Joe Reid

Senior Writer

@joereid      

Joe is the senior writer at Primetimer and co-host of the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast. His work has appeared in Decider, NPR, HuffPost, The Atlantic, Slate, Polygon, Vanity Fair, Vulture, The A.V. Club and more.

• POSTED August 24, 2020

  
  Class Action Park Will Make You Wonder How Any Teenager Survived the '80s
  The story of New Jersey's infamously treacherous water park is both tragic and transporting.
• POSTED August 21, 2020

  
  Drag Race: Vegas Revue and the Ever-Expanding Ru-niverse
  The queens enter the realm of docu-drama as they try to put on a Las Vegas show.
• POSTED August 19, 2020

  
  Where Does Denise Richards' Alleged Tryst Rank Among RHOBH's Most Jaw-Dropping Accusations?
  From drug use, to Munchausen's syndrome, to poor little doggies, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills have a long history pointing fingers at each other.
• POSTED August 18, 2020

  
  Dead Pixels: What You Need to Know About The CW Gamer Comedy
  Get the lowdown on Meg, Nicky, and their fantasy role-playing game in the new-to-America British comedy.
• POSTED August 17, 2020

  
  It's Official: I May Destroy You is 2020's Show of the Summer
  How Michaela Coel's HBO series about surviving sexual assault conquered a most unusual summer season.
• POSTED August 14, 2020

  
  Who's Who in HBO's Lovecraft Country
  Meet the cast of HBO's new Sunday night drama from Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams.
• POSTED August 13, 2020

  
  Big Brother Should Be Airing Four Nights a Week
  CBS needs the programming, and this season needs some room to breathe.
• POSTED August 12, 2020

  
  What Do Emmy Voters Have Against Pose?
  After Billy Porter's historic 2019 win, this was supposed to be the year FX's ballroom drama broke into the Emmy mainstream.
• POSTED August 11, 2020

  
  Is HBO's Hard Knocks About to Document a Doomed NFL Season?
  The league is moving forward amid COVID-19 concerns, and the veteran behind-the-scenes series will be there to document it all.
• POSTED August 11, 2020

  
  Schitt's Creek Is Poised to Be 2020's Most Unlikely Emmy Champ
  Is this the year Moira Rose finally ascends to the Emmys stage?
• POSTED August 6, 2020

  
  How Seth Rogen Became a Stealth TV Powerhouse
  With his new HBO Max film An American Pickle, Rogen continues doing what he does best lately: producing TV.
• POSTED August 5, 2020

  
  Here's What We Know About Big Brother 22
  A chaotic pre-season has included conspiracy theories, COVID scares, and the least certain summer ever.
• POSTED August 4, 2020

  
  Don't Watch Selling Sunset Season 3 For Insight Into Chrishell's Divorce from Justin Hartley
  Do watch it to see a reality soap whose market value is on the rise.
• POSTED July 31, 2020

  
  Disney+ Is Fast-Becoming the Streamer of Choice for A-List Properties
  First Star Wars, then Hamilton, now Beyoncé?!
• POSTED July 30, 2020

  
  A Short History of the Reality TV Whodunnit
  The CW's Killer Camp is the latest in a limited but fervently appreciated subgenre.