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This post is ground-breaking as it's the first UnREAL post to discuss all of season 2. We're changing the world here.
posted by drezdn on Sep 12, 2016 - 3 comments

Is an "all season" post appropriate to discuss stuff that comes out before the show's premiere? [more inside]
posted by en forme de poire on Jun 17, 2016 - 7 comments

The Last Chance Kitchen is a web series featuring challenges in which the ousted chefs compete for a chance to re-enter the main competition. Each week, two or more chefs compete against each other in the Top Chef kitchen, with the results judged solely by Tom Colicchio. The winner(s) of each week moves on to face the next eliminated Top Chef contestant(s), while the loser is eliminated from the competition for good. The champion of the Last Chance Kitchen returns to compete in the season finale.
posted by smackfu on Jan 9, 2016 - 18 comments

MythBusters is coming to a close, and by all indications it will be going out with a bang. This final season will focus each episode on an iconic category of myth from seasons past, including physics, explosions, human behavior, vehicles, viral videos, viewer suggestions, and more. [more inside]
posted by tocts on Jan 4, 2016 - 20 comments

To better introduce the Chefs to the city of Los Angeles, Padma challenges them to create and open four distinct pop-up restaurants reflecting the culture of the respective neighborhoods they land in. Tom, Padma, Gail and guest judge and Pop-Up King Ludo Lefebvre eat their way through Mexican, Persian, Korean, and even Vegan cuisine to pick the best dish that celebrates LA's mosaic of cultures.
posted by smackfu on Dec 7, 2015 - 13 comments

A collection of the country's best Chefs converge in Los Angeles where they will hit the road and compete in six cities across the Golden State. To get their feet wet, the Chefs face off in a fan favorite Quickfire challenge. Then, the Chefs must make dishes that stand out for a group of top food critics and reporters in order to survive the first elimination.
posted by smackfu on Dec 4, 2015 - 14 comments

Joe and Juliana must act quickly as a vicious bounty hunter known as The Marshal arrives in Canon City. Tagomi makes plans with Wegener to pass valuable secrets from the Reich, and Frank plots his revenge against the Japanese. [more inside]
posted by Happy Dave on Dec 2, 2015 - 8 comments

Anyone else following History Channel's Alone? I just started watching it and I am definitely interested in talking about how this is all playing out so far. If you're not familiar, it's a reality show which drops 10 self-proclaimed survivalists onto an island filled with cougars, bears, wolves and rain and sees how long they can last. [more inside]
posted by Diablevert on Sep 22, 2015 - 2 comments

It's time for the unconventional challenge. As usual some designers struggle while others shine (or at least glitter). [more inside]
posted by bjrn on Aug 15, 2015 - 12 comments

Project Runway is off to a running start for season fourteen. There are sixteen new contestants who in Tim Gunn's words are "the best of the best in fashion", albeit with big lumps of coal up their rear ends. And not everyone manages to produce diamonds. [more inside]
posted by bjrn on Aug 8, 2015 - 17 comments

The season 30 finale and live reunion show AND the announcement of the 20 viewer-chosen second chance cast members for season 31. Spoilers galore inside.
posted by phunniemee on May 21, 2015 - 21 comments

Overprivileged white Southerners cavort in Charleston, where having a second christening for one's out-of-wedlock baby is apparently a very scandalous thing, indeed. [more inside]
posted by hush on Mar 16, 2015 - 2 comments

We see two castaways go naked, another get excluded by mean girls, and another getting the heave-ho. [more inside]
posted by inturnaround on Mar 5, 2015 - 10 comments

Season 30 begins with eighteen new players who are divided into three tribes according to their occupations (White Collar, Blue Collar, No Collar) as they attempt to become the lone survivor and claim the million dollar prize. [more inside]
posted by St. Hubbins on Feb 27, 2015 - 9 comments

Hubris, a thrown challenge, epic stupidity, and...is that a tie dye neon rosary? What? [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Oct 16, 2014 - 7 comments

Probably the least surprising episode Survivor has ever churned out: nearly 44 straight minutes of shitting on John Rocker! [more inside]
posted by phunniemee on Oct 10, 2014 - 4 comments

Season 29: San Juan Del Sur - Blood vs. Water begins, and the first tribe member is voted out.
posted by yellowbinder on Sep 25, 2014 - 24 comments

It's down to four, and the penultimate episode begins with a "battle of the sexes" competition. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Sep 10, 2014 - 3 comments