Netflix’s Masked Dating Series ‘Sexy Beasts’ Isn’t Nearly as Fun as Its Premise: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticLast year, Paris Hilton appeared in the documentary “This Is Paris,” in which she made the argument that she isn’t the person we see on TV. Her somewhat vapid persona, she said, purposefully obscures her real self.

Nikki Glaser is taking us on a trip to , and this social experiment is unlike any we've seen in the world of reality TV dating shows.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIt’s rare to see a series that conjures up a sense of place quite as well as does FX’s new “Reservation Dogs.” The series, set in and shot in Oklahoma with a cast, set of directors and writers’ room made up entirely of Indigenous people, lets us into a world television too rarely goes. The title reservation, a rural place where the only fun is what one makes for oneself, is a place our characters are keen to escape.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe key to Barack Obama’s electoral success — and to the ways his post-presidency will continue to evolve — could be his talent as a writer.It’s not simply his eloquence, his ability to convey his beliefs to a sprawling and fractious electorate. It’s also his gift at packaging his experiences and image of himself.

ABC Signature Executive Director, Comedy Development Amanda Barclay is leaving the Disney TV studio to join Netflix as Director in the streamer’s Original Series, Comedy team led by Tracey Pakosta. She replaces Robert Prinz, Director of Original Series, Comedy, who is leaving the company.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“There’s nothing that no one does not know about me,” Robin Roberts says in her new series “Turning the Tables With Robin Roberts.” “And that’s OK! I do keep some things.”That balance — being widely but not deeply known — is what makes a morning-TV star.

The studio pitch and mile-high concept of “Blood Red Sky”— “it’s ‘Snakes on a Plane’ with vampires, and a terrorist hijacking!”—is intriguing, potentially twistedly funny, and surely enough for Netflix to gamble on. Sadly, for filmmaker Peter Thorwarth, “Blood Red Sky” cannot live up to its core idea, not in a way that amplifies its outrageously wacky premise, nor in a way that makes it even a mildly entertaining watch.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime ABC Studios/ABC Signature development executive Lisa Lang McMullen is leaving Disney after 12 years for Netflix where she will serve as Director on the Drama Development team run by Jinny Howe.

Sexy Beasts () is Netflix’s asking if personality beats looks, especially when those looks are hidden behind animal prosthetics. It's a less heartfelt, more comical version of Love Is Blind—one where contestants proclaim they’re “ass men” with no pretense.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe saying “Love is blind” will be put to the test July 21, when Netflix launches the dating series “Sexy Beasts,” which already has the internet abuzz.Each episode features a person looking for love — but they will have to choose a match based purely on personality: The contestant picks the winner from three candidates, and everyone’s face is hidden by a mask, often complete with a prosthetic headpiece.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVYou hear it all of the time: those who appear on reality television are referred to as characters, even though they are real people. It may be because they come across as over-the-top or it may simply be because they appear on screen alongside scripted comedies and dramas, and viewers like a shorthand.

Netflix’s wild new dating show “Sexy Beasts,” out Wednesday, hides sexy singles under pounds of makeup and prosthetics, disguising their appearances in order to test if they can make lasting connections based on personality alone. “Someone’s [appearance is] the first thing you see. So obviously everyone just goes based on looks to start with.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“You’re trying to punish me. Surely the Southern Hemisphere is bad enough.”So says Edie Henley (Harriet Walter) to her daughter Kate (Frances O’Connor) in the early scenes of the drama “The End.” This dark comedy created by Samantha Strauss comes to Showtime after a 2020 run in Australia; its first episode shows us how and why Edie, a widow, has been brought to Australia from her native England.

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Paramount+ has given a series order to the upcoming Grease prequel series about the Pink Ladies!

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThough it’s plenty punishing, AMC Plus’ new limited series “The North Water” has something richly escapist about it: The show, set on a whaling ship in the 1850s and shot within the Arctic Circle, creates a sense of chilliness that will permeate one’s bones on even the hottest summer night.In this adaptation of Ian McGuire’s historical-fiction novel, Jack O’Connell plays Patrick Sumner, a British army surgeon running from his past; he signs on to be a doctor on a

Netflix is infested with sexy beasts.

Naman Ramachandran Dating app Tinder is teaming with Netflix as the official casting partner for Indian dating reality show, “IRL: In Real Love,” produced by Monozygotic.Swipe cards will appear in between Tinder members’ stack of potential matches, and if they swipe right on the in-app casting call they will be redirected to a registration page.“Tinder is thrilled to partner with Netflix to offer this generation’s hopeful romantics a chance to go after a flame that can’t be put out,” said Taru

A new reality dating series with a spicy twist is coming to HBO Max.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRonan Farrow’s reporting on Harvey Weinstein — first his coverage in The New Yorker in 2017, then his metacoverage of what it took to get that story in his 2019 book “Catch and Kill” — helped to crystallize and define a moment in American cultural life.