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Reality Blurred is your go-to resource for everything related to reality TV and unscripted entertainment. Whether you’re into dramatic reality shows, competitive games, or insightful documentary series, we have you covered. Our site features original articles and journalism focusing on unscripted content, including interviews with the creators behind these shows. You'll also find reviews and critiques to assist you in choosing what to watch or skip, along with in-depth analysis of significant news in the world of reality television.

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Whack Job: Is the pen mightier than the axe?

4 days ago | realityblurred.com | Sarah D. Bunting

The crime/sVarious horrific murders committed with axes or axe-esque tools. The storyI have probably spent as much time with the James family’s writing as anyone not actually in the James family, with good reason and zero regrets, so to describe me as bouncing-in-my-seat impatient for Rachel McCarthy James’s Whack Job: A History of Axe Murder is to understate the case rather dramatically.
Top Chef gave its chefs an impossible challenge

6 days ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

This season of Top Chef is so ridiculous! Having previously given a win to a dish that was third-best, the judges kept a chef who made a dish they could not eat, all because pouring water on dry ice created a cloud and they were like ooh smoke ooh!For a Mission: Impossible-sponsored challenge, the Top Chef: Destination Canada chefs were asked to add a stunt to their dishes. What did that mean? No one knew! But at least they got to do an actual stunt.
Coben, Combs, and clowns: 5 true-crime stories to watch

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Sarah D. Bunting

Paramount announced earlier this week that Harlan Coben is coming to CBS primetime next year (between Survivor seasons, basically) with Harlan Coben’s Final Twist. Coben,known for his twisting narratives and intricate plots[,] … will guide audiences through gripping tales of murder, high-profile crimes and life-altering surprises, each meticulously unraveled to reveal hidden truths, deceptions and lies.
A strong Amazing Race 37 team falls, a miscreant remains

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

So close, yet so far: I truly thought Jonathan and Ana were going to become The Amazing Race 37 history during its leg in northeast France, but no. Because of either the editing or the circumstances, Jonathan was in the background the past few episodes, but in this episode, he was back to acting like—and I think this is the technical term—a shitbag. I was taking notes and then just had to stop, it was so toxic.
Survivor 48 explores why its players won’t play Survivor. What a betrale!

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

Five seasons ago, I wondered if Survivor 43 was so boring because the players froze in the face of unpredictable new-era twists. And now Survivor 48 is so boring that it spent an entire 90-minute episode telling us why it’s so boring. Which was, alas, boring. During Tribal Council, Jeff Probst said Shauhin explained “why this game’s so complicated,” and really was the entire episode.
What would you like to know about Survivor seasons 17, 18, and 19?

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

My fellow Survivor-watching and -loving friends, I have a favor to ask: Will you tell me what you’d like to know about behind the scenes on Survivor Gabon, Survivor Tocantins, and Survivor Samoa? I ask because I’m finishing the second draft of a book, and one thing I’m struggling with is how much detail to include. My inclination as a writer is always to overload with details, because I love details, but as a reader and editor, I know that’s not the best strategy.
Dark Side of the Ring tackles Billy Jack Haynes’ true crime tale

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Eve Batey

If you’ve never heard of Dark Side of the Ring, you’re not alone. The docuseries is from Vice Studios Canada, the northern arm of the once-important, now essentially shuttered news and entertainment outlet. I’d assumed that the show, which has been around since 2019, had died along with most of the company, but I was wrong — season six of the behind-the-scenes series about the pro wrestling game dropped in late March.
When shows and articles are deleted

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

Andy Dehnart's Reality Blurred When shows and articles are deleted 00:00 / 1272 Apple Podcasts PocketCasts RSS Spotify YouTube Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | PocketCasts | RSS | Spotify | YouTube On today’s episode, I share news about a streaming service deleting hundreds of shows, and why that happens. Then, I discuss why media outlets don’t delete articles, and why that might be changing. Plus: recommendations for a returning competition and a cancelled competition, and life advice from Top...
Who won House of Knives? Did it end with a knife fight?

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

Food Network’s Game of Thrones’ House of Knives ended its weird first—and only?—season with an oddly anticlimactic final competition between Anne Burrell, Shirley Chung, Martel Stone, and Claudette Zepeda. I didn’t expect the chefs to all draw a knife from the throne and go to battle, with the last one standing and not bleeding out winning.
Max purged 150+ Food Network, Discovery, TLC shows and seasons

1 week ago | realityblurred.com | Andy Dehnart

The streaming service Max tells me, on the Series page, that it offers “Every Episode Ever” of Guy Fieri’s Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. It’s the first show listed, followed by Friends and The Big Bang Theory. But selecting that Food Network show reveals that only seasons 47, 48, 49, and 50 are available. So, 46 seasons of the show are missing.