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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.

  1. overnights
    Summer House Recap: The Finished LineMaybe we should all remember that it takes two people to make a horrible relationship.
  2. overnights
    Survivor Recap: On With the ShowThe game is finally afoot, just in time for the merge.
  3. a separation
    Everything We Learned From Buying Beverly Hills About Kyle and Mauricio’s SplitAfter spending an entire day bingeing it and gathering clues about the world’s slowest-moving divorce.
  4. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: To the MaxCan it be? Are we finally starting to move past the same old Scandoval drama?
  5. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Pitching Their TentsThe new additions to the cast are clicking, and everyone is having fun. Well, almost everyone.
  6. overnights
    Don\'t Touch the Oven
    Survivor Recap: Jump for My LoveOur long national nightmare is over.
  7. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: The Uncanny ValleyJax crashes the episode to get a couple of shots in on Sandoval while he still can.
  8. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Car Talk, Vol. 2Carl and Lindsay have differing views on their fights, but how can we take sides without seeing the arguments take place?
  9. overnights
    Survivor Recap: Things That Don’t RockWhy is Bhanu still here?
  10. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Sign of the TimesIf Vanderpump is Tom and Ariana’s baby, should they cut it in half and give each a piece?
  11. overnights
    Summer House Recap: You Better Work BeachLindsay’s relationships with Paige and Danielle are utterly confounding.
  12. overnights
    Survivor Recap: Look What You Made Me DoA snoozer of an episode reveals little and doesn’t move the game forward.
  13. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: How Low Will You Tahoe?The group is getting closer to forgiving one another, but Sandoval can’t get out of his own way.
  14. power rankings
    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Power Rankings: Who Is the Final Girl?Kate is in the power position, but can Sandra and MJ suss her out in time?
  15. this is not the bachelor
    We Have Phaedra Parks’s Mom to Thank for Her Turn on The Traitors“If you listen more than you talk, you can win it.â€
  16. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Let the Fighting BeginNo one could predict the chaos Carl and Lindsay would bring to the house.
  17. overnights
    Survivor Season-Premiere Recap: From the GekkoJelinsky is not lying about being a legend because this first episode was all about his legendarily bad gameplay.
  18. love is blind club
    In Defense of the Randos on Love Is BlindThe show casts 30 singles. Why do we see only ten of them for most of the series?
  19. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Hungry Like the WolfTom keeps acting like the group owes him something when he should really be begging to keep his spot on the show.
  20. overnights
    Summer House Season-Premiere Recap: Go West, Young ManWe’ve got some new dudes in the house.
  21. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Season-Finale Recap: Cancer SeasonAfter a series of dumb fights, the finale ends on an impossibly beautiful note.
  22. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Everyone FumblesEveryone has their story lines more or less wrapped up, except for Kyle, whose story is really just beginning.
  23. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Take the Kids to the PoolJames seems to be getting a questionable redemption arc that doesn’t really sit well.
  24. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Heir JordanA breakup and bad-tasting tequila? It’s a rough episode for Larsa.
  25. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Wrap It UpIt looks like Kyle successfully avoided talking about her breakup in front of the cameras.
  26. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Just Can’t Wait to Be QueenTom can’t understand why his shitty apologies aren’t getting the job done. Meanwhile, Ariana has become the center of the Pump universe.
  27. super bowl
    Every Super Bowl Halftime Show Since 1993, RankedAn overview of the last three decades of mid-game pop spectacle, from worst to best.
  28. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Let’s Have a KikiThe Isle of the Dolls, a huge Gay Pride, and Lisa and Kiki fighting in Mexico City make for Miami’s version of a horror comedy.
  29. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Bye, AshyIt looks like Kyle can’t dodge the questions about her marriage for much longer.
  30. power rankings
    The Traitors Midseason Power Rankings: All About PeterIs a Bachelor really in the top position? The Black Widow dead last? It’s been a major shift in power since the preseason rankings.
  31. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Party HardlyTom is back and losing more friends by the minute.
  32. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Divine ComedyIt’s always nice when the women can come together despite their ongoing feuds.
  33. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Paella It ForwardAfter Crystal’s non-scare, the women have a nice, if a little boring, Spanish dinner.
  34. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Season-Premiere Recap: We Know What He Did Last SummerWe’re no longer pretending these people work in any field other than the reality-television arts and sciences.
  35. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Great CDMX-pectationsIt’s been a tough week for Larsa.
  36. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Spain in the ButtThe Annemarie-Crystal feud continues to develop.
  37. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Swim WeakHow was Miami Swim Week this disappointing?
  38. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Crystal ClearsIt only took three years, but Crystal finally made it as a Housewife.
  39. housewives institute bulletin
    The Excommunication of Saint MonicaLooking back on a decade of the Housewives Institute, and looking ahead to how Monica’s big debut bodes for the future of our favorite shows.
  40. cheat sheet
    Let’s Rank The Traitors’ Reality-Star RosterStarting with the best and ending with the rest, which is exactly how the traitors should start murdering the competition.
  41. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Lost in the MailAnother “no thoughts, just fights†episode.
  42. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: By the ThroatThere isn’t much going on this episode, so let’s talk about Annemarie, I guess.
  43. question it all
    We Need Answers, RHOSLC ReunionAll our questions about how this went down, how it was allowed to happen, and what it all means.
  44. overnights
    Southern Charm Recap: The Mod SquadThe Taylor-Shep-Austen-Olivia situation is finally, mercifully over.
  45. overnights
    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Season-Finale Recap: Water BabiesWhile it wasn’t a memorable outing, it was nice spending time with the RHONY OGs.
  46. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Fight ClubWe’re judging all of Miami’s matchups and determining winners.
  47. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Race RelationsA very special episode of RHOBH.
  48. overnights
    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: The Morgan LettersWe’re not in St. Barts to make new memories; we’re just back here reliving old times.
  49. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: The Past Is PreludeThe poet Dr. Nicole hired for this party has his work cut out for him.
  50. overnights
    Southern Charm Recap: Double DatesTaylor’s approach to getting Olivia’s forgiveness and moving on is interesting. (By which we mean it’s dumb and misguided.)
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