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Brian Moylan is the author of the New York Times best seller The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Housewives. He also writes Vulture's Housewives Institute Bulletin newsletter. He started covering television in 2000, and his TV reporting and criticism has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, Vice, Gawker 1.0, Time, Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, the Washington Blade, and many other outlets.

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    Survivor Recap: Shots Through the HeartGabe and Genevieve’s dominant gameplay finally catches up to them.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: For the BirdsBecky and Erin’s pregnancy prank was a complete flop and totally pointless.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Premiere Recap: Separation AnxietyThe wives are back to relitigate past fights and soft launch divorces.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Fancy a Shag?A season of carefully inoffensive theme weeks continues with a throwback to the 1970s.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Pregnant PausesCan we trust whatever is going on with Becky Minkoff?
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Just DessertsLike the episode itself, this recap makes as many dick jokes as possible.
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    Survivor Recap: Dumb MoneyWell, at least they fixed the Survivor auction.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Personal VictoriesAn episode low on drama but high in character development still makes for a good episode at this point in RHONY’s reboot.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Pie in the SkyA forgettable theme allows the bakers to do what they do best: just baking really good cakes and pies.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Season-Finale Recap: Always the BridesmaidFor the first time in years, a drama-filled finale leaves us feeling hopeful about OC’s future.
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    Survivor Recap: Split DecisionThe new era has devolved into leaving everything to chance and chaos.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Utterly CluelessErin’s vendetta against Jenna makes no sense whatsoever. Even worse, Erin ruined the vibes at a perfectly good Clueless-themed party.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: How Do You Phyllo?Who cares if the bakes are good when the bakers are this delightful.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Mutually Assured DestructionShannon and Tamra having different spins on their past misdeeds doesn’t make either of them any less guilty.
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    Survivor Recap: Nero FiddledAre the new-era players finally wising up and not taking the bait and playing the silly, advantage-filled game the producers want them to play?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Roach MotelWhen the women aren’t fighting over imperceivable slights, they have a lot of fun interactions and develop fascinating dynamics at Erin’s house.
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    How Do You Like Them Apples?It’s not that the RHONY reboot is boring, it’s just back-to-basics in a way that’s disconnected from modern-day Housewifery.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Sticky FingersIt’s caramel week, which means lots of splitting, curdling, and burnt sugar in the tent.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: London BrawlingJenn goes toe-to-toe with Tamra and somehow comes up on top.
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    Survivor Recap: Chickens OutSurvivor gets retro for a perfectly constructed and rewarding episode.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: The Hamptons InnThe wives seem too allergic to confrontation. You can’t have a TV show just about words — there must be action!
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    The Best and Worst Returning HousewivesComebacks are having a moment in the franchise, but there’s a long history of fruit holders making the most — or least — of their second chance.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Buns in the OvenBread Week proves to be a triumph for the bakers and pun-loving hosts alike.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: British BulldogsAlexis might not be on the London trip, but Shannon isn’t getting away from the lawsuit drama that easily.
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    Survivor Recap: Caught Red-HandedWe finally get a tribal where the outcome isn’t apparent going in, and it makes for riveting gameplay.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Bit by BitcoinThis is so obvious, so astonishingly, disgustingly basic that it could only have happened to Erin.
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    The Great British Bake Off - Series 15 Ep1
    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Puppet Strings AttachedThere’s a lot of hardship this week between the medical emergencies and the near-impossible challenges.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Tea and StrumpetsAlexis’s attempt to extend a literal olive branch would be laughable if it weren’t so annoying and phony.
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    Belly of the Beast
    Survivor Recap: A Long Day’s JourneyWe see what is annoying everyone at camp this week, and I couldn’t be happier.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Season-Premiere Recap: Poor JudgmentsNow with a season under their belts, the ’wives are adjusting and figuring out what they want to fight about.
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    The Great British Baking Show Season-Premiere Recap: Loaf Is in the AirAn amusing cast, impressive loaves, and an unseasonably cold tent make for a delightful start to the season.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Get Ready for EddieIt’s always a shame when the house husbands start fighting.
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    Survivor Recap: Technical KnockoutIt’s yet another idol-obsessed episode.
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    Wives vs. ’WivesIs Secret Lives of Mormon Wives coming for RHOSLC’s snowflake?
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Jean TherapyEveryone should thank Emily for telling Alexis what we’re all thinking.
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    Survivor Season-Premiere Recap: Raggedy AndyWe kick off the season with a truly baffling first vote.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Project RunwayWhy does Alexis need as much support as Shannon? She’s not the victim here. Nothing has happened to her!
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Videos Killed the Reality StarIt’s brutal to watch Shannon realize she needs to get ahead of the footage John is holding over her head.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Traitor JoesThey did The Traitors on Housewives, and it was somehow horrible?!
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    Make Jersey New AgainWe know a RHONJ reboot is coming, but what might that look like? A few suggestions …
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: The Love GloveWe finally find out what is on the video incriminating Shannon. It’s a doozy.
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    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Are Unrecognizable in Season 5 TrailerGood news: It doesn’t look boring.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Big Bear in MindIt’s time to check in on all the intersecting feuds and see who is winning their individual matchups.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season-Finale Recap: The End of the LineThe epic finale we were promised may end up being New Jersey’s Last Supper.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Like a House on FireThe symbolism here is so obvious that even Teresa can grasp it.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Flag on the PlayWe’re missing explosive drama, but it’s fun to have dumb, petty arguments like old Housewives seasons.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Autopiloting and AltercatingJen’s sandwich sounds so much more appealing than this trench warfare.
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    Love Island’s Perfect StormThe U.S. version of the show has never been this good, and it may never be again.
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    Still More Great Moments in Real HousewiferyBecause 100 seasons can’t be confined to a list of just 100.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Realer and RealtorHave we met a housewife as entitled and helpless as Jenn?
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