jk, it's 'only' Season 29 -- but will this round of innovations breathe new life into MTV's old warhorse? Kim Reed has thoughts!

TOPICS

Lead Topic: 🤾‍♂️ The Challenge

The Blotter Presents: 🔪 Solitary: Inside Red Onion

I Am Not A Crackpot: 📺 TV Should Do More Positive Propaganda

Around The Dial: 💼 Detroiters

Around The Dial: 🪄 The Magicians

Around The Dial: 💄 America's Next Top Model

Around The Dial: 🤑 Retro Ad

The Canon: 🩺 Scrubs

Winner & Loser: 👍 Saturday Night Live

Winner & Loser: 👎 The White House Correspondents; Dinner

Game Time: 🧠 Is This Benson?

NOTES

144: Rising To The Challenge's 372nd Season