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Rob crashes out at the Love Is Blind group event, Sai and Daisy go to war over supermarket sushi, and Bronwyn calls Britani a nincompoop. Plus: Gizelle’s apology tour on Potomac, Captain Kerry runs a tight ship on Below Deck, and a tough week on The Golden Life.

Love Is Blind Boston is down to the wire, and Dad and Isabella go couple by couple through episodes 5 to 11: Jax and Stew’s strange group event reunion, Rob and Michaella’s breakup, Blake’s Peter Pan moment with Erika, Wilson and Wilnie’s chore wars, Cam and Aneha’s sl...

Stew and Jax’s Love Is Blind reveal goes sideways, Sonja’s no-drinking pledge lasts about half an episode on The Golden Life, and Mary’s boss brunch ends with the group turning on Bronwyn. Plus Courtney joins RHOP, RHONY wraps up Mosquito Island, and Below Deck’s Chef Moe plays matchmaker in Thailand.

Love Is Blind Season 11 heads to Boston, and Isabella breaks down the couples so far, from Stew and Jax’s brutal first meeting to Morrey’s early exit. On The Golden Life, the new E! series reuniting RHONY’s Luann, Sonja, Ramona, Kelly and Dorinda in...

Lisa and Meredith debut a diss track in San Francisco, Angie lands the line of the season about Lisa’s lips, and Sai picks a fight with just about everyone on Mosquito Island. Plus Below Deck heads to Phuket, and two climbing docs: The Last First: Winter K2 and Girl Climber.

Dad and Isabella are back for Episode 19 with a Bravo-heavy recap. On The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Lisa and Meredith unveil their scheming song in San Francisco, Bronwyn's party falls apart, Angie battles seasickness while landing the line of the season about Lisa's lips, an...

Luann finally apologizes, Carole mistakes a bird for a drone, and Wendy names her new car Psalm 91. Plus a wine toss on Below Deck Med, the RHOSLC baton, and Dad’s lip-reading confession.

Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip wraps its season with a finale party at Dorinda's Bluestone Manor in the Berkshires, where Luann finally apologizes to Porsha and Gizelle, Andy Cohen calls the cast his Avengers, and Vicki gets her OG moment. Isabella calls it an old-school Disney Channel crossover, and Dad says the Rhode Island ladies saved it.

The Real Housewives of Potomac re...

Angie hands out toothbrushes in San Francisco, Erin and Hailey go to war over a tabloid story, and Dad delivers a public service announcement on how to stop bleeding. Plus Below Deck Med, RHONY's weirdest mom scene, and Dad's Survivor rant.

Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip nears its finale as Isabella recaps Luann's Halloween party in New York for Dad, who missed the episode: a mentalist, Teresa on saxophone, Lisa Barlow's rap, Alex McCord's Raygun tribute, and Porsha arriving two hours late. On RHONY, Erin brings up Hailey's past with Jon Gosselin and Sai opens up about...

The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives season ends with Taylor's breakdown and a surprise divorce announcement, while Ultimate Girls Trip throws an OG RHONY Halloween party in New York.

Dad and Isabella dig into The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip as the Miami stop wraps with Lisa Hochstein's lingerie party and Larsa calling out Lisa Barlow's name dropping. In New York, Carole Radziwill hosts a nostalgic lunch, Teresa gets emotional about raising her daughters on camera, and a Halloween party brings back Jill Zarin, Kelly Bensimon, and Alex McCord. Over on the Real Housewives of New York...

Nobody's turning up for Vicki, Luann can't stop talking, and a Mormon Wives best friend just got caught with the wrong ex. Plus the RHONY reboot's new faces, a somber Salt Lake City premiere, Below Deck meltdowns, and part one of the Next Gen NYC reunion.

Dad and Isabella are back after a week off with a packed Bravo recap. On The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, the Miami stop goes sideways as nobody turns up for Vicki, Luann drinks her way through a lunch, and Lisa and Teresa's new duo raises eyebrows. Over on the rebooted...

NeNe Leakes makes a surprise Bravo return after years away.

Dad and Isabella recap the Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip stop in Atlanta, from Porsha Williams' drag brunch to the Alter Ego costume party, where Kyle Richards confronts Ashley Darby over Mauricio Umansky. Also in the mix: Vicki Gunvalson, Luann de Lesseps, Gizelle Bryant, Stacey Rusch, Candiace Dillard-Bassett, Angie Katsanevas, Mary Cosby, and Drew Sidora.

They dig into the Love Island USA Season 8 reunion with hosts Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen, covering where Melanie and Sincere, Bryce and Trinity, Kayda and Zach, and KC and...

The Atlanta reunion finally wraps, the Housewives mark 20 years on the Ultimate Girls Trip, and a much-discussed new Netflix documentary gets a serious look.

Dad and Isabella open on the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion, part three, as Kelli Ferrell and Phaedra Parks spar over a divorce-lawyer bill, Angela keeps after Kelli about money and her new teeth, Porsha Williams and Shamea stay at a standoff, and Drew Sidora answers for the horse. The talk then moves to The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip and its 20th-anniversary reunion, from Kyle Richards' white party and Luann de Lesseps...

It's a reunion-heavy week as Dad and Isabella break down the Bravo slate — the Ultimate Girls Trip crew touching down in Beverly Hills, an explosive Part 2 of the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion, and The Valley's Season 3 finale reckoning. 

On this episode of Check Me Boomer, father and daughter Dad and Isabella open with Bravo's Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip, where the group leaves Orange County for the Beverly Hilton and the tension between Vicki Gunvalson and Gizelle Bryant boils over, alongside Vicki's surprise apology to Teresa Giudice, a plate-sharing standoff with Luann de Lesseps, and Kyle Ric...

NeNe Leakes makes her Bravo return as The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip sets sail, from Vicki hawking life insurance to Teresa asking ChatGPT who the most famous Housewife is.

Joining them on the premiere are Gizelle Bryant, Luann de Lesseps, Lisa Barlow, Kyle Richards, and Porsha Williams, with Gizelle an early instigator and a bunco party reuniting Orange County's Tamra Judge and Shannon Beador.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion part one puts K. Michelle, Phaedra Parks, Drew Sidora, Shamea Morton, Kelli Ferrell, Angela Oakley, and Pinky Cole back on Andy Cohen's couch.

The Atlanta finale, a Below Deck Med bosun shake-up, The Valley reunion, and the Next Gen NYC crew hitting BravoCon.

Plus: a full preview of the 20th-anniversary Ultimate Girls Trip cast, The Challenge's return, and the Pan Am 103 and Murdaugh dramatizations.

Dad and Isabella preview the 20th-anniversary Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip ahead of its premiere, headlined by the return of NeNe Leakes and a cast of franchise originals: Porsha Williams, Luann de Lesseps, Kyle Richards, Vicki Gunvalson, Lisa Barlow, Gizelle Bryant, and Teresa Giudice, with Dorinda Medley hosting the finale leg at Bluestone...

Isabella and Dad close out the villa for the season, still not exactly agreeing on Julia.

Plus: a stacked Bravo week with The Valley finale, the In the City reunion, Atlanta, Below Deck Med, and Next Gen NYC, a Big Brother update, and another episode of "Name that Bravolebrity" guessing game.

Love Island UK takes its final bow this week. The old islanders return for a brutal judgment day vote, Mica and Samraj get dumped and take Tommy and Yas down with them, and the season narrows to three couples ahead of a mercifully...

Dad and Isabella land on opposite sides of Love Island UK's most divisive islander as the Grafties and Maya Jama's new podcast game blow the villa wide open and Aiden gets exposed as its biggest flip-flopper. Plus: Love Island USA's messy aftermath with Nick and Olandria's split and Kenny's tell-all, Bravo breakups in Salt Lake City, a Big Brother check-in, and Next Gen NYC, Below Deck Med, Atlanta, In the City, and The Valley.

Love Island takes over this week. In the UK, the Grafties and Maya Jama's new podcast game turn the villa into a...

Dad and Isabella review the entire new season of Netflix's Emmy-nominated America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, plus the Love Island USA finale, Love Island UK, and the week in Bravo.

This week a father and daughter add a new show to the lineup: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on Netflix, freshly Emmy nominated for its third season. Dad led this one, covering director Greg Whiteley's no-narration style, the athleticism behind jump splits in cowboy boots, a makeover day that felt straight out of America's Next Top Model, the pay fight that changed the squad, and the real-time...

Dad's fully saturated on Love Island USA just as the finale hits, but Love Island UK's movie night has both Dad and Isabella locked in, including Lola vs. Julia, and Ellie one bombshell from walking out. Plus: Melanie's family stages an intervention over Sincere, Below Deck Med's Game of Thrones "shame" walk, The Valley, In the City, and Next Gen NYC.

On Love Island USA, the season grinds toward its finale with four couples left standing (Bryce and Trinity, Melanie and Sincere, Carl and Aniya, Kayda and Zach) after a karaoke-night dumping sends Corbin and Parmida...

Casa Amor takes both villas. The UK dives in as the USA aftermath detonates on movie night, and Melanie draws a line: "I'd rather you respect me than pick me."

On Love Island UK, Casa Amor recouples with new faces on both sides. Kavan brings back Charlene, Simba brings back Mara, and Simba draws fire as a new contender for worst boy of the season. On the USA side, movie night surfaces what actually happened in Casa: Sincere's parade of beloveds, the girls' least-compatible vote, and Melanie's pep talk to Anaya that lands as one of the...

It was Casa Amor week on Love Island USA — twelve new guys for the girls, a recoupling that detonated the villa, and the line that summed it all up: "Is this Bad Girls Club?" Plus Love Island UK dumpings, a Rhode Island reunion, RHOA, Below Deck Med, and Dad's airing of grievances.

Two villas, one chaotic week. We break down the Love Island USA recoupling couple by couple — who came back, who stayed loyal, and who's already unraveling — then cross the pond for the UK's Public Tea vs. Villa Receipts game and a clearing-house round of dumpings.

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Isabella "I watch this show for mess" and her dad cover Love Island USA (including the lack of bombshells), play "Boomer or British?" again, then talk about Love Island UK, Summer House (the aftermath), In the City, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Rhode Island. Dad also pitches Isabella on starting to watch McBee Dynasty ("I think it's horrible… and I've watched every episode. I hate myself for doing it."), and Isabella tests whether her father can recognize three Bravolebrities.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro music
0:23 - Welcome and shows we cover
1:00 - Love Island USA - Wh...

We cover the bonanza of bombshells on Love Island UK, Sincere (is he?) and Sol and Melanie and other Love Island USA key moments, Southern Hospitality, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Rhode Island, plus In the City and Below Deck Med. We also ask whether Dad's lack of familiarity with slang is because he's old or if they are UK specific.

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Music: "Goodbye to Joey" by The Mundahs, used with permission.

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We cover the first episodes of Love Island UK and Love Island USA, as well as the Summer House reunion, In the City, Southern Hospitality, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Real Housewives of Rhode Island. We also play a game to show how Dad can't remember cast members' names.

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Music: "Goodbye to Joey" by The Mundahs, used with permission.

Transcript:
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In this bonus episode, we include a bit about our backgrounds, how we came up with the show name, and how Isabella used to sneak and watch Jersey Shore when she was little. We also spill the tea on how Dad isn't really a boomer, how Isabella got Dad addicted to reality TV, some of the shows we plan to cover, and our top-three franchise shows.

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Instagram @checkmeboomer · Facebook @checkmeboomer

Music: "Goodbye to Joey" by The Mundahs, used with permission.

Check Me Boomer is a father-daughter podcast about reality TV. Mostly Bravo, but sometimes wherever the drama takes them. Dad is obsessed with reality television, maybe even more so than Isabella. Together they dish on the latest from Bravo and beyond. They cover every reunion, every dramatic pause, every shifting alliance. This is a quick preview of what the show is and what's coming.

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Music: "Goodbye to Joey" by The Mundahs, used with permission.

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