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    Vanderpump Rules Season-Premiere Recap: Acting Like BabiesHas the drama on this show finally gone from just being massaged to being fully fabricated? Let’s assess.
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    There Is Nothing Wrong With Twinks, MeredithBetween RHOSLC and RHOP, it’s a big moment for Housewives deploying the “ammunition argument.”
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Season-Premiere Recap: A Few of My Favorite ThingsWe’re back for another fine season of Drag Race With Accents and a new cast of queens.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Seals of ApprovalThis episode is like a Kathy Hilton greatest-hits compilation. Bringing attention to the tension between Erika and Sutton? Excellent work, Kathy.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Accidents Happen?Another week, another Dorit lashing. This time with dresses, I guess.
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    Sonja Tremont Morgan of the Comedy Show MorgansThis week we journey beyond the virtual walls of the Housewives Institute to check out Sonja in Your City and go Beyond Salem.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Who Let the Conchs Out?Erika threatened Sutton to the point that it seems their relationship is beyond repair.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Jayne’s Got a GunJayne may have bigger problems than what Sutton thinks of her, but it’s their job to pretend each other’s opinions matter.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Season-Finale RecapA season full of ugly moments and little entertainment mercifully ends on a dull note.
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    Vacations, All We Ever WantedLooking back on the Housewives trips we’ll never forget, in this end-of-summer edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Well, Bully For YouLike getting on a boat, visiting a psychic, or renewing one’s vows, using the word “bully” is something a Housewife should never do.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Tom, Dick, and Harry DubinA very special recap (of a very grueling episode).
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Christmas TurkeysSomehow Teddi — yes, Teddi! — has the most poignant take on Erika and Tom’s Los Angeles Times story.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Challah at Your GirlsDespite Ramona’s attempt to make the Black Shabbat dinner about herself, Eboni has a spectacular episode full of poignant observations.
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    The BravoCon That Could Have BeenAll the (extremely fake) plans for the canceled fan convention, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: The Get Along GangThe first media bomb has dropped on Erika and the group scatters to take sides.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Shiksa GodlessRamona’s performance at the Shabbat dinner is horrendous.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Just DesertsLegal woes are taking a toll on Erika, and it is showing.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: The Land of Make-Out BelieveI’m sorry, but when did Sonja get actual employees?
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    Is Bethenny Back? Is Sheree? Who Cares!The case against returning Housewives in this bee-stung edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Nuclear MistletoeThe holidays are approaching, which means that Luann has another middling single to record and Ramona has yet another birthday to celebrate.
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    Sign Up for The Housewives Institute BulletinA newsletter from Vulture and Brian Moylan, for dedicated students of the Reality Television Arts and Sciences.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Palm Springs EternalThe questions about Erika and Tom are piling up, but satisfying answers are harder to come by.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Read SonjaMaybe it was always going to take a séance to get through to Sonja.
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    All of This Season’s RHONY Drama Is Behind the ScenesGet a peek into how the recap sausage is made in this very meta edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: It’s Finally About TomWe got more personal disclosures from Erika in this episode than we have in all of her past seasons.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Salem’s a LotSonja is making for an increasingly tedious dinner guest and an increasingly tedious television character.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Hey JealousyKathy and Kyle apparently took the same MasterClass in Seamless Reality TV Production.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Hex and the CityRamona and Leah come together to demonstrate the worst possible way to navigate conversations about race in America.
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    Can LVP Still Be an MVP After RHOBH?Is Lisa Vanderpump in her flop era? We hash it out in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Take a BowWe’re back to the newbies fighting about something stupid while the rest of the women sit around collecting their paychecks.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Harlem ShakeWhat Eboni’s attempting to do is noble, but it also risks becoming boring.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Dumpling GroundIt seems like Erika knows that another shoe is about to drop.
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    A Real Housewives Nude Model Bares AllPlus, Heather Dubrow is back, and The Housewife and the Hustler makes a splash, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Crystal ClearCrystal is just what this franchise needed to shake it up.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Vote of No ConfidenceIt’s time to breathe a heavy sigh of resignation and relive Election Night 2020 with the Housewives.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Lake Whoa, Be GoneSutton is not in control of herself, and Crystal clearly just wants her to get it together.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Terrible TwosAfter becoming a fan favorite for being herself, Leah is being even more herself, which turns out to be, well, way too much.
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    RHONJ Comes to a Dramatic EndLet us bid an unfond farewell to Teresa’s season 11 antics.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Sutton MisplacedSutton is not ready to be part of an ensemble where other people might be talking about her.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Eboni and IronyEboni can argue circles around these reality-television practitioners, and they do not care for it.
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    The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Recap: Tahoes in This HouseWhy have they been hiding Kathy Hilton from us all of these years?
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Get the Shuck Out of HereLeah brings her dependably chaotic energy to an uncomfortable ambush of Heather “Holla!” Thomson.
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    How Much Do the Real Housewives Get Paid?And more burning money questions from Brian Moylan’s new book.
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    Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season-Premiere Recap: It’s Not (Yet) About TomThe season kicks off with a hint of the Erika drama to come, amid a bunch of Rich Women Doing Things, as usual.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: Cancel ConsolationWhy does Leah care so much about getting a confession out of Ramona that we all know will never come?
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    The 100 Most Unhinged, Unexplainable, Unforgettable Real Housewives MomentsAn excessive list for an excessive franchise.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season-Finale Recap: Pineapple ExpressTeresa may have started off the season with a bang, but she ends it with a whimper.
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    The Real Housewives of New York City Recap: A Burning SensationThis is what happens when Ramona gets to spend the season’s entire event budget in her own backyard.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Undercover LoverThe non-reveal of Teresa’s new boyfriend is the greatest disappointment in an episode full of them.
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