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The Daily Beast

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My reporting and essays for The Daily Beast covers subjects from The Bachelor to a Harry Potter theme park attraction’s storytelling.

essays and reviews

  • ‘Here Comes Honey Boo Boo’ Blows Up! / 10.21.12
  • The Faking of House Hunters and the Realness of Reality TV / 6.21.12
  • ‘The Real World’ 20-Year Anniversary / 5.24.12
  • I Love Ivanka Trump! / 5.4.12
  • Bachelor Finale: Ben Flajnik, Courtney Robertson & a Terrible Season / 3.13.12
  • Reality TV’s Child Abuse / 1.25.12
  • How Project Runway Made it Work / 7.27.11
  • ‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ Finale: Its Perfect Season / 7.13.11
  • The Bachelorette: Bentley, Ashley, Chris Harrison and This Appalling Season/ 6.28.11
  • How Celebrity Apprentice Prepares Trump for the Presidency / 4.24.11
  • Happy 25th Birthday, Golden Girls! / 11.12.10
  • So You Think You Can Dance’s Failed Reinvention / 8.10.10
  • Glee’s Harmful Simplicity / 5.17.10
  • Why Survivor Has Survived / 2.11.10

reported features

  • Shark Tank’s Sneak Attack! / 5.11.12
  • Whale Wars Season Premiere: ‘We’ve actually won,’ said Paul Watson / 6.2.11
  • Richard Hatch Can’t Win, From Survivor to Tax Court to Trump / 5.19.11
  • The Real World’s Dustin Zito on His Gay Porn Past / 4.27.11
  • Beyond Scared Straight’s Real-Life Controversy / 2.24.11
  • Survivor Spoiler Exposes Russell Hantz as His Source / 2.1.11
  • Jersey Shore’s SallyAnn Salsano Talks Snooki, Pauly D, and Criticizes Mark Burnett/ 1.26.11
  • From Top Chef Just Desserts to Real Housewives, Reality TV Gets Violent / 11.17.10
  • Reality TV’s Animal Activists / 8.28.10
  • Harry Potter and the Plotless Theme Park / 7.15.10
  • Reality TV Scams: Is Winning Worth It? / 6.14.10
  • Reinventing the Nature Documentary / 3.19.10
  • Reality TV and Porn Collide / 1.27.10

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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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