Well, the CBS heavy-hitters in the reality genre returned this past week. Yes, I’m talking Survivor and The Amazing Race, not Big Brother. Last year’s winter version of BB was only due to the writers’ strike and that show continues to be a guilty pleasure of the summer. That’s just as well. When all three […]
Ah, this week two of my favorite reality shows return — Survivor and The Amazing Race! But, just because they’re not on yet doesn’t mean the reality TV genre fan has nothing to watch. Nosirree, Bob! Right now The Bachelor is in full swing, American Idol has taken over the world once again, and Chef […]
There’s one man reaping all kinds of benefits from reality television. Nah, I’m not talking Ryan Seacrest even though he seems to be everywhere. I think his everywhere bit is fading a tad these days. Nope, I’m not talking Simon Cowell, either. I’m talking about Randy Jackson. Yo, Dawg, check it out — he’s not […]
Julia Hass is back Guest-clacking for us again, after she kicked some ass with her post, the 15 most kickass women on television. Hi, my name is Julia Hass, and I have an addiction to bad reality television. It started, in a truly Freudian manner, with my mother. She got me in my prime adolescent […]
(Season 17, Episode 14 – “Say Goodbye to Gabon” – Season Finale) I’ll tell you here that things progressed about as you would have expected from last week’s elimination of Crystal … for awhile. But then, as almost always seems to happen with well orchestrated plans, someone comes along and wins an Immunity Challenge and […]
I have to ask you … are you insane? If you are, head on over to the Big Brother 11 application and try to get your foot in the door. Now, be honest when you answer the questions about your relationship with your mother and the last time you’ve punched, kicked, hit, or threw something […]
Spotlight Show of the Night Survivor: Gabon (8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central, 17th Season Finale) – It’s amazing that after seventeen seasons, this show can be just as compelling as it was the first time around. And the formula hasn’t been messed with that much. It all comes down to the fact that we’re dealing with […]
