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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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    RHONJ Comes to a Dramatic EndLet us bid an unfond farewell to Teresa’s season 11 antics.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Sutton MisplacedSutton is not ready to be part of an ensemble where other people might be talking about her.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Eboni and IronyEboni can argue circles around these reality-television practitioners, and they do not care for it.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Tahoes in This HouseWhy have they been hiding Kathy Hilton from us all of these years?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Get the Shuck Out of HereLeah brings her dependably chaotic energy to an uncomfortable ambush of Heather “Holla!†Thomson.
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    How Much Do the Real Housewives Get Paid?And more burning money questions from Brian Moylan’s new book.
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    Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Premiere Recap: It’s Not (Yet) About TomThe season kicks off with a hint of the Erika drama to come, amid a bunch of Rich Women Doing Things, as usual.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Cancel ConsolationWhy does Leah care so much about getting a confession out of Ramona that we all know will never come?
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    The 100 Most Unhinged, Unexplainable, Unforgettable Real Housewives MomentsAn excessive list for an excessive franchise.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season-Finale Recap: Pineapple ExpressTeresa may have started off the season with a bang, but she ends it with a whimper.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: A Burning SensationThis is what happens when Ramona gets to spend the season’s entire event budget in her own backyard.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Undercover LoverThe non-reveal of Teresa’s new boyfriend is the greatest disappointment in an episode full of them.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Season-Premiere Recap: Grey Garden PartySometimes you just need some new blood to see how much we take the behavior of our favorite ladies for granted.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Ass KissersLet’s hear it for the boys for livening up this increasingly stale season.
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    Summer House Season-Finale Recap: ’Til Death Do Us PartyThe house bids farewell to the season the only way they know how: with an elaborate theme party.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Mom’s the WordAn otherwise snoozy episode focused on mothers and daughters at least delivers in the awkward-conversation department.
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    Summer House Recap: Des-pisedThe Kentucky Derby party is a great showcase of what makes this cast so fun and what makes Hannah and Des so annoying.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Size MediumThe women get read, and we get no answers, only questions.
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    Summer House Recap: Pornin’ Down the HouseWatch out, the couples are coming.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Nonno MoreNonno’s “celebration of life†is sweet until you remember that Teresa’s dead saint of a father is being used to humanize her.
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    Summer House Recap: Say Anything, Do NothingThe morning after the giant mêlée between Carl, Kyle, and Luke, and everyone is full of regret.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Joe BlowTeresa can’t even realize that Joe is in pain too — she’s too wrapped up in the half-eaten gyro of her own frustration.
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    Summer House Recap: Use the Force, LukeA fight that starts with the feelings of the women in the house ends up getting channeled into the physicality of the men.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Bad VibrationsMentioning Teresa’s criminal record is the nuclear option that can end any single argument, provided you can withstand the fallout.
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    Summer House Recap: Psychic Friends NetworkPaige and Hannah have shipped this so hard, they have The Secret-ed it into reality.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Season Finale Recap: That’s All She Sing Sang SongThe final challenge holds few surprises but many delights.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Off the Deep EndWell, that’s one way to leave a pool party.
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    Summer House Recap: PowerPoint of LoveWhy on earth would Steven put in so much effort to win back Lindsay, a cluster bomb of dashed expectations?
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Drop the SoapIf you ever needed proof that the U.K. and U.S. are very different cultures, look no further than this episode.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: A Malignant RumorFor supposedly not wanting to talk about her thing with Jackie anymore, Teresa sure does keep finding ways to bring up her thing with Jackie.
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    Summer House Recap: Birthday GuuuurrrrlllllWhat Lindsay really wants, apparently, is to be dating a telepath.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Bimini, Mic Droppity, BoomA stand-up challenge shockingly low on the cringe scale forms the basis of this strong episode.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Blow a CasketThis Jackie-Teresa situation is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an uncomprehending object.
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    Summer House Recap: Hannah BananasIt’s not Kyle’s fault that Hannah singled herself out for criticism.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: That Old Sew-and-SewA very familiar unconventional-materials sewing challenge makes up in charm what it lacks in originality.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Dumb and DumbererererererThis is the problem with putting Teresa at the center of this show: She might bring drama, but it’s always at the expense of any intelligence.
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    Summer House Recap: The Sandwiches of EastwickLuke went from having everything he wanted to getting nothing he wanted with one backyard screech.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Recap: Playing the PriceThis year’s Snatch Game is all over the place in the best possible way.
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    Real Housewives of New Jersey Season-Premiere Recap: Barking Up the Wrong TreTrying to get logic out of Teresa Giudice is like asking a starfish if you can borrow a pen.
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    Summer House Recap: Skating on Thin IceOh, Luke, a house full of girls who know all your deepest and darkest secrets was never going to work out for you.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Bing, Bang, WrongIt’s déjà-Ru all over again …
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    Summer House Season-Premiere Recap: Love in the Time of COVIDThis may end up being one of the few reality shows to actually be improved by filming during a pandemic.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Gone SourA lip-sync showdown we could have predicted results in an elimination we could not have.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Beret of LightThe queens’ werkroom hat parade is just the beginning of this week’s fashion showdowns.
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    Southern Charm Season Finale Recap: Pregnancy PauseAfter a maddening season, Kathryn was making some progress — only to leave us with an even more maddening “cliffhanger.â€
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Rats OffFans of Rusicals and runway reveals, this is your episode.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Season-Premiere Recap: Balls in Your CourtThe across-the-pond offshoot returns with some familiar challenges, a promising new set of queens, and an array of regional accents.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Party HardlyThe big final party brings more talk of Kathryn’s racism, while Madison and Austin continue to flirt and spar.
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    RHOC Season Finale Recap: Sex, Lies, and COVID-eotapeAs the pandemic season draws to a close at least Braunwyn finally opened the closet door.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Beach, PleaseThe beach party formerly known as Austen’s birthday may go down as the worst party in Bravo history.
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