The Bravo Rundown

We are dialed into this season of RHONY and have plenty to break down: Moskito Island, Carole’s involvement in those files, rumors about Jessel’s husband, Sai’s divorce, and who drank out of Hailey’s pee cup! And don’t worry, we have plenty to say about our other Housewives on RHOP, RHOSLC, and RHOC. We also discuss our vintage RHONY gals and their new show, The Golden Life. Did Bravo make a mistake? We get into the Bravo headlines of the week, including RHONJ casting, the new Texas Bravo show, and all the news coming out of FanFest...

This week, we chat with Housewives author and researcher Evie Psarras! Evie shares the process of writing her book, Lessons From the Housewives: What TV’s Most Iconic Women Taught Me About Strength, Resilience, and Embracing the Chaos, and we guess which Housewives she interviewed as part of her research. Then, we dive into all the Housewives shows with Evie, covering RHOP, RHONY, RHOSLC, and RHOC, and get her takes as someone who studied Housewives throughout her collegiate career. And, of course, we had to include Evie in our Bravo rapid-fire round, where it’s all about relationships!

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Whitney Rose files for divorce, RHUGT: Roaring 20th concludes, and the rumor mill is buzzing with In the City casting. Will West and Amanda be on the show or not? There is so much to discuss this week, along with the Bravo shows! Lisa Barlow and her lip-lining dinner, the RHONY ladies ascend to Erika’s private island, but was it a little dumpy? Crystal Kung Minkoff has a recurring role on Still Flipping Out, and the RHOC ladies make it to Tokyo! We share our Bravo hot takes of the week, what we can’t stop thinking about, and...

Did Lisa Barlow really get invited to the Oscars? Is Erin accusing Hailey of breaking up a marriage basically the equivalent of being called “jam”? And are we witnessing a whole new Jeff Lewis on Still Flipping Out ? There is SO much happening in the Bravo universe, and we’re breaking it all down! We’re talking about the never-ending season of RHUGT, the return of Alexis Bellino on RHOC, Ariana Madix starring in a scripted Peacock show, and all the Bravo headlines. Then, we’re wrapping it all up with a rapid-fire round, Bravo style! Come run down the week i...

A new housewife has entered the Salt Lake villa, and we discuss how it could potentially change the alliances on RHOSLC and move the show forward. RHONY is chugging full steam ahead, and are we getting an idea of the two teams with Jessel and Erin being the opposing leaders? Next Gen ended, but we still want more! We dig into the RHOC luau and take a couple of tangents to reflect on the world of Housewives. We wrap things up with our rapid-fire Bravo-style game. Come run down the week in Bravo with us!

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RHOSLC premiered this week, and we have so many thoughts, including who is shockingly holding the center snowflake! We get into this week’s RHONY (What did Jessel say to Carole about Carolyn Bessette?), Brooks clocking in to the Next Gen Reunion after a pep talk with Mama Meredith, Vicki being vulnerable on RHOC, and what got into Luann on the Miami stop on RHUGT? We’ve got some very hot takes, things we just can’t stop thinking about, and, as always, we end things with our rapid-fire Bravo style. Come run down the week in Bravo with us!

RHONY premiered this week, and we have to break down the episode, the new Housewives, and the drama with the returning ladies. We got trailer drops from RHOP and the OG RHONY ladies’ new show, Golden Life. And were Ariana and Liam seen getting cozy this week after what happened in the Next Gen NYC finale? We discuss it all, as well as this week’s episodes of RHUGT and RHOC. We’re debating our favorite new RHONY Housewife and wrapping things up with our rapid-fire Bravo style. Come run down the week in Bravo with us!

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We have huge news coming out of The Valley—Nia and Danny are taking their exit, but were they fired or did they choose to leave? We break down Shannon Beador’s financial situation, the “hostile takeover” of Southern Hospitality, and whether Madison LeCroy is going to get a spinoff. We debate whether we’ll be watching the new season of RHONY, and then we run through this week’s Bravo shows—RHUGT, Next Gen, and RHOC. We share the Bravo headlines we just can’t stop thinking about and then wrap things up with our rapid-fire Bravo style. Come run down th...

We have more RHOBH news to discuss! Leah Remini officially announces that she has joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, PK and Dorit must sell their house and have chosen Kyle’s daughter’s baby daddy to be their agent, Jeff Lewis is back on Bravo with a Flipping Out reboot, Brittany Cartwright is granted a restraining order against Jax, Jen Shah’s house arrest has come to an end, and more! We talk about this week’s Bravo shows, debate Kyle’s standing on RHOBH, and wrap things up with our rapid-fire round. Come rundown th...

The RHOBH rumors have been confirmed, and we have to break it all down: Tracy Tutor is joining the cast, Morgan Stewart is out, and they’re filming Boz’s wedding in Ghana! We discuss the Bravo news of the week, including Bethenny’s Supermodel Cafe, the Southern Hospitality lawsuit, Juliet Angus on Jeff Lewis Live, and more. We run through all of this week’s Bravo shows and wrap things up with a Bravo debate: What kind of man should Lindsay Hubbard date? Come rundown the week in Bravo with us!

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While the Bravo headlines list was shorter this week, we’re still talking about it all! From the saga of Vicki’s daughter and son-in-law not wanting to participate on RHOC to Amanda Batula’s best friend doing an interview, we’re mentioning it all. We dive deep into the meaty content this week, breaking down all the shows, including the premiere of RHUGT: Roaring 20th, a depressing Valley reunion and questioning why nobody is watching Real Housewives of London. We wrap things up with our rapid-fire segment. Come rundown the week in Bravo with us! 

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We run through all of this week’s Bravo headlines, including the RHOSLC trailer drop, Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip premiere party, the Summer House x Below Deck crossover, Jax’s Smartwater controversy, Amanda Frances not returning to RHOBH, Rulla’s husband’s mistress posting photos, and more! We also discuss the ending of House of Stassi, the RHOA finale, The Valley Reunion Part One, and the fourth-wall break on Next Gen. We wrap things up with our Bravo Rapid Fire segment. Come rundown the week in Bravo with us! 

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In the City is finally over, and before we put our Summer House OGs in their Hamptons home (well, some of them) and out of our minds, we have to break down the finale reunion episode. Then we move into the Bravo headlines of the week: what’s happening with the Southern Hospitality cast, the RHOSLC ladies, The Valley reunion looks, West Wilson blinds, and the House of Stassi premiere. We dabble a bit in RHOA, RHOC, Next Gen NYC, and The Valley before we wrap things up with our Bravo rapid-fire segment. Come rundown the week in Bravo wi...

The Bravo news is buzzing this week with multiple separations announced on RHOSLC, cast responses, and a heated In The City reunion where, surprise surprise, Amanda takes no accountability, and Lindsay gets activated at Whitney and Kenny. We’ve got RHOA and The Valley drama to discuss, plus we run down all of this week’s Bravo headlines dominating social media and maybe some of the smaller buzzed-about topics you haven’t heard about. We wrap things up with our Bravo rapid-fire segment. Come rundown the week in Bravo with us! 

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We give our thoughts on this week’s Bravo shows giving extra attention to RHOA and RHOC as well as the moments on this week’s Bravo shows that we can’t stop thinking about. We wrap things up with our rapid-fire segment dedicated to all things Stassi Schroeder. Come rundown the week in Bravo with us!

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We share our Bravo hot takes and run through all of this week’s Bravo headlines: Amanda and West trolling us with pregnancy rumors, Jax returning to The Valley, Milania Giudice appearing in court, Katie Ginella’s RHOC recap pod and more! You can find us:

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Real Housewives of Orange County returns! We break down the premiere episode and share our overall thoughts on how this season will play out. We talk about all the Summer House news, including the recent episode of In The City and Lindsay taking to Threads like it’s her Housewife blog. While it was a lighter Bravo week, we’ve still got headlines to cover, from Jenn Pedranti sharing that her son started a brush fire to RHORI starting filming and more! Genevieve wraps things up with her Love Island recap. Come rundown the week with us!

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This week, we're joined by one of the most accomplished editors in reality television: Sax Eno, the editor behind Vanderpump Rules, RHONY, RHOC, The Real World, and more. From shaping the story of Scandoval to helping create some of Bravo's most iconic reality series, Sax takes us inside the editing room to reveal how unforgettable episodes come together. We discuss what viewers never see, the balance between storytelling and reality, and what it was like working on some of the most legendary unscripted series. Join us as we rundown what it's really like to be in the editing room...

Of course, there's more Summer House drama to discuss as the new season begins filming over Fourth of July weekend! We talk about who's in and who's out—some surprise moves and some more obvious ones. Then we jet over to Manhattan to discuss Yvonne and Nick's wedding dinner, that dress, the arguments, and why it all ended in tears. We also run through all of this week's Bravo news, from the details of Milania Giudice's arrest to Liz leaving RHORI, and so much more! Come run down the week in Bravo with us! 

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We thought we were done with Summer House—but not so fast. West decided to answer everything he didn’t answer at the reunion, but on social media. Did he honestly answer the questions, or did he just give us what we wanted to hear? And will the real Amanda Batula please stand up? Was that who we saw on In the City this week? Then we run down all of this week’s Bravo hot topics, including the RHORI reunion, the RHOA seating chart, where Janet stands on The Valley, the Next Gen NYC premiere, and more! Come run do...

We breakdown all things Summer House - from the three conversations in the Aftermath episode, to Lindsay and Kyle’s threads, to the Variety interview with a Bravo executive about where Summer House stands today. But we have more than just Summer House to discuss! There are plenty of headlines to break down, from Teresa’s dorter’s arrest, Carole & Sai on RHONY, The Valley’s Michelle & Dr. Dre, and more! We wrap things up with Genevieve’s Love Island recap. Come run down the week in Bravo with us!

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We thought we were ready to pack our bags and move on from the Summer House scandal, but no! We have a bonus aftermath episode coming, and we have so many thoughts and predictions about what’s to come. But first, we have to break down  part three of the reunion, and we have much more to say than what Amanda was partaking in and the fact that nothing was resolved. Beyond Summer House, we also have the RHOC trailer, RHORI reunion looks, and a couple of Bravoleb run-ins with the law to discuss. We wrap things up with Gen...

A sober, emotional Kyle, a more stone-cold Amanda, is West just trying to pander to the audience, and should West’s ex, Meija, join the cast? We have so much more to discuss and break down from Part Two of the Summer House reunion and In the City, which we just learned is also getting a reunion! The fights aren’t only happening in the Hamptons. We also break down the Jo Ellen and Liz verbal—and slightly physical—brawl, and you might be surprised by our takes. We make a quick stop in Atlanta before wrapping things up with a s...

The first episode of the Summer House reunion aired, and where do we start—and how do we stop? Amanda’s demeanor, West and Amanda’s timeline, Kyle’s emotions, and let’s not forget Bailey letting Ben know exactly how she feels! And then we were given even more with another episode of In The City. But who are there breakout stars on that show? Do we need the Summer House veterans? We can’t acknowledge this glorious Bravo week without talking about our Housewives in Rhode Island and Atlanta—because did they deliver! We wrap things up with a rapid-f...

Finally, we got the Summer House reunion trailer, season finale, and the In the City premiere — and we have so much to process and discuss, including Jesse crying over his broken friendship with West?  Plus, we can’t forget Kyle’s rambling and Lindsay talking over him on Watch What Happens Live. Then we head over to our Housewives shows: both RHORI and RHOA delivered some intense verbal — and almost physical — brawls that we definitely have to pick sides on. Spoiler alert: we usually don’t choose the same team. We wrap things up with a rapid-fire round on who should re...

Finally, we got the Summer House reunion trailer, season finale, and the In the City premiere — and we have so much to process and discuss, including Jesse crying over his broken friendship with West?  Plus, we can’t forget Kyle’s rambling and Lindsay talking over him on Watch What Happens Live. Then we head over to our Housewives shows: both RHORI and RHOA delivered some intense verbal — and almost physical — brawls that we definitely have to pick sides on. Spoiler alert: we usually don’t choose the same team. We wrap things up with a rapid-fire round on who should re...

Was that our first attempted fist fight in the Hamptons? Did we feel bad for Kyle because of the West and Amanda scandal? Is West a pathological liar? There’s so much Summer House drama to dissect and headlines to break down, but we can’t forget about the rest of Bravo! We’re diving into the Rhode Island and Atlanta Housewives trips, dabbling a bit in The Valley, and wrapping things up with a rapid-fire round of ranking the Summer House duos. Come run down the week in Bravo with us!

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What set off Kyle’s temper during dinner, and what was with Amanda’s awkward facial expressions? And did Carl and Bailey make out? Along with another wild episode to discuss, we have all the Summer House news outside of the house — West is still on Raya, Michael Rappaport had some thoughts on Lindsay Hubbard, and what did West say in his text to KJ? Then we zoom off to Rhode Island to talk about the doll-themed tea party and the masquerade dinner — were teams formed? Continuing with the dinner party theme, Atlanta had one that was a doozy, but why...

Were the Summer House audio leaks released to prevent Amanda from getting a favorable edit going into the spinoff In the City? Is Amanda’s best friend—and fellow In the City castmate—getting hate simply by association? The Hamptons cheaters aren’t the only ones we’re discussing—we’ve got some scandalous events unfolding in Rhode Island, too. Was Jo Ellen right? Did Dr. Brian go see his mistress, and why isn’t Rula listening? Speaking of insufferable men, we break down PK’s podcast interview, Teddi’s take on it, and Dorit’s response. Plus, just how amicable will Kyle...

Before diving back into Carl Radke’s book Cake Eater, we head to Brooklyn to discuss the opening of Carl’s sober bar and the awkward confrontation between Carl’s mom and Lindsay Hubbard. Then we jump back into Carl’s book and talk about Carl’s trauma, heavy addiction troubles, attempts to get sober, and his rock bottom moment. We discuss Carl’s path to sobriety and how it really gave greater meaning to Carl’s opening of Soft Bar in this week’s episode of Summer House. 

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Middle-of-the-night Summer House reunion audio leaked—Bravo launching an investigation? The layers to the Summer House story keep stacking up. After scouring social media for all the headlines, theories, and videos, there’s so much to unpack. And we haven’t forgotten about the other shows on Bravo—we’re just as knee-deep in the rest of the Bravosphere. The Beverly Hills reunion has started airing, and what are we going to do about Kyle and Dorit’s friendship breakup? And we can’t forget the Rhode Island ladies and their pizza chips, guiding aunties, and soap opera–esque dalliances. We w...

Before nerding out over Carl Radke’s book Cake Eater, we start with a little Summer House amuse-bouche and discuss our predictions for the reunion. Then we delve into the first part of Carl’s book, comparing our views of him from when we first met him on Summer House to how we see him now after learning about his upbringing and early adult life.

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This week’s Summer House episode and the online chatter in real time from the cast members just stays hot! So much to discuss about our Hamptons friends, the Rhode Island clams, and of course our diamonds in Beverly Hills wrapping up their season. We also have plenty of gossip from our Bravolebs that aren’t currently on air—Mary and Angie dip into an unfollow moment, Lisa Hochstein is arrested, and a Summer House spinoff in the Ozarks? And of course we wouldn’t leave you without our rapid-fire segment; this one is a classic. Come run down the week...

Just when you think the Summer House scandal is dying down, we get the trailer for the Summer House spinoff, In the City! So much to say, including the return of one half of Arroz con Pollo — Danielle Olivera! Along with breaking down the In the City trailer, this week’s Summer House episode, and Ciara acknowledging the scandal without actually acknowledging the scandal, Genevieve and Sonia talk about the newest Bravo stars — The Housewives of Rhode Island. And while we are all treading in knee-deep waters of Bravo shows and scandals, The Real Housewives of Atlanta premiered! Come rundow...

The Summer House scandal continues, and there’s so much more to discuss—the timeline, cameras picking back up, Kyle’s street interview, West being seen with other women, and what the Giggly Squad has to say about it all, or doesn't have to say. We also touch on The Valley premiere, where Genevieve has a hot take on Lala, and we have to discuss Jesse’s girlfriend, Lacy. Before we jump into our Rapid Fire, we want to invite you to our Bravo Book Club—our first book being Cake Eater by Carl Radke! Come run down the week in Br...

Emergency Episode! West Side Story is confirmed! We’re talking theories and predictions - can Summer House survive this? What happens to In the City? Will this be the next Scandoval? Will West and Amanda last? Come rundown West Side Story with us! 

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From Charleston hot takes to alleged, almost Scandoval-level gossip, there’s a lot to unpack in the Bravo world this week. The Amanda and West rumors have ramped up— but is there truth behind it? What’s the real deal with Mia and her ex-boyfriend Troy, and what happens to Charley next season? We dive into Kyle’s standing on RHOBH—has she lost her luster as the queen of Beverly Hills? Forget the currently airing shows on Bravo—there’s so much to discuss in off-air shows like RHONJ and the chatter of potential new Bravo shows. This week’s rapid-f...

From hot takes to changing opinions, there’s a lot to discuss in the Bravo world this week. Do we really know why Rachel and Rodger filed for divorce? What were “the rumors and nastiness” surrounding Rodger and his alleged affair? Speaking of new RHOBH cast members, Genevieve breaks down what it takes to be in Amanda Frances’ book club—and the hefty cost that comes with it. Heading down South, who is the real villain of this Southern Charm season after the first reunion? And who is the new guy Charley has been seen with? A Betches article about mill...

There was a lot to decipher in the Hamptons this week with our Mrs. Doubtfire look-alike. Was West flying high, or just in his feelings? And what’s West pouting more about—Ciara not wanting him, or Jesse wanting Ciara? Speaking of children, did Bethenny Frankel cross the line with her TikTok about Rachel Zoe putting her kids in front of the RHOBH cameras? Should wee tykes even film for reality TV? And then we got some returning shows this week! Ladies of London: The New Reign premiered with a bang. Did Dara try to pull a Denise Richards? And...

From New York to the West Coast, Genevieve and Sonia take off their winter wear and get into the L.A. vibe to discuss all things The Valley: Persian Style and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Did The Valley’s season finale wrap up the season? Do we need a reunion? Did Gigi’s wine toss really have that much of an impact? And how could a week go by without a discussion of Amanda Frances — the most insufferable Housewife to exist? Or are the fans changing their minds on Amanda? Come run down the week in Bravo!

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