Trending claims

Katz keeps running list of potential talent

Casting must leave room for Cinderella stories because Traitors unfolds in an unpredictable way

It is fun to have Rapaport on knowing he is a big Housewives fan

Cirie Fields will be back on Probst’s island for the show’s 50th season which begins airing this month

Clashes are unavoidable and often good TV in the pressure cooker of reality competition

Everybody's wardrobe is important

The casting director does not like when anyone fights and yells

Katz acknowledged Rapaport could be polarizing but insisted that was not the reason she chose him

The casting director does not look for fighting and yelling on any of her shows but wants everyone to feel comfortable

Network loyalty is not enough to make a strong cast

Traitors chaos this season has revolved around Colton Underwood

Gabby Windey used Traitors as launchpad to wider celebrity

Layered history helps cement the cast quickly to get the story running at 100 miles an hour straight away leading to brilliant arcs

If you have a cast of 23 24 at least one-third almost one-half of NBCUniversal talent

Fruitful Traitors plotlines have involved simmering beef between pairs like CT Tamburello and Trishelle Cannatella

The Winter Olympics are going to be airing right when this is on and that’s going to be all over on every television

They create a set a rulebook and open the castle gates

Most players know Housewives and Survivors tend to stick together in voting blocs at least until they do not so Rinna voting early against Porsha Williams led to a multi-episode plotline about suspicions she could be a Traitor

She played more psychologically complex game than audiences expected

Lipinski and Weir's offscreen friendship was a necessary ingredient in their selection given how it could affect strategic gameplay