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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: Breaking the LawsonThe thing about Snatch Game is we all know who is going to be good at it, but we also know that the real way to win is to make Ru laugh.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: A Brock and a Hard PlaceI don’t know who in this trio is behaving the worst. Actually, I do, and it is Brock.
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    Halloween Can’t Kill Kyle RichardsIt may be Kyle’s big moment, but even she can’t steal Erika’s RHOBH reunion spotlight.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Groundhog’s GaySeems like the lackluster double save killed the competitive spirit this week.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Breakdown at TiffanyRaquel’s family history is the new Katie Maloney falling through a skylight during a photo shoot — we must know everything.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Baby StepsThe double save was used for this?
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Do Electric Flower Crowns Dream of Coachella?“Are you going to keep making fun of Raquel?â€
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: A Scone’s Throw AwayKitty and Charity have a great chat, and Nicola Coughlan deserves a permanent slot on the panel.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Finale Recap: Dragon LadiesA long season full of Erika’s legal woes and changing stories mercifully comes to an end, but not before we see who her true friends are.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Lala BlandLala is doing to Charli what the Witches of WeHo did to her when she was first joined the show.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Break It ’Til You Make ItKrystal turns it out and wins for the second week in a row, and everyone immediately hates her. It is wonderful to behold.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Sutton’s Gotta GiveEveryone can have a little criticism of Erika, as a treat.
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    Vanderpump Rules Season-Premiere Recap: Acting Like BabiesHas the drama on this show finally gone from just being massaged to being fully fabricated? Let’s assess.
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    There Is Nothing Wrong With Twinks, MeredithBetween RHOSLC and RHOP, it’s a big moment for Housewives deploying the “ammunition argument.â€
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Season-Premiere Recap: A Few of My Favorite ThingsWe’re back for another fine season of Drag Race With Accents and a new cast of queens.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Seals of ApprovalThis episode is like a Kathy Hilton greatest-hits compilation. Bringing attention to the tension between Erika and Sutton? Excellent work, Kathy.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Accidents Happen?Another week, another Dorit lashing. This time with dresses, I guess.
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    Sonja Tremont Morgan of the Comedy Show MorgansThis week we journey beyond the virtual walls of the Housewives Institute to check out Sonja in Your City and go Beyond Salem.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Who Let the Conchs Out?Erika threatened Sutton to the point that it seems their relationship is beyond repair.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Jayne’s Got a GunJayne may have bigger problems than what Sutton thinks of her, but it’s their job to pretend each other’s opinions matter.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Season-Finale RecapA season full of ugly moments and little entertainment mercifully ends on a dull note.
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    Vacations, All We Ever WantedLooking back on the Housewives trips we’ll never forget, in this end-of-summer edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Well, Bully For YouLike getting on a boat, visiting a psychic, or renewing one’s vows, using the word “bully†is something a Housewife should never do.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Tom, Dick, and Harry DubinA very special recap (of a very grueling episode).
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Christmas TurkeysSomehow Teddi — yes, Teddi! — has the most poignant take on Erika and Tom’s Los Angeles Times story.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Challah at Your GirlsDespite Ramona’s attempt to make the Black Shabbat dinner about herself, Eboni has a spectacular episode full of poignant observations.
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    The BravoCon That Could Have BeenAll the (extremely fake) plans for the canceled fan convention, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: The Get Along GangThe first media bomb has dropped on Erika and the group scatters to take sides.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Shiksa GodlessRamona’s performance at the Shabbat dinner is horrendous.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Just DesertsLegal woes are taking a toll on Erika, and it is showing.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: The Land of Make-Out BelieveI’m sorry, but when did Sonja get actual employees?
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    Is Bethenny Back? Is Sheree? Who Cares!The case against returning Housewives in this bee-stung edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Nuclear MistletoeThe holidays are approaching, which means that Luann has another middling single to record and Ramona has yet another birthday to celebrate.
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    Sign Up for The Housewives Institute BulletinA newsletter from Vulture and Brian Moylan, for dedicated students of the Reality Television Arts and Sciences.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Palm Springs EternalThe questions about Erika and Tom are piling up, but satisfying answers are harder to come by.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Read SonjaMaybe it was always going to take a séance to get through to Sonja.
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    All of This Season’s RHONY Drama Is Behind the ScenesGet a peek into how the recap sausage is made in this very meta edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: It’s Finally About TomWe got more personal disclosures from Erika in this episode than we have in all of her past seasons.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Salem’s a LotSonja is making for an increasingly tedious dinner guest and an increasingly tedious television character.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Hey JealousyKathy and Kyle apparently took the same MasterClass in Seamless Reality TV Production.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Hex and the CityRamona and Leah come together to demonstrate the worst possible way to navigate conversations about race in America.
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    Can LVP Still Be an MVP After RHOBH?Is Lisa Vanderpump in her flop era? We hash it out in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Take a BowWe’re back to the newbies fighting about something stupid while the rest of the women sit around collecting their paychecks.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Harlem ShakeWhat Eboni’s attempting to do is noble, but it also risks becoming boring.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Dumpling GroundIt seems like Erika knows that another shoe is about to drop.
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    A Real Housewives Nude Model Bares AllPlus, Heather Dubrow is back, and The Housewife and the Hustler makes a splash, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Crystal ClearCrystal is just what this franchise needed to shake it up.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Vote of No ConfidenceIt’s time to breathe a heavy sigh of resignation and relive Election Night 2020 with the Housewives.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Lake Whoa, Be GoneSutton is not in control of herself, and Crystal clearly just wants her to get it together.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Terrible TwosAfter becoming a fan favorite for being herself, Leah is being even more herself, which turns out to be, well, way too much.
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