As a professional journalist, I dismissed what I thought I knew and began Survivor 45 with an open mind. This is what I learned. 

Watching the season 45 premiere of “Survivor” left me thinking and feeling exactly what I imagine the show’s producers wanted me to. In the end, I felt irritated at people I didn’t even know and questioned why the producers cast some of the contestants for the show. 

Bear Grylls has always sought out the most extreme challenges, and now he’s offering the same thrill of adventure — and the top prize of $10,000 — to prospective survivalists on his new competition series, I Survived Bear Grylls (Thursdays on TBS at 9:00 pm ET/PT).  “Welcome to what is probably going to be the roughest, [...]

The game’s on, and the tribes are in for some major shakeups — but first it’s time to get centered. Day 8 dawns bright on the Soka tribe as they take a meditative moment as a group following the loss of tech investor Claire at the previous evening’s tribal council.  Josh, the surgical podiatrist, notes [...]

The first episode of Netflix’s extreme new reality competition show, about sixteen survivalists dumped into the Alaskan wilderness, starts off with a bang. Literally. One contestant, Andrea, shoots her flare gun after just one day, which signals to producers that she officially gives up and wants the hell out. Another contestant, Amber, casually mentions that [...]

The newest crop of Survivor castaways includes plenty of big personalities, accomplished competitors and ruthless rivals laser-focused on the challenge to win $1 million. Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho, 35 San Juan, Puerto Rico Yamil “Yam Yam” Arocho is the first Puerto Rican currently residing in the Caribbean to play Survivor in the show’s history. He [...]

“The best view comes after the hardest climb,” is a fitting mountain mantra for the penultimate leg of The Climb, HBOMax’s competition reality show. The four remaining climbers — Cat, Robyn, Alice, and Dom — head back to Spain and will have to dig deep down to reach their tallest peak yet. Host and climbing icon [...]

When we last left off on The Climb, Dom and Decco were spared the axe because Tiffany contracted COVID. So instead of an elimination challenge, Cat and Alice faced off in a head-to-head battle on a majestic piece of rock in Wadi Rum Jordan for immunity in the next climb. This time, Alice is too [...]

How will you leave your mark on this world? That’s the overarching theme of the 5th episode of The Climb, HBO Max’s gripping reality climbing competition. In this episode, host and legendary climber Chris Sharma takes the six remaining amateurs to an exotic new location he’s never been to himself but promises it will “rock [...]

The higher the stakes, the higher the cliffs. As the contestant pool gets whittled down on HBO Max’s adventure reality show The Climb, host Chris Sharma ups the ante and the size of the rock. He brings the remaining contestants, vying for a $100,000 cash prize and a sponsorship from prAna, to his literal backyard [...]