Real Housewives

Television catfight queens

Real Housewives refers to a franchise of American reality television series following the personal and social lives of affluent women in various cities.

The shows feature interpersonal drama, luxury lifestyles, and confrontational dynamics among cast members.

The format has spawned numerous spinoffs: Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

Used attributively, it describes over-the-top drama or performative conflict: The meeting devolved into Real Housewives–level chaos.

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Atlanta · New Jersey · catfight · wine · gossip · glam · tagline · shade · feud · diamonds · luxury · Andy Cohen · confessional · talking head · table flip · franchise · mansion · botox

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authenticity/reality

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Factual film about reality

cinéma vérité · Downton Abbey · prestige drama · mockumentary

cultural register/prestige

Real HousewivesMad Men

Sixties ad agency drama

The Wire · Breaking Bad · arthouse film · The Crown · literary adaptation

domestic performance

Real Housewivesworking mothers

Employed women raising children

Roseanne · working-class life

Family

real, really, realism, realist, realistic, realistically, reality, realities, unreal

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Top 200,000
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Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG