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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.
Interesting that they're going with "we caught them cheating and then they punished us," and then alleging libel and actual malice.
Also interesting that they're representing themselves. So who wrote this complaint?
Every reality TV contract I've ever seen is like: We'll fictionalize you, make you look like an idiot, destroy your life, and use your real name: www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/20...
I don't know if those clauses have ever been tested legally?
(It's totally going to be an AI fucktoy show, I just know it!)
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
New show for Paramount+ from Love is Blind's producers: "Making Love ... a bold new relationship experiment, where singles take their destiny into their own hands and attempt to turn their desires into a lifetime of love"
🤨 Is this...? Could it...? Please don't let this be AI chatbot love...
I'm reading a mix of reactions to America's Culinary Cup, from the done-with-this types to the love-its. I wonder if that's partially due to it being on CBS, and bringing in Survivor viewers—or those more familiar with network food competition, e.g. Masterchef.
SURVIVOR So what do the If someone else finds producers do with it-and it was about as the fake idol that well-concealed as the Devens hid while stain on Christian's Christian tripped, pants-they'll have destroying his body found a legit hidden once again for idol wrapper and Survivor? Leave it instructions. Then there? Only put it back again, they'll when that tribe is at probably chuck it in Tribal Council? Is there the fire when they a rule about this? read "Billie Eilish" because that's so ridiculous, it must be fake. reality blurred reviews « recaps › recs reveals
Another amazing episode of #Survivor50, and lots of seeds planted for the future—including a fake idol!
The only thing that scares me about that are e-mail software or platforms that don't show images and/or tracking by default—and that includes me! I'd hope I'd notice if something I loved disappeared, though.
Woo hoo! And yeah, it took me a while to appreciate this, but now when someone unsubscribes, it's easy for me to say: all good, friend! If they're not into what I'm doing, then they shouldn't be on the list!
Yeah, Kristen is the best part of Top Chef these days!
ICYMI: America's Culinary Cup judges score chef contestants dishes numerically—but the show does not have blind judging. I asked Padma Lakshmi why not. #AmericasCulinaryCup #PadmaLakshmi
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
A person in a purple t-shirt and glasses looking off into the distance while standing in the jungle. The words: "I've entered the pantheon-the history of people whose pants have become unexpectedly colored" —Christian Hubicki, making Survivor 50 episode 2 memorable with its own version of "Oops! | Crapped My Pants"
Poor Christian! We've all been there. Some of us tonight, during #Survivor, in solidarity! 💩
No spoilers! It's a review, not a recap. That said, I do mention things about the set and location, and two structural things about challenges—one for this episode and one for next week's. So if don't want to know anything, read after you watch tonight!
