Andy Dehnart
@andydehnart.com
Writer, TV critic, creator of realityblurred.com, TCA president, writing coach, husband, cat dad, improviser, runner, lover of em dashes and roller coasters. More at andydehnart.com! 🏳️🌈 He/him
Day 7 of the 🎁 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
Day 7 of the 🎁 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
buttondown.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Day 7 of the 🎁 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
ICYMI: Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas episode four started the quarterfinal round, and featured two face-offs, with the Randomizer delivering mincemeat and an aebleskiver pan. #TOCAllStarChristmas #TournamentOfChampions
TOC All-Star Christmas quarterfinals deliver surprises, stress, and laughs
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas episode four started the quarterfinal round, and featured two face-offs, with the Randomizer delivering mincemeat and an aebleskiver pan.
www.realityblurred.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
ICYMI: Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas episode four started the quarterfinal round, and featured two face-offs, with the Randomizer delivering mincemeat and an aebleskiver pan. #TOCAllStarChristmas #TournamentOfChampions
ICYMI: What makes shows like Survivor and The Traitors better, more artistic shows? I think it's the way they fake some scenes—without affecting the game. #RealityTV #Survivor
Why faked scenes make The Traitors and Survivor better
What makes shows like Survivor and The Traitors better, more artistic shows? I think it's the way they fake some scenes—without affecting the game.
www.realityblurred.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
ICYMI: What makes shows like Survivor and The Traitors better, more artistic shows? I think it's the way they fake some scenes—without affecting the game. #RealityTV #Survivor
ICYMI: Dancing with the Stars 34's winner was not unexpected nor undeserved, but the real surprise was the three-hour finale was packed with great dancing, ending a fantastic season, as Marshal Knight writes here. #DWTS #DancingWithTheStars
DWTS 34’s dazzling finale: stress diarrhea dances and a deserving winner
Dancing with the Stars 34's winner was not unexpected nor undeserved, but the real surprise was the three-hour finale was packed with great dancing, ending a fantastic season, as Marshal Knight writes here.
www.realityblurred.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
ICYMI: Dancing with the Stars 34's winner was not unexpected nor undeserved, but the real surprise was the three-hour finale was packed with great dancing, ending a fantastic season, as Marshal Knight writes here. #DWTS #DancingWithTheStars
If you need something to distract the family/distract you from the family today, here are three shows you can stream: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UDAfQH/
a cartoon of garfield and friends sits in a living room
ALT: a cartoon of garfield and friends sits in a living room
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If you need something to distract the family/distract you from the family today, here are three shows you can stream: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UDAfQH/
Day 6 of the 🦃 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
Day 6 of the 🦃 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
buttondown.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Day 6 of the 🦃 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
Was the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade always a nonstop, uh, parade of advertisements? I guess it’s named for a desperate store so…
November 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Was the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade always a nonstop, uh, parade of advertisements? I guess it’s named for a desperate store so…
Emotional breakdowns, teeter-tottering, performative grandstanding: yes, it's a holiday eve on Survivor 49 episode 10. Let's recap the betrayals and blusters! #Survivor49 #RealityTV
Survivor 49 recap: a turducken—or piecaken—of an episode
Emotional breakdowns, teeter-tottering, performative grandstanding: yes, it's a holiday eve on Survivor 49 episode 10. Let's recap the betrayals and blusters!
www.realityblurred.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Emotional breakdowns, teeter-tottering, performative grandstanding: yes, it's a holiday eve on Survivor 49 episode 10. Let's recap the betrayals and blusters! #Survivor49 #RealityTV
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas episode four started the quarterfinal round, and featured two face-offs, with the Randomizer delivering mincemeat and an aebleskiver pan. #TournamentOfChampions #AllStarChristmas
TOC All-Star Christmas quarterfinals deliver surprises, stress, and laughs
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas episode four started the quarterfinal round, and featured two face-offs, with the Randomizer delivering mincemeat and an aebleskiver pan.
www.realityblurred.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas episode four started the quarterfinal round, and featured two face-offs, with the Randomizer delivering mincemeat and an aebleskiver pan. #TournamentOfChampions #AllStarChristmas
#Survivor 50 cast spoiler (which I don't think is a spoiler but 🤷♂️)...
...Survivor 49's main character Rizo is insufferable, basically admitting he's here for the screen time and performance, and yet he's having a good enough time that you can see exactly why Jeff Probst cast him for Survivor 50.
...Survivor 49's main character Rizo is insufferable, basically admitting he's here for the screen time and performance, and yet he's having a good enough time that you can see exactly why Jeff Probst cast him for Survivor 50.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
#Survivor 50 cast spoiler (which I don't think is a spoiler but 🤷♂️)...
...Survivor 49's main character Rizo is insufferable, basically admitting he's here for the screen time and performance, and yet he's having a good enough time that you can see exactly why Jeff Probst cast him for Survivor 50.
...Survivor 49's main character Rizo is insufferable, basically admitting he's here for the screen time and performance, and yet he's having a good enough time that you can see exactly why Jeff Probst cast him for Survivor 50.
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Full details on the incredible ratings for Tuesday's DANCING WITH THE STARS finale. What an amazing triumph for broadcast TV *and* streaming.
www.vulture.com/article/all-...
www.vulture.com/article/all-...
All the Ratings Superlatives for Robert Irwin’s DWTS Finale
Viewers in the under-35 demo haven’t tuned in like this since the ‘Friends’ finale.
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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ICYMI: Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black. #TrueCrime #JohnnyCash
How much true crime is on Johnny Cash’s acting c.v.?
Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black.
www.realityblurred.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
ICYMI: Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black. #TrueCrime #JohnnyCash
What makes shows like Survivor and The Traitors better, more artistic shows? I think it's the way they fake some scenes—without affecting the game. #RealityTV #Survivor
Why faked scenes make The Traitors and Survivor better
What makes shows like Survivor and The Traitors better, more artistic shows? I think it's the way they fake some scenes—without affecting the game.
www.realityblurred.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What makes shows like Survivor and The Traitors better, more artistic shows? I think it's the way they fake some scenes—without affecting the game. #RealityTV #Survivor
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thanks @andydehnart.com -- and it's just in time for the gift-card discount! 10% off through Boxing Day; $90 gets you $100 -- and $100 gets you a LOT at a secondhand shop. exhibitbbooks.com/products/the...
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
thanks @andydehnart.com -- and it's just in time for the gift-card discount! 10% off through Boxing Day; $90 gets you $100 -- and $100 gets you a LOT at a secondhand shop. exhibitbbooks.com/products/the...
Day 5 of the 🇺🇸 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
Day 5 of the 🇺🇸 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
buttondown.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Day 5 of the 🇺🇸 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
I updated my reality TV gift guide for 2025, with @taranarmstrong.bsky.social's brand-new book and @sarahdbunting.bsky.social's awesome bookstore, among other new additions, like your very own Dr. Pimple Popper patient.
Plus, thoughts about not buying anything despite my Amazon affiliate links!
Plus, thoughts about not buying anything despite my Amazon affiliate links!
Fun gift ideas for reality TV show fans—updated for 2024!
Gift ideas for reality show fans including Love is Blind wine glasses; Forged in Fire knives, a Survivor voting pen; coloring and trivia books; and more.
www.realityblurred.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I updated my reality TV gift guide for 2025, with @taranarmstrong.bsky.social's brand-new book and @sarahdbunting.bsky.social's awesome bookstore, among other new additions, like your very own Dr. Pimple Popper patient.
Plus, thoughts about not buying anything despite my Amazon affiliate links!
Plus, thoughts about not buying anything despite my Amazon affiliate links!
Dancing with the Stars 34's winner was not unexpected nor undeserved, but the real surprise was the three-hour finale was packed with great dancing, ending a fantastic season, as Marshal Knight writes here. #DWTS34 #DancingWithTheStars
DWTS 34’s dazzling finale: stress diarrhea dances and a deserving winner
Dancing with the Stars 34's winner was not unexpected nor undeserved, but the real surprise was the three-hour finale was packed with great dancing, ending a fantastic season, as Marshal Knight writes here.
www.realityblurred.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Dancing with the Stars 34's winner was not unexpected nor undeserved, but the real surprise was the three-hour finale was packed with great dancing, ending a fantastic season, as Marshal Knight writes here. #DWTS34 #DancingWithTheStars
ICYMI: On Below Deck Mediterranean season 10 episode 9, Captain Sandy blew up at Nathan, Kizzi blew up Max's chances with Cathy, and a big ol' jerk got on board the yacht. #BelowDeckMed #BelowDeckMediterranean
Below Deck Med recap: Kizzi kisses for all women, a skid mark of a guest
On Below Deck Mediterranean season 10 episode 9, Captain Sandy blew up at Nathan, Kizzi blew up Max's chances with Cathy, and a big ol' jerk got on board the yacht.
www.realityblurred.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
ICYMI: On Below Deck Mediterranean season 10 episode 9, Captain Sandy blew up at Nathan, Kizzi blew up Max's chances with Cathy, and a big ol' jerk got on board the yacht. #BelowDeckMed #BelowDeckMediterranean
If you've been away from #DWTS for a while, you may be surprised that the show just turned out one of its all-time best episodes last week, as Marshal Knight explores here:
Dancing with the Stars 34 gifted us an electric, legendary episode
Dancing with the Stars 34 episode 10 was, Marshal Knight writes in this recap, an amazing episode of competition with passionate competitors, and ended with a stunning elimination.
www.realityblurred.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
If you've been away from #DWTS for a while, you may be surprised that the show just turned out one of its all-time best episodes last week, as Marshal Knight explores here:
ICYMI: Kevin Smokler reviews Caroline Fraser's investigation of serial killers and environmental toxicity. #Murderland #TrueCrime
Murderland: “You cannot look away because she doesn’t”
Kevin Smokler reviews Caroline Fraser's investigation of serial killers and environmental toxicity.
www.realityblurred.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ICYMI: Kevin Smokler reviews Caroline Fraser's investigation of serial killers and environmental toxicity. #Murderland #TrueCrime
Day 4 of the 👵🏻 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
Day 4 of the 👵🏻 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
buttondown.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Day 4 of the 👵🏻 13 Days of Recommended Holiday Reality TV ✨
Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black. #TrueCrime #JohnnyCash
How much true crime is on Johnny Cash’s acting c.v.?
Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black.
www.realityblurred.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Margaret Howie runs the true-crime résumé numbers on The Man In Black. #TrueCrime #JohnnyCash
Today, Facebook showed me a post from a Survivor "entertainment website" (i.e. Facebook page only) that has almost 50,000 followers. Their latest: a rage-bait post about how people miss "Come on in, guys!". It has thousands of likes and hundreds of comments from fans still livid four years later.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Today, Facebook showed me a post from a Survivor "entertainment website" (i.e. Facebook page only) that has almost 50,000 followers. Their latest: a rage-bait post about how people miss "Come on in, guys!". It has thousands of likes and hundreds of comments from fans still livid four years later.
On Below Deck Mediterranean season 10 episode 9, Captain Sandy blew up at Nathan, Kizzi blew up Max's chances with Cathy, and a big ol' jerk got on board the yacht. #BelowDeckMed #RealityTV
Below Deck Med recap: Kizzi kisses for all women, a skid mark of a guest
On Below Deck Mediterranean season 10 episode 9, Captain Sandy blew up at Nathan, Kizzi blew up Max's chances with Cathy, and a big ol' jerk got on board the yacht.
www.realityblurred.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
On Below Deck Mediterranean season 10 episode 9, Captain Sandy blew up at Nathan, Kizzi blew up Max's chances with Cathy, and a big ol' jerk got on board the yacht. #BelowDeckMed #RealityTV
Reposted by Andy Dehnart
