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My work, organized by the outlets and publications I’ve written for during my 20+ years as a freelance writer.

The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

Vulture

Vulture

The Washington Post

Washington Post

Playboy Reality on the High Seas

Playboy

NPR logo

NPR

Pacific Standard

Pacific Standard

Grub Street

Grub Street

The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast

Salon.com

Salon

Primetimer

Primetimer

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msnbc.com

HitFix logo

HitFix

Student.com header circa 1999

Student.com

RealScreen magazine

RealScreen

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Andy Dehnart, photographed by Kellie Warren, March 2019

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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RSS recent writing on reality blurred

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  • An American Family’s Pat Loud has died
  • Reality TV premieres include A Day in the Life of America, filmed by 92 camera crews
  • Restaurant Impossible left Food Network for Discovery+
  • Michael Apted, whose reality series Up followed its cast over 56 years, has died
  • Hell’s Kitchen’s producer on what Gordon Ramsay does off-camera, casting, editing, and more
  • The Hustler: Craig Ferguson is the best part of an ill-conceived game
  • Mike Rowe’s Discovery+ show Six Degrees is sponsored by the oil industry

what I’ve been doing

  • Me and my writing, in your inbox October 24, 2019
  • I asked CBS executives about their reality shows’ problems with race. Here’s what happened. August 16, 2019
  • An anniversary, and three recommendations, plus a way to really stay up to date July 15, 2019
  • Three magazine articles, one cheesy appearance September 20, 2018
  • The return of Jersey Shore, and cake wrecks worth watching April 5, 2018

“It’s good to be curious about many things.”

—Mister Rogers

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RSS recent reality blurred stories

  • Survivor 41 and 42 plan to film this year
  • Bling Empire, Netflix’s Crazy Rich Asians reality show, is not new, but really sparkles
  • Survivor’s Ozzy has really surprised fans with his OnlyFans
  • An American Family’s Pat Loud has died
  • Reality TV premieres include A Day in the Life of America, filmed by 92 camera crews

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