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Reality TV has never felt more alive, from the Bravoverse’s endless scandals to Nick Lachey’s ever-growing collection of dating experiments. Scroll on for timelines, explainers, recaps, and all the gossip on your favorite unscripted shows and characters.

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Love & Dating

You here for the right reasons?

  1. The 41 Best Reality Shows on Netflix By Laura Bradley
  2. Love Is Blind’s Nick Claims He Wasn’t the Only Man Discussing Women’s Looks By Laura Bradley
  3. Love Is Blind Creator Chris Coelen Defends Their ‘Very Rigid’ Casting Process By Alejandra Gularte

Competition

I was rooting for you. We were all rooting for you.

  1. The Best TV Shows of 2024 (So Far) By Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, and Kathryn VanArendonk
  2. Drag Race Global All Stars’s Failure Is Classic RuPaul By Jason P. Frank
  3. Survivor Paused the Season to Dunk on One Guy By Jason P. Frank

Bravoverse

More than just Housewives (but mostly Housewives).

  1. Welcome to SpinCo By Josef Adalian
  2. The Bravo Audience Calls It for Kamala By Jason P. Frank
  3. 7 Housewives Revelations From the Brit BravoCon By Laura Martin

More Mess

  1. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Season-Finale Recap: So Long, AthensAs Ellie put it: “It’s been … I don’t know.â€
    By Emma Soren
  2. housewives institute bulletin
    Wives vs. ’WivesIs Secret Lives of Mormon Wives coming for RHOSLC’s snowflake?
    By Brian Moylan
  3. the rehearsal
    Megan Hilty Treats Vocal Warm-ups Like Marathon Prep“I took up running so that I could literally breathe throughout the course of the show.â€
    As told to Jackson McHenry
  4. yikes
    Gil Ramirez
    The Bachelor Franchise’s Casting Team Is Probably Having a Bad WeekAfter another restraining order revelation, this time involving a Golden Bachelorette contestant.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  5. my crystal ball
    Let’s Wildly Speculate About The Great British Bake Off (Based on No Baking)Who will win this season of GBBO? We’ve got no expertise but have lots of opinions.
    By Jason P. Frank
  6. encounter
    Jon Lovett
    ‘It’s Just a Funny Thing to Do’Pod Save America host Jon Lovett doesn’t seem particularly comfortable with being a public figure. He went on Survivor anyway.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. the rehearsal
    Maggie Rogers Wants Her MSG Show to Feel Like a House Party“I have so many memories of being a student at NYU. You would walk into someone’s home; it felt like you were at the right place at the right time.â€
    As told to Jasmine Vojdani
  8. overnights
    Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Premiere Recap: Time Doesn’t Heal All WoundsNow that Monica is gone, the women start the season picking up the pieces, reigniting old feuds, and making up new gripes.
    By Sarah Hagi
  9. overnights
    Survivor Season-Premiere Recap: Raggedy AndyWe kick off the season with a truly baffling first vote.
    By Brian Moylan
  10. overnights
    The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Recap: CarageddonThe Challenge house will know no peace this week as confrontation after confrontation unfurls.
    By Emma Sharpe
  11. overnights
    JOAN VASSOS
    The Golden Bachelorette Series-Premiere Recap: Everything’s Coming Up JoanWe meet the men who will compete to win Joan’s heart … and Jack, who is here to cause chaos (in a good way).
    By Alice Burton
  12. consultants
    Predicting the Love Is Blind Season 7 RomancesBased on only a first look. Pod rules don’t apply.
    By Jason P. Frank
  13. explainers
    The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, ExposedWait — so is Jen actually related to Ben Affleck?
    By Alejandra Gularte
  14. jenny from byu
    Can Ben Affleck Handle Another Jennifer in His Life?Well, he might not actually be related to a star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  15. a golden opportunity
    PASCAL, JOAN VASSOS
    Who’s Afraid of a Sexy Octogenarian?Only two seasons into its seniors spinoff, The Bachelor/ette is already regressing to late middle-age.
    By Marah Eakin
  16. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: OversteppingEllie’s self-sabotaging spiral is nearly complete.
    By Emma Soren
  17. escandalo
    The Drag Race Queens Weren’t Being Shady (This Time)Can’t a girl get a drink?
    By Jason P. Frank
  18. not a traitorrrrrr
    The Emmys Are Not TraitorsAlan Cumming’s cunning series beats out RuPaul’s Drag Race for a second time this season.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  19. chat room
    Selling Sunset’s Emma Hernan Isn’t Sure She’ll Return After Being ‘Blindsided’“It’s so crazy that it was even allowed.â€
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  20. feuds
    What’s Going on With Selling Sunset’s Chelsea and Bre?The drama continues with no reunion announced.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  21. reality check
    Alanna Gold in Selling Sunset.
    Selling Sunset’s Alanna Gold Apologizes for Overselling“I certainly do not own Pioneertown, I never should have said that,†she said in a statement.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  22. chat room
    Jen and Zac Affleck Have Been Doing Therapy ‘Nonstop’ Since Filming Mormon Wives“If we continue in our relationship, there are changes that need to be made.â€
    By Henry Chandonnet
  23. raise your glasses high
    2023 MTV Video Music Awards - Backstage and Audience
    Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, Please Give Us Your Vanderpump Rules ThoughtsThey apparently “exchanged notes†on the latest season.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  24. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Goldilocks JoeJoe sets his sights on Ellie, who is already causing panic amongst the other stews with her competency.
    By Emma Soren
  25. the rehearsal
    Legendary Bassist Ron Carter Doesn’t Have Any Preshow RitualsThe octogenarian double bassist, who’s played with Miles Davis and A Tribe Called Quest, knows what he’s doing.
    As told to Tomi Obaro
  26. overnights
    Selling Sunset Season-Finale Recap: People Who Live in Glass HousesThe season ends abruptly, and the finale is missing a major showdown, but it still manages to serve as Bre’s arrival as the show’s main villain.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  27. overnights
    Selling Sunset Recap: We Know Who the Bad Person IsYou’d think that a dog funeral on a reality TV show would be more fun than this, but no, we have this weird proxy war ruining the vibe.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  28. overnights
    Selling Sunset Recap: Chelsea Bites BackThe dormant feud between Chelsea and Bre starts again, and it feels darker than their previous confrontations.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  29. overnights
    Selling Sunset Recap: I’m Going to Get MurderedNicole might be the most toxic person in the office, but what would this show be without her?
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  30. listings
    Selling Sunset Season 8 Power RankingsOkay, ladies, now let’s get information.
    By Anusha Praturu
  31. overnights
    Selling Sunset Recap: Caught With Your Pants DownChelsea’s feud with Mary is misguided and distracts her from the real threat: Bre.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  32. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Videos Killed the Reality StarIt’s brutal to watch Shannon realize she needs to get ahead of the footage John is holding over her head.
    By Brian Moylan
  33. overnights
    The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Recap: Tuesdays With C.T.We’re seeing some questionable strategic decisions getting made.
    By Emma Sharpe
  34. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Dubai Season-Finale Recap: Life’s a BeachIf this is a true good-bye, the finale leaves these friendships in question. Here’s hoping there is another season and a chance for reconciliation.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  35. overnights
    The Bachelorette Season-Finale Recap: It Wasn’t Supposed to Be This WayJenn deserves a do-over after this mess of a finale and season.
    By Ali Barthwell
  36. my life on the b-list
    US-CRIME-JUSTICE-FRAUD-SOROKIN
    Anna Delvey, Tori Spelling, Phaedra Parks Join Dancing With the StarsDon’t these people just belong here?
    By Jason P. Frank
  37. the rehearsal
    Opera Singer Anthony Roth Costanzo Can Do It AllThe countertenor is mounting a one-person adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro at Little Island this fall.
    As told to Justin Davidson
  38. the rehearsal
    Larry Owens Loves to Practice“Rehearsal is limitless options. It’s blue skies. It’s best idea wins.â€
    As told to Tomi Obaro
  39. the rehearsal
    Dirt Buyer’s Songwriter on How They Handle Performance AnxietyThe indie-rock band will be playing Baby’s All Right later this month.
    As told to Emma Alpern
  40. reveal yourself
    Which Bachelorette Producer Proposed This Idea?Bachelor Nation isn’t happy with the way the finale had Jenn Tran react to that proposal.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  41. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: New GirlThe arrival of the new stew sends Ellie into a spiral.
    By Emma Soren
  42. overnights
    The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras Recap: Agree to DisagreeWhether it’s too gross or boring, too much in this episode is bordering on unwatchable.
    By Emma Sharpe
  43. theories of relativity
    Who Are Claim to Fame’s Celeb Family Members?Our best wild — and educated! — guesses have been confirmed.
    By Marah Eakin
  44. rawt in hell
    2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards - Winners Walk
    We’ll See Jax Taylor Served With Divorce Papers on The Valley Season TwoLive by the reality-TV edit, die by the reality-TV edit.
    By Bethy Squires
  45. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Dubai Recap: Links UpIt’s disappointing to see the wives give into petty grievances just before wrapping up a strong season.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  46. overnights
    JENN TRAN, JONATHON
    The Bachelorette Recap: Reverse UnoMarcus basically breaks up with Jenn, and somehow it’s Jonathon who ends up going home. What?
    By Ali Barthwell
  47. the housewife and the hustler
    Tom Girardi Found Guilty on All 4 Counts of Wire FraudHe now faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison for each count.
    By Claudia Rosenbaum
  48. overnights
    Love Is Blind: UK Reunion Recap: Don’t Look Back in AngerWait, Ollie’s dating who now?!
    By Laura Bradley
  49. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Killer TunaJono gets to keep his job for one more episode — will it be enough to save his season?
    By Emma Soren
  50. the sims 4 lovestruck
    Love Island USA - Season 6
    Love Island USA Season 6 Power RankingWho’s destined for their own spinoff, and who will languish on Reels?
    By Kate Lindsay
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