friends, Yesterday it felt like summer here in Central Florida: hot, sticky, still air. Today it feels like fall: cool, breezy, so much...
A preview of this week's reality TV premieres: March 20 to 26, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, It’s me, back again with a brief preview of shows and docs you might want to check out this week. Here they are: Among all the...
Can we push Beyond the Edge over the edge? Also: Survivor, Bachelorette, Bug Out, and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! To start today, I just wanted to say thanks for subscribing to this newsletter and reading my stuff. I’m so grateful...
Reality TV premieres for March 13 to 19, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, I hope you’ve had a great weekend. Our spring bloom of reality shows continues this week: Among the reality TV premieres are the...
Why Amazing Race was so great! Plus Survivor, AYTO, Flip or Flop, SYTYCD news, and two reviews
Dear newsletter friends, This morning, I woke up groggy. As I was playing Wordle, I realized my iPhone was at 1 percent, and then shut itself off. My...
Reality TV premieres this week: March 6 to 12, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy March. I just published my full quarterly guides to upcoming premieres, and although it spans months, many of those shows...
All the reality shows premiering this spring. Plus: TAR, SYTYCD, and ANTM!
Dear newsletter friends, My big project this week was compiling my quarterly guides to new seasons and new shows, and there are a lot coming our way! Here’s...
This week's reality TV premieres: Feb. 27 to March 5, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good Sunday evening. The end of February and beginning of March this week are bringing us quite a few new shows and seasons—more...
Love Island dumps CBS. Plus: Love is Blind? AGT EXTREME!!! and more
Dear newsletter friends, I love learning about how reality TV comes together behind the scenes, and that’s why I was so thrilled to publish this incredible...
This week in reality TV, Feb. 20 to 26, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, This Tuesday will be 2/22/22, and we’ll twice have 2:22. So lots of twos! Alas, there are more than two reality TV shows...
Paramount+'s Survivor disaster, The Challenge's expansion, and more
Dear newsletter friends, ViacomCBS made a lot of news this week, changing the company’s name to Paramount and announcing a whole bunch of reality TV...
What's premiering this week: Feb. 13 to 19, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, It’s Super Bowl Sunday, and the Super Bowl is probably going on right now, though since I wrote this earlier I don’t know what’s...
A mysterious Celebrity Big Brother exit, Survivor's new cast, Matt Paxton's advice, and Guy Fieri's bad show
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! A warm welcome to those new subscribers who are joining us, and a thank you to those of you who’ve been here for...
Reality show premieres from Feb. 6 to 12, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, It’s Sunday evening, so it’s time for a preview of what’s coming to your TVs, on cable and streaming: Reality TV premieres this...
Pseudo-celebrity Survivor, School of Chocolate, Real Dirty Dancing, Amazing Race and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday. Yesterday, one of my favorite new shows of this year, Alex vs. America, was renewed for a second season. At a...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening, and happy almost-end of January. By the way, where did this month go, exactly?! Here’s your look at what’s...
Celebrity Big Brother's 'celebrities,' Top Chef's cast & all-stars, two reviews, two new firings, and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! Lots of news and reviews for you this week, so let’s dive in with some casting news: Top Chef Houston’s cast and all-...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 23 to 29, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Good evening! I hope you’ve had some relaxing time this weekend, or perhaps this week if the weekend was a working one. Here’s...
Why Amazing Race's 4 teams didn't return, and why Adam Ruins Everything was cancelled. Plus: Iron Chef, The Mole, a giveaway, and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday, and I do hope it’s a happy Friday for you. In a few minutes, I’m plastering on a mask to go get my hair cut, which...
This week's reality TV premieres: Jan. 16 to 22, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, The first two weeks of 2022 have brought dozens and dozens of new reality TV shows and new seasons to broadcast, cable, and...
Amazing Race lost four teams and its troosers. Plus: Betty White marathons, Guy Fieri's worst show, and more
Dear newsletter friends, Happy Friday! Here in Florida, we’re getting cold front after cold front, so it finally feels like winter—though I use the term...
Reality TV premieres for Jan. 9 to 15, 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, I hope the first week of 2022 went well for you, and that at least some of the many, many reality TV shows that have made their...
A new year = new reality TV recommendations for you. Plus: Betty White on Match Game, and Amazing Race's unusual start
Dear newsletter friends, Happy new year! I hope you’ve had a wonderful start to the new year, and that this is a wonderful year for us all. I think my...
The 50+ reality shows and docs premiering the first week of 2022
Dear newsletter subscribers, Happy 2022! I hope the end of your year and holiday season included moments of fun, relaxation, joy, peace, and/or great TV. As...
Episode 16: End of the year 🎉🎇
In this episode of Walking with Andy, the (very periodic) podcast where I take a walk and share what’s on my mind, I talk about this fall, my end-of-year...
Reality TV premieres for the rest of 2021
Dear newsletter subscribers, Besides TBS and TNT’s annual marathon of A Christmas Story, and the New Year’s Eve drunken silliness with Mole host Anderson...
The best reality TV shows of 2021, and so much more!
Dear newsletter friends, We’ve reached the end, almost, of this wild year. And that means it’s time for my list of… The best reality TV of 2021 That also...
Reality TV premieres for Dec. 12 to 18, 2021: Magic Mike, Real Housewives of Miami, and a new Selling Sunset
Dear newsletter subscribers, Another week in this rapidly disappearing year! This is the penultimate this week in reality TV newsletter for you; we’ll close...
Celebrity Survivor!?! And what happened to _______ show? Plus news and recommendations
Dear newsletter friends, Some personal news: TikTok finally learned what I like to watch, and now I can’t stop scrolling through videos. So I’ll be doing...
Reality TV premieres this week: Dec. 5 to 11, 2021
Dear newsletter subscribers, My new quarterly guides came out last week, so there are fresh new lists to explore. These links will take you directly to...