The Reality Of Reality

Will Summer House survive this?! That’s the question reality TV star and Bravo superfan Courtney Revolution and I are tackling this week!

We’re diving headfirst into all the current Summer House drama and asking the questions everyone wants answered: Who’s returning to the house next season? Are Amanda and West end game? Where does this leave Ciara Miller? What’s going on with KJ and Dara? And where does the show go from here?!

We also break down the explosive Southern Hospitality finale, discuss how The Valley is shaping up to have a promising season, share our thoughts on the women of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, and recap our experience attending the Las Culturistas Culture Awards!

Bravo fans, rise up! This one’s for you!

IT’S A GAME SHOW EPISODE! Today, I’m putting my good friend Josh Banfield (@JoshTheRHONYStan)’s reality TV knowledge to the ultimate test with trivia questions spanning all corners of the reality TV universe. But that’s not all — we’re also playing games like marry, kill, f*ck (Bravo edition), casting our own season of Love Hotel, and randomly do the most amazing improv that people would pay money to see.

This episode is a fun one, so tune in if you’re in the mood to laugh, yell answers at your speaker, and get a little silly with us.

This week, entertainment journalist Sydney Bucksbaum takes us inside her world — from red carpets, A-list interviews and insane press trips! Sydney opens up about her 15+ years working in entertainment, her time working at Entertainment Weekly, the debate between influencers and traditional journalists interviewing on red carpets, and how people do and don’t follow journalism’s code of ethics.

Sydney has interviewed nearly the entire Harry Potter cast, traveled to Paris for The Summer I Turned Pretty finale coverage, gotten slimed on Nickelodeon’s Double Dare, and SO much more.

And of course, we also get into reality TV. Sydney shares behind-the-scenes stories from covering shows like The Challenge, Love Is Blind, and House of Villains. Plus, she shares what it was like writing her book “How to Win at The Challenge and Life: A Champion's Guide to Eliminating Obstacles, Winning Friends, and Making That Money”, revealing her favorite interviews, which winners didn’t want to participate, and her thoughts on the current state of The Challenge as a Challenge superfan.

The Bravo-verse is heating up with huge announcements, including new shows, vertical dramas, a Love Island USA crossover, and an (intentional) Summer House reunion leak! All of this and more were announced at the NBCU Upfronts - but what exactly are "Upfronts"?

In this episode, I’m breaking down all of the biggest Bravo and Peacock announcements from NBCU Upfronts and what they mean for us as viewers. With show renewals from The Real Housewives, Summer House, Southern Charm, Top Chef, Watch What Happens Live, Wife Swap and more, to upcoming projects and unexpected crossover moments, there’s a lot for us reality lovers to be excited about.

So tune in now for your full Bravo/Peacock Upfronts update.

So much has been happening in the world of The Real Housewives lately, they needed their own episode! And no one follows these women more closely than my mom. My mother, Andrea Riccio, joins me in the studio to break down everything currently happening across the franchises — from Miami reportedly being “on pause,” to our obsession with Rhode Island, to why we think Beverly Hills may be in desperate need of a reboot.

We ‘re diving into the latest Bravo discourse, revisiting some of our favorite Housewives moments, and telling a story about The Real Housewives of New York that we’re still not entirely sure we’re allowed to share… but we did anyway!

So tune in now for Bravo hot takes, Housewives gossip, unfiltered opinions — straight from this mother-daughter duo!