Dark Side of Reality TV The Real Housewives (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV-14
TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary

Dark Side of Reality TV

The Real Housewives (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV-14

TV Episode | 44 min | Documentary

Over 20 years after it first aired, and with a franchise on almost every continent, how did a show about housewives create some of the most compelling and controversial TV ever?

Directors

Sebastian Cluer | Ashley Jane

Producer

Soroush Saeidi

Cinematographers

Daniel Tahmizian (cinematography) | Elad Winkler

Editor

Peter Strauss

Production Designer

Richard Brooks-Racicot (production design)

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 29, 2024

Release date

Oct 29, 2024 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
9 cast members

Name	Known for
Cynthia Bailey Self - Cast, RHOA Self - Cast, RHOA See fewer	Cruel Instruction (2022)
Aviva Drescher Self - Cast, RHONY Self - Cast, RHONY See fewer	The Real Housewives of New York City (2008)
Racquel Gates Self - Film and Media Studies, Columbia University (as Dr. Racquel Gates) Self - Film and Media Studies, Columbia University (as Dr. Racquel Gates) See fewer	Dark Side of Reality TV (2024)
Vicki Gunvalson Self - Cast, RHOC Self - Cast, RHOC See fewer	The Real Housewives of Orange County (2006)
Jeana Keough Self - Cast, RHOC Self - Cast, RHOC See fewer	The Beach Girls (1982)
Mark McGrath Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Scooby-Doo (2002)
Melissa Melottey Leah McSweeney Leah McSweeney See fewer	The Christmas Bookshop
Anna Peele Self - Journalist, Contributing Editor - Vanity Fair Self - Journalist, Contributing Editor - Vanity Fair See fewer	Dark Side of Reality TV (2024)
Jack Tarantino Self - Showrunner, RHOC S5&6 Self - Showrunner, RHOC S5&6 See fewer	ITV Special: Peter Pan (2003)