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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. And the Dancing With the Stars Mirrorball Goes To… By Jennifer Zhan
  2. The 41 Best Reality Shows on Netflix By Laura Bradley
  3. Love Is Blind’s Nick Claims He Wasn’t the Only Man Discussing Women’s Looks By Laura Bradley

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. The Vanderpump Rules Cast Says Goodbye to SUR By Jason P. Frank and Bethy Squires
  2. What’s Next for Vanderpump Rules? By Brian Moylan
  3. Schwartz & Sandy’s Is Scandoval’s Latest Casualty By Alejandra Gularte

More Mess

  1. overnights
    Survivor: Winners at War Recap: In Love and WarFamily visits are nice and all, but cramming in 19 of them makes for a crowded, slapdash episode, even with an extended runtime.
    By Martin Holmes
  2. tv review
    Too Hot to Handle Is Your New Trashy Netflix Reality ObsessionIt’s a social experiment run by a talking metal cone, but it’s also a fishbowl full of hot people being controlled by bored producers.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  3. new shows
    It’s Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage on New Dating Show ‘Labor Of Love’The show premieres May 21 on Fox with host Kristin Davis.
    By Chris Murphy
  4. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Clique Clique BoomActually, Lindsay’s birthday seems like the perfect time to start drama.
    By Brian Moylan
  5. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Premiere Recap: Runway SuccessThis season better be as good as the final moments of this premiere suggest.
    By Brian Moylan
  6. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Flip the ScriptTom Schwartz’s inadvertent cowboy drag aside, this entire trip to Vegas reads like a flimsy excuse for an infomercial.
    By Brian Moylan
  7. overnights
    The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart Premiere Recap: Runnin’ Down a DreamThe latest installment in the Bachelor Cinematic Universe is … a choice.
    By Ali Barthwell
  8. bachelor nation
    Questions About Bachelor Spinoff Listen to Your Heart, Begrudgingly AnsweredIf only Jed Wyatt waited one more year.
    By Devon Ivie
  9. bachelor nation
    Pop Quiz: Is This Man Colton Underwood or Kevin From The Office?That’s one smooth haircut.
    By Devon Ivie
  10. tv review
    Can Making the Cut Scratch That Project Runway Itch?The similarities between the new Amazon series and Tim and Heidi’s former show are undeniable, but some key changes alter the viewing experience.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  11. trailer mix
    Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle Will Fill the Love Is Blind–Size Hole in Your Life“Is blue balls a real thing?â€
    By Justin Curto
  12. overnights
    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Just Tattoo of UsWell, if Dorinda isn’t going to adhere to the Eileen Davidson Accord when it comes to Leah, then neither can we.
    By Brian Moylan
  13. overnights
    Survivor: Winners at War Recap: All Hell Breaks LooseA delightful mix of human drama and chaotic strategy is capped off by an iconic Survivor moment courtesy of Adam.
    By Martin Holmes
  14. overnights
    Summer House Recap: On the Same PaigeLindsay may be starting shit, but she’s also right that Hannah needs to make her own mistakes with Luke without Paige’s interference.
    By Brian Moylan
  15. every rose has its thorn
    Kelley Flanagan Turns Against The Bachelor, Says She Was ‘Locked Up in a Closet’What NDA?
    By Devon Ivie
  16. coronavirus
    The NYC School That’s Hosting a Quarantine-Friendly Masked Singer“We have a lot of fun teachers who don’t care about embarrassing themselves a little bit. Or showing off a little bit.â€
    By Lauren Vespoli
  17. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Social EngagementKristen is far from a perfect person, but she deserves something more than avoidance from her two best friends.
    By Brian Moylan
  18. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Mother NatureFor a brief, shining moment, after returning from an all-expenses trip to Greece, the Housewives are just some moms trying to get by.
    By Ali Barthwell
  19. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Gigi’s Drag RaceIn an episode full of RuPaul trying to produce queens into botching the Snatch Game, one in particular refuses to break pace.
    By Paul McCallion
  20. kim vs. kourt
    Kourtney Kardashian Is Over Reality TV Life After Brawl With Kim“I don’t judge anyone who chooses a different route, and I hope that everyone can appreciate my choices as well.â€
    By Zoe Haylock
  21. overnights
    The Real Housewives of New York Season Premiere Recap: Bethenny Who?Can the other huge personalities on this show fill the vacuum left behind now that their alpha has skedaddled? Signs so far point to yes.
    By Brian Moylan
  22. reality tv
    The Cuomos Are Roasting Each Other in Official Government Press Briefings NowThe squabbles have invaded official state business.
    By Zoe Haylock
  23. overnights
    Survivor: Winners at War Recap: Go With the FlowThe merge is already a bustling event — add in the Edge, Battle Back, and an Immunity Challenge, and you get a packed, massively entertaining ride.
    By Martin Holmes
  24. overnights
    Summer House Recap: All Greek to MeKyle’s birthday toga party really shows what a production budget can do for a little backyard shindig.
    By Brian Moylan
  25. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Middle-Aged BluesWhen is a theme party not a theme party? When it’s Jax’s ’80s-themed 40th birthday party.
    By Brian Moylan
  26. bachelor nation
    The Bachelor Has a Special Boner Protocol in PlaceColton Underwood spills all.
    By Devon Ivie
  27. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: The Girls Are Fighting!This year’s acting challenge proves to be one of the better installments in the Drag Race adapted screenplay canon, but the real drama is in Untucked.
    By Paul McCallion
  28. jeopardy!
    Alex Trebek Sings Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’ and Now We Want Him to Drop the AlbumDrop the full track, Trebek.
    By Rebecca Alter
  29. overnights
    Survivor: Winners at War Recap: Out With the OldThe Edge of Extinction is looking like a Survivor retirement home at this point.
    By Martin Holmes
  30. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Jules of DenialSorry, Jordan, but if you’re not sleeping with Jules then you are not on this show.
    By Brian Moylan
  31. bachelor nation
    Peter Weber Won’t Let Us Rest, Goes on Date With Bachelor Contestant KelleyHere we go again.
    By Devon Ivie
  32. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: It’s a No From Me, DaugNow that Daug is dead and the wedding is over, we can focus on important things like the feud between Danica and Max.
    By Brian Moylan
  33. netflix
    Love Is Blind, The Circle Renewed Since People Are Never Going Outside AgainOf course.
    By Josef Adalian
  34. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: It DO Take Balls!A classic ball challenge brings with it some classic ball-challenge tropes, plus a guest judge who belongs in the Drag Race hall of fame.
    By Paul McCallion
  35. colton under the weather
    The Bachelor’s Colton Underwood Tests Positive for Coronavirus“It’s been kicking my ass, just to put it pretty bluntly.â€
    By Rebecca Alter
  36. reality tv
    Kara From Lego Masters Is My Favorite Reality-TV Contestant EverHer short ride on the Lego train was enough to last me a lifetime.
    By Sara Schaefer
  37. close reads
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Just Can’t Escape the Sherry Pie of It AllThe disqualified queen’s presence can be mitigated, but it can’t be erased, and it’s going to fundamentally change the viewing experience.
    By Brian Moylan
  38. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Making Up Is Hard to DoKyle and Amanda need to put some distance between them, Kyle’s fantasy of them being an entrepreneur power couple be damned.
    By Brian Moylan
  39. overnights
    Survivor: Winners at War Recap: Double CrossWhen it’s all said and done, we might have some new legends to carve into that Survivor Mount Rushmore.
    By Martin Holmes
  40. overnights
    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion Recap: What a Decade It’s BeenIt’s a strange comfort that this franchise, like the glittering cock-a-roach it is, has persisted for 10 years, and could very well last another 10.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  41. reality tv
    Germany’s Big Brother Contestants Just Heard About the CoronavirusOn the bright side, “This might be the safest place in Germany.â€
    By Lars Weisbrod
  42. encounter
    Decamping Upstate With Real Housewife Luann de LessepsVintage shopping and oat-milk cappuccino with the reality-TV fixture.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  43. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Apocalypse VowAfter about 86 million hours of parties leading up to the wedding, Jax and Brittany finally walk down the aisle — and then have more parties.
    By Brian Moylan
  44. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Negative BettyNeNe and Kenya are incapable of maintaining any level of kindness for more than 20 minutes at a time, and we should stop expecting them to.
    By Ali Barthwell
  45. vulture lists
    Et tu, Avon? 15 of TV’s Most Wrenching BetrayalsThe Ides of March is upon us, which means it’s time to revel in the best messy drama and ice-cold treachery television has to offer.
    By Maggie Fremont
  46. every rose has its thorn
    The Bachelor’s Peter Weber and His Mom Are Back to Being BFFsMadison who?
    By Devon Ivie
  47. spoilers
    Here’s How RuPaul’s Drag Race Is Dealing With Its Sherry Pie ProblemA murky middle in between a flaky disclaimer crust.
    By Rebecca Alter
  48. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Improv EverywhereAll 13 queens assemble for the season’s first acting challenge, social distancing be damned! But one in particular gets a curious lack of screen time.
    By Paul McCallion
  49. bachelor nation
    The Bachelorette Is Postponing Production Due to Coronavirus ConcernsSeason 16 was meant to premiere on May 18.
    By Rebecca Alter
  50. bachelor nation
    Not Rosy: The Bachelor’s Peter Weber and Madison Prewett Break UpBarb must be thrilled!
    By Devon Ivie
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