It's Called Reality

This week, we're breaking down Next Gen NYC. On the surface, it's a glossy spin-off about rich twenty-somethings in Manhattan, but it's actually a pretty fascinating document about what happens when Bravo farms its own IP by taking kids who were dragge...

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Season 5 of Secret Lives of Mormon Wives just dropped, and with it comes a massive cast shakeup. This week, Willow and Briana do a quick rundown of what went down in S5, but this episode is less about the tea and more about the whole pot: a full retros...

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Stassi Schroeder, star of Vanderpump Rules, is back on TV, and this time she's the one in charge. House of Stassi is a reality show about making a reality show, and we love the meta-ness of it all. We're digging into what happens when a woman who survi...

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For our tenth episode, we're zooming out and reflecting on how making this show has changed how we watch reality TV, and then get into the current state of reality TV. There's a massive drop of shows coming out this fall, and we're doing everything we ...

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This week, we get into all three seasons of America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, from the audition process that breaks your heart, the five-year ceiling, the pay fight, and the slow transformation from Season 1 to Season 3 of women who w...

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