Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model to Being Gordon Ramsay – the seven best shows to stream this week

2026-02-13 - 07:35

The morally questionable drama and meltdowns of the 00’s pop-culture phenomenon gets an expose, while Gordon Ramsey serves up a feast of swearing There’s now a secondary industry around huge, morally questionable shows from the gold-rush era of post-millennial reality TV. After last year’s Netflix expose of fat-shaming behemoth The Biggest Loser comes this series exploring the chequered story of America’s Next Top Model. It’s a depressing insight into the values of the times, tracing the trajectory of a show which began as a source of Black and LGBTQ+ empowerment but lost its ethical bearings. Many former contestants contribute (the story of Shandi Sullivan is particularly grotesque) as does creator Tyra Banks, who seems alternately sheepish and weirdly accusatory. “You guys were demanding it,” she claims. “So we kept pushing.” Netflix, from Monday 16 February Continue reading...