Fake TV Critic

This week we're doing something a little bit different! I'm touching on the final episodes and reunion of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City , but mostly because I got an advance copy of Heather Gay's book Bad Mormon, so I have a little bit of a preview before it officially releases! From holy underwear to Lisa Barlow convincing herself she was casting the show and Heather learning the hard way...

I've been absent... so sorry! But the format and release of the podcast is going to change going forward, and I get into that first before discussing why you should give MTV's new queer reality docusoap The Real Friends of WeHo a shot, even though you probably already hate it for making Drag Race episodes shorter. But it's not terrible, I promise! I'm also getting into The Traitors on Peacock, whi...

It's the holiday season! Before I recap on which streaming platforms you can find your favorite Christmas movies and specials, I break down some new stuff I watched this season that I recommend: 8-Bit Christmas on HBO Max, which came out last year and is about a group of tweens' quest for a Nintendo; The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special , in which aliens kidnap Kevin Bacon as a gift for the...

Needless to say, MAJOR SPOILERS FOR SEASON TWO OF THE WHITE LOTUS IN THIS EPISODE! It's The White Lotus season two finale discussion! I loved this season so much, even if I was actively angry at it sometimes as it was airing, and there's a lot to talk about as creator Mike White gives us a complex meditation on sexual and gender politics. I had a lot of fun trying to make sense of all the relation...

Okay, it's Housewives time! Whether it's franchise fatigue or just general bad storytelling, I'm getting into why the current season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City isn't doing it for me all of a sudden. Whereas the scripted, sitcom-y vibe of the first few episodes of season three of RHOSLC were entertaining, it's getting exhausting and boring. I have theories. I also touch on The Real Ho...

It's an all-Drag Race episode! Well, kinda. First, we have to talk about the Chrisleys, but then? Let's get into the season four finale of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, which had a bit of a lackluster season, despite crowning a wonderful queen. Then it's onto the next international all stars season, Canada's Drag Race vs. The World. (Or is it just Canada vs. The World? Unclear.) An eclectic but entertain...

It's Thanksgiving week, which means it's actually Christmas; my podcast, my rules. So for news, we're talking about Candace Cameron Bure's big bag of BS at her new "NO GAYS ALLOWED" network, and then I'm diving into two new offerings to the holiday canon: the HBO Max sequel we've all been waiting 40 years for, A Christmas Story Christmas ; and the Disney Plus continuation of one of my most beloved...

TV is now for old people! I'm recapping Hulu's Steve Carrell vehicle The Patient and the new Sylvester Stallone series Tulsa King , which is by the Yellowstone guy and streaming on the service that seems to be actively targeting Boomers: Paramount Plus. There are also a bunch of tangents about The Masked Singer, So Help Me Todd , and that damn Dahmer show again. It's a stream-of-consciousness epis...

I thought this was going to be a shorter episode, but then I just never shut up. Oops! This week I'm covering this exhausting, dark, terrible season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills ; two really good Countdown to Christmas movies that aired over the last weekend in October; and the bizarre, awful way the internet treats celebrity deaths. Sounds fun, right?! Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Instagram:...

Happy Halloween and also Merry Early Christmas? My brain is confused because Hallmark started Countdown to Christmas a week earlier than usual this year. So I'm straddling the line between horror and holiday talking about American Horror Story: NYC , and how it's exploring the depths of queer fear, and Hallmark's Kristoffer Polaha-Marisol Nichols movie We Wish You a Married Christmas , which is pe...

Happy Halloween! To celebrate spooky season, I'm talking about horror this week! The scariest story, though, might be that James Corden is a complete douchenozzle, according to the owner of Balthazar in NYC. After going through that viral story of Corden getting banned from brunch, I'm talking about Netflix's new Ryan Murphy series The Watcher , which is essentially a season of American Horror Sto...

This week I'm recording an hour straight-through, so hopefully I don't sound like a crazy person by the end! There's a brief update on BravoCon at the top of the episode, followed by some memories of the late Dame Angela Lansbury, who sadly passed away last week. Then I'm getting into the new format and contestants on season 31 of Dancing with the Stars , which is over on Disney Plus now; the new...

It's the finale of season two of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race and this miniseries, Secret TV Critic! Ande is still sick, but she's back for a relatively short episode recapping the very unexciting final episode. Stay tuned at the end for some random conversation about Dahmer and some other stuff we're watching! Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Instagram: @faketvcritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspot.com...

Ande is sick, so we're putting the final episode of Secret TV Critic recapping the finale of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race on hold until next week. So it's back to just me, scrambling to find things to talk about. So you get one idiotic story of why a handful of chronically online people are trying to cancel Kesha and Katy Perry, plus a recap of Southern Charm 's finale on Bravo and the firs...

The goodwill is gone. RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race sucks now. Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspot.com Outro Music by Box Lunch Beats (IG: @a_maddox_art )

The game has changed! After immediately revealing everyone's identities (I was right on 4 out of 5, thankyouverymuch), the contestants on season 2 of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race perform together in a group number from the Vegas live show (because what is Drag Race if not one giant franchise marketing tool) and then each individually perform RuPaul songs. The results are mixed, with some st...

Welcome to a no-edits episode of Fake TV Critic! I was too lazy to edit out the chaos of this week's discussion with Ande of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race , so you get a conversation about downloading audio so we don't lose content and a really long math lesson where we try to figure out how old we were in middle school. Other than that, it's business as usual over VH1, until the surprise tw...

This week's episode of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race had a bunch of special guests, but you're stuck with just me and Ande recapping, dissecting, and rambling on about episode four: "Drag Duets."

We're back with a new episode of the miniseries Secret TV Critic, where Ande and I recap episodes of RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race! This show continues to be a ton of fun, even if it's a little crunchy and confusing. This week we have some new guesses for who's underneath the wigs and makeup as some queens spiral and others gladly sashay away. Don't forget to tune into new episodes on Friday...

It's the spin-off you never knew you needed: Secret TV Critic! I'm doing a mini-spin off with my bestie, Andy from the Unveiled podcast and the Drag Race season 14 premiere episode of this podcast, dedicated to RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race season 2! If you didn't know the show existed, you're not alone! But it's a wonderful combination of Drag Race and The Masked Singer with celebrities dre...

You know what's fun? This season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 7: All Winners: Queen of All Queens (could we fit another subtitle in there?). I'm talking about the finale (spoilers ahead, obviously) and the season, as a whole, and why it was such a joy to watch. You know what's not fun? Getting COVID again. But at least it gave me some time to watch the TV I'd been missing, so I'm touching on a...

This story is developing, but I jumped on to record immediately because I was too amped not to! Jen Shah of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City , whose Shah-rrest on charges of wire fraud and money laundering we've been covering for over a year now, submitted a surprise, last-minute plea of "guilty" in the SDNY courts today. Let's talk about it! Also, I was on Small Town Failing today, one of my...

This is a very different episode, and I apologize for that. But I can't not talk about what's going on in regards to gun violence. So this week's introduction is a plea for everyone to take action and get involved instead of feeling hopeless. But this is a TV podcast, so I'm covering Stranger Things 4 , which I was hoping would help me escape the overall grossness of the world but fell short. Sorr...

What a good gay week! We got the season three premiere of Legendary on HBO Max and the long-awaited, much-anticipated premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 7 (AKA All Winners ). FINALLY! The holy grail of reality competition shows comes to Drag Race ! Watch the Donald Strachey films on YouTube Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspot.com Outro Music by Box Lunch Beats (IG: @a_maddox_...

The CW axed more than half its lineup this week, and Jessica Biel plays a woman who axed her best friend on Hulu's miniseries Candy . I'm talking about both of those, as well as Starz's boring-ass comedy/horror/drama/mystery Shining Vale . It was a mediocre week for television viewing, but at least Drag Race Espana is still having fun. Twitter: @FakeTVCritic Blog: faketvcritic.blogspot.com Outro M...