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Writer, TV critic, creator of realityblurred.com, TCA president, writing coach, husband, cat dad, improviser, runner, lover of em dashes and roller coasters. More at andydehnart.com! 🏳️‍🌈 He/him

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 18/09/2026
Peacock just announced the cast of The Traitors US season five, and holy shit is it incredible on paper! #TraitorsUS #RealityTV
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Another killer Traitors cast!
Peacock just announced the cast of The Traitors US season five, and holy shit is it incredible on paper!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 8h
Despite Dancing with the Stars 35's yacht rock theme and surprising elimination, the dancers and quasi-celebs have become a family, as Marshal Knight writes in his recap here. #DWTS #DancingWithTheStars
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DWTS season 35 recap: A family—even the annoying cousin with a bad haircut
Despite Dancing with the Stars 35's yacht rock theme and surprising elimination, the dancers and quasi-celebs have become a family, as Marshal Knight writes in his recap here.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 11h
ICYMI: A protein-obsessed polycule boarded Below Deck Mediterranean for the final charter, which had two head injuries, and I'm not even counting Gen pretending to be happy. Let's recap! #BelowDeckMed #RealityTV
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Below Deck Med 11 recap: head injuries
A protein-obsessed polycule boarded Below Deck Mediterranean for the final charter, which had two head injuries, and I'm not even counting Gen pretending to be happy. Let's recap!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 18h
Definitely check out Hulu's doc The Swan: Behind the Mirror, which doesn't have access to those responsible for the 2004 Fox show. Instead, it centers its participants. What they revealed and more in my review ➞ www.realityb...
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 19h
Hulu's look behind the scenes of Fox's The Swan is worth a watch for the interviews with Swan cast members, who explain why they participated and what really happened. #TheSwan #Hulu
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The Swan: Behind the Mirror centers the people and their scars
Hulu's look behind the scenes of Fox's The Swan is worth a watch for the interviews with Swan cast members, who explain why they participated and what really happened.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 21h
Food Network's most-popular show, Tournament of Champions, starts filming season eight next week—and you can get free tickets to be in the audience. #TournamentOfChampions #FoodNetwork
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Tournament of Champions 8 is filming soon—get tickets!
Food Network's most-popular show, Tournament of Champions, starts filming season eight next week—and you can get free tickets to be in the audience.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 29/09/2026
Below Deck Med's penultimate episode introduced a primary charter guest and his five boyfriends, one of whom injured his head—but that wasn't the only head injury. Joe smashed his face and Gen started acting so nice chef Joy asked, "Did she get possessed by a zombie?"
A shirtless man with gauze wrapped around his head, and an overlay with the words: BELOW DECK MED The final charter guests of the season: 1. Tristan Schukraft, owner of The Abbey 2. Tristan's friend, Cory 3. Tristan's fiance 4. Tristan's boyfriend 5. Tristan's boyfriend 6. Tristan's boyfriend 7. Tristan's boyfriend 8. Tristan's boyfriend (Pictured: one of the boyfriends. I don't know which one.) | reality blurred reviews « recaps › recs • reveals
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Whitney Friedlander @whitneyfriedlander.com · 29/09/2026
I wrote a (very long, but could have totally been longer) oral history of our beloved The CW -- which turned 20 earlier this month and officially entered its new age when All American ended yesterday. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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From creating 'crack for girls' to superhero TV: The untold history of the CW, 20 years later
When the WB and UPN merged 20 years ago, the result was the CW, a network that took younger viewers seriously, spawning stars and hit series like 'Gossip Girl,' 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Arrow.'
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Jeff Pitman @truedorktimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Survivor51 intro reactions: One of the first shots and the last shot. I guess we already knew who the main cast member is.
Jeff Probst, kicking off the intro with a heroic gazeJeff Probst, closing out the intro by snuffing a torch
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 29/09/2026
Fun fact that has nothing to do with Matt's point here but that perpetually bothers me: We don't have to use the ® when writing about the Grammys or Emmys or anything that has a registered trademark. Legally, trademark owners don't even have to use it!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 29/09/2026
A protein-obsessed polycule boarded Below Deck Mediterranean for the final charter, which had two head injuries, and I'm not even counting Gen pretending to be happy. Let's recap! #BelowDeckMed #RealityTV
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Below Deck Med 11 recap: head injuries
A protein-obsessed polycule boarded Below Deck Mediterranean for the final charter, which had two head injuries, and I'm not even counting Gen pretending to be happy. Let's recap!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 28/09/2026
The Amazing Race 39's premiere is the highlight of this week's reality TV premieres, which also include new series Love After Lockup: Relationship Rehab, Jeff Lewis' return to Bravo (UGH), Shark Tank with MrBeast (STOP), and many more:
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Fall 2026 new reality shows & seasons
My frequently updated guide has all your fall reality show premieres in one place: TAR, RHONY, DWTS, and even non-acronym shows, from Halloween Baking Championship to Survivor.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: The Great British Baking Show is back! And series 17/collection 14's Cake Week was an excellent start for the bakers (despite their disasters) and new judge Nigella Lawson. Let's recap! #GreatBritishBakingShow #Baking
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Great British Baking Show recap: full of cake and hope
The Great British Baking Show is back! And series 17/collection 14's Cake Week was an excellent start for the bakers (despite their disasters) and new judge Nigella Lawson. Let's recap!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 27/09/2026
So impressed by the student journalists at The Cornell Sun who wrote this editorial (content: SA) and, in their words, "ask the questions the University has left unanswered" and "refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story."
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 27/09/2026
ICYMI: Why does Lizzie Borden attract musical interpretations? Is it the blood, the summer’s heat, the generational conflict, or that there’s few things quite as punk rock as a woman in a corset with an axe? #LizzieBorden #MusicalTheatre
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Lizzie Borden, but make it a jukebox musical
Why does Lizzie Borden attract musical interpretations? Is it the blood, the summer’s heat, the generational conflict, or that there’s few things quite as punk rock as a woman in a corset with an axe?
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 27/09/2026
Whether you're considering watching the latest Monster on Netflix, or already checked it out, don't miss Sarah D. Bunting's review of Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story ➝ www.realityb...
MONSTER: THE LIZZIE BORDEN STORY It's fascinating; it's thought-provoking; it plays infuriatingly loose with the few facts we do know for sure about the murders-victims' ages and vocations, floor plans-and scores Edwardian scenes, already larded with anachronistic dialogue, with The Runaways; Sarah Paulson's portrayal of Aileen Wuornos (... you heard me; yeah, I know) is either tastelessly outré or brilliant, unless it's actually both; I complained about Monster: Lizzie to my spouse for a full 20 minutes, and could easily have kept going. -Sarah D. Bunting BEST EVIDENCE the true crime worth your time bestevidence.fyi
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 26/09/2026
Whether you're a #BB28 feed watcher who cannot imagine TV without Survivor ringers on it, or a #Survivor fan, add my new curated feed to Bluesky right here:
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 26/09/2026
ICYMI: The Traitors: New Blood episodes 2 and 3 gave us a new traitor and two new murders, but it's CBS that may have committed murder tonight, moving Big Brother against The Traitors: New Blood's second hour. #TheTraitors #TraitorsNewBlood
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Traitors New Blood recap: bad evidence
The Traitors: New Blood episodes 2 and 3 gave us a new traitor and two new murders, but it's CBS that may have committed murder tonight, moving Big Brother against The Traitors: New Blood's second hour.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 26/09/2026
The Great British Baking Show is back! And series 17/collection 14's Cake Week was an excellent start for the bakers (despite their disasters) and new judge Nigella Lawson. Let's recap! #GreatBritishBakingShow #GBBO
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Great British Baking Show recap: full of cake and hope
The Great British Baking Show is back! And series 17/collection 14's Cake Week was an excellent start for the bakers (despite their disasters) and new judge Nigella Lawson. Let's recap!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 26/09/2026
Netflix's new competition Wonka's The Golden Ticket has some amazing sets but not much else. Why I think this was such a missed opportunity and more in my full review → www.realityb...
WONKA'S THE GOLDEN TICKET. A white TV with WONKAVISION on it, and people looking at it, and the words: From Squid Game: The Challenge, we know that Netflix is not interested in the themes from source material. Yet it's a baffling missed opportunity to not make these a series of moral and ethical tests, with partners accountable for each others' actions. You know, like in the story! | reality blurred ‹ reviews › recaps recs reveals
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 26/09/2026
ICYMI: It's a new season of Made from Humans: How Reality Becomes TV, and today I'm looking at my expectation versus reality of Survivor 51’s premiere, and Wonka's The Golden Ticket. #Survivor51 #RealityTV
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Survivor 51’s surprise start
It's a new season of Made from Humans: How Reality Becomes TV, and today I'm looking at my expectation versus reality of Survivor 51’s premiere, and Wonka's The Golden Ticket.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 26/09/2026
Why does Lizzie Borden attract musical interpretations? Is it the blood, the summer’s heat, the generational conflict, or that there’s few things quite as punk rock as a woman in a corset with an axe? #LizzieBorden #JukeboxMusical
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Lizzie Borden, but make it a jukebox musical
Why does Lizzie Borden attract musical interpretations? Is it the blood, the summer’s heat, the generational conflict, or that there’s few things quite as punk rock as a woman in a corset with an axe?
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
ICYMI: On Survivor 51's premiere, PERMANENT UNCERTAINTY made me LOL, but it was a great episode, tugging at my nostalgic heartstrings and giving us poo-poo hitting the fan and Drunk Reddit swim teacher. #Survivor51 #RealityTV
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Survivor 51 premiere recap: old is new again!
On Survivor 51's premiere, PERMANENT UNCERTAINTY made me LOL, but it was a great episode, tugging at my nostalgic heartstrings and giving us poo-poo hitting the fan and Drunk Reddit swim teacher.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
two very fun things to do as a critic: 1 lists that make people very mad 2 big ol' "I CALL SHENANIGANS" post 👇
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
The Colbert call is less interesting to me than this CBS-as-toxic-workplace detail from Taylor Tomlinson's memoir (www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/tay... ):
The comedian wrote that the biggest change she needed was for CBS to allow for a fill-in host for when she was sick. "I was told CBS would just play a rerun and the crew would lose a day's work," she explained. "So, regardless of my health, I never missed a day" to avoid being seen as a "difficult, entitled woman."
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
I keep reading "The Beast In Me renewed" headlines as "MrBeast In Me." I guess I'm still haunted by all this charisma.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
The Traitors: New Blood episodes 2 and 3 gave us a new traitor and two new murders, but it's CBS that may have committed murder tonight, moving Big Brother against The Traitors: New Blood's second hour. #TheTraitors #NewBlood
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Traitors New Blood recap: bad evidence
The Traitors: New Blood episodes 2 and 3 gave us a new traitor and two new murders, but it's CBS that may have committed murder tonight, moving Big Brother against The Traitors: New Blood's second hour.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
ICYMI: I talked with The Floor showrunner Anthony Carbone, who answered all my questions about how the Fox game show works behind the scenes. #TheFloor #GameShow
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The Floor questions, answered: how the Fox game show is produced
I talked with The Floor showrunner Anthony Carbone, who answered all my questions about how the Fox game show works behind the scenes.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
Can't wait for Drew to exit the #BB28 house and discover he also lost another reality TV show while he was in there. P.S. It's Netflix's Wonka's Golden Ticket, in which Drew plays a role in a super-staged intro:
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Wonka’s Golden Ticket review: You lose! Good day, sir!
The biggest offense of Wonka’s The Golden Ticket is not the disembodied voice of Gene Wilder, resurrected 10 years after his death via AI. My review explores and explains.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
Absolutely insane that #TheTraitorsUS ended episode four on a cliffhanger—and will make us wait two weeks for that to resolve, at 10 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. I understand NBC not wanting to air it next week against #BB28's finale, but The Traitors: New Blood is going to bleed out before it returns.
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hamsterwatch #bb28 @hamsterwatch.com · 25/09/2026
Sunday (9.30pm ET/6.30 PT CHECK YOUR LOCAL LISTINGS) - memories, Part 1 gets underway, 'jury house explodes with Melody's arrival' = Angela told her to stfu Thursday - live finale 90 minutes
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
What a great first episode of #Survivor51 — and some unexpected moments, too, like this pole-whacking. More of my analysis + double entendre right here ➞ www.realityb...
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 25/09/2026
It's a new season of Made from Humans: How Reality Becomes TV, and today I'm looking at my expectation versus reality of Survivor 51’s premiere, and Wonka's The Golden Ticket. #Survivor51 #RealityTV
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Survivor 51’s surprise start
It's a new season of Made from Humans: How Reality Becomes TV, and today I'm looking at my expectation versus reality of Survivor 51’s premiere, and Wonka's The Golden Ticket.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: Dancing with the Stars 35's celebrities faced their first week of a speedier, 7-day schedule. How did they do? And whose holes need filling? Marshal Knight recaps for us! #DancingWithTheStars #DWTS
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Dancing with the Stars season 35 recap: holes start to show
Dancing with the Stars 35's celebrities faced their first week of a speedier, 7-day schedule. How did they do? And whose holes need filling? Marshal Knight recaps for us!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: The biggest offense of Wonka's The Golden Ticket is not the disembodied voice of Gene Wilder, resurrected 10 years after his death via AI. My review explores and explains. #WonkasGoldenTicket #GeneWilder
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Dear Wonka’s Golden Ticket: You lose! Good day, sir!
The biggest offense of Wonka's The Golden Ticket is not the disembodied voice of Gene Wilder, resurrected 10 years after his death via AI. My review explores and explains.
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The Big Brother Wiki @bigbrotherwikia.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 Remaining Big Brother 28 Schedule🚨 🔸Tonight - 2 Hours: 8-10 pm EST 🔸Sunday 9/27 - Pushed Later: 9:30-10:30 pm EST 🔸Thursday 10/1 - Finale 90 Minutes: 8-9:30 pm EST Key note: Sunday could be pushed even further due to NFL action on CBS. #BB28 #BBWiki
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
On Survivor 51's premiere, PERMANENT UNCERTAINTY made me LOL, but it was a great episode, tugging at my nostalgic heartstrings and giving us poo-poo hitting the fan and Drunk Reddit swim teacher. #Survivor51 #RealityTV
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Survivor 51 premiere recap: old is new again!
On Survivor 51's premiere, PERMANENT UNCERTAINTY made me LOL, but it was a great episode, tugging at my nostalgic heartstrings and giving us poo-poo hitting the fan and Drunk Reddit swim teacher.
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Nina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’ve no idea what the exchange in question is here (the lack of transparency is not good) but just a reminder that interview podcasts — and there are a buncha them out there — are not journalism and should be treated as little more than promotional opportunities for the guest
Statement from IN DEPTH GRAHAM BENSINGER:

Due to ongoing media requests for comment, I want to clarify the timeline surrounding a portion of our recent interview with Mike Macdonald that has received attention this week.
The complete Mike Macdonald interview, including the conversation now at issue, was provided to Seahawks PR last Wednesday, September 16-five days before it was published on YouTube Monday. During that time, no concern was raised about the exchange, and we were never asked to remove it. For the last couple of years, our typical practice with long-form interview releases has been to include some of the pre-interview conversation.
Coach Macdonald reached out to me directly yesterday morning expressing concern. I immediately told him we would remove that portion, and we did. Unfortunately, it had already been clipped from our interview by online outlets and circulated elsewhere. I told Coach that, in hindsight, I regretted allowing that exchange to be included and that it was my error in judgment.
I have tremendous respect for Coach. We spent significant time together in Seattle, and I came away impressed not only by what he has accomplished in such a short period of time, but by the person he is. The last thing I want is for one exchange to overshadow that story. I also have great respect for Sean Payton, whom I had the opportunity to profile previously.

- Graham
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
ICYMI: Big Brother's best winner and Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is not handling criticism well for his participation in a live-streamed U.S. Army reality competition, e.g. propaganda. #BigBrother #DanGheesling
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Big Brother’s Dan Gheesling, star of the Army’s Twitch propaganda, stunned by criticism
Big Brother's best winner and Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is not handling criticism well for his participation in a live-streamed U.S. Army reality competition, e.g. propaganda.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
#Survivor51 may have PERMANENT UNCERTAINTY, but you can count on my recaps to have plenty of snark and analysis—and appreciation for all this episode did well! Glad to have Survivor back, even if Jeff Probst made me laugh so hard I pretended to lose consciousness.
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Survivor 51 episode 1 recap:
On Survivor 51’s premiere, PERMANENT UNCERTAINTY made me LOL, but it was a great episode, tugging at my nostalgic heartstrings and giving us poo-poo hitting the fan and Drunk Reddit swim teacher.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
I am very concerned this tribe is going to switch from voting out the invisible straight white woman and switch to voting out the gay Black man because he didn't immediately support the aggrieved muscle man. #Survivor51 #Survivor
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rod ✪ @roddiaztwine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
permanent… i said PERMANENT uncertainty #survivor51
Jeff Probst with a gun
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
#Survivor live reactions! I got chills hearing Jeff Probst using the same opening words as he did on Survivor: Borneo. But watching him roll up on his own mini-yacht instead of hanging with the cast on the ship: how times have changed! #WatchWithAndy
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 24/09/2026
I talked with The Floor showrunner Anthony Carbone, who answered all my questions about how the Fox game show works behind the scenes. #TheFloor #GameShow
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The Floor questions, answered: how the Fox game show is produced
I talked with The Floor showrunner Anthony Carbone, who answered all my questions about how the Fox game show works behind the scenes.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
With this sudden flood of #Survivor interviews, including random influencers talking to Jeff Probst, I am so curious what happened between that and this:
Dalton Ross
@DaltonRoss
We tried for full pre-game interviews, but they didn't happen. I also tried for a Jeff interview, but no luck there either. Sorry about that. A pretty big bummer for the #Survivor51 cast to not have anything out there.
Jeremy Schilling @jschil • Sep 16
11:32 AM • Sep 16, 2026 - 89.7K Views
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
Dancing with the Stars 35's celebrities faced their first week of a speedier, 7-day schedule. How did they do? And whose holes need filling? Marshal Knight recaps for us! #DancingWithTheStars #DWTS35
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Dancing with the Stars season 35 recap: holes start to show
Dancing with the Stars 35's celebrities faced their first week of a speedier, 7-day schedule. How did they do? And whose holes need filling? Marshal Knight recaps for us!
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
The biggest offense of Wonka's The Golden Ticket is not the disembodied voice of Gene Wilder, resurrected 10 years after his death via AI. My review explores and explains. #Wonka #GoldenTicket
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Dear Wonka’s Golden Ticket: You lose! Good day, sir!
The biggest offense of Wonka's The Golden Ticket is not the disembodied voice of Gene Wilder, resurrected 10 years after his death via AI. My review explores and explains.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
Happy #Survivor51 premiere day! A behind-the-scenes fact that's worth remembering every season: players' clothes are basically costumes—and that creates some wild inequity. More here: www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/20... #WatchWithAndy
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Why you should never judge a Survivor for their clothes
All about Survivor contestants' clothes and the rules for them: Who buys and pays for the clothes, why Survivors don't wear swimsuits the whole season, and other details. Read this story »
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
ICYMI: What a horrible cliffhanger from Bravo to leave Below Deck Med season 16 on, especially knowing what we know now about the violence Nathan was convicted of committing. #BelowDeckMed #Bravo
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Below Deck Med 11 episode 16 recap: broken
What a horrible cliffhanger from Bravo to leave Below Deck Med season 16 on, especially knowing what we know now about the violence Nathan was convicted of committing.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
Big Brother's best winner and Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is not handling criticism well for his participation in a live-streamed U.S. Army reality competition, e.g. propaganda. #BigBrother #DanGheesling
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Big Brother’s Dan Gheesling, star of the Army’s Twitch propaganda, stunned by criticism
Big Brother's best winner and Twitch streamer Dan Gheesling is not handling criticism well for his participation in a live-streamed U.S. Army reality competition, e.g. propaganda.
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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 23/09/2026
😂🤣 Context: kotaku.com/northernlion...
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