Redneckognize
The reality show about a 6-year-old pageant queen and her gassy, coupon-hoarding family has been both popular and controversial. Andy Dehnart talks to the executive producer of 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.'
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Real Talk
A recent scandal about House Hunters being faked has led to another round of the tired argument that all reality television is fictional—Andy Dehnart decries this reaction.
True Story
MTV’s The Real World turned 20 this week—reality TV expert Andy Dehnart celebrates its revolutionary influence and criticizes its drunken worthlessness.
Bite Me
Andy Dehnart talks to the sharks about why the popular reality show works
Daughter of the Donald
The Ivanka we see on Celebrity Apprentice is incisive and charming. Andy Dehnart on this shocking turn.
Thank God It’s Over
Did the finale end with a proposal? It almost doesn’t matter—from Ben Flajnik’s bad hair to Courtney Robertson’s baby-voiced scheming, this season of The Bachelor has been a horror. Andy Dehnart breaks it down.
Hell Is for Children
The hit shows Dance Moms and Toddlers & Tiaras broadcast horrifying adult-kid interactions—and save them forever—for our entertainment. Enough, writes Andy Dehnart.
Bye-Bye, Bethenny
After a flurry of cast changes, naysayers said it was the end of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City. But those rumors were more than exaggerated—they were flat-out wrong.
Why Why
Andy Dehnart on why the reality-TV perennial is terrible, from its racist casting to its horrific sexism.