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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Ep. 151 - The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars, Survivor HHH Finale, Floribama Shore and Pump Rules

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons are back from hiatus and they are fired up about all of the great Reality TV that is currently on and what is to come in the new year. They kick things off discussing The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars and the renewal of the Bananas and Wes rivalry. And they are very excited about the Survivor season finale (17:45), the strong game play and the never quit mentality of Ben. All of that plus quick hits on Floribama Shore (45:30) and Vanderpump Rules.

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Ep. 150 - The Challenge Champs vs. Pros, Survivor, Floribama Shore and more

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss the depleted girls team and the CT vs. TO showdown on The Challenge Champs vs. Stars. They also are fired up about the sudden upswing in the most recent episodes of Survivor (22:15) that include two great tribals. And Spencer is excited by the prospects of Floribama Shore (50:04) and the upcoming slate of reality shows.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Ep. 149 - The Challenge Dirty Thirty Finale and Bachelor News

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss all of the heated conversations, tough topics and of course the winners from the two-part The Challenge Dirty Thirty Reunion. They also check in with some news from The Bachelor franchise (42:00) and tease a few upcoming shows.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Ep. 148 - The Challenge Dirty Thirty Finale Pt. 2, Survivor Merge and Below Deck

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons review part two of The Challenge Dirty Thirty finale, including Jordan’s success, Camila’s meltdown and the surprising ending. They also dive into the merge, tribe dynamics and picks to win Survivor (30:30) and even recount show favorite Below Deck’s most recent episodes (46:50).

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Ep.. 147 - The Challenge Dirty Thirty Finale Pt. 1 and Reality TV News

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons are back from hiatus and are all in talking about part one of The Challenge Dirty Thirty season finale. They pick their favorites to win, review the final comp and discuss their thoughts on the finale’s format. That’s not all, they also dive into the latest in Reality TV news (38:34).

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Ep. 146 - The Challenge Dirty Thirty, Survivor, Below Deck and Random Reviews

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss the big decisions, burn votes and Presidio showdowns on The Challenge Dirty Thirty. They chat about the character development that is happening this season on Survivor (29:40), as well as the most recent tribal dynamics. And they dive into Below Deck (44:00) and a host of other random reality reviews.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Ep. 145 - The Challenge Dirty Thirty, Survivor Ep. 2 and Reality TV News

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss the never-ending great season of The Challenge Dirty Thirty and dive head first into the new season of Survivor: Heroes, Healers and Hustlers (31:00). All of that and a little Reality TV news too. (apologies for the sound quality in the last few minutes)

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Ep. 144 - The Challenge Dirty Thirty and Big Brother 19 Finale

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons kick things off discussing Tony Raines and the The Redemption House on The Challenge Dirty Thirty. And they then waste no time jumping into a spirited conversation around the shocking finale of Big Brother 19 (23:06). They both agree on what should have happened and they air it out on the podcast’s most anticipated segment to date.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

Ep. 143 - Bachelor in Paradise Finale, The Challenge Dirty Thirty, Big Brother and Below Deck

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss the finale of Bachelor in Paradise, the season that was and the new choice for The Bachelor. The Challenge Dirty Thirty (32:50) served up one of the most complete and dramatic episodes of the season this week and the guys also dive into Paul’s phenomenal game play on Big Brother 19 (55:26). All of that plus a little Below Deck (1:12.25) conversation.

Thursday, August 31, 2017

Ep. 142 - Bachelor in Paradise Week 3, The Challenge Dirty Thirty and Big Brother

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons are enjoying the great summer of reality and this week they discuss all of the couplings and new arrivals on Bachelor in Paradise. They also review an all-time great episode of The Challenge Dirty Thirty (39:16) that took viewer down memory lane. And they get into game play and strategy as Big Brother gets down to crunch time (58:04).   

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Ep. 141 - Bachelor in Paradise Week 2, The Challenge Dirty Thirty and Big Brother 19

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons are amped on the summer of reality and this week they are discussing why this year’s Bachelor in Paradise is different than any other and they are also exploring a very complete episode of The Challenge Dirty Thirty (36:03). They dive into the week that was during Christmas’ reign as HOH on Big Brother 19 (55:00) and review their other reality watches.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Ep. 140 - Bachelor in Paradise premiere, The Challenge Dirty Thirty and Big Brother


Spencer Kitley and Will Semons dive into the biggest week of Reality TV in recent memory, which was headlined by the two-night premiere of summer favorite Bachelor in Paradise. They also review a huge week on The Challenge Dirty Thirty (42:46) and its redemption competition, as well as all of the latest from the Big Brother house (54:40).

Friday, August 4, 2017

Ep. 139 - The Bachelorette Men Tell All, The Challenge XXX and Big Brother

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons breakdown all of the drama from The Bachelorette’s Men Tell All and share their thoughts on where this season stacks up. They also dive head first into this week’s phenomenal episode of The Challenge Dirty Thirty (25:35) and they are fired up to discuss Paul’s reign as HOH on Big Brother (49:32).

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Ep. 138 - The Bachelorette Fantasy Suites, The Challenge Dirty Thirty and Big Brother

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons introduce their new studio and discuss all of the latest from The Bachelorette’s fantasy suites dates. They also highlight the greatness that is The Challenge Dirty Thirty (27:00) and the drama in the redemption house, as well as the strategy behind the most recent moves in the Big Brother house (56:04).

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Ep. 137 - The Bachelorette, The Challenge Dirty Thirty and Big Brother

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons highlight all of the greatest from the week of Reality TV, including The Bachelorette’s highly-anticipated hometowns. They also discuss The Challenge Dirty 30 premiere (26:10), its new format, early exits and pure brilliance. And they also spend time digging into their summer favorite, Big Brother (59:10), which is shining just a few weeks into its season.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Ep. 136 - The Bachelorette, Big Brother, The Challenge Dirty Thirty preview and more

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons have a lot to talk about, including The Bachelorette narrowing down to the final four, the first couple of weeks of Big Brother 19 (40:18), their top picks for The Challenge Dirty Thirty (52:08) and a whole lot more reality goodness.

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Ep. 135 - Bachelor in Paradise returns, The Bachelorette and a The Challenge Champs vs. Pros follow up

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons are back after a one week break and they are breaking down the return of Bachelor in Paradise, the wild four-hour week of The Bachelorette (7:44) and even share their post season thoughts on The Challenge Champs vs. Pros (45:35).

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Ep. 134 - Bachelor in Paradise Controversy and The Challenge Champs vs. Pros

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons dive into the all of the latest stories surrounding the Bachelor in Paradise controversy, including some interesting new takes. They also discuss The Challenge Champs vs. Pros (33:35), which boasted its best episode of the season and they review the cast for The Challenge XXX (48:50).

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Ep. 133 - The Bachelorette and Summer Reality

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss The Bachelorette's latest feuds, Lucas vs. Blake and Will vs. Lee, and share their thoughts on the rest of week three. They also review their current reality watches and outlooks on the summer season (1:01.50).

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Ep. 132 - The Challenge Champs vs. Pros & Survivor Game Changers Finale

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons dive into The Challenge spinoff, Champs vs. Pros to share their thoughts on the format and the unlikely elimination. They also chat about a great finale on what was a fantastic season of Survivor (27:30) and really delivered on its Game Changers title.

Ep. 131 - The Bachelorette Premiere

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons discuss the premiere episode of The Bachelorette and award their superlatives for best and worst gimmicks and even hand out their best first impression award. All of that, plus their picks to go the distance this season.

Monday, May 15, 2017

Ep. 130 - The Challenge Invasion Finale, Champs vs. Pros picks and Survivor Game Changers

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons get into the ins and outs of the The Challenge Invasion finale (3:40), as well as make their picks for winners of The Challenge Champs vs. Pros (27:30). They also discuss the latest on the biggest blindside season in recent memory on Survivor Game Changers (37:28) and some other randomness (58:05).

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Ep. 129 - The Challenge, Survivor, Southern Charm and Below Deck Med

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons  are riding high on the great spring Reality TV season and they are discussing all of their favorites. They start things off with The Challenge Invasion (2:12) finale and talk through some of the strategies being deployed in the first two legs as well as dive into the casts for the two new Challenge seasons. Survivor Game Changers (38:23) is excellent and the blindside train keeps rolling and they share their thoughts on the latest surprise. And of course two Bravo favorites are back, Southern Charm (56:05) and Below Deck Med (1:01.33), and they dig in on the strong starts.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Ep. 128 - Survivor Game Changers, The Challenge Invasion and Some Challenge Favorites

Spencer Kitley is joined by Fantasy4Reality’s Matt Gray to discuss the stellar slate of early Spring Reality TV. They dive into  Survivor Game Changers, which is proving to be one of the most interesting and intriguing seasons in the history of the franchise. And they also dig into The Challenge Invasion (41:34), which has had some format hurdles, but has been a very very solid installment of the classic.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Ep. 127 - The Challenge Invasion and Survivor Game Changers

Spencer Kitley and Will Semons dive into the greatness that is Reality TV right now and they talk two of their favorites. The Challenge Invasion does not disappoint as week-in and week-out it delivers and they have plenty to discuss. Also, Survivor Game Changers (29:55) is truly excellent and had a landmark event highlight the show this week.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Ep. 126 - The Challenge Invasion and Survivor Game Changers

Spencer Kitley is joined by friend of the podcast Will Semons as After Reality returns from a one-week hiatus to breakdown The Challenge Invasion, their troubles with the format, the green vomit and more.  They also dive into what is proving to be an outstanding season on Survivor Game Changers (22:42). (Apologies for the recording quality this week)

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Ep. 125 - The Bachelor, The Challenge Invasion and the Survivor premiere

Spencer Kitley and Fantasy4Reality’s Matt Gray discuss a drawn out three-hour night of The Bachelor where they narrowed down to two. They also dive into some solid inner house dynamics on The Challenge Invasion (24:24), but the star of the week was the two-hour premiere of Survivor Game Changers (34:25).

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Ep. 124 - The Bachelor Fantasy Suite Pt. 1, The Challenge Invasion and PumpRules

Spencer Kitley and Daniel Oehler discuss the rare one-hour episode of The Bachelor (4:50) and dig into Nick’s latest castoff, as well as review the best moments of the season. And, The Challenge Invasion (21:48) continues to impress and they chat about how they have really outdone themselves this time around. They dig into both of those, plus a peak performance on Vanderpump Rules.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Ep. 123 - The Bachelor hometown breakdown and The Challenge Invasion

Spencer Kitley is joined by Fantasy4Reality’s Matt Gray to discuss high drama on The Bachelor hometown dates, as well as best families, best meals, most awkward moments and picks for the final two. They also dig into The Challenge Invasion (42:20) and the excellence that it has been in the first three weeks as it inches closer to the champion invasion.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Ep.122 - The Bachelor and The Challenge Invasion

Spencer Kitley and Daniel Oehler are joined by Fantasy4Reality’s Matt Gray for a wall-to-wall, fully-loaded show. The Bachelor train keeps rolling and they are discussing Bachelorette controversy, Corrine’s place in history and some new theories on who will win. Plus they are fired up as The Challenge Invasion (40:30) season rolls through its second week and is delivering great TV.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Ep. 121 - The Bachelor, The Challenge Invasion and Summer House


Spencer Kitley is joined by a good friend of the podcast and veteran of the Reality TV business, Will Semons and they are fired up about the second 2-on-1 date of the season on The Bachelor and excited to dive into the premiere of The Challenge Invasion (32:03). They also dig into their new Bravo guilty pleasure Summer House (1:05.00) and drop some knowledge on how much a summer in their Hamptons house costs.

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Ep. 120 - The Bachelor and Grab Bag featuring: The Challenge, Summer House & More

Spencer Kitley and Daniel Oehler discuss week five of The Bachelor that featured an explosive 2-on-1 date, some advancing relationships and maybe some of the biggest Bachelor cheese ever. They talk all of that, plus some of your reality TV favorites (41:00), including The Challenge Invasion, Summer House, Are You The One and more.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Ep. 119 - The Bachelor, Michael Jordan and Abraham Lincoln

Spencer Kitley is joined by Fantasy4Reality’s Matt Gray to dive into the pure excellence that was The Bachelor this week. Corinne is reality gold and they discuss her spot in show history, as well as the ‘exotic’ locale this week and Raven’s tale to end all tales.

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Ep. 118 - The Bachelor, Pump Rules, Summer House and Timber Creek Lodge


Spencer Kitley and Daniel Oehler jam on week three of The Bachelor, talking Backstreet Boys, Corinne, strange decisions and controversy in the house. They also dive into the reality gold that is currently happening on Bravo (40:10) with Summer House, Timber Creek Lodge and the old standby Vanderpump Rules.

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Ep. 117 - The Bachelor, Vanderpump Rules and a preview of The Challenge Invasion


Spencer Kitley and Daniel Oehler dig into week two of The Bachelor and all of the crazy, drama, tragedy and even the early exit. That’s not all, they also pull back the covers on a variety of things from around the reality TV world, including Vanderpump Rules/Summer House and the new format and cast for The Challenge Invasion (34:50).

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Ep. 116 - The Bachelor premiere

Spencer Kitley and Daniel Oehler are joined by Fantasy4Reality’s Matt Gray to discuss Nick Viall, the best/worst limo entrances, roses and leading bachelorettes from the premiere of The Bachelor.  They also dig into whether this is or is not the golden age of Reality TV and the state of the reality fantasy business.