Lindsay Lohan is leading trashy reality TV's comeback

TIME

The exuberantly vapid reality show has shown signs of making a comeback in recent months, says Judy Berman, from Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club to Temptation Island to Made in Mexico and upcoming reboots of Wife Swap and Paradise Hotel. "At the risk of stating the obvious, Americans are once again living through tumultuous times," says Berman. "Exhausted by the pace and tenor of news in the Trump era, collapsing onto the couch with Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club feels easier than overtaxing my brain with a thoughtful show like True Detective. As this decade winds down, trashy reality TV might also be one more reboot of an early-2000s trend, like Juicy Couture tracksuits and flip phones, riding the 20-year nostalgia cycle back to relevance."