This September is the month of Mormon mania. Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City premieres on Sept. 18, where the woman will attempt a second act to their show-stopping takedown of Monica Garcia. Rivaling the premiere, though, is a new reality venture: Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which hit streaming Sept. 6. With their synced release dates, these shows will inevitably compete. It’s a full-scale reality television Mormon-off.

It’s easy to compare Mormon Wives and RHOSLC; hell, Mormon Wives even has its own Whitney and Jen, though this Jen doesn’t teach prison fitness classes to Elizabeth Holmes. Mormon Wives also uses the Bravo structure to its advantage; like Selling Sunset, Mormon Wives rips off the Housewives-style of confessionals and group trips.

Some of the conversations are practically identical: RHOSLC’s Heather questions Lisa for being a Mormon with a tequila company, while Mormon Wives’ Jen shames Jessi for her drinking. It’s also not Hulu’s first dip in the Bravo pot; they already have the dreadfully boring Vanderpump Villa, and are producing the docu-comedy Stassi Says. Adding in Mormon Wives, it’s easy to think that Hulu is crawling for those Bravo bucks.

In many ways, though, Mormon Wives is better than RHOSLC. For starters, its cast is actually LDS. RHOSLC promised some religious inquisition: The Season 1 trailer opened with........

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