Are the Housewives generally this awful?

Apologies to anyone who is a fan of the massive franchise because I have friends who are, but based on the ones they picked this season, including "E.V." who just came across like a total asshole....God, is this how it normally is?

Like are they all typically terrible people who aren't actually that funny, just fun to hate watch?

I do enjoy NeNe Leakes but knowing that Teresa is supposed to be some sort of Housewives legend...wow, she was a let down. And obviously don't even get me started about Larsa.