The New ‘RHONY’ Is Full of Bethennys

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( The Outsiders [Bethennys All the Way Down]( The RHONY reboot remixes one of the franchise’s most compelling archetypes. But who will claim the mantle? Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photos: Bravo As in Little Women or The Baby-Sitters Club or Sex and the City before it, one of the chief pleasures of the [Real Housewives franchise]( is brushing past the particular humanity of each individual female character in order to turn them into sweeping archetypes. Sure, Vicki Gunvalson is a real person, but also, when considering the toxic dynamics of some terrible friend drama, who’s the Vicki Gunvalson in the group? This same logic holds within the franchises themselves. Someone has to fulfill the chaos demon or goody two-shoes or fun-loving free spirit roles, and as some cast members diminish and go into the west, who steps up to take their place? In this context, the [new reboot of Real Housewives of New York]( offers an unusual opportunity to see an entirely new cast built on the shoulders of the glorious archetypes that came before. How does a new RHONY cast fill in the old money/new money divides of the original iteration? Will there be a direct inheritor of one of the previous archetypes? [Read The Story »]( The Latest TV Recaps • [The Real Housewives of New York City](: The Princess’s Gambit • [Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake](: Claus and Effect • [Winning Time](: Et Tu, Pat? • [The Real Housewives of Atlanta](: Booked, Busy, and Boring • [Special Ops: Lioness](: When the Intel Is Actionable • [The Summer I Turned Pretty:]( Last Nite • [Heels:]( The Jack Spade Apology Tour • [Minx](: Welcome to Club Minx • [Outlander](: Stupid Hero Complex • [Billions Season Premiere](: Rebel Alliance • [Painkiller Series Finale](: It’s So Hard to Be a Robber Baron These Days [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [Can a Boneless-Chicken Commercial Be Art? Late Night writer Ben Warheit shares his love for “I Ate the Bones.”]( [The WGA Strike Passes Day 100 Plus Jeopardy! in jeopardy, Li’l Sebastian, and CM Punk going for a cheap pro-labor pop.]( [Magoo, Hip-Hop Producer and Rapper, Dead at 50 “This one hits different,” Timbaland wrote of his longtime collaborator.]( [Lorde’s Fourth Album? It’s Less Likely Than You Think. “literally just decided to set these free from my laptop.”]( [TIFF 2023 Pushes Through Strikes, Releases Lineup TIFF is ready to take Dicks: The Musical.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 30-Across, Four Letters: Maker of the Kallax or Poang. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Getty Images [Read more from Vulture]( A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved