Andy Dehnart

5 days ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

Traveling to Calgary seems to have woken up Top Chef: Destination Canada’s producers, who suddenly remembered what makes this show great: spectacular scenery, strong challenges, information about Canada, César toasting ants and apologizing to them. Alas, right as it’s found its groove—and its final four chefs—Top Chef show is leaving for Milan.

6 days ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

A quarter century has passed since Survivor became a massive hit in the summer of 2000, which is when Big Brother also premiered and somehow survived its disastrous first season. Will summer 2025 offer any reality TV show premiere that will change television and last for another 25 years?

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

Summer has reality TV, and plenty of feature documentaries and reality TV specials. This summer, that includes the 50th anniversary of Jaws, Sally RideThis guide I’ve compiled—and will continue to update throughout the next three months—has premiere dates and details of documentary features and reality TV specials making their debut on broadcast, cable, premium, and streaming TV services, including PBS, HBO, Bravo, Netflix, Hulu, and ID.

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

Wednesday, May 31, 2000, 8 p.m. Eastern. A new TV show premiered on CBS, with the episode title “The Marooning.” That was, of course, Survivor. I still remember watching that very first episode, which I reminisced about on my podcast this week. By the end of the season, Survivor broke television ratings records, becoming the highest rated show of the year—and only the finale of Friends would have higher ratings that decade.

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

When he was 22 years old, Erik Reichenbach played a game in which he trusted someone, and that trust led to a spectacular betrayal. Now, 17 years later, that moment from Survivor Micronesia: Fans vs Favorites prompted someone to DM him at 1:57 a.m. and scream in all caps:“BRO … NO WAY YOU DID THAT BRO PLEEEEEASEEEEE WHYYYYYY FOOORRR WHATTTTY!??? IT MADE ZERO SENSE LITERALLY.