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Drew’s reply to Kamu’s sexism on BB28? It needed what Below Deck Med gave Mila

'You absolute oxygen thief': Below Deck's Travis showed us how to respond to homophobia or other bigotry, whether we're on a reality TV show or not. And BB28's Drew could use that lesson.

Shocker: Project Runway 22 eliminated a designer without a cliffhanger! OMG!

It's finally happened: Freeform's Project Runway actually told us who was eliminated—a designer nominated for eviction by the HOH, who won the Heidi Klum/Devil Wears Prada challenge.

Most of The Traitors: New Blood cast want to murder each other

Does the fact that 82 percent of The Traitors: New Blood cast want to be traitors indicate a problem with the game? Or is it just that it's more fun to sneak around in a cloak?

A Bachelor with viewers playing producer; a baker’s dozen Love is Blinds

Netflix may not be able to deliver a second season of a scripted show soon enough for us to remember a single thing that happened in the first season, but it's pumping out dating reality TV shows like it's a Below Deck Med deckhand.

Kitchen Undercover is a waste of Antonia Lofaso’s talent and our time

There are brief moments in Kitchen Undercover that allow Antonia Lofaso's strengths and charm to shine. But this Food Network show is mostly interested in villainizing restaurant staff members.

Shaq-produced Game Day Murders shoots an airball

ID's recent sports-crime series had an outside shot at doing something different, and didn't take it.

Below Deck Med 11 episode 10 recap: high-flying substitutes

Below Deck Mediterranean season 11 episode 10 was a wild ride: Joe and Kayley are a new "accidental power couple," Coop and Kat are off and on again, Gen is melting down and making sense.

Jeff Probst knows exactly what Survivor needs! If only he’d listen to himself…

The Blood Moon is coming back to Survivor, Jeff Probst revealed in an interview, but the real news is that he understands what makes the game work best. So why Survivor's producers do that?

Project Runway 22 episode 5 recap: paper towels for the win!

An unconventional materials + product placement challenge gave us the best episode of Project Runway 22 so far. Long live Viva paper towels!

Project Runway lauded as ‘a fucking disorganized, unprofessional shitshow’

In a video titled "Breaking My Silence on Project Runway (I Might Get Sued)," which you can watch below, Plane Jane details her experience on the wreck that is Freeform's Project Runway 22.

The Voice is copying The Traitors

The new spin-off The Voice: Celebrity "swaps undiscovered talent for celebrities," aka bye-bye forgettable normies, hello singing Real Housewives!

How much do Real Housewives make? The Wall’s schedule: WTF?

In this edition of Ask Andy: How much Bravo's Real Housewives stars earn, and what happened to NBC's long-suffering game show The Wall.

Below Deck Med 11 episode 9 recap: shuffle the deck!

There's a shortage on the deck on Below Deck Med season 11 episode 9, and it's not just of brains or leadership or an understanding of contraception and the work required to raise a human if you don't use it.

Hearing out Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret

Notable moments in BBC's bleak but effective doc on the latest allegations against the Oscar-winner.

Drag Race Down Under’s embarrassing, pointless twist

Drag Race Down Under host Michelle Visage teased a guest judge. Australian legend Kylie Minogue?! LOL no. It was a twist much bigger than a guest judge, but also just dumb dumb dumb.

Big Brother’s producers on its format, 12 years ago

After this week’s Big Brother 28 elimination, I’m revisiting an interview I did with Big Brother producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan about the show’s format. Has anything changed in 12 years? What still needs to change?

Project Runway 22 episode 4 recap: Stassi skips this stain on fashion

Project Runway's producers came up with a decent challenge! And then piled several hats on top of each other. One of those hats, Stassi Schroeder, didn't show, nor did Nina Garcia.

BB28’s players unanimously vote for ‘a boring, boring season’

Did Big Brother's players purge the BB28 of its only gay person? Did Jason win immunity? Did Julie Chen Moonves surprise me? Let's discuss the third live eviction!

Is BB28’s Jason vs. Kamu just game? Or a shame?

BB28 episode 11 showed Kamu turning a tea party into another opportunity to target Jason, who responded with his own tea party. But it's what we've seen on the live feeds—and Kamu's social media—that make this uglier than just game play.

Below Deck Med 11 episode 8 recap: love overboard

And that's a wrap on the most unexpected reality TV storyline of the year: semen-stained sheets on Below Deck Mediterranean. Here's what went down on the cleverly titled episode 8, "He Came, They Saw, It’s Bonkers."