On Top Chef Carolinas episode 1—Bravo moved the show to Mondays—we met the chefs who immediately faced two tough challenges, and the heat and pressure led to a meltdown or two. #TopChef #realityTV
TOP CHEF Kristen went to talk to Nana. "It's okay. I get it. I get it's overwhelming," she said. "So they're not finished. Okay! Whatever happens here-no matter what-you are still a phenomenal chef. We all have bad days, and it's okay." Sweet Jesus on a potato, give Kristen an Emmy right now, and give me a Kleenex. reality blurred reviews ‹ recaps › recs reveals
Kristen Kish is the best part of #TopChef these days, as she demonstrated repeatedly in the premiere of Top Chef Carolinas. My recap: https://www.realityb...
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25 years ago yesterday, Amazing Race season 1 started filming. The producers, crew, and cast told me about what we didn't see: the logistics, the chaos, the wild decisions from those first days and first season https://www.realityb...
This week's reality TV premieres: Top Chef! Celebrity Jeopardy! Plus the new shows Ultimate Baking Championship and Age of Attraction (which I'll review). All shows/details:
Docs and specials this week include the Love is Blind reunion, during which the Lacheys will attempt to ask questions; Melania, during which Amazon will attempt to recoup some of the $75 million it wasted on that tripe; and E!'s Dirty Rotten Scandals on Top Model. Details/times:
True! I guess I mean that they seem to think that just eavesdropping on them is enough, when that's really not. Kind of like how networks thought having celebrities host reality TV shows would bring viewers, but forgot to cast celebrities who could actually host.
Wild how many celebrity podcast hosts think that their conversations are interesting by default.
On TOC 7 episode 2, the second icon was revealed, Mustache Joe revealed he married a TOC fan, and Britt cooked with hunter sauce and ended our backstage nightmares. Here's my recap. #TournamentOfChampions #TOC7
It may seem to us like they're all on top of each other, and couldn't possibly miss things we see, but not really. I added that to my behind-the-scenes story:
Fun Traitors tidbit: The interview rooms are all over the castle, and can be a five-minute walk away from other filming areas, Candiace said on Watch What Crappens:
ICYMI: Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV. #AmazingRace #BelowDeck
Reminded about these screenshots I have in my phone for no particular reason today #TAR37
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Disappointed to see that Pluto no longer has all 49 seasons of Survivor streaming free; that was a Survivor 50 stunt. But nine seasons are still on demand, free. Details:
ICYMI: Is Paramount+'s new dating show from the producers of Love is Blind going to be another Love Island? Or is there something more sinister here? #ParamountPlus #MakingLove
If you're still using Substack, have you tried subscribing to your own publication lately to see what it's like?
Like how the entire process is about Substack 1) annoying your new reader and 2) trying to them to make use the Substack app, where your paying subscribers become theirs, not yours?
I've seen a lot of Traitors US 4 parodies but this is by far the most on-the-nose 😂
I'm sure there were more than 13 negative pieces, just with recaps alone, never mind social media. If they want to claim that the edit damaged them, maybe actually analyze that?
That whole section is so weird. Like, claiming Phil saying Jonathan was "tough" on Ana is "without precedent"? Hello, Jonathan and Victoria! And alleging "a sustained media effort to disseminate negative media coverage" doesn't even make sense.
AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP America's Culinary Cup keeps reaching for something new and shiny, yet it frustratingly stays in Top Chef's orbit, from the attempts to create chef-on-chef drama to the Dawn Powerwash logo adorning the sleeve of the otherwise stately, gold-lined chef coats. reality blurred « reviews › recaps recs reveals
Padma Lakshmi created CBS's America's Culinary Cup because the genre "was ready for a shakeup ... something new and different." I agree! So far, it's just Top Chef, with some improvements, some missteps.
My review: https://www.realityb...
Jonathan and Ana from The Amazing Race 37 want $8 million, and Emile from Below Deck season 3 wants $850 million, all for the way they were portrayed on TV. #AmazingRace #BelowDeck
Why do so many people write Padma Lakshmi’s first name as “Parma”—was a question I just had until autocorrect changed Padma to “Parma” and now I get it.
ICYMI: On Survivor 50 episode 2, another fantastic episode, we got two challenges; lots of time at camp, including strategy; and more fourth wall breaks. #Survivor50 #RealityTV
ICYMI: America’s Culinary Cup, CBS’s new competition, will be compared to Bravo’s Top Chef, so let’s start there. Not only are the two shows directly competing—Top Chef: Hopefully No Plantations This Time premieres next week on Bravo—but America’s Culinary Cup invites… #AmericasCulinaryCup #TopChef
ICYMI: Vanderpump Rules season 12's cast of hot, dumb SUR employees delivered the perfect balance of inane fights over inconsequential things. I still can't tell the OnlyFans cousins (or anyone else) apart, but I want more. #VanderpumpRules #RealityTV
ICYMI: I love blind judging but not Love is Blind, and I'm glad some viewers are no longer blind to unconscious biases on The Traitors and I wish I had a different word here than "blind." #LoveIsBlind #RealityTV
Interestingly, there's another case from a reality star representing himself, and the judge's opinions seem quite annoyed at him getting everything so very wrong.
