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"Reality TV's surveillance culture bleeds into social media and impacts our ability or inability to be authentic online."
"Our expectation for reality TV stars to be real while also under observation is especially unrealistic."
"I wasn't going to back down... I didn't care that Housewives had women that was no longer married; I didn't want that from Married to Medicine."
"The show does very little to help anyone who appears on it and is designed primarily to make Caleb and his team as rich as possible, all at the expense of shaming every person who comes on the show looking for help."
"It's incumbent upon us that with all the Reality TV, we occasionally give ourselves a true reality check."
"With her infectious personality and desire for genuine connection, Violetta is sure to be a memorable and lovable contestant on this show."
"The producers are creating a narrative; they're creating a show."
"Big Brother is highly political; if you get to the final two and you're not that respected, at least by a majority of the jury, you won't win."
"Reality TV is a semi-scripted, heavily edited facsimile of 'reality,' intentionally manipulated to maximize ratings."
"Survivor was breaking new ground, and it's kind of weird that people didn't respond to it more positively."
"Raja was the last queen to find out she won Drag Race while filming."
"Calling on inspiration from reality television like Jackass, the inception of pranks on the internet would begin with a few integral creators."
"Monique Samuels came out guns blazing. She brought her binder, she came with facts, she brought out receipts, exposed Gizelle, and passed a holy [expletive], and left no survivors."
"Rasheeda and Kirk, y'all played with your marriage too much on this TV for a dollar."
"I do like though that they brought in the aunt to give us a different perspective, so it wasn't a total bashing of Jen Shah."
"Hold on to your butts, 'cause there definitely will be some [engagements] this season."
"Have you ever seen those shark shows where it's all very exciting but you don't learn a thing about actual sharks? In fact, the whole thing seems to have nothing at all to do with reality. This show is gonna be totally different, like nothing you've ever seen."
"Reality TV was a cultural phenomenon taking all sorts of forms, allowing us to find entertainment in watching people race each other across the world, pitch business deals, and eat bugs for money."
"We promise drama, we promise cries, we promise surprises."
"Jillian Michaels is not only giving drill sergeant on these poor souls but she's doing it from a place that pretends to be more authoritative than it really is."
"They spend a full day with contestants going through their room."
"When you start reading into it, it makes you really second guess every reality TV show that you've ever watched in your life. It's pretty dark."
"Forget it all, Mommy. Those are all things I said for the TV, but Mommy, you know the truth in your conscience."
"I've concluded that this show, possibly even all reality TV, deserves more respect than it's given even if just for the impact alone."
"It's like reality TV has gotten so real that it's actually more entertaining than the craziest storyline in any soap opera our parents or grandparents would watch."
"A lot of reality TV is like that. Though I feel like there’s a general misunderstanding regarding what staged and scripted actually mean."
"Cheating, lies, and betrayal are like the hallmark of reality television."
"Tomorrow, nine of you will continue on to become America's next top model."
"In applying these corporatized therapy programs, the producers shift attention away from the exploitative apparatus that is inherent to their show."
"Chavez, who was born into poverty, rose the ranks of the military... during his military career, he developed leftist sympathies."
"At the end of the season one competitor will be crowned Taskmaster champion and they will receive this Majestic head which they can surgically implant onto their neck or just put on a bookshelf."
"I think that they played two of these strongest games as far as a duo goes in all big brother history always main you since the very beginning me and Tyler have had a final to deal and I definitely plan on staying loyal to it."
"RuPaul's Drag Race celebrates representation."
"RuPaul's Drag Race legitimizes the art of drag."
"Instead of what the press had made the nation think that I was like pro-rate misogynistic, you know this, I think that by the end of watching me in big brother they worked out I was just a jerk."
"If they can have 'Growing Up Gotti' and if they can have the cartel kids and all of that, why can't we have something in the urban life?"
"America has decided, the first spot in the top two goes to Ryan Ashley!"
"Buffy is so bitter that she still is not on Married to Medicine. Let it go, okay? Let it go, let it go, let it go."
"Garcelle needs to own it. Well, also you have to own the fact that you're giving Erica a hard pass."
"Garcelle is us. She's our voice in the season asking the questions we want to ask and I love her for it."
"There were some really cringe-worthy moments for me watching it back."
"That's 27 all real it is, voices cracks pretty bad there, five sevens on here, everyone saying 27."
"With a show like The Bachelor, if you look at the demographic of people, black women don't really stand a chance in that setting."
"It sucks to be a woman that's desired in real life and then you go on to a show and you're not desired."
"If Nicole had made it to the end with Holly, Nicole would have had my vote."
"The stories on 72-hours are true. The detectives and forensic scientists are the ones who actually worked on it."
"Let's just show reality TV of people dating and let's not impose this artificial deadline on these relationships. Let them date and if they get married then they get married if they don't they don't, you know who cares."
"Fear Factor: asking how far contestants would go to win money."
"My first spot goes to Ace because I totally misjudged you coming into this house."
"You divested in reality TV because you knew it was toxic to the community."
"Conflict makes great TV after all, there's a reason reality show producers love casting people with poor emotion regulation."
"Their initial reaction to seeing one another was easily the most positive of the entire season."
"Their wedding was the only wedding on the show that felt like an actual wedding."
"I didn't realize how emotional Drag Race would be."
"Going back to Drag Race sounds fun. I would love to be on RuPaul's Drag Race again."
"Dance Moms was an entire moment... it is so a cultural reset."
"It has absolutely captured the very essence of what makes reality TV shows successful."
"Did you help Kim release her sex tape? No, true of course it's true."
"Reality television made the concept of performing for the camera ubiquitous."
"Everyone has the ability to star in their own little reality show."
"The show does not adequately address the root cause of their weight gain and emotional eating."
"You're about to get exposed for these reality stars."
"For all of the praise Dr. Will is given... his game left a lot to be desired."
"Justine is keeping it clean and she won Love Island 2020!"
"I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you."
"It's just entertainment like real life, real personality, real people."
"Chef, who's going to be Canada's first Master Chef? Canada's first Master Chef has to have a good poker face and a couple cards up your sleeve. It's gonna be Tamara."
"Three very different outcomes, and one of those outcomes was so outstanding that it has secured this home cook a place in the top five."
"I mean, we're very fortunate that we can film our lives and get paid to go have a great time, but it's a lot of work."
"It's really annoying to watch, unlike Ron and Kelly, though Rob and Amber are shown to be kind, loving, and supportive."
"Get ready as Gordon Ramsay attempts to turn America's Kitchen Nightmares dig all four guys receive may the Lord not kill me food poisoning back into dreams please do not screw it up."
"The growth of CJ's YouTube channel has been pretty astronomical. There is talk of a reality television show in the future and he's currently averaging just under 70 million views per month."
"She can be mad all she wants, but I genuinely meant that. To me, that's you being two-faced. It's on camera. We can wait for it to pop up."
"A good season of Survivor tells a good story. It will grip you and have you rooting for someone and against someone else."
"I love Remy like Remy and I have a bond, I love her to death, yeah, but it's like day two she's like 'I don't want to be here anymore' and I'm like 'No one wants to be here anymore Remy.'"
"Season 19 Samoa... we saw Russell Hantz, one of the biggest villains in Survivor history, take the prize."
"These shows are hard, they can be cruel, so if you think you're men or women enough to make the trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 14th, by God, I've warned you."
"It's tough for me, I can't be John. I have to be John and Kate plus eight."
"If you don't want to watch this show to make fun of the people involved, is there any other reason why a grown adult would ever watch this television program?"
"Instead of talking about automation and our future, we're up here with makeup on our faces and our rehearsed attack lines playing roles in this reality TV show."
"It's weird when people come up to me and are like 'Oh my God, you're China,' and I'm like, 'Oh my God, yeah, I forgot that I was even on Love Island,' you know what I mean?"
"Just like in season one, our 12 hilarious hopefuls will each start the game with three lives."
"Love as Blind would work for me honestly, I'm that I'm That Kind of dulu I am."
"I've done everything on the show that shows why I should win."
"Scarlett even made an apology outside of the show."
"I'm strictly dickly. I like and so do I, okay Heavenly, you're the realest person on the show. Period."
"Honestly we're still pretty baffled as to why people seem to like watching the two of us be us on national TV."
"I hope TLC cancels the show. I feel for the kids and stuff but I don't feel like giving Jim Bob any money."
"I hope they cancel the show. I just hope his cell mate is Big Bertha."
"Viewers were waiting for any of the Moonshiners to be arrested just to give credibility to the reality of its narrative."
"Welcome to the show where we take terrible drivers, put them through intense training, and try to break them of their bad habits."
"It's been difficult, Super Nanny. We need you now. We can't wait any longer."
"The contestants on 'Love is Blind' have to impossible marry killer based solely on their personalities."
"What makes it so endearing and addictive is force the couples to face and challenge the show's ludicrous premise head-on."
"This naivety is what makes 'Love is Blind' so entertaining."
"I hope Nicki Minaj grills Andy a bit and just like oh you know what why didn't you go hard on Candace in season five."
"Her looks isn't necessarily the scariest of this cast but it does feel fresh and fashionable - umm I think I’m going to give this a HOT."
"Kenya Moore be knowing her, but she is the most fired housewife."
"The whole concept is like you're this up-and-coming rider taking part in an extreme sports reality TV show."
"I could easily be going into this pressure test."
"Rachel, you are evicted from the Big Brother house."
"Tony's read on Natalie having an idol was crazy."
"Tony's use of the spy nest makes him a great TV character."
"Yes, Big Brother, you are immediately disqualified! Justice has been served."
"Finally, I can now say with all manner of confidence that Big Brother Nigeria has finally allowed justice to prevail."
"I was happy that Erica was disqualified from the show."
"What Erica did is just phase one; there's supposed to be more."
"Biggie mentioned some other rules that she broke in the course of our altercations last night."
"Biggie finally disqualified her. He gave her a third strike first of all."
"The true love story this season has been Hannah with herself."
"Hannah has been one of my favorite bachelorettes of all time."
"Jill and Derek are finally ready to share their story revealing the secrets, manipulation, intimidation behind the show that remained hidden from their fans."
"You can't take away what she has done for the reality TV platform and for black women in reality TV."
"For the sake of baby Brooklyn, try to work this out."
"She was a fierce competitor to the very end and tonight in the challenge was no exception."
"I think there has never been a Drag Race competition this close."
"Please somebody give Peppermint and Monét a running show where they just do this all day because I would watch the hell out of it." - Narrator
"Jedward actually caused the biggest controversy when they stayed over Lucy Jones."
"...X Factor's success relied so heavily on audience being gullible..."
"Being the Bachelor or Bachelorette, like I had that happen - you have feelings for, you know?"
"The best thing that ever happens to someone in batch world is getting dumped."
"Survivor as a show thrives on chaos and unpredictability."
"They literally tap dance for Tyra. This show does so much while doing absolutely nothing."
"Imagine being a contestant from Alabama, you don't know anything about modeling. And that's why the first big cut happens."
"I hope every contestant is in therapy, the real therapy. I hope they're all taking very good care of themselves."
"But to be fair it should be factored in how impressive it is that Taylor never really needed to win a competition outside of the final four HOH to be safe in any given week."
"MMG remains the only competitor who has yet to use a lifeline and that's an almost guarantee."
"So when I just did this recent show, 'Amazing Race', it was all for charity."
"It's just an entertainment show. It doesn't matter what these girls say."
"Any family that places their children on air for profit and allows producers to make their children cry for content... it's inappropriate."
"Modesty goes out the window when you can cash a big check for a birth special."
"Reality TV helped our marriage because it helped the communication get started and continue."
"I was never really friends with Fallon. I faked it for the show before dating her ex."
"She's very touchy-feely, it seems as though at least with Barnett."
"Jimbo is a perfect example of the fact that you don't have to win the show to win the show."
"This is perhaps the craziest behind the scenes tell-all I think that we have ever heard from the Drag Race franchise."
"What should Canada's Drag Race do moving forward to prevent situations like this from occurring in the future?"
"There's only one person who has ruled reality television for almost 20 years."
"The rehearsal isn't really a reality TV show so much as it is a show about a man making a reality TV show."
"Reality TV selects for over-the-top and dramatic characters and behavior."
"Let's have them eat hot peppers to a montage next week."
"Shout-out to you, Kandi, for being the first female to win the Masked Singer."
"I just feel like I keep thinking about last season with the whole like 'oh there can only be one super fan on this cast like I have to get them out.'"
"We're all winners, and the decision has been made." - Shea Coulee
"This season was an epic adventure with the both of you." - Shea Coulee
"My prayer is that he doesn't stand on Sunday because if he does, these people will have no choice but to vote him out."
"Reality TV has a really good habit of highlighting the most bizarre people with the most bizarre stories."
"Schwartz is a battered wife... Sandoval's the battering husband."
"We totally don't wait for the cameraman to walk in the room before we go in."
"Just imagine going on a real reality show going for like two months with no phone no contact to the world."
"If I applied for this and I got an email saying you're here you're going on the island, I would like call them one of my friends and be like dude I'll pay you to sneak in."
"That's one thing I find so funny about reality shows, they legit kick people out on day one."
"Miss Vangie sometimes with accents you want to know something is it's tough when the hood [ __ ] make it on TV because you know sometimes the hood [ __ ] are just a joke to the world."
"Julia should really be worried about going home."
"Plastic surgery should never be a competitive reality TV show genre. It should not."
"I'm fully gagged that this was ever made into a televised competition."
"They filmed three hours of us together and they only used about 5 minutes."
"There's nothing scripted Richard, I have yet to see anyone with the production company or the network push a piece of paper or try to tell anyone that they have to say something."
"But there's always someone that has to go home and as long as it's not me, I'm cool with it."
"Raja gets fashion better than any girl who's ever been on Drag Race."
"I thought your play cousin couture moment was really great. Immediately, we had something to relate to with the grand drea from your season from 90210. I thought that was genius."
"It's like the Bachelor but with royalty and it's just so addictive."
"This is the most unpredictable season of Drag Race ever."
"Honestly at this point, they could have said any one of them."
"I genuinely have no clue who's going to win this season."
"Reality TV and Vlogs are great for learning slang and different accents."
"Nothing will break the bond that her and Barnett created during the pods."
"Jessica never pictured him and Amber being together but she can tell that they're a really good match."
"The premise of the '90 Day Fiance' is that an American citizen falls in love with someone from another country."
"Leave it to TLC to turn a complicated immigration process into a hit reality show."
"It's like watching Daredevils on TV, wondering if they have a secret stash of invincibility potions."
"If it wasn't then angina or nina would have won season 1."
"I thought it'd be some narcissistic display of how 'nice' Ellen is, but it's a fairly competent slice of life show about growing up in a large city."
"Not long after Chef Ramsay left, in spite of positive feedback about the changes, chappie went back to his old ways."
"Putting all of it into consideration, in my opinion, it makes sense why Katya and Alaska won."
"Alaska dominated the season. Besides one time, I think she was saved from the bottom."
"All Stars 2 works because of the heroes and the villains, the story arcs that all come back from prior seasons and the new ones that form throughout this season."
"The people who go on these shows and the people who watch them don't really want to see ghosts debunked."
"I have reason to believe everybody's real favorite armored housewife of Atlanta, Miss Porsha Porsha Porsha, might be considering quitting the show."
"After Shark Tank is where the real work begins."
"The problem with Shark Tank is the more I learn about markets economics, the more it's hard to look at what they do in a vacuum."
"Reality shows have big cast and a limited time to introduce viewers."
"Evelyn Lozada is the most violent reality TV star that we have until date."
"I think what they did was strong because them coming forward got Sheri disqualified from RuPaul's Drag Race."
"The most popular reality show couple on TV say their marriage is over."
"Honestly probably because let's save Caitlyn from that and with another Bachelor crossover moment Caitlyn's now dating Jason."
"Kaitlyn will you be on the next season of Dancing with the Stars what did you guys think of this moment I truly teared up a little bit and got goose bumps kaitlin's worked super hard so happy for her who she is going to a coup reshet."
"This is like the gauntlet of American Ninja Warrior."
"You're not just on the show, you showed up as you and you weren't with the BS."
"Cameron, the bubble boy, one of total drama's smartest contestants to date."
"Congratulations, Rainbow, you are the power player and safe from elimination this round."
"Alright guys, it's time for the first contestants' vote elimination. So what you guys will do is type the name of the person you would like to be eliminated into the tablets in front of you."
"It's so funny in these shows how they're like 'This money goes to this charity so don't [__] up' and then they leave with zero."
"There's one thing I hate more than all the cons on this reality TV show 90 Day Fiance, it is plagiarism."
"Welcome to the final ceremony of AwesomenessTV's Next Influencer."
"We've covered a lot of stories over the years dealing with body positivity... TLC specializes in reality TV shows."
"Lisa Rinna versus everybody, girl, no one sent for you."
"So, that brings us to Netflix's hit show, Selling Sunset; a classic, melodramatic, LA reality show that showcases the glamorous lives of elite real estate agents..."
"It's no secret that most the reality shows we see on TV are fake in one way or another."
"But what truly puts the Surfers this high up isn’t necessarily their kindness towards the other teams, but towards each other."