TLC has set a new investigative series around The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Mary Cosby.
The three-part docuseries, titled The Cult of the Real Housewife, looks into Faith Temple Pentecostal Church, the church Cosby shares with her husband, Robert Cosby Sr.
Per the logline, the series “unpacks the allegations behind the headlines, revealing the darker and more unsettling truth about the church.” Ex-congregants speak out for the first time in the series, including long-standing pillars of Faith Temple, the Enoch family, to provide “deeply person and disturbing accounts from family members,” including Mary’s sister, Denise Jefferson Okinada, and Mary’s cousin, Dan Cosby, along with his wife, Kim.
Here’s more from TLC: “The Cult of the Real Housewife traces the dramatic rise of Faith Temple from its founding by the beloved Rosemary ‘Mama’ Cosby, grandmother of Mary Cosby, to her passing, the controversial transfer of leadership, and her husband’s marriage to Mary. This hotly contested bequeathment pushed Faith Temple into a controversial, new era. … [The series] pulls back the salacious headlines and social media takes to dive deeper and unpack one of the most enduring mysteries at the core of the scandal: how have Mary and Robert Cosby Sr. managed to avoid accountability for so long?”
The docuseries also features investigative journalists and bloggers who have reported on the story, as well as a leading cult expert, and boasts access to recordings of “controversial sermons” delivered by Mary and Robert Cosby Sr., as well as extensive archival from the early days of Faith Temple.
The Cult of the Real Housewife hails from the directors of discovery+’s House of Hammer, which explored the accusations of sexual assault and cannibalism fantasies against actor Armie Hammer, and is directed and produced by Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs for TLC.
The series premieres Jan. 1 from 8-11 p.m. on TLC, streaming the next day on HBO Max & discovery+.
The Cult of the Real Housewife follows TLC’s recent investigative series Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed, which examined allegations of abuse, exploitation and celebrity influence.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to a rep for Cosby, as well as Bravo, home to Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, which is currently airing its sixth season.
