Table of Contents

June 3, 2024

Cover Story

The Last Inappropriate Man on Television

What will it take to bring down Andy Cohen?

Plus: (Almost) Every Reality TV Lawsuit Right Now

By Jessica Pressler

On the Cover: Andy Cohen. Photograph by Martin Schoeller for New York Magazine.

features

Survivor’s “Shrug” Era
How learning to play the game became the game.

By Mark Harris

Plus: The Survivor Eras Tour
The Love Machine
Is there a wrench in the works at Love Is Blind?

By Kathryn VanArendonk

Plus: Every Engagement, Breakup, and Marriage in Love Is Blind
Coming Soon

The Hottest Streamer Right Now

Our annual power ranking sees the return of a titan.

By Josef Adalian
Coming Soon

The Secret Sauce

Lionel Boyce on the evolution of The Bear’s Everyman.

By Lawrence Burney
Coming Soon

Industry Goes for Broke

In its next season, the breakout hit might finally succeed Succession.

By Jackson McHenry

Intelligencer

Departments

Strategist

Best in Class
Streakless self-tanner.
Best Bets
Adam Scott’s Shark Tank shoelaces, your forever wooden salad bowls, and a cardboard bed you can’t quit.
Shopping

Seven destination brick-and-mortars.
The Look Book

Browses with streetwear fans at Hypebeast Flea.
Design Hunting
Old-home lovers transform an upstate church into a studio loft.
The Restaurant Review
Theodora’s food is all over the map. That’s what makes it great.
Openings
The Saloon at Clover Club will be a more casual companion bar.
Openings
Is Acru the city’s next great tasting menu?

The Culture Pages

(Almost) Every Reality TV Lawsuit Right Now
From villain edits to one contestant being forced to bake a pie the day she had a stroke.
A Hollywood Family’s Grudges

The actor and now memoirist Griffin Dunne lays out how it played out.
The Album Review
Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft attempts more twists than it can muster.
The Movie Review
Atlas is unsure of its identity — and that of titular star J.Lo.
The Book Review
The pitfalls of realism are exposed in Joseph O’Neill’s Godwin.