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

By Defector Staff

June 25, 2026

Arts And Culture

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

By Kelsey McKinney

June 3, 2026

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

By Luis Paez-Pumar

May 21, 2026

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

By Defector Staff

May 20, 2026

Arts And Culture

Jeff Probst Is Ruining ‘Survivor 50’

By Kelsey McKinney

May 10, 2026

Arts And Culture

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

By Kelsey McKinney

April 24, 2026

Arts And Culture

‘Last One Laughing UK’ Is Absurdly Funny

By Brandy Jensen

April 12, 2026

Arts And Culture

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

By Kelsey McKinney

March 20, 2026

Arts And Culture

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

By Jonah Walters

March 19, 2026

The Greatest Traitor Of All Time

By Kelsey McKinney

February 27, 2026

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

By Luis Paez-Pumar

February 25, 2026

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

By Defector Staff

February 25, 2026

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

By Mychal Denzel Smith

February 4, 2026

Arts And Culture

Reality TV Dating Enters Virgin Territory

By Hannah Smothers

September 17, 2025

Arts And Culture

Can We Pull You For A Chat?

By Israel Daramola, Kelsey McKinney, and Rachelle Hampton

July 10, 2025

Could Unionizing Protect Contestants From The Reality Of Reality TV?

By Rachelle Hampton

December 20, 2024

Arts And Culture

‘Culinary Class Wars’ Is A Tribute To Getting Your Reps In

By Rachelle Hampton

November 5, 2024

Arts And Culture

‘The Golden Bachelorette’ Is Like A Wildlife Cam But For Old Dudes Who Rock

By Rachelle Hampton

October 9, 2024

‘Survivor’ Should Bring Back Jon Lovett Just So He Can Bomb Again

By Rachelle Hampton

September 26, 2024

Arts And Culture

What Exactly Happened With The Fruity Pebbles?

By Alex Sujong Laughlin, Rachelle Hampton, and Kelsey McKinney

September 17, 2024

Under The Influence

Talent Has Never Been Enough

By Alex Sujong Laughlin

September 9, 2024

Anxiety, Injury, And Constipation: An Executive Producer Discusses The Toll On ‘Alone’ Contestants

By Alex Prewitt

August 28, 2024

Arts And Culture

The Surreal Life Of ‘Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show’

By Israel Daramola

April 4, 2024

The ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show Is A Brutal Adaptation Of Its Source Material

By Luis Paez-Pumar

November 29, 2023

Arts And Culture

Reality TV Won’t Fix What’s Broken About Hollywood Economics

By Alex Sujong Laughlin

May 4, 2023

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