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media appearances · April 5, 2018

The return of Jersey Shore, and cake wrecks worth watching

I reviewed Netflix’s wonderful baking competition Nailed It, and I was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune about the return of Jersey Shore.

writing · March 24, 2018

A few recent reality TV show reviews

A few shows I’ve reviewed so far this year: American Idol, now on ABC Rose McGowan’s Citizen Rose Tabatha Coffey’s Relative Success A&E’s Undercover High Netflix’s The Big Family Cooking Showdown

media appearances, reporting · June 16, 2017

The latest reality TV violence: a possible Bachelor in Paradise assault

On Thursday, I was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered by Audie Cornish, and talked about the most recent awful thing to happen on a reality show: a possible sexual assault while cameras filmed. I also wrote about other incidents of on-camera violence for Vulture: A Brief History of Violence on Reality TV. Alas, those are just a […]

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Hi! I'm Andy, a writer and teacher who obsessively and critically covers reality TV and unscripted entertainment, focusing on how it’s made and what it means. Learn more about me.

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