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
Below Deck Med charter guest Joe and his matchmaker held their own version of The Bachelor onboard, while deckhand Joe is trying to play his own version below deck.
Below Deck Med turns into The Bachelor
Below Deck Med charter guest Joe and his matchmaker held their own version of The Bachelor onboard, while deckhand Joe is trying to play his own version below deck.
www.realityblurred.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Below Deck Med charter guest Joe and his matchmaker held their own version of The Bachelor onboard, while deckhand Joe is trying to play his own version below deck.
The following is a documentary short about what happens when I encounter someone referring to all newsletters as "Substacks" or saying/writing, "I have a Substack."
a little girl is making a funny face while holding a toothbrush .
Alt: a little girl is making an angry, squished face while waving a brush angrily, ending with her shaking her head
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The following is a documentary short about what happens when I encounter someone referring to all newsletters as "Substacks" or saying/writing, "I have a Substack."
"Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay" and "My Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story" are among the many documentaries and specials premiering this week, including several focused on veterans.
Fall 2025 documentaries and reality TV specials
Your guide to fall 2025 reality TV specials and televised documentaries, from Roberto Clemente to the Lilith Fair. I frequently update this list so you’ll know what’s coming and where to watch.
www.realityblurred.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay" and "My Nightmare Stalker: The Eva LaRue Story" are among the many documentaries and specials premiering this week, including several focused on veterans.
This week: new seasons of Selling the OC and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the return the super-fun Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown, and HGTV’s new Hoarding for the Holidays. Details + all reality TV premieres:
Fall 2025 reality TV schedule and guide
Here’s your fall 2025 reality TV schedule! I’ve listed all the reality TV, doc series, and game show premieres on broadcast, cable, and streaming, and I’ll keep updating it as the weather turns cooler.
www.realityblurred.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This week: new seasons of Selling the OC and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the return the super-fun Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown, and HGTV’s new Hoarding for the Holidays. Details + all reality TV premieres:
The new ID/HBO Max series on murders for hire isn't a work of staggering genius or anything – but it has an energy that most series like it don't. Should you give it a look?
Who Hired the Hitman? is a snide surprise
The new ID/HBO Max series on murders for hire isn't a work of staggering genius or anything – but it has an energy that most series like it don't. Should you give it a look?
www.realityblurred.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The new ID/HBO Max series on murders for hire isn't a work of staggering genius or anything – but it has an energy that most series like it don't. Should you give it a look?
The winner of #TheGreatBritishbakingShow collection 13, season 16 came down to a close finish based on this finale and the massive cakes the bakers created for their final challenge.
Bake-Off’s final three challenges really challenged the final three
The winner of #TheGreatBritishbakingShow collection 13, season 16 came down to a close finish based on this finale and the massive cakes the bakers created for their final challenge.
www.realityblurred.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The winner of #TheGreatBritishbakingShow collection 13, season 16 came down to a close finish based on this finale and the massive cakes the bakers created for their final challenge.
Just say no to giving Joanne's work more money and attention
Why Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking is not all ‘magical’
While Food Network’s Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking season two will celebrate the characters and settings and awe and wonder from the books, I’m guessing season two won’t tell you this.
www.realityblurred.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Just say no to giving Joanne's work more money and attention
ICYMI: If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend.
You’ve watched Death By Lightning. What’s next?
If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend.
www.realityblurred.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
ICYMI: If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend.
I really wish my neighborhood would stop calling their e-mail list "eblasts," because I can't laugh this much every time they talk about their eblasting.
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I really wish my neighborhood would stop calling their e-mail list "eblasts," because I can't laugh this much every time they talk about their eblasting.
Dear Target: Treating your employees like crap is not the way to get us to come back. Enjoy your continued financial failure: that's what you get for abandoning your customers and your values.
Target mandates worker smiles, friendliness to boost sales
Target Corp. is leaning into “Minnesota Nice.” The Minneapolis-based retailer has a new directive for store employees: If a shopper comes within 10 feet of you, then make sure you smile, make eye cont...
www.spokesman.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Dear Target: Treating your employees like crap is not the way to get us to come back. Enjoy your continued financial failure: that's what you get for abandoning your customers and your values.
Reposted by Andy Dehnart
As of RIGHT NOW, it's 12am AEDT on Sunday, 9th November. In other words: it's the dawning of Day 1 in the Big Brother Australia House!
The new Housemates have already been settling in for a few hours – and in 19 more hours, we'll finally get to meet them for the first time! #BBAU #BigBrother #BBSky
The new Housemates have already been settling in for a few hours – and in 19 more hours, we'll finally get to meet them for the first time! #BBAU #BigBrother #BBSky
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
As of RIGHT NOW, it's 12am AEDT on Sunday, 9th November. In other words: it's the dawning of Day 1 in the Big Brother Australia House!
The new Housemates have already been settling in for a few hours – and in 19 more hours, we'll finally get to meet them for the first time! #BBAU #BigBrother #BBSky
The new Housemates have already been settling in for a few hours – and in 19 more hours, we'll finally get to meet them for the first time! #BBAU #BigBrother #BBSky
ICYMI: In Romania, #AmazingRace38 teams reached new heights, both while skydiving and while screaming "let's go" so much my brain started to melt.
#AmazingRace38 recap: a skydiving equalizer, meltdowns, and manure
In Romania, #AmazingRace38 teams reached new heights, both while skydiving and while screaming "let's go" so much my brain started to melt.
www.realityblurred.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
ICYMI: In Romania, #AmazingRace38 teams reached new heights, both while skydiving and while screaming "let's go" so much my brain started to melt.
If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend.
You’ve watched Death By Lightning. What’s next?
If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend.
www.realityblurred.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you liked Netflix's four-part docudrama on the Garfield assassination, we've got further reading for your weekend.
ICYMI: #Survivor49 gave us the new era's first real merge, thank the Survivor gods, though there was some earn nonsense stuffed in there. And the merged tribe did not disappoint with its game play.
#Survivor49 recap: A real merge! And an unpredictable vote!
#Survivor49 gave us the new era's first real merge, thank the Survivor gods, though there was some earn nonsense stuffed in there. And the merged tribe did not disappoint with its game play.
www.realityblurred.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
ICYMI: #Survivor49 gave us the new era's first real merge, thank the Survivor gods, though there was some earn nonsense stuffed in there. And the merged tribe did not disappoint with its game play.
ICYMI: On the first #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, six teams of two faced off, Shirley Chung and Tobias Dorzon returned, and Hunter Fieri did an impression of a lump of coal. Here's my recap!
TOC All-Star Christmas recap: How did the first festive face-offs go?
On the first #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, six teams of two faced off, Shirley Chung and Tobias Dorzon returned, and Hunter Fieri did an impression of a lump of coal. Here's my recap!
www.realityblurred.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
ICYMI: On the first #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, six teams of two faced off, Shirley Chung and Tobias Dorzon returned, and Hunter Fieri did an impression of a lump of coal. Here's my recap!
Reposted by Andy Dehnart
Expert, respectful trans healthcare is so important!!
Help Point of Pride collect data to support joyful, hopeful healthcare initiatives for trans people.
Open to all trans and non-binary people age 18+ who live within the United States.
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Help Point of Pride collect data to support joyful, hopeful healthcare initiatives for trans people.
Open to all trans and non-binary people age 18+ who live within the United States.
d2qjdd04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/UB+23284...
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Expert, respectful trans healthcare is so important!!
Help Point of Pride collect data to support joyful, hopeful healthcare initiatives for trans people.
Open to all trans and non-binary people age 18+ who live within the United States.
d2qjdd04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/UB+23284...
Help Point of Pride collect data to support joyful, hopeful healthcare initiatives for trans people.
Open to all trans and non-binary people age 18+ who live within the United States.
d2qjdd04.na1.hs-sales-engage.com/Ctc/UB+23284...
I'm glad this show was made solely so Liz could write this 🔥 review. Examples:
- "Kardashian does a good job of not looking into the camera when she says her lines"
- "One can only assume they weren’t shown the scripts in advance. Because the alternative is that they never learned how to read."
- "Kardashian does a good job of not looking into the camera when she says her lines"
- "One can only assume they weren’t shown the scripts in advance. Because the alternative is that they never learned how to read."
Man, I really used to be in the bag for most Ryan Murphy shows but #AllsFair is really unforgivable. consequence.net/2025/11/alls...
Ryan Murphy Used to Win Emmys. All’s Fair Is Genuinely One of the Worst Shows of the Year
There's a big difference between camp and whatever the hell this is.
consequence.net
November 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I'm glad this show was made solely so Liz could write this 🔥 review. Examples:
- "Kardashian does a good job of not looking into the camera when she says her lines"
- "One can only assume they weren’t shown the scripts in advance. Because the alternative is that they never learned how to read."
- "Kardashian does a good job of not looking into the camera when she says her lines"
- "One can only assume they weren’t shown the scripts in advance. Because the alternative is that they never learned how to read."
Reposted by Andy Dehnart
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
In Romania, #AmazingRace38 teams reached new heights, both while skydiving and while screaming "let's go" so much my brain started to melt.
#AmazingRace38 recap: a skydiving equalizer, meltdowns, and manure
In Romania, #AmazingRace38 teams reached new heights, both while skydiving and while screaming "let's go" so much my brain started to melt.
www.realityblurred.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
In Romania, #AmazingRace38 teams reached new heights, both while skydiving and while screaming "let's go" so much my brain started to melt.
ICYMI: What Jeff Probst told Survivor 49's players before the merge may change this season, but also says something ominous about this group and/or the casting.
Will these 22 words improve—or wreck—Survivor 49’s post-merge?
What Jeff Probst told Survivor 49's players before the merge may change this season, but also says something ominous about this group and/or the casting.
www.realityblurred.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICYMI: What Jeff Probst told Survivor 49's players before the merge may change this season, but also says something ominous about this group and/or the casting.
ICYMI: Flavor Flav wasn't the only judge bringing incoherence to the #DancingwiththeStars34 ballroom during a misfire of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame week. Here's Marshal Knight's analysis and wit!
DWTS 34 recap: Hall of Shame for these judges!
Flavor Flav wasn't the only judge bringing incoherence to the #DancingwiththeStars34 ballroom during a misfire of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame week. Here's Marshal Knight's analysis and wit!
www.realityblurred.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
ICYMI: Flavor Flav wasn't the only judge bringing incoherence to the #DancingwiththeStars34 ballroom during a misfire of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame week. Here's Marshal Knight's analysis and wit!
An interesting question...
Based on Math Alone, Where Does Andy Richter’s 'DWTS' Run End?
Based on Math Alone, Where Does Andy Richter’s 'DWTS' Run End?
I'm a very recent convert to Dancing with the Stars for a few reasons: the production values are great, the dancers are eager, and it's a fun show to watch with my daughters. But there's also the Andy Richter factor,...
Read more...
www.pajiba.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
An interesting question...
#Survivor49 gave us the new era's first real merge, thank the Survivor gods, though there was some earn nonsense stuffed in there. And the merged tribe did not disappoint with its game play.
#Survivor49 recap: A real merge! And an unpredictable vote!
#Survivor49 gave us the new era's first real merge, thank the Survivor gods, though there was some earn nonsense stuffed in there. And the merged tribe did not disappoint with its game play.
www.realityblurred.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#Survivor49 gave us the new era's first real merge, thank the Survivor gods, though there was some earn nonsense stuffed in there. And the merged tribe did not disappoint with its game play.
On the first #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, six teams of two faced off, Shirley Chung and Tobias Dorzon returned, and Hunter Fieri did an impression of a lump of coal. Here's my recap!
TOC All-Star Christmas recap: How did the first festive face-offs go?
On the first #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, six teams of two faced off, Shirley Chung and Tobias Dorzon returned, and Hunter Fieri did an impression of a lump of coal. Here's my recap!
www.realityblurred.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On the first #TournamentofChampions: All-Star Christmas, six teams of two faced off, Shirley Chung and Tobias Dorzon returned, and Hunter Fieri did an impression of a lump of coal. Here's my recap!