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‘Summer House,’ ‘Mormon Wives’ & The Limits of the Reality Binge

Even as unscripted TV’s share of streaming watch time has fallen, Bravo has created a content flywheel that consistently helps its shows enter the broader cultural conversation. One of its biggest strengths may be its adherence to the weekly episode drop.

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The Summer House press blitz and uptick in viewership over the past couple of weeks has also thrown into stark relief just how badly Peacock’s main U.S. rival Hulu has mismanaged its own reality TV ambitions. Photo: Sean Zanni/Bravo
Julia Alexander
April 21, 2026

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Have you been following the Summer House scandal? Bravo’s popular reality series about young New Yorkers sharing a Hamptons party pad, now in its 10th season, has been attracting record viewership amid the love triangle drama involving its three biggest stars (Google it if you dare). And Bravo has been fully leaning into all the offscreen mess: winking at the fallout on its social channels, interviewing castmembers on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live, and relentlessly teasing what is sure to be action-packed reunion episodes.