Skip to Content
Defector home
Defector home
Log In

TV

Arts And Culture

The Sports Idiot Is Dead, Long Live The Sports Idiot

Podcasts

Folkways Of The Contemporary Sex Idiot, With Kelsey McKinney And Alex Sujong Laughlin

Arts And Culture

What Do We Think About This Season Of ‘Love Island USA’?

Soccer

Alexi Lalas Has Already Worn Out His Welcome

Arts And Culture

‘Off Campus’ Can’t Sell The Hockey Player Fantasy

Arts And Culture

I Finally Understand Why I’m Obsessed With ‘Love Island’

Arts And Culture

RIP To ‘Euphoria,’ HBO’s Dumbest Show

Journalismism

Bari Weiss Hires Credulous Dope To Run ’60 Minutes’

May 29, 2026
TV

The ‘Survivor 50’ Finale Was A Dark Omen For The Future

TV

And So We Arrive, Starving And Exhausted, At The Defector ‘Survivor 50’ Finale Questionnaire

Arts And Culture

Jeff Probst Is Ruining ‘Survivor 50’

Arts And Culture

Finally, An Austen-ish Adaptation Worth Watching

Arts And Culture

How Close To The Stanford Prison Experiment Can A Reality Show Get?

Arts And Culture

Lena Dunham Can’t Help Herself

TV

‘The Rockford Files’ Remains One Of Television’s Greatest Hangs

April 24, 2026
Arts And Culture

The Fatherless Fantasy Of ‘Bridgerton’

April 21, 2026
TV

Welcome To The Defector ‘Survivor 50’ Midseason Questionnaire

April 3, 2026
Arts And Culture

It’s Time To Grow Up

April 3, 2026
Arts And Culture

‘Imperfect Women’ Is The Latest Entry In A Fittingly Flawed Genre

March 27, 2026
Life's Rich Pageant

Suburban Homeowner Starts, Loses Fight With Enormous Jack Reacher Star Alan Ritchson

March 24, 2026
Arts And Culture

The Not-At-All-Secret Life Of Taylor Frankie Paul

Arts And Culture

Stephen Fishbach’s Reality-TV Novel Is More Reality TV Than Novel

March 19, 2026
Arts And Culture

Netflix Has Trapped Pete Davidson In His Garage

TV

It’s Just Another Day In ‘Paradise’ Cover Song Hell

TV

‘Survivor’ Is Better When Everyone Gets A Little Silly With It

TV

The Greatest Traitor Of All Time

February 27, 2026
TV

I Lost My Mind Watching (Almost) All Of ‘Survivor’ In A Year

February 25, 2026
TV

An Extensive And Exhaustive Player-By-Player Preview Of ‘Survivor 50’

February 25, 2026
Arts And Culture

Is ‘Industry’ Losing Its Edge?

February 24, 2026
TV

I Watched The “Lost” Live-Action ‘Dilbert’ Pilot Episode, And It’s Clear Why It Didn’t Get Picked Up

February 6, 2026
TV

I Thoroughly Enjoyed Watching Michael Rapaport Eat Shit On ‘The Traitors’

TV

Are ‘Jeopardy!’ Contestants Really That Bad At Questions About Sports? 

January 21, 2026
Older