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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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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Boat Ride From HellStill squabbling, the Housewives take a boat. The boat hits a storm. It’s chaos!
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    Love Island Taught Me Everything I Know About the U.K.The eight most valuable things I’ve learned by watching Love Island, an absurdly addictive British reality show.
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    Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Boozy in the JacuzziA trip to Mexico takes a predictably nudity-filed turn when the Housewives decide to drink like they’re on spring break.
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    American Woman Recap: Steamy WindowsBonnie botches another party while Diana hits the town.
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    Southern Charm Reunion Part Two Recap: The Final ShowdownThe season ends with a reminder that Ashley is a lot of trouble, and may need a lot of help.
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    Amy Adams in Sharp Objects Is the World’s Worst ReporterWhy isn’t she taking any notes?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Margarita MadnessThe Housewives dine, drink, and fight then drink and fight some more.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: No ApologiesVicki is very, very sorry. Sort of.
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    Pose Finale Recap: Belles of the BallSeason one comes to a fairy-tale close, albeit one that doesn’t ignore the gravity of what’s come before.
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    Southern Charm Reunion Part One Recap: A #MeToo MomentA reunion episode grapples with a cast member’s sexual assault allegations.
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    American Woman Recap: Swimming With SharksA pool party becomes the site of rebellions large and small.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: They Be Trippin’The Housewives go to Colombia where Bethenny makes a terrible mistake in her choice of soup.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Premiere Recap: Ropes and DopesSeason 13 returns with an episode that focuses mostly on catching up with the cast (with some time thrown in for rope climbing).
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    Pose Recap: Aye, PapiElektra and Angel both bump up against the limitations of the straight world.
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    Southern Charm Season Finale Recap: Kathryn the GreatAshley takes center stage and her conflict with Kathryn comes to a head in the season 5 finale.
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    American Woman Recap: Good VibrationsBonnie has electrical troubles, but calls in a painter instead of an electrician while Diana learns how ‘70s gay bars work.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: The Dating LameA cabaret legend makes an appearance and the Housewives have an eventful evening speed dating.
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    Pose Recap: Chicken PattyAngel continues her confrontation with Stan’s wife in an episode titled after a classic disco song that has a special meaning for Pray Tell.
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    Pose Recap: The Mother LoadIn another too-long episode, Pose turns its eye to mother issues.
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    Queer Eye Season-Finale Recap: Make America Gay AgainThe Fab Five go to the mayor of a small Georgia town to administer one of the season’s least-needed makeovers.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Ponying UpMany shellfish are consumed in an episode focusing on a polo game.
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    American Woman Recap: Commercial SuccessBonnie’s stage-mom tendencies emerge … thanks to a commercial for orange juice?
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    Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Down for the CountessThe visit to the Mayflower continues, and so do the arguments.
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    Pose Recap: Good News, Bad NewsSome injections from a less-than-legitimate source are just one source of drama in this episode.
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    Queer Eye Recap: Birth of the Peanut KingThe Fab Five help a homeschooled teenager prepare to be a little less awkward in college.
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    American Woman Recap: Sink or SwimA Hollywood party is filled with new possibilities, but also with potential disaster.
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    Queer Eye Recap: Pants on FireThe Fab Five meet a slob who hasn’t told his parents he never graduated college.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Pillow TalkEveryone is in a race to see who can be the most pathetic.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Mayflower PowerA trip to Connecticut’s Mayflower Inn leads to some jockeying over who gets the best room and jail stories.
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    Queer Eye Recap: Man of the HourThe Fab Five make over a trans man who’s trying to look his best (and who really needs to lose the “cat pee couchâ€).
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    Queer Eye Recap: Feel the BurnA Burning Man enthusiast reexamines his priorities.
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    Pose Recap: Jingle BallsChristmas means togetherness, drama, and some Santa-targeting theft.
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    Queer Eye Recap: Raising the BarkeepThe second season hits a lull in an episode dedicated to a bartender.
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    Queer Eye Recap: Balls to the WalmartWe need to talk about Antoni’s wardrobe choices.
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    Queer Eye Season Two Premiere Recap: A Place Called GayThe Fab Five go to Gay, Georgia for the heartwarming premiere of season two.
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    American Woman Recap: Working GirlsMen are nothing but trouble in the series’ second episode.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Cast of CharactersEverybody hates Ashley even when she’s most MIA. Also, the show’s attempt to force a romance continues not to work.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Good GriefThe housewives say goodbye to a truly decent-seeming man on an unusually somber episode.
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    Pose Recap: No Romance Without FinanceIn “Access,†everyone on Pose is obsessed with money.
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    American Woman Series Premiere Recap: Yay for the ERAThe silly one-liners and overzealous female-empowerment vibe of Beverly Hills in 1975 make this show well worth the real-life drama it caused.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Gun Club Road GirlsBethenny gets beaten at her own game.
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    Pose Series-Premiere Recap: In My HouseRyan Murphy’s new show kicks off with three intersecting New York stories.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Getting CrabsAshley’s reign of terror continues.
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    Jersey Shore Family Vacation Recap: Return of the Chew ToyThis does not count as a prank, Pauly D.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Nutcracker SuiteFights and more blood than usual.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Hilton Heads UpWhat is wrong with these people? Their bodies are as battered as their iPhones.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Kill Me DeadThe most boring hour of reality television ever recorded.
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    Vanderpump Rules Reunion Finale Recap: Hasta la PastaWhy didn’t Andy Cohen ask if “pasta†is a code word for cocaine?
  49. Weddings, RankedAny questions?
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    Southern Charm Recap: Don’t Shop BelievingWhat kind of sweet deal did Gwynne’s make with this show?
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