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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. 25 days of reality
    Love Island Games Turned My Head 180 DegreesCracking on with the All Stars-ification of the U.K.’s favorite dating show.
    By Zoë Haylock
  2. overnights
    House of Villains Season-Finale Recap: All Is Fair in Love and VillainyAn iconic backstabbing makes for a fun, exciting finale. I love this stupid, evil show.
    By Brennan Carley
  3. overnights
    Southern Charm Recap: Double DatesTaylor’s approach to getting Olivia’s forgiveness and moving on is interesting. (By which we mean it’s dumb and misguided.)
    By Brian Moylan
  4. overnights
    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Return to Scary IslandAs baffling as Kelly’s behavior is, we at least now know that Scary Island was not a fluke.
    By Brian Moylan
  5. lingering questions
    12 Questions I Have About the Eliminations on House of VillainsIs it dark in the void?
    By Bethy Squires
  6. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: See You Next Taco TuesdayErika is unsuccessful in avoiding her feud with Denise and ends up fighting too dirty.
    By Brian Moylan
  7. 25 days of reality
    Reality’s Only Getting Better for Tiffany PollardEighteen years, 50-plus TV credits, one New York: The OG (and House of Villains competitor) maintains the genre has never been stronger.
    By Tirhakah Love
  8. overnights
    Winter House Recap: The Myth of the Cool GirlIt’s time to figure out where these winter romances stand once and for all.
    By Brian Moylan
  9. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: By the BookThe wives are resolving conflicts just to start new ones with incredible efficiency.
    By Tom Smyth
  10. 25 days of reality
    A Recipe for DIY Reality TVOn TikTok, Pamela Wurst Vetrini created the cooking show she wanted to see in the world.
    By Kate Lindsay
  11. overnights
    Single’s Inferno Recap: Commitment IssuesIt’s bad look after bad look for Gwan-hee.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  12. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Sink or SwimThe season is such a slog that having non-Kyle drama from the rude guests is a relief.
    By Jihane Bousfiha
  13. 25 days of reality
    Hilary Farr on Why She’s Leaving ‘Stale’ and ‘Formulaic’ Love It or List It“It was becoming boring. And I don’t want to be bored.â€
    By Marah Eakin
  14. overnights
    Married to Medicine Recap: Good-bye, Quad!It’s the end of the Quad era and a whole new world of M2M.
    By Ile-Ife Okantah
  15. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Flying the Chicken CoopRobyn spirals as she’s confronted with the reality of discussing her marital problems on-camera this season.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  16. overnights
    House of Villains Recap: Ding-Dong, the Witch Is DeadOmarosa finally gets fired.
    By Brennan Carley
  17. 25 days of reality
    The Traitors’ Kate Chastain Was the Reality TV Anti-Hero of 2023Through her bickering and sabotaging, she became something better than a traitor, a faithful, and a reality star: She became our hero.
    By Brian Moylan
  18. 25 days of reality
    Reality TV’s Sapphic RevolutionJenna Fucking Lyons, Selling Sunset, and The Ultimatum: Queer Love herald a sea change in the television formula.
    By Emily Palmer Heller
  19. 25 days of reality
    I Dared to Eat Like a Real Housewife for a WeekBut I drew the line at testicles.
    By Rebecca Alter
  20. overnights
    Southern Charm Recap: Boat DayWill this godforsaken argument ever end?!
    By Brian Moylan
  21. overnights
    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Host with the MostDorinda watches Scary Island for the first time and the women won’t let Kristen wave away her husband’s 2015 scandal.
    By Tom Smyth
  22. overnights
    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Ghosts of Pirates PastSadly, we are not getting the Scary Island explanation we’ve been wanting from Kelly.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  23. overnights
    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Season-Premiere RecapThe women’s desperation to justify their places as Housewives makes for a petty and frustrating time.
    By Brian Moylan
  24. 25 days of reality
    The Charm OffensiveInside the journey to runaway best seller for Scandoval’s most notorious artifact.
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  25. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: What’s in StoreSutton and Kyle are unwilling to say what they mean, making for a frustrating fight that will never resolve.
    By Brian Moylan
  26. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Car TroublesMiami proves that an episode can be fun without any conflict. Well, until everyone turns on Marysol.
    By Brian Moylan
  27. overnights
    Single’s Inferno Recap: Dinner and a ShowGwan-hee and Ha-jeong’s confidence and aloofness make them a perfect match, but it might also keep them from admitting it.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  28. last night on late night
    Watch Anderson Cooper Do a Spit Take on WWHLIt’s all fun and games until the carpet gets stained.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. overnights
    Winter House Recap: Sam I AmDanielle and Alex get on the same page just in time for the season to end.
    By Brian Moylan
  30. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Mafia MamaIt’s all fun and games until everyone gets on the same page about Meredith’s alleged cyber-misdeeds.
    By Tom Smyth
  31. overnights
    Single’s Inferno Season-Premiere Recap: Across the Inferno-verseBig personalities and a shocking twist make a good show even better.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  32. 25 days of reality
    Sonja Morgan Wants to Plan an Ultimate Girls Trip With Brynn WhitfieldAfter a 2023 spent in Housewives limbo, our favorite floozy discusses her new man and keeping the OG RHONY legacy alive.
    By Brian Moylan
  33. sur-real
    There’s Still More Cheating Left on Vanderpump RulesSchwartz and Scheana in Vegas? Uh-oh.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  34. overnights
    Below Deck Mediterranean Recap: Falling ShortI hate to say it, but I think Lily’s days are numbered.
    By Jihane Bousfiha
  35. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Under ConstructionThe best episode of the season so far shows what can happen when this group is able to commit to all-cast gatherings no matter all their differences.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  36. 25 days of reality
    2023’s Rookie Housewives, RankedThey came, they fought, we judged.
    By Brian Moylan
  37. last night on late night
    Ariana Madix Says She Is Still Stuck Co-Owning a Home With Tom Sandoval“I would love for that to be resolved quickly. So if Joe Weiner could really get back to my lawyer, that’d be great.â€
    By Bethy Squires
  38. overnights
    Married to Medicine Recap: The Core Four SummitThe question of Quad’s fate within the group lingers after her self-righteous resurrection
    By Ile-Ife Okantah
  39. 25 days of reality
    April Kirkwood Turned the Golden Bachelor Mansion Into a Sorority House“I go, ‘Come on, girls! I don’t want to sleep by myself on the other side of the room. It’s too far away.’ So we made a big California king–size bed.â€
    By Molly Fitzpatrick
  40. 25 days of reality
    A Tale of Two Reality BlocksIn 2023, Survivor and RuPaul’s Drag Race learned the same lesson: Fans want 90 minutes.
    By Jason P. Frank
  41. chat room
    Squid Game: The Challenge Winner Mai Whelan Doesn’t Believe in Alliances“I was more stealthy, getting to know a person instead of a group.â€
    By Nic Juarez and Alejandra Gularte
  42. 25 days of reality
    How Well Do You Know the Year’s Best Bravo Quotes?The Bravolebs worked hard this year to drop the next phrase most destined to launch a million reaction GIFs.
    By Brian Moylan
  43. overnights
    Bachelor in Paradise Season-Finale Recap: The Boring UltimatumIn the words of Aven, “It’s always about a fucking ring.â€
    By Emily Palmer Heller
  44. overnights
    House of Villains Recap: Parting Is Such Sweet, Treacherous SorrowOmarosa might be the one in control, but is Bananas playing the best game?
    By Brennan Carley
  45. overnights
    Southern Charm Recap: Off a CliffYes, Austen and Taylor’s story is falling apart, but who cares anymore? It’s time to settle on a version of the story and move forward.
    By Brian Moylan
  46. trailer mix
    Are You Strong Enough for the Cayman Islands?Armie Hammer’s ex-wife, Elizabeth Chambers, features in Hulu’s Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise.
    By Jason P. Frank
  47. emergency discussion
    Squid Game’s Next ChallengeThe results of this twisted reality-TV experiment have us wondering where it goes from here.
    By Roxana Hadadi and Nicholas Quah
  48. 25 days of reality
    How Netflix Became the New King of Reality TVUnscripted chief Brandon Riegg on building a dating show universe, adapting Squid Game, and the live reunion that wasn’t.
    By Josef Adalian
  49. party report
    Emma Stone Wants Yorgos Lanthimos to Direct a Jen Shah BiopicRHOSLC is already a cross between psychological thriller and black comedy, so the Poor Things director would be the perfect fit.
    By Tom Smyth
  50. overnights
    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: The Real DivasIs it possible Larsa doesn’t know what an apology is?
    By Brian Moylan
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