The Exclusive With Sharon Tharp

The Exclusive With Sharon Tharp

For nearly 20 years, Sharon Tharp has been breaking news, landing exclusive interviews, and covering reality television's biggest stories. On The Exclusive, she takes fans behind the headlines with insider analysis, exclusive conversations, and behind-the-scenes access they won't find anywhere else.

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October 23, 2026 • 57 mins
Melody Morris, who finished fifth on Big Brother 28 and sat on the jury, joins The Exclusive to break down her season-long bond with Drew and the alliances that never broke her way. The Phoenix game show host and stand-up comic reflects on the fake phone calls to her mom, why she couldn't "fake nice" in the house, and learning how much Barrett was "playing in my face." Melody also addresses the "coaster" comment from Angela in...
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SPOILER WARNING: This audio contains major spoilers for the latest episode of The Traitors: New Blood, including the murdered player. 

Mark Zgoda, the latest player murdered on The Traitors: New Blood, joins The Exclusive to break down finding the letter on his chair and the two Traitors who got him. The New Jersey personal trainer reflects on getting "outplayed" by Joe and Tomica, playing as a Faithful nobody suspected, ...

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Spoilers ahead for Survivor 51 Episode 5!

The latest player voted out of Survivor 51, Linnea Capobianco joins The Exclusive to break down the moment she realized the Savu 4 were not willing to go to rocks for her. Linnea also talks about Kilby and Lewis’ power-shifting move and whether she sees them carrying momentum into the following episodes, who she was most excited to work with had she made the merge beach, and whet...

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Spoilers ahead for Survivor 51 Episode 5!

The latest player voted out of Survivor 51, Alexis Levine joins The Exclusive to break down just how much she believed she could pull Jelly into voting with her. Alexis also talks about why she specifically warned Jelly against aligning with Devin and "not being overshadowed by a messy man," the deep conversations viewers saw between them and what was going through her mind during thos...

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Teeny Chirichillo, who played Survivor 47, joins The Exclusive to break down Episode 5 of Survivor 51 and its two Tribal Councils. He reflects on Alexis's exit, Jelly's choice between Alexis and Devin, and the four-four split where Kilby and Lewis "called their bluff" and sent Linnea home short of a rock draw. Teeny also addresses the fake Blood Idol he calls a "Scooby-Doo mystery," Maggie giving up both of Extra Votes, and wh...
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Michael Foote, the latest player banished from The Traitors: New Blood, joins The Exclusive to break down the Roundtable that sent him home and how he played the game as a Faithful. The New York litigator reflects on wanting to be picked as a Traitor, why he started pointing fingers at the breakfast table to be the Traitors' "shield," and taking charge of a group of Faithfuls he felt had "no conductor." Michael also addresses...

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Jenna Doore, the latest player voted out of Survivor 51, joins The Exclusive to break down the three-tribe swap and the blindside that sent her home. The Toledo wedding photographer reflects on what she called "the best worst day of my life," landing on a tribe with Devin and Jelly, and why she believed she was the swing vote after talking to Alexis and Ori. Jenna also addresses where she and Devin stand after the game, expla...

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Big Brother 8's Jen Johnson is the latest houseguest added to the Memory Wall, and she joins The Exclusive to break down her season and her summer-long feud with Evel Dick Donato. The wellness lounge owner reflects on her last-minute casting, destroying Dick's cigarettes, and the red unitard she still keeps in storage. Jen also addresses the "hot dumb girl" edit, her jury vote for Daniele Donato, and how Eric Stein's America's...
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Sherry Kuehl, the third player banished from The Traitors: New Blood, joins The Exclusive to break down her Roundtable exit and why she was gunning for Jay. The journalist reflects on being the oldest player in the castle by more than a decade, her "low and smokey" strategy, and the post-it note "murder board" she kept in her room. Sherry also addresses her reaction to the Traitor reveals and why she wanted the last word at th...
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Survivor 48 and 50 castaway Kamilla Karthigesu joins The Exclusive to break down Survivor 51 Episode 3, from Patt Cannaday's blindside to Rob Antonson's quit. The two-time player reflects on Carter and Lewis flipping the vote, the mutiny twist, and the extra vote that set up a standoff between Maggie and Brady. Kamilla also addresses why the "Open Era" is "the Survivor I was missing" for her, and explains what it would take to...
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Patt Cannaday, the latest player voted out of Survivor 51, joins The Exclusive to break down the blindside that sent her home and the "weird energy" at Tribal Council. She reflects on staying "stone faced" as the votes were read, what she wanted to do once the merge hit, and the "cracks" in her five-person alliance. Patt also addresses her conversations with swing votes Lewis and Carter, explains why she kept Jelly's idol "lo...

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Rob Antonson, the latest player to leave Survivor 51, joins The Exclusive to break down the leg injury that ended his game and the debate over whether he quit or was medevaced. He reflects on keeping the injury from his tribe from day 3, the "silent killer" risk of an infection, and why he's "calling it a medevac." Rob also addresses his conversation with Jeff Probst, explains handing his idol to Carter on the way back from T...

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It's been 21 years since Big Brother 6, and Beau Beasley is finally joining the Memory Wall. Beau looks back on how Ivette brought him into casting, why his own alliance voted him out, the Rachel eviction he regrets, and his role in backdooring Kaysar after Pressure Cooker. He also talks about his drunken fight with Janelle and how they became close friends after the show, where things stand with Ivette today, the Napa jury ho...
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Phillip Solomon, who played Deal or No Deal Island Season 2, joins The Exclusive to break down Survivor 51 Episode 2 and Ana Sani's vote-out. The fitness instructor and former middle school teacher reflects on Rob's plan to "make history" at Tribal Council, Eric's improv, and Brady's injury, which he calls "a masterclass in just a spiraling man." Phillip also explains why Alexis's move against Ana was a "victimless crime," why...
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SPOILER WARNING: This audio contains major spoilers for the Big Brother 28 finale, including the winner. 

Rick Devens, the winner of Big Brother 28 and America's Favorite Houseguest, joins The Exclusive to break down his 6-1 jury win over Taylor Brown and how he got there after saying he'd never play the game. The Survivor 50 alum addresses his final Head of Household decision to cut Drew Campbell, who still voted for him...

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SPOILER WARNING: This audio contains major spoilers for the Big Brother 28 finale, including the winner. 

Drew Campbell, who finished third on Big Brother 28, joins The Exclusive to break down Rick Devens' final Head of Household decision to take Taylor Brown to the final two and his own jury vote for Devens. The Beast Games alum reflects on how he thinks he'd have done against Devens or Taylor, whether he'd have cut Deve...

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SPOILER WARNING: This audio contains major spoilers for the Big Brother 28 finale, including the winner.

Taylor Brown, the runner-up of Big Brother 28, joins The Exclusive to break down the 6-1 jury vote and the finale-eve conversation that convinced Rick Devens to take her to the final two. She reflects on Yash's vote for Devens and whether she highlighted her late competition wins enough, including the Part 1 win that cut ac...

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26 years after Big Brother 1, Chicken George Boswell joins host Sharon Tharp for her Legends Only series to look back on the season that started it all and his return for All-Stars. He tells his casting story, from $15.87 at the post office to the Beavis and Butt-Head shirt in the CBS boardroom, and the chicken suit run around the country that followed the show. George also talks about how much he keeps up with Big Brother tod...
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Ana Sani, the second player voted out of Survivor 51, joins The Exclusive to break down the 6–4 Savu vote that blindsided her and the scramble that came before it. The voice actress reflects on realizing she was "circling the drain" once her conversation with Alexis got around, floating Kristin as the decoy vote before putting her own name out, and watching Rob try to vote himself out at Tribal Council. Ana also explains...
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