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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 1h

Andrew Jarecki's latest #HBO doc takes testimony from incarcerated men in Alabama. Should you look inside?

The Alabama Solution: “We’re at a humanitarian-crisis level”

Andrew Jarecki's latest #HBO doc takes testimony from incarcerated men in Alabama. Should you look inside?

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 1h

It's a reasonable question! I'd love to listen in on that conversation, or the "let's rename a cable channel 'Paramount+ with Showtime'" conversation, to see how much internal dissent and/or head-to-wall banging there was from people who, you know, get it.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 4h

I wonder if the quiet announcement was accidental, especially since very little has been updated to reflect that change.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 4h

Apple TV+'s "vibrant new identity" as Apple TV, not to be confused with Apple TV, is going well:

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 6h

Ha!

Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 8h

ICYMI: Here are the 32 chefs competing in #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, the second edition of TOC we'll get this year, woo hoo!

Here are the #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas chefs, teams, and format

Here are the 32 chefs competing in #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, the second edition of TOC we'll get this year, woo hoo!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 15h

On #BelowDeckMediterranean S10 E3, Max learned what it was like to work with him, thanks to Christian and Tessa, and the crew got super-horny.

Below Deck Med recap: Max comes face to face with his past

On #BelowDeckMediterranean S10 E3, Max learned what it was like to work with him, thanks to Christian and Tessa, and the crew got super-horny.

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 16h

Absolutely tore through every episode of this show that we could find when we were researching the book. An astonishing resource and time capsule of gay New York before AIDS, its existence seems impossible today. Highly recommended. Gem after gem in terms of interview subjects.

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 16h

If you are interested in old New York gay history, watch old episodes of The Emerald City, the first TV show made for gay and trans people. 1977, right before AIDS. My old film teacher Gene Stavis produced and interviewed in it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQW...

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 20h

#AmazingRace38 E3 "Cry and Rally" made me cry with how often TAR 38's Big Brother teams say "let's go"—and how they're aligning with each other.

#AmazingRace38: Let’s go…insane with that phrase and Big Brother alliances

#AmazingRace38 E3 "Cry and Rally" made me cry with how often TAR 38's Big Brother teams say "let's go"—and how they're aligning with each other.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 20h

A great message on Indigenous Peoples Day—or any day. www.instagram.com/reel/DPwDYlI...

indigenousiconyang on Instagram

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Anna Menta @annamenta.bsky.social · 1d

This. I believe every entertainment journalist right now has a responsibility to confront anyone working with Rowling, if only to spread awareness. If you're being forced to cover the new Potter HBO show, I hope you'll include constant, repeated references to Rowling's extreme, daily hate.

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 3d

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: i don’t think most people are aware of just how extreme Rowlings views and actions are

Decider @deciderdotcom.bsky.social · 3d

Keira Knightley was "not aware" of 'Harry Potter' boycott when she joined audiobook cast for JK Rowling series: "I'm very sorry"

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 1d

Now that Big Brother is over, try a competition that brought back the summer fun missing from network reality TV: the revival of Smosh Summer Games on #YouTube. Marshal Knight reviews.

Smosh Summer Games: The best summer competition was on #YouTube

Now that Big Brother is over, try a competition that brought back the summer fun missing from network reality TV: the revival of Smosh Summer Games on #YouTube. Marshal Knight reviews.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 1d

ICYMI: Alice Crimmins, Leo Koretz, bad science, the return of Best American Crime Writing, and more in our reading round-up.

Read-Handed: A Ponzi prequel and felony slut-shaming

Alice Crimmins, Leo Koretz, bad science, the return of Best American Crime Writing, and more in our reading round-up.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 1d

Here are the 32 chefs competing in #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, the second edition of TOC we'll get this year, woo hoo!

Here are the #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas chefs, teams, and format

Here are the 32 chefs competing in #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, the second edition of TOC we'll get this year, woo hoo!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 2d

ICYMI: My review of #AppleTV's Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, which gives us access to chefs competing for recognition, and really works well when it works!

Knife Edge review: a real-life, sporadically thrilling competition

My review of #AppleTV's Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, which gives us access to chefs competing for recognition, and really works well when it works!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 2d

Alice Crimmins, Leo Koretz, bad science, the return of Best American Crime Writing, and more in our reading round-up.

Read-Handed: A Ponzi prequel and felony slut-shaming

Alice Crimmins, Leo Koretz, bad science, the return of Best American Crime Writing, and more in our reading round-up.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 3d

ICYMI: Plus Harold Schechter has notes on The Ed Gein Story, and a lady preacher goes missing.

Escaping cults and sentencing Combs

Plus Harold Schechter has notes on The Ed Gein Story, and a lady preacher goes missing.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 3d

My review of #AppleTV's Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, which gives us access to chefs competing for recognition, and really works well when it works!

Knife Edge review: a real-life, sporadically thrilling competition

My review of #AppleTV's Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars, which gives us access to chefs competing for recognition, and really works well when it works!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 3d

ICYMI: On #Survivor49 episode 3, "Loveable Losers," our host once again got to talk to a doctor over a writhing, possibly dying player, and the tribe of "loveable losers" lived up to that name. Let's recap this mess!

#Survivor49 recap: a snake and a host shattered the fourth wall

On #Survivor49 episode 3, "Loveable Losers," our host once again got to talk to a doctor over a writhing, possibly dying player, and the tribe of "loveable losers" lived up to that name. Let's recap this mess!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 4d

ICYMI: All my #Survivor49 recaps, with the detailed analysis, snarky commentary, and dumb jokes you've come to expect from me.

#Survivor49 recaps and reviews

All my #Survivor49 recaps, with the detailed analysis, snarky commentary, and dumb jokes you've come to expect from me.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 4d

Plus Harold Schechter has notes on The Ed Gein Story, and a lady preacher goes missing.

Escaping cults and sentencing Combs

Plus Harold Schechter has notes on The Ed Gein Story, and a lady preacher goes missing.

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 4d

ICYMI: #DancingwiththeStars34 episode 4 was Disney Night in the ballroom, and Marshal Knight recaps how successful—and gay!—the synergy was. (Super gay!)

Dancing with the Stars recap: Disney night’s super-gay synergistic spectacle

#DancingwiththeStars34 episode 4 was Disney Night in the ballroom, and Marshal Knight recaps how successful—and gay!—the synergy was. (Super gay!)

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 5d

Commenter: “this was borderline cringe.” I assume they mean my recap but also applies to the episode so join me for a lot of cringe!!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 5d

On #Survivor49 episode 3, "Loveable Losers," our host once again got to talk to a doctor over a writhing, possibly dying player, and the tribe of "loveable losers" lived up to that name. Let's recap this mess!

#Survivor49 recap: a snake and a host shattered the fourth wall

On #Survivor49 episode 3, "Loveable Losers," our host once again got to talk to a doctor over a writhing, possibly dying player, and the tribe of "loveable losers" lived up to that name. Let's recap this mess!

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Andy Dehnart @andydehnart.com · 5d

ICYMI: On today’s show: the happy accident I made when I started writing about reality TV on the internet, and how that connects to why I think Substack is full of shit and not the best place for your writing.

My happy blogging accident

On today’s show: the happy accident I made when I started writing about reality TV on the internet, and how that connects to why I think Substack is full of shit and not the best place for your writing.

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