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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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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Queens for a DayWhere’s Ru? No, like, seriously, where is Ru?
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    The RHOBH Reunion ExtravaganzaThe three-part reunion comes down to a feud between sisters (and Rinna) in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Custard’s Last StandWhat is custard? Well, it’s like English pudding but not nearly as stiff, and they put it in or on just about every dessert you can imagine.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Match PointThe three best words in any season of Drag Race: “It’s Snatch Game!â€
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    Winter House Recap: Austen City LimitsWhat sin have we committed that we have to stare at Austen, Craig, and Luke during the same hour of television?
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: October SurpriseBless the bakers for going along with these Halloween Week challenges without the tiniest bit of snark.
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    Winter House Recap: Touch and GoHow is there a shouty bro fight and Kyle has nothing to do with it?
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Stage InterventionI hate the Rusical.
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    Growing Pains at BravoConThe fan gathering returns with more money and more problems, in this special BravoCon dispatch from the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Pudding Their Best Foot ForwardAfter the disaster that was Mexican Week, it’s a relief to get back to the simple drama of wobbly puddings and gelatinous curd.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Recap: Cat Men DoYou know what they say about pizza? Even when it’s bad it’s still pretty good. The inverse is improv: Even when it’s good it’s still pretty bad.
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    Winter House Season-Premiere Recap: We Fell in Love in a Snow-pless PlaceIf you ever see a house in a small town, overtaken by hordes of seasonal tourists with a Jenga stack of Amazon boxes on the porch, run for your life.
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    The Wildest Real Housewives Dinner Parties, RankedRSVP to the Dinner Parties From Hell in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Mexican StandoffThis week’s real challenge is trying not to be offensive.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: The Bingo BallOkay, it’s time for a sewing challenge, time to find out who can’t sew —oh, wait, it’s everyone? No one can sew?
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    Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Finale: The Ghost of Kathy’s FutureIt’s so hard to leave a season like this — in the middle of everything.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Swede, Swede VictoryThis year’s Bread Week features minimal bread baking and an eerily empty tent.
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    Southern Charm Season-Finale Recap: Winter Blunder LandNaturally this bizarre season ends with the whole disjointed cast having no idea where to sit or what to do at their big finale party.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Performance AnxietyAmazing looks and questionable performances.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: The Hiltons Are AliveKathy and Kyle continue to deal with the Aspen fallout and things are not going great!
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    What in the Lisa Rinna M&M?The celebrities are sounding off about the ‘wives, and the RHOA ladies are pretty in peach at the reunion.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Season-Premiere Recap: On the BBCLet’s meet our new crop of girls, shall we?
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Mask for MaskFinishing your showstopper with a half-hour still left: never a good sign.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Port and a StormIn this episode, we got to see Shepard Rose, the archvillain of entitlement, literally eat the food from someone else’s plate
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: The Trial of Kathy HiltonWho knew that this Kathy Hilton Aspen meltdown that has been hyped for months would be kicked off because no one wanted to conga?
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    The Great British Baking Show Season-Premiere Recap: Holding Out for a HeroReturning to the Bake Off tent is like crawling into a comfy, warm oven, one full of lovely people where nothing too bad ever happens.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Georgia PreachesEveryone has let Shep’s behavior slide and now we’re left with an entitled, spoiled frat boy with no intention of growing up.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Crimes and Misty Mean GirlsIf only Erika would show the tiniest bit of sympathy, we could all move on to ignoring Kathy’s tequila.
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    Southern Charm Recap: French MissesSometimes you have filler scenes and episodes, but Southern Charm is in the middle of a filler season.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Talking Out of Your AspenNo matter how you feel about Erika or her legal troubles, her meltdown is one for the books.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Turkey Lurkey TimeIt’s Friendsgiving, but the only problem is that none of these people are actually friends, they don’t have any drama, and they aren’t interesting.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Snow JobsEveryone can be simultaneously wrong, and that is the case here.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Point BreakWhat is keeping all of these people together other than the centripetal force of low-level fame?
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    The Ultimate Real Housewives Trivia QuizBrought to you by the esteemed members of the Housewives Institute. How many can you get right?
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    Southern Charm Recap: Dog Day AfternoonIt’s ludicrous to have two animals marry each other.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Wine and MoanThe rich women dig up old beefs.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Shell ShuckedWhy would Olivia invite Madison and not Venita? Hmm. I wonder.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Drunk and DisorderlyErika’s drinking is starting to divide the group on what is out of control and what is “cutting loose.â€
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    Southern Charm Recap: Tea and No SympathyVenita asks Olivia the hardest, sharpest, most baller question.
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    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club Season-Finale RecapEx-Wives Club ends on a prayer for peace.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: The Beverly HiltonIt is not a good night for Erika.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Petty in PinkAn episode with nothing but filler. Some good filler, some bad filler, but filler nonetheless.
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    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club Recap: Making It NiceThe women get into the Christmas spirit in September.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Jumping ShipGo, Diana, give us nothing.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Attack of the Man-ChildIt’s time to examine these inexplicable relationships.
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    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club Recap: Thirsty ThursdayNone of the former Housewives have seemingly grown, changed, or evolved since leaving the franchise.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Miscarriage of JusticeAs RHOBH fans, we should put aside our petty differences and unite in how much we hate Diana.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Marcie’s PlaygroundIt’s getting increasingly difficult to understand who exactly is in this cast.
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    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club Recap: All Tea, All ShadeHow do you solve a problem like Dorinda?
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Cake It or Leave ItWe get Diana’s Joker origin story, I guess.
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