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Andy Dehnart > media appearances > Lifetime’s UnReal may have been a one-season wonder

media appearances, writing · August 12, 2016

Lifetime’s UnReal may have been a one-season wonder

One of my favorite scripted shows last year was Lifetime’s UnReal, which used the setting of a Bachelor-like show to satirize reality television and tell soapy stories starring two strong female protagonists.

When it returned for a second season, the show had lots its way, and the first season seemed like a distant memory. I wrote about that, and my review was cited in a Variety Q&A with UnReal’s creators.

Read the story, and let me know what you think, of my take and season two:

  • UnReal season two fails, as a drama and reality TV satire
    A review of season two of Lifetime’s UnReal, which has lost its way in season two, and instead has become just like the worst of reality TV.

 

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