Maybe it was the collective gasp when Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s field-goal attempt dinked limply off the upright. Maybe it was Top Chef star Kristen Kish’s casual reminder that the FDA had recalled the Hidden Valley Ranch dressing used in the dip, so perhaps they should rethink the spread. But somewhere between those moments and Below Deck breakout Kate Chastain using a Steve Kornacki touchscreen to draw cartoon tears down Patrick Mahomes’s face, I realized I was enjoying Reality Hot Seat, Peacock’s Sunday Night Football alt-cast pitched squarely at reality-TV and Bravo die-hards.

To be clear, it was a very weird watch. Staged on a cheap-looking pink-forward set contiguous with the Watch What Happens Live aesthetic, Reality Hot Seat revolved around NBC’s

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