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Sister Wives, “No Place For Home”: Vegas is no place for polygamists
“It’s personal now, I own the story.” – Kody
Ice Loves Coco, “Baby Got Business”: I am Spartacus
“If you were a dog, wouldn’t you want to sit on my face?” – Coco
Hoarders: Buried Alive, “Stop Touching My Stuff!”: my kind of clean
A 16-year-old struggles with loss using obsessive collecting to fill up her sorrow.
Hoarders, “Randy/Vicki”: in defense of the genre
“Each machine has a personality.” – Randy
Hoarders, “Phyllis/Janet”: welcome to the dollhouse
“I’ve actually seen homeless people live a cleaner lifestyle than her.” – Clean-Up Specialist
Kitchen Nightmares, “Blackberry’s”: the macaroni looks like vomit
“I feel like Donna Summer’s gonna come through the door.” – Gordon Ramsay
Giuliana & Bill, “The Big 4-0”: hide the surprise
Sometimes you just have to give in to the person you love.
Giuliana & Bill, “All In the Familia”: restaurateur-ing
Family is the most important thing.
Sister Wives, “Gambling on the Future”: jumping without a chute
“We’re all stressed, but that doesn’t mean we can turn on each other.” – Kody
Sister Wives, “Four Wives and Counting”: season chimes
“Finally!” – The wives
Sister Wives, “The Four Lives of Kody Brown”: defending polygamy
“It’s no surprise Kody went public with his lifestyle.” – Ken
Kitchen Nightmares, “Zeke’s”: swamp décor
“Trust me, you are not a f—ing restaurateur.” – Gordon Ramsay
Comic Book Men, “Life After Clerks”: bat mobiles, lightsabers, and Jay
“In heaven, everyone has a Bat mobile.” – Walt
Sister Wives, “The Brown Family Decision”: heading out of town
“This might be our last holiday all together.” – Jannelle
Breaking Amish: Brave New World, “Nothing To Lose”: and everything to gain
Another round of fake reality?
Braxton Family Values, “R.E.S.P.E.C.T.”: don’t cross your mother
All the Braxton sisters return to a life of reality stardom and brand-new feuds.
Braxton Family Values, “Beauty School Dropout”: are you producer creepin’?
Tamar goes around Vince to get her musical way and Traci kick-starts a new dream.
Big Shrimpin’, “Episode 1”: master baiters
“This is how we shrimp in America.”
Big Sexy, “Bring on Big Sexy”: once you go big, you never go twig
Can a reality show about curvy women change the national discourse? Maybe, but not this show.
Big Easy Brides, “Trailer Park Romance”: wedding bells and booze
The French Quarter Wedding Chapel does New Orleans no favors in the new reality show.
Kitchen Nightmares, “Capri”: gumball rally
“Somebody should tell him the chicken’s definitely dead.” – Gordon Ramsay
Basketball Wives, “Episode 10”: divorce party
“Don’t sit there and tell me how to dress if you’re still wearing colored contacts.” – Royce
Baseball Wives, “Episode One”: cleat chasers
“Jordana does not date baseball players. She f—s them.” – Anna
American Weed, “Marijuana Dreams”: do you love me, Mary Jane?
“Days without weed hurt, days with it are tolerable.” – Medical Marijuana Patient
American Hoggers, “Meet the Campbells”: that’ll do, pig
Meet a feral pig’s worst nightmare: the Campbell clan.
All-American Muslim, “How to Marry a Muslim”: pulling back the curtain
Can TLC’s reality show change Muslim relations in the U.S.? We think so.
Alaska Proof features Alaska Distillery’s vodka-making reality
You can imagine how the pitch for Alaska Proof went down at Animal Planet, something to the effect of: well, we’ve got 11 Alaska-based reality shows on the schedule and know people can’t get enough of them…
Sister Wives, “A Fourth Wife To Be”: and the countdown is almost done
“It’s a family dynamic… It’s very much a democracy.” – Janelle
4th and Loud, “Changing of the Guard”: the panic thickens
“We have delivered a great evening… and our team sucks.” – Paul Stanley
10 reasons why The Real World season 1 Is extraordinary television
It’s a bit sad that The Real World and so many of its derivatives over the last 20 years failed to live up to this high standard.
Sister Wives, “July 4th Rebellion”: bigger family, rougher holidays
“Hunter is a raging testosterone monster.” – Kody
Sister Wives, “Another Wife”: an episode title that totally fooled you
“What do you see as the benefit of this?” – Christine
Comic Book Men, “Junk”: …but someone else’s junk
AMC tries its hand at reality programming.
Jersey Shore, “Meatball Mashup”: dance ’til your underwear drops
“Do you know what a kuka is?” – Deena
Jersey Shore, “And the Wall Won”: head rush
“I hit my head against the concrete wall. It hurts.” – Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
Jersey Shore, “Twinning”: the games begin
“So you’re winning, while you’re twinning, ’cause you got two twin chicks.” – Pauly D
Kitchen Nightmares, “La Frite”: a slurpy mess of blap
“The color’s ghastly.” – Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares, “Kingston Café”: secret jerk sauce
“They would f—ing kidnap me if I tried to serve that in Jamaica right now.” – Gordon Ramsay
Undercover Princes, “Episode 2”: the best of the friend zone
“I don’t think I’m offended, but I’m definitely disturbed (and amused).”
Kitchen Nightmares, “Café Tavolini”: big, soggy, dirty pool of juice and crap
“You’ve got insipid gloop.” – Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares, “DownCity”: a funeral in my mouth
“It’s sort of lukewarm, solidified chunks of crap.” – Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares, “Davide”: for painkillers or whatever
“I’m not blowing smoke up my own ass, but the food is good.” – Frank
Kitchen Nightmares, “Grasshopper Also”: frig it all
“Mitch, do something!” – Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares, “Casa Roma”: could be throw up
“There is nothing edible.” – Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares, “Revisited #2” flashback time eaters
Gordan Ramsay revisits two restaurants, which allows for lots of time eaten up with flashback footage.
Kitchen Nightmares, “Anna Vincenzo’s”: a version of a science lab
“He’s British. He doesn’t f—ing know anything about pizza.” – CeCe
Kitchen Nightmares, “Le Bistro”: a deluded little bubble
“You are blatantly ignorant.” – Gordon Ramsay
Kitchen Nightmares, “Lido Di Manhattan Beach”: grainy and furry
“Like, no one tells me that these things are going on unless someone tells me, and they haven’t told me.” – Lisa
Kitchen Nightmares, “Mojito’s”: how to drive Marcelo crazy
“Even with Chef Ramsey here, there’s absolutely no hope for this restaurant to survive.” – Eduardo