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Reality TV news, behind-the-scenes details, reviews, analysis, and criticism from Andy Dehnart, a writer and TV critic who works to discover how reality television is made and what's real in reality TV.
I reviewed the revival/reunion of Jersey Shore’s cast, which MTV is calling Jersey Shore: Family Vacation. The Chicago Tribune’s Nina Metz also wrote a story that includes an extensive interview with me for a story about the show’s return. In that interview, I mentioned my new favorite reality show, which I also reviewed: Netflix’s I highly recommend it!
The biggest new broadcast reality show in years is the CBS series Hunted, on which contestants attempt to hide from a group of “hunters,” former law enforcement officials who use all kinds of surveillance to track the teams. The first few episodes intrigued me, but I also couldn’t understand how exactly a reality show got access to the information they were claiming to access—ATM camera footage, GPS coordinates for cars, car rental records
News that Donald Trump would retain a producing credit on The Celebrity Apprentice—and retains his stake in the show—broke late this week, just as NBC was promoting the new season, which starts in early January. * The Washington Post interviewed me about what the “executive producer” title means in reality TV
One of my favorite scripted shows last year was Lifetime’s UnReal, which used the setting of a Bachelor-like show to satirize reality television and tell soapy stories starring two strong female protagonists. When it returned for a second season, the show had lots its way, and the first season seemed like a distant memory