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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

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  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
    The Bachelor Recap: And the Award Goes To …Despite her Oscar-winning performance, Kelsey looks like she’s going to get snubbed.
    By Ali Barthwell
  2. overnights
    Below Deck Recap: Barbie LandDrama with her boss and a (sort of) love triangle? Barbie has emerged as this season’s main character.
    By Emma Soren
  3. bob(by) the builder
    Is the Drama Around Bobby Berk’s Queer Eye Exit Still Building?Tan France posted a video denying that he got his former colleague “fired.â€
    By Jennifer Zhan
  4. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Crabs in a BarrelSixteen weeks in and we finally get an episode with some real meat on it.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  5. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: They Funked it UpA slight midway-point episode makes up for its lack of stakes with its (mostly unintentional) comedy.
    By Jason P. Frank
  6. close read
    The Traitors - Season 2
    How The Traitors Gamed the EditSeason two’s strategy of moments-based storytelling helped it win over reality-TV veterans and newbies alike.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  7. love to hate you
    The Lacheys Take Some Pointers From TikTokAttempting to solve every rumor for the Love Is Blind season-six reunion.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  8. overnights
    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Big Faithful EnergyA finale full of double and triple crosses ends in fireworks, but something about the ending doesn’t feel right.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  9. finale thoughts
    C.T. Tamburello Made a Pact Going Into The Traitors“We’re The Challenge. We started this competition reality-TV stuff, and we’re gonna finish it.â€
    By Roxana Hadadi
  10. overnights
    Summer House Recap: You Better Work BeachLindsay’s relationships with Paige and Danielle are utterly confounding.
    By Brian Moylan
  11. chat room
    Peter Weber Took Pride in Being a Faithful“The level of satisfaction of being able to get to the end would’ve been much higher.â€
    By Ben Rosenstock
  12. overnights
    Survivor Recap: Look What You Made Me DoA snoozer of an episode reveals little and doesn’t move the game forward.
    By Brian Moylan
  13. the index
    RuPaul’s Guide to Pop Ru-ltureDrag Show is full of pop-culture Ru-isms. Ru’s memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, acts as an index of references for fans and future contestants.
    By Jason P. Frank
  14. trailer mix
    RHONJ Returns With More Money Woes for Teresa Giudice“Louie pissed her money away.â€
    By Bethy Squires
  15. love is blind club
    Clay’s Parents Are Love Is Blind at Its BestThe season six finale gives us something much rarer than shock or emotion: legitimate insight.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  16. overnights
    Love Is Blind Season-Finale Recap: A Family AffairThe finale has more drama than we can handle, but it’s still a genuinely happy ending.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  17. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: How Low Will You Tahoe?The group is getting closer to forgiving one another, but Sandoval can’t get out of his own way.
    By Brian Moylan
  18. power rankings
    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Power Rankings: Who Is the Final Girl?Kate is in the power position, but can Sandra and MJ suss her out in time?
    By Brian Moylan
  19. wow
    The Masked Singer’s 25 Most Unhinged RevealsIn the words of Robin Thicke, “Oh my God. Wow.â€
    By Rory Doherty
  20. overnights
    The Bachelor Recap: Home Is Where the Heart IsIt’s Hometowns week, and while the tears may be plentiful, the drama is not.
    By Ali Barthwell
  21. overnights
    Below Deck Recap: Queen DrunkJared’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day gets worse.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  22. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Darby’s Barbie DreamlandThe wives finally address their longstanding issues in front of the cameras. It’s a small win, but we’ll take it.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  23. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Sew Help MeThe “third sewing challenge†of it all has the girls at wit’s end.
    By Jason P. Frank
  24. overnights
    The Traitors Recap: Dead Woman WalkingIs this the end of the Bravo alliance?
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  25. overnights
    Summer House Recap: Let the Fighting BeginNo one could predict the chaos Carl and Lindsay would bring to the house.
    By Brian Moylan
  26. love is blind club
    Is This What Heterosexuality Is?Unpacking the subtext of Chelsea and Jimmy’s wine-bars-and-breweries clash.
    By Jason P. Frank
  27. overnights
    Survivor Season-Premiere Recap: From the GekkoJelinsky is not lying about being a legend because this first episode was all about his legendarily bad gameplay.
    By Brian Moylan
  28. love is blind club
    In Defense of the Randos on Love Is BlindThe show casts 30 singles. Why do we see only ten of them for most of the series?
    By Brian Moylan
  29. overnights
    Love Is Blind Recap: A Tale of Two Jet SkisJimmy and Chelsea can’t stop fighting, Clay worries he’s not marriage material, and Laura’s fiancé rode off on a jet ski. The vibes couldn’t be worse!
    By Jennifer Zhan
  30. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Hungry Like the WolfTom keeps acting like the group owes him something when he should really be begging to keep his spot on the show.
    By Brian Moylan
  31. overnights
    The Bachelor Recap: Queen BehaviorThis season, we are watching a Bachelor act like a Bachelorette.
    By Ali Barthwell
  32. overnights
    Married to Medicine Season-Finale Recap: Cheers to Ten YearsThis wasn’t Married to Medicine’s strongest season, but we had a lot of big laughs and love, right?
    By Ile-Ife Okantah
  33. overnights
    Below Deck Recap: Boom, Boom, FocusI’m not sure what we did to deserve Jared, but he’s an absolute gift.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  34. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Healing and ThrivingDespite some glimmers of levity, RHOP continues to be weighed down by the women’s refusal to break free from deeply entrenched oppositional positions.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  35. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Snatch the Game, Snatch the CrownThis week’s episode manages to cram in two iconic challenges along with Snatch Game, which kicks the season into gear.
    By Jason P. Frank
  36. overnights
    Summer House Season-Premiere Recap: Go West, Young ManWe’ve got some new dudes in the house.
    By Brian Moylan
  37. overnights
    The Traitors - Season 2
    The Traitors Recap: This Is Not The BachelorWe finally get to see Kate work as a Traitor, but her partnership with Phaedra is off to a rocky start.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  38. lawsuits
    Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen - Season 20
    Brandi Glanville Accuses Andy Cohen of Sexual HarassmentThe Bravo host quickly took to Twitter to respond.
    By Tom Smyth
  39. chat room
    Don’t Play With Love Is Blind’s Laura Dadisman“You’re not sitting here and lying to my face thinking I don’t smell your bullshit.â€
    By Tirhakah Love
  40. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Season-Finale Recap: Cancer SeasonAfter a series of dumb fights, the finale ends on an impossibly beautiful note.
    By Brian Moylan
  41. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Everyone FumblesEveryone has their story lines more or less wrapped up, except for Kyle, whose story is really just beginning.
    By Brian Moylan
  42. overnights
    Love Is Blind Recap: I Want OutIt’s back to the real world, where our couples share their locations, call each other clingy, and talk about vasectomies.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  43. overnights
    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Take the Kids to the PoolJames seems to be getting a questionable redemption arc that doesn’t really sit well.
    By Brian Moylan
  44. scandoval
    What Is Tom Sandoval ‘Incredibly Sorry and Embarrassed’ About This Time?He has issued an apology for comparing his affair to “the O.J. Simpson thing and George Floyd.â€
    By Jennifer Zhan
  45. overnights
    The Bachelor Recap: French MissJoey is feeling the pressure of this competition, and the women are feeling the pressure of performing enthusiasm for Montreal.
    By Ali Barthwell
  46. overnights
    Below Deck Recap: Pissed as a FartFraser asks Barbie to be nice to Cat, which causes her to be mean to Fraser, as Below Deck law dictates.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  47. overnights
    Married to Medicine Recap: Generational DivideThe fragility of the husband’s egos is on full display!
    By Ile-Ife Okantah
  48. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Passport HoesNneka and Wendy can’t resolve their never-ending fight, but everyone seems committed to having an enjoyable trip to the Dominican Republic.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  49. chat room
    Parvati Shallow Didn’t Bring Enough Headbands to The Traitors“The last one I had was my predatory headband, and that was the last-minute throw in my suitcase. I didn’t commit hard enough.â€
    By Nic Juarez
  50. overnights
    RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: Rusic Make You Lose ControlIt’s always fun to watch the queens fight about casting, but this season it helps highlight the current cast’s level of strategy.
    By Jason P. Frank
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