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		<title>2026 Edgar Awards round-up: Out of the Woods</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/2026-edgar-awards-round-up-out-of-the-woods-true-crime/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[reality check]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book reviews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Susan Howard on perennial Best Fact Crime nominee Gregg Olsen's "collaboration" with abduction survivor Shasta Groene.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tournament of Champions 7 episode 6 recap: tough combos</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/tournament-of-champions-season-7-episode-6-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tournament of Champions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are we going to have an all-male chef quarterfinal for the first time in Tournament of Champions history? TOC season 7 episode 6 gave us the answer.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Drag Race interrupts its art with AI slop</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/rupauls-drag-race-season-18-final-four-portraits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[RuPaul's Drag Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[RuPaul's Drag Race season 18's penultimate episode had Ru interviewing the top four while pretending to paint (instead of pretending to podcast), and the results were "horrible," to quote Nini Coco.]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[On RuPaul's Drag Race season 18's penultimate episode, RuPaul shared this abomination with Juicy Love Dion]]></media:description>
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		<title>Read-Handed: Lyfts, grifts, and early GIFs</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/read-handed-lyfts-grifts-and-early-gifs-true-crime/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah D. Bunting]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[reality check]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Read-Handed]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plus prison break-ins in Tennessee, and bad reviews of bank heists gone Broadway.]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[One of Eadweard Muybridge's most famous motion studies. (Library of Congress via Smithsonian Magazine)]]></media:description>
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		<title>Fake eyelashes on Survivor are just the start of the work players get done</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/survivor-fake-eyelashes-cosmetic-procedures/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Survivor 50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ask Andy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why do Survivor players look so camera-ready? It's not because the show has secret hair and makeup behind the scenes. It's because players prepare—and still get judged by fans anyway. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Survivor 50 episode 6 recap: a bloody letdown</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/survivor-50-episode-6-blood-moon-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Survivor 50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The most stunning twist in the history of Survivor turned out to be—um, the same thing we've seen all new era, just plus one. Get me some Applebee's because I'M PISSED! ]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Survivor 50: In the Hands of the Fans episode 6 gave the fans what they wanted: the same thing they've been getting during the new era. Ugh! (Photo by Robert Voets/CBS; composite with emoji and blood moon from Survivor by reality blurred)]]></media:description>

		<series:name><![CDATA[Survivor 50 recaps]]></series:name>
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		<title>Amazing Race’s next route: just the USA</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/04/april-1-amazing-races-next-route-usa-f-yeah/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[April Fool's Day satire]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I've learned exclusively today that the next season of The Amazing Race will return to a similar model as season 8, staying inside the United States, thanks to both a mandate and changes at CBS.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Top Chef Carolinas episode 4 recap: side quest</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/top-chef-carolinas-episode-4-pick-a-side-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Top Chef 23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Top Chef Carolinas episode 4 gave the chefs a better elimination challenge than last week, though the critieria was a bit too abstract for my taste.]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Top Chef Carolinas episode 4 guest judge Tristen Epps and host Kristen Kish (Photo by Paul Cheney/Bravo)]]></media:description>

		<series:name><![CDATA[Top Chef Carolinas recap]]></series:name>
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		<title>More looks behind the reality TV curtain, please!</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/podcast/episode-412-more-behind-the-reality-tv-curtain/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week's episode of my podcast: More reality TV shows are showing us their scaffolding, literally and figuratively. Some examples, and a plea for more!]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Survivor's microphones and cameras are clearly visible in this behind-the-scenes photo from Survivor Cambodia: Second Chance shared by Jeff Probst <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/7-4b_0uSLs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on Instagram</a> in 2015.]]></media:description>
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		<title>Extracted season 2’s villains, Luke’s family, ‘want to be remembered’</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/extracted-season-2-luke-olson-daniel-david-interview/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Extracted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interviews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I interviewed Extracted season 2 survivalist Luke and his brothers, Daniel and David, asking them about their game, their strategy, and their behavior in HQ.]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Extracted season 2 survivalist Luke's brothers David and Daniel with Luke, inset, on Dead Man's Island (Images via Fox; composite by reality blurred)]]></media:description>
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		<title>2026 Edgar Awards round-up: Murderland</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/2026-edgar-awards-round-up-murderland-true-crime/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Howard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[reality check]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[True Crime Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edgar Awards]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Caroline Fraser set out to examine the relationship between 20th-century serial killers and environmental toxins. Susan Howard gauges whether Fraser succeeded.]]></description>
		
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		<series:name><![CDATA[Edgar Awards: Best Fact Crime books]]></series:name>
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		<title>Tournament of Champions 7 episode 5 recap: chefs and me, upset</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/tournament-of-champions-7-episode-4-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Tournament of Champions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[TOC 7 has reached its final 16 chefs, and the first of their eight match-ups had several upsets—and left me upset at least twice. ]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[On Tournament of Champions season 7 episode 5, Lorena Garcia and Joe Sasto faced the Randomizer before each other (Photo by Food Network)]]></media:description>

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		<title>3 reasons House of Villains’ stupidity is worth watching</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/house-of-villains-season-3-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 02:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[House of Villains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I love how stupid Peacock's House of Villains is, a mix of performance and connection, mockery and mock importance that works so well. ]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[On House of Villains season 3, Johnny Bananas delivered host Joel McHale to the mansion's front door on a scooter]]></media:description>
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		<title>Win this copy of Survivor: Forged by Fire</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/win-this-copy-of-survivor-forged-by-fire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Survivor 50]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I'm giving away my copy of Survivor: Forged in Fire, the coffee table book released for Survivor 50.]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Survivor: Forged by Fire's cover, inset, with two of its pages, which include part of Jeff Probst's Survivor: Borneo journal]]></media:description>
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		<title>Survivor 50 episode 5 recap: shake it off!</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/survivor-50-episode-5-open-wounds-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Survivor 50]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/?p=113756</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[On Survivor 50 episode 5, Coach knighted his alliance, Probst did impressions, and the Battle of the Straight Twinks Who Can Recall Taylor Swift's Discography finally commenced!]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Survivor 50 episode 5 paid off the Charlie vs. Rizo showdown (Photos by CBS; composite by reality blurred)]]></media:description>

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		<title>Is Flavortown’s town square inside Guy’s Grocery Games? An investigation.</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/guy-fieri-ggg-flavortown-market-flavortown-food-fight-toc-studio/</link>
					<comments>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/guy-fieri-ggg-flavortown-market-flavortown-food-fight-toc-studio/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Flavortown Food Fight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy's Grocery Games]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/?p=113693</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Are you sitting down? All of Guy Fieri's Flavortown exists in the exact same space! Yes, Flavortown's downtown is actually inside Flavortown Market, where chefs also joust in the Tournament of Champions. Behold the evidence of this apparent impossibility! ]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Guy Fieri doesn't have to drive far to go from Flavortown Market to Flavortown's town square, because they're the same studio set space (Photos by Food Network; composite by Andy Dehnart)]]></media:description>
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		<title>Flavortown Food Fight: strategy inside Guy Fieri’s stunning world</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/flavortown-food-fight-food-network-review/</link>
					<comments>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/flavortown-food-fight-food-network-review/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recommended]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/?p=113192&amp;preview=true&amp;preview_id=113192</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Flavortown Food Fight takes us deeper insight Guy Fieri's world—and it's both an amazing set and a creative competition. I recommend a visit!]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Guy Fieri's Flavortown, as depicted in Food Network's new Flavortown Food Fight]]></media:description>
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		<title>Blame Taylor, but not for The Bachelorette</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/podcast/episode-411-blame-taylor-not-for-bachelorette/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:55:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once again, fans and media are piling on a person instead of the corporations and systems. Can we hold Taylor Frankie Paul accountable for her behavior but not lay the blame for the franchise's implosion at her feet?]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor reacts to Whitney's confession on season 1, episode 1]]></media:description>
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		<title>The Soprano Ten</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/the-soprano-ten-true-crime/</link>
					<comments>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/the-soprano-ten-true-crime/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah D. Bunting]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[HBO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Evidence]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/?p=113710</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Do actors who appeared on HBO's legendary Jersey-gangster drama have a higher rate of criminal-justice contact? Or is it just click-baiting by news desks? SDB looked into it.]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Federico Castelluccio, James Gandolfini, and Steven Van Zandt mulling some odds in The Sopranos. (HBO)]]></media:description>
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		<title>Top Chef Carolinas episode 3 recap: dyed on arrival</title>
		<link>https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2026/03/top-chef-carolinas-episode-3-true-colors-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Dehnart]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Top Chef 23]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality TV show recaps]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/?p=113717</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Did the nine of 12 chefs on Top Chef Carolinas in the bottom fail? Or did the food dyeing challenge and judging fail them?]]></description>
		
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<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Top Chef Carolinas episode 3 featured Emeril Lagasse as a guest judge, here with Kristen Kish, and a terribly designed challenge. Do the textiles here look vibrant to you? (Photo by Paul Cheney/Bravo)]]></media:description>

		<series:name><![CDATA[Top Chef Carolinas recap]]></series:name>
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