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Andy Dehnart’s Biography

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Andy Dehnart’s writing on television, culture, and media has appeared on NPR and in Playboy, The Daily Beast, and other publications.

Andy serves as vice president of the Television Critics Association, and also publishes and writes reality blurred, which has, since 2000, offered his impassioned analysis and original reporting on television’s newest genre. It “revels in the post-ironic pleasures of reality television,” as The New York Times said.

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Andy Dehnart’s Journalist Portfolio

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Forget the pounds. 'The Biggest Loser' tries to shed critics of its weight-loss plan

Forget the pounds. 'The Biggest Loser' tries to shed critics of its weight-loss plan

In early 2016, after 12 years and 17 seasons on NBC, the weight-loss reality show "The Biggest Loser" quietly…

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How Could Survivor Have Screwed Up This Badly?

How Could Survivor Have Screwed Up This Badly?

"Two hours of riveting Survivor." That's how host and showrunner Jeff Probst teased two early November episod…

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Saving Critical Thinking, One Joke at a Time

Saving Critical Thinking, One Joke at a Time

Before Adam Conover ever got his own television show, he got a cake. It was decorated with his face: photorea…

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Do Reality Competitions Need Big-Name Hosts?

Do Reality Competitions Need Big-Name Hosts?

Project Runway is losing its stars, but will it matter if the format is strong enough? The histories of shows…

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Can Food Network Survive in the Age of Netflix Cooking Shows?

Can Food Network Survive in the Age of Netflix Cooking Shows?

On food TV, It’s Netflix versus Food Network.

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'Bachelor in Paradise' producer discusses talks with cast about alcohol and consent

'Bachelor in Paradise' producer discusses talks with cast about alcohol and consent

But there was an alcohol limit imposed during production, though it isn't a permanent rule. "It's trial and e…

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Bobby Flay’s The Line review: a fun face-off that’s more process than food

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Bobby Flay’s latest Bobby Flay Food Network competition, Bobby Flay’s The Line, is effectively Beat Bobby Flay: Restaurant Edition, with Bobby Flay and three chefs facing off against four others.
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Below Deck Med 11 episode 14 recap: BD is for vendetta

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At the start of Below Deck Mediterranean, we couldn’t know one of its central cast members would be wanted in two countries, but it would have been a safe bet the police boat featured in the trailer would be nothing. And it was: Croatian cops wanted to ticket the yacht for blasting loud music after 23:00, and somehow Captain Sandy talked them into a warning by just saying, “I promise.” Does she talk about how to get out of tickets in one of her keynotes?
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Can Maura and Rob make I’m a Celebrity… work in the US?

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The Traitors’ season four’s Maura Higgins and Rob Rausch will host Peacock’s new version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, tentatively titled Get Me Out of Here. You may recall that I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! has been attempted twice in the US: on ABC in 2003, and NBC in 2009. ABC’s version faded fast, while the NBC version was consumed by Heidi and Spencer trying to get attention—though the show’s winner, Survivor fan Lou Diamond Phillips, told me he didn’t think they were acting.
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Awards

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists

2023 - Excellence in Blogging Award
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Los Angeles Press Club Award

2021 - National A&E Journalism Award

Entertainment Blog by an Individual Not Tied to an Organization Andy Dehnart, Reality Blurred, “Shark Week and Sharkfest’s experts are mostly white men. Why? And does it matter?” Judges’ comment: Andy Dehnart's piece shines a light where many may not have been looking and asks why science content so clearly fails to be inclusive when the resources to do so are there, staying true to that old journalism maxim, "comfort the afflicted, afflict the comfortable."

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