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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: Life, Cabarets, Old FriendsWhat starts as a genuinely heartwarming episode takes a nosedive pretty quickly.
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    Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap: Skylight’s the LimitPart two of the three-part reunion highlights the show’s complicated, confused stance on feminism.
  3. How Silicon Valley Came Up With Richard’s Season Finale DissAnd where the show goes from here.
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    Southern Charm Recap: French ConnectionThree extraordinarily excruciating things happened in Charleston this week, and one of them involves designer pillows.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: That’s a Relief EffortBethenny helps the Puerto Rico relief effort, and I would rather watch months of this than see one more Skinny Girl logo on television ever again.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Finale Recap: Fawning All OverThis season of RHOBH did not necessitate a three-part reunion special.
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    Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap: Daddy TissuesHow is it that these kids, who consistently provide us with some of the most unpredictable drama on TV, can never deliver on a reunion special?
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    Southern Charm Recap: Put Peyton in Her PlaceSomeone needs to tell Naomie to chill out.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Bendel Like BeckhamSonja is really, really bad at expressing herself.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Recap: Gag Me With a ChainsawThis reunion is revealing the very secret that Bravo doesn’t want us to know.
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    Vanderpump Rules Season-Finale Recap: Jax, a Dull BoyLet’s talk about Jax ostensibly quitting his job at SUR.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Let’s Screw LunchHow many times will Craig and Naomie have the exact same fight?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: ‘Til Death Do Us PartyRamona’s dinner party is the ne plus ultra of Real Housewives events.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Reunion Recap: Gotta Be Startin’ SomethingI have decided that I officially like Teddi.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Knocking BootsI can’t talk about Brittany and Jax’s fake breakup anymore.
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    Southern Charm Recap: What to Expect When You’re DisrespectingAshley is using Thomas, but Thomas is also using Ashley.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Thx for NothingI will never not be amused by Sonja Tremont Morgan.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Finale Recap: Wedgie IssueI need the whole next season devoted entirely to Kyle’s custom Birkin bag.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Jax OffOf all the awful things that Jax has done, breaking up with Brittany is perhaps the most awful.
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    Southern Charm Recap: Getting GrilledJ.D. and his good old boys are the absolute worst.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: The Age of AquariaSonja has really taken it too far this time.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Boatload of ProblemsThe Berlin trip is over, so let’s talk about these amazing outfits.
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    Wild Wild Country Recap: Oh SheelaThe most shocking revelations from “Part 2†of Netflix’s Wild Wild Country.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Adiós AmigosI am ready for this season to end.
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    Roseanne’s Lecy Goranson on Trump and Returning to the Show for the Second Time“I’m not fond of our president. Does that mean I’m furious about the woman who plays my mother on a TV show? No.â€
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    Southern Charm Season-Premiere Recap: Battle of the SexlessShep, Austen, and Craig trying to operate a smoker is one of the funniest things I have seen on TV.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Diana LossThis is going to be one hell of a season.
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    Wild Wild Country Recap: Here Today, Oregon TomorrowThe wildest moments from the first episode of Netflix’s six-part Rajneeshee documentary.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Grin and Beer ItI’m falling for Teddi, aren’t I?
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Hot Tub Slime MachineLike all epic poems, this episode of Vanderpump Rules begins in medias res.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Nanny Nanny Boo-hooWe need to do something about the way Lisa names her dogs.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Bottle ServiceIf the Pump Rules cast actually starts growing up, then the rest of us are doomed.
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    Everything in Wild Wild Country Is Amazing Except Its Horrible FontLike most documentaries, Wild Wild Country delivers all the information we need, but it does it in a font that is so ornate it’s nearly illegible.
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    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Season-Finale Recap: The Bloody EndWhether or not we like it, Andrew Cunanan and Gianni Versace are inextricably linked.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Psychic SidekickLet us pause to mourn the loss of Lisa Vanderpump’s dog.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: The Past Is PreludeLala is the unexpected gem of this season.
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    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: Stock-Market CrashThe very start of a road that will lead right to Versace’s front door.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: The Eileen Davidson AccordThis is such a dumb fight.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Billie’s IdolWait, did Vanderpump Rules just give the world a really good lesson about consent?
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    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: Getting the BeltThe worst episode of ACS: Versace so far.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Beverly BeachesLet’s talk about Lisa and Camille’s lingerie shopping trip.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Funny Business TripAren’t there restaurant-supply companies in Los Angeles?
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    The Assassination of Gianni Versace Recap: A Crystal BallAndrew Cunanan can’t see how flimsy his lies really are.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: New York State of WhineI would love to see Bethenny and Lisa go toe to toe.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Getting RobbedHow messed up is it that Rob won’t dump Scheana?
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    The Queer Eye Fab 5, RankedWho is the best Queer Eye expert: Jonathan, Tan, Antoni, Karamo, or Bobby?
  47. The Real Housewives Give (Fake) Depositions About Their Boat Ride From Hell We got ahold of the cast’s depositions in this lawsuit, before they even happened.
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    Queer Eye Season-Finale Recap: Five-Alarm FiremenWhat a great way to end a surprisingly emotional and wonderful season.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Ciao, BellaThis is why the ladies of Beverly Hills don’t get wasted.
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    Queer Eye Recap: No Laughing MatterCan we please just give one guy on this show a mustache?
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