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: Good GriefBravo’s strong suit is not the Very Special Episode, which is a shame when reality emerges in reality television.
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Is This the End of Housewives As We Know It?What RHONY and RHOSLC say about the franchise’s future, and what Andy’s TV roles say about his acting chops, in this Housewives InstituteBulletin.
Southern Charm Recap: Flipping the BirdThe (obvious) truth comes out about Austen and Taylor, and it feels like a low-rent Scandoval moment that doesn’t hit.
The State of Bethenny’s UnionChecking in on reality TV’s Norma Rae and RHONY’s post-Eileen Davidson Accords report card, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
Meet the New RHONY, Not Much Like the Old RHONYA look at the past and future of ‘New York,’ and the present drama with Kyle and Mauricio, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
Good-bye, Scandoval, You Sweet, Glorious MonsterThis week, we have the winners and losers of the whole affair, a peek at what’s going on with Schwartz, and a walk down Raquel-nickname memory lane.
