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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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    Southern Charm Recap: Dog Gone ItThe season is full of new characters, but the severe lack of drama makes it hard for anyone to stand out.
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    Survivor Season-Finale Recap: Gone With the WindTonight’s finale is the best example yet of how the fire-making challenge continues to be a thorn in the New Era’s side.
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    Love, Love Will Tear Summer House Apart AgainTom Schwartz, what are you doing here?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Pic of the LitterNothing brings a group of women together like showing off your husband’s dick pic.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Grammer SchooledSutton has a meltdown when the other Housewives refuse to play by her made-up rules.
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    Southern Charm Recap: A Widening GolfJT’s antics are getting on everyone’s nerves.
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    Survivor Recap: Tricks and TreatsTonight’s episode certifies this season as one of the best in a long time. Wait, do I like Survivor’s New Era?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Room for ChangeThe new RHONY ladies get to engage in a classic Housewives tradition: arguing about who gets what room.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: A Thousand Pounds of BeefThis might be the first time in Housewives history that I’m sorry a fight is over. Dorit escaped Kyle’s wrath way too easily.
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    Southern Charm Season-Premiere Recap: The Cup Runneth OverIt seems fair that Shep’s life changes don’t totally convince Austen and Craig.
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    Survivor Recap: An Old-School MisdirectIt’s episodes like this one that are a reminder of why we watch: manipulation, paranoia, and excellent gameplay coming together.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Having a BallJenna’s unwillingness to show her personal life is starting to hinder the show.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Stone Cold BeachDorit and Kyle keep fighting with each other when they should be focused on divorcing their husbands.
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    The Housewives Institute’s Bravo Gift GuideChristmas is coming, better make it nice.
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    The Great British Baking Show Season-Finale Recap: Hangin’ ToughAfter a great season of back-to-basics challenges, the producers concoct a doozy of a final showstopper.
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    Survivor Recap: Wobble, WobbleThe 90-minute format doesn’t suit episodes in which the vote feels inevitable.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Thank God for Planned ParenthoodJust when I thought Erin couldn’t be more wrong, she does something so incredibly right and good that it’s making me question reality.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Best Friends for NeverLet’s break down the Dorit versus Kyle argument, point by point.
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    What’s Next for Vanderpump Rules?Does this mean that Jax Taylor is, once again, the number one guy in the group?
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Come What EntremetsGeorgie wants this so bad you can taste it like a fruit-shaped baked good.
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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 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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    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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