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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Peacock just announced the cast of The Traitors US season five, and holy shit is it incredible on paper!

The Traitors New Blood episodes 1 and 2—a two-episode premiere!—gave us traitors, a murder, a banishment, and several new twists, including traitor accomplices. Here's my snarky recap!

Peacock just announced the cast of The Traitors US season five, and holy shit is it incredible on paper!

The Traitors New Blood episodes 1 and 2—a two-episode premiere!—gave us traitors, a murder, a banishment, and several new twists, including traitor accomplices. Here's my snarky recap!

On Below Deck Med season 11 episode 15, it was Gen vs. Joy, and Nathan vs. Joe, Captain Sandy vs. Nathan, and blow-up doll guest vs. Joe. And one didn't make it out alive/inflated.

On Below Deck Med season 11 episode 15, it was Gen vs. Joy, and Nathan vs. Joe, Captain Sandy vs. Nathan, and blow-up doll guest vs. Joe. And one didn't make it out alive/inflated.

Project Runway 22's winner was selected at the end of a brief and surprisingly drama-free finale, that's like closing the lid on a toilet that hasn't been flushed in nine weeks. More metaphors in my recap!

NBC is bringing back I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, hosted by Traitors stars Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch. The format failed twice already in the US—can Peacock work its Traitors magic?

Most of the reality TV and unscripted Emmys were awarded last night—and Alan Cumming didn't show up to get his third consecutive trophy, which I wish had gone to Kristen Kish for her incredible work on Top Chef Carolinas.

Below Deck Med season 11 has a new deckhand, a visit from police, a surprise delivery, and men behaving badly. Here's my episode 14 recap!

NBC is bringing back I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here, hosted by Traitors stars Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch. The format failed twice already in the US—can Peacock work its Traitors magic?

Most of the reality TV and unscripted Emmys were awarded last night—and Alan Cumming didn't show up to get his third consecutive trophy, which I wish had gone to Kristen Kish for her incredible work on Top Chef Carolinas.

Here are my plans for reality blurred this month—recaps, reviews, and my adoption of a registration wall. What that means for you!

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.

On Below Deck Med season 11 episode 13, Joe told Nathan that Nathan has "an aggressive nature" and "a very short temper." Guess how well that went?

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.

Here's your fall 2026 guide to reality TV specials and documentary premieres, on streaming, cable, and even network TV.

On Below Deck Med season 11 episode 13, Joe told Nathan that Nathan has "an aggressive nature" and "a very short temper." Guess how well that went?

Here are the 21 players of Survivor 51, plus their thoughts about the twists and turns and random stuff that will be showered upon them.

Eteng Ettah, host of the great podcast Consider this for Comfort, shares a few of her favorite comforting reality TV shows with us—and makes a case for TV as a cure.

On Below Deck Med season 11 episode 12: Aesha's bachelorette party; a call for help from Max's estranged father; and the return of Nathan, who we learned was arrested for domestic violence against Gael.

Here are the 21 players of Survivor 51, plus their thoughts about the twists and turns and random stuff that will be showered upon them.

Eteng Ettah, host of the great podcast Consider this for Comfort, shares a few of her favorite comforting reality TV shows with us—and makes a case for TV as a cure.

On Below Deck Med season 11 episode 12: Aesha's bachelorette party; a call for help from Max's estranged father; and the return of Nathan, who we learned was arrested for domestic violence against Gael.

Project Runway 22 gaslit us into thinking there hadn't already been an unconventional materials challenge, and thought we'd want to see season 21 designers back again. But! The result was an incredible runway show.

Below Deck Med deckhand Max Salvador is back, ready to save the boat from jellyfish attacks—but what about impossibly demanding guests?! Here's my recap of episode 11.

Below Deck Med deckhand Max Salvador is back, ready to save the boat from jellyfish attacks—but what about impossibly demanding guests?! Here's my recap of episode 11.

'You absolute oxygen thief': Below Deck's Travis showed us how to respond to homophobia or other bigotry, whether we're on a reality TV show or not. And BB28's Drew could use that lesson.

It's finally happened: Freeform's Project Runway actually told us who was eliminated—a designer nominated for eviction by the HOH, who won the Heidi Klum/Devil Wears Prada challenge.

Does the fact that 82 percent of The Traitors: New Blood cast want to be traitors indicate a problem with the game? Or is it just that it's more fun to sneak around in a cloak?

It's finally happened: Freeform's Project Runway actually told us who was eliminated—a designer nominated for eviction by the HOH, who won the Heidi Klum/Devil Wears Prada challenge.

Below Deck Mediterranean season 11 episode 10 was a wild ride: Joe and Kayley are a new "accidental power couple," Coop and Kat are off and on again, Gen is melting down and making sense.

Netflix may not be able to deliver a second season of a scripted show soon enough for us to remember a single thing that happened in the first season, but it's pumping out dating reality TV shows like it's a Below Deck Med deckhand.

An unconventional materials + product placement challenge gave us the best episode of Project Runway 22 so far. Long live Viva paper towels!

In a video titled "Breaking My Silence on Project Runway (I Might Get Sued)," which you can watch below, Plane Jane details her experience on the wreck that is Freeform's Project Runway 22.

In a video titled "Breaking My Silence on Project Runway (I Might Get Sued)," which you can watch below, Plane Jane details her experience on the wreck that is Freeform's Project Runway 22.

In this edition of Ask Andy: How much Bravo's Real Housewives stars earn, and what happened to NBC's long-suffering game show The Wall.

The new spin-off The Voice: Celebrity "swaps undiscovered talent for celebrities," aka bye-bye forgettable normies, hello singing Real Housewives!

There's a shortage on the deck on Below Deck Med season 11 episode 9, and it's not just of brains or leadership or an understanding of contraception and the work required to raise a human if you don't use it.