You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can ply it with an endless supply of free alcohol in hopes that it will do something just as entertaining. While that may not exactly be ethical, it’s no more morally unconscionable than what Bravo’s done with “Vanderpump Rules,” one of the network’s flagship reality franchises, now remixed and reduced to a boozy, incestuous flea farm.

When Bravo announced in late 2024 that the long-running reality series following Lisa Vanderpump and the team of wannabe stars comprising the staff at her West Hollywood eatery, SUR, would be rebooted with an entirely new cast, the news caused a commotion — a SUR stir, if you will. Just one year prior, “Vanderpump” broke containment, blowing past reality television circles and into headline news when a cheating

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