A Toast to 'Ladies of London,' the Best New Reality Show in Years

I can't remember the last time I fell so instantly in love with a reality series as "Ladies of London: The New Reign." Do yourself a favor and watch.

Kimi Murdoch, Mark-Francis Vandelli, Misse Beqiri, Martha Sitwell/Bravo

There’s something that happens to a Bravo fan when they turn on a new show, and it immediately sparks.

It’s a visceral, physical reaction. You can feel the cells of your body start quivering with excitement. Your brain synapses start firing off with excitement about the potential memes, quotes, and “stanning” that will soon dominate your entire personality. Your soul, if you get real quiet and listen hard, lets out a wee gleeful, “Hell yeah!”

Ladies of London: The New Reign, the first two episodes of which I just streamed on Peacock, is that good. It’s a Real Housewives of Salt Lake City-level discovery. (Bravo fans know those are hallowed words, not given haphazardly.) I got echoes of Scary Island. I saw the kindlings of Beverly Hills in Amsterdam. The entire cast is a constellation of reality TV stars in the making; I’m lucky and positively giddy to sip tea with them (from my couch).