Andy Dehnart

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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?

"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

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?

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?

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

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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Review: The Keepers and S-Town are not about murders. They're about survivors. - reality blurred

Both Netflix's documentary reality series The Keepers and the Serial Productions podcast Shit-Town, or S-Town…

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Forget 100 days — we’ve been watching this Trump for years

Watching “The Apprentice” episode after episode, season after season, revealed a different Trump — a version …

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Fact-checking a scene from CBS' Hunted

How does CBS’ Hunted work? How do the hunters get access to private information? CBS wouldn’t grant an interv…

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After facing some big challenges, Marc Summers is back for the 30th anniversary of 'Double Dare'

Marc Summers stood in front of a giant prop nose filled with goo. He was explaining to '90s Nickelodeon star …

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Why there is less reality TV on television this fall

If viewers are looking for "The Amazing Race" this fall, they can stop. Although the 29th season of the globe…

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'Married at First Sight,' Now in a Lasting Relationship

Shortly after marrying a complete stranger in a small hotel conference room, Jamie Otis excused herself, walk…

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Will Shark Week Get Back to Reality This Year?

Can a former Disney executive undo the damage to a cable network's reputation caused by an extinct shark? Tha…

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How Survivor challenges are constructed

In the nine years and 19 - yes, 19 - seasons has been on air, "challenges" have become a hallmark of the Emmy…

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Survivor Spy Exposed

In 2009, Survivor’s producer filed a secret lawsuit to discover who had been leaking spoilers about the show.…

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The Curse of Reality TV

For this feature story, I went behind the scenes of A&E’s Hoarders and spent a weekend with a former Survivo…

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Reality on the High Seas

The environmental activist group Sea Shepherd took two boats to the Faroe Islands last summer, trying to stop…

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