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 February 28, 2020

  
  RuPaul's Drag Race: Get to Know the Season 12 Queens
  Your guide to this season's thirteen queens, plus a handful of jaw-dropping judges.
• POSTED February 28, 2020

  
  Please SNL, Give Us Another John Mulaney Diner Lobster Sketch
  The stand-up comedian's 2018 Les Mis parody is the stuff of legend.
• POSTED February 27, 2020

  
  Dear ABC: We've Had Enough with the Grey's Anatomy-Station 19 Crossovers
  The flailing Grey's spinoff is dragging down the mothership.
• POSTED February 27, 2020

  
  Survivor: Why Isn't Anyone Going After the Game's Biggest Target?
  Plus an undervalued winner's stock rises, and the cops go undercover.
• POSTED February 26, 2020

  
  TV Is Fast Approaching Reality Show All-Star Valhalla
  Survivor: Winners at War is just the beginning.
• POSTED February 24, 2020

  
  The Outsider's Malevolent Stranger Is a Stephen King Trope, But It's Never Been More Apt
  The idea that an evil entity can, just by its proximity, cause other people to give into their most evil selves feels particularly timely.
• POSTED February 20, 2020

  
  Survivor's Old School Alliance Just Shot Itself in the Foot
  The all-winners season continues to be a gold mine of Survivor strategy.
• POSTED February 8, 2020

  
  The Ten Best TV Shows Adapted from Best Picture Nominees
  Celebrate Oscar by getting hooked on any of these great series.
• POSTED February 8, 2020

  
  Cynthia Erivo in HBO's The Outsider: An Appreciation
  The Oscar nominee has become the show's shadow protagonist.
• POSTED February 5, 2020

  
  Bravo's Summer House Likes Bare (Male) Butts and It Can Not Lie
  Basic cable's leader in bare bottom reality TV returns with yet more bums on the menu.
• POSTED February 5, 2020

  
  This is 40: Survivor’s Mid-Life Crisis
  Following a troubled Season 39, the CBS stalwart looks to bounce back... with the reality-competition equivalent of a sports car.
• POSTED February 4, 2020

  
  Briarpatch: Who's Who in USA's New Detective Noir
  Rosario Dawson leads a cast full of familiar faces in this sweaty, Southern mystery.
• POSTED February 3, 2020

  
  Five Shows You Never Knew Mark Wahlberg Produced
  No, not Entourage. That's the easy one.
• POSTED February 1, 2020

  
  The Enduring Appeal of The Super Bowl and the Urgency of Now
  One of the last vestiges of a bygone era, the Super Bowl is like kryptonite to the Peak TV era.
• POSTED January 29, 2020

  
  The Good Place's Endgame Offers a Perfect Netflix Metaphor
  That is, if you accept the premise that Netflix is The Good Place…