Earlier this year, I was on an episode of The Apprentice as an ‘eco-expert’ grilling contestants on their green business attempts. That experience convinced me that unscripted TV can be both escapist ...

It takes a lot of things to make a reality competition show work: An original concept, great casting, and a charismatic host. But nothing is more important than ensuring the host has a snappy and ...

Over 40 seasons, the MTV series has become the grandfather of reality-competition shows while helping create a new brand of permanent semi-stardom. “The Challenge,” which premiered in 1998, has come a ...

What is now? The nature of the ever-changing present moment has always fascinated me, because there is a paradox at its heart. From a personal perspective, the present is everything: it is the only ...