Chris B

See I don't see it as filler. This episode for example had some strides with Peggy continuing to upset the ladies, Meghan showing herself to be more two faced and bitchy and the Vicki/Tamra/Shannon story is building. I feel like each week the stories are building towards several collisions. I'm also very curious what will happen with Kelly bc we know she's going to have a tearful makeup with Shannon later on. This season is very Knots Landing as Andy would say, building and building.

I disagree! I still love OC. It's a slow build but more organic than the others. I like that they aren't all always filming together. I don't need forced fake dinners in every episode for drama. I much prefer it this way however unpopular it may be. I also love Lydia and Peggy as well. Their family scenes work for me and their interactions as well. It's a shame Peggy probably won't stick around because I LOVE her. She's funny and different and I love how she is so quick to shut down their petty nonsense, which is clearly why they hate her. I can't wait til the drama really starts with her.

I love you but how can you be disappointed in Jennifer as if that wasn't how she was the entire time she was on? She ain't got no personality or opinion on anything other than what she feels she's supposed to think to stay on Evelyn's good side! She's always disappointed me! Overall I'll say I loved this reunion. They covered everything and it had some good moments. They're setting themselves up for a good next season if they play it right. Keep that main cast and of the supporting players I'd make Haziel a housewife and MAYBE keep BJ as a Friend. I just hope now that they have a solid cast we don't have to suffer through half a season of trial and error. I don't want 20 friends. I also would say from episode one that Baller Wives is kinda a dud and the two girls from it came off better on Basketball Wives than their own show. It just felt a little boring and forced for me.

Yes the song went perfectly. I was happy the crowd enjoyed it and surprisingly a lot of people knew what I was doing even though I was the only one who did a daytime soap. Victoria also was my tweet about it and she retweeted it twice and also talked about it. I was happy to see that.

Here's a video from my show this week! I judge a contest called Drag Me To Fame and this week the challenge was soap operas so I recreated a scene from Y&R with Drucilla and Lillie Belle. I wish I had the full thing, but only managed to get the first half. Here it is:

I didn't realize the show was doing an old school soap crossover. The two new wives in Miami are going to be on the spin-off Baller Wives, which is centered around footballers wives and based in Miami. The promos for it look good too! I'm glad because I really liked both of them so it'll be nice for them to have their own show.

When her daughter appeared on a previous season she told the story about how Jackie treated her and the preferred daughter (Chantel is it?) confirmed what her sister said was true. This is why I can't get behind Jackie in the fight with Evelyn. She brought that stuff on camera on this show! It's not a lie and has been a featured story.

Nene has been pushing hard to get ride of Toyota and even excluding her from events so I wouldn't be surprised if she got Marlo a spot in hopes of making that happen. Of course it's still early in filming so we have to see but if she continues to film and goes on all the trips with them then it's likely she'll have a peach. Previously she's popped up here and there the past few years. This is the first one where she may film it all.

Call me crazy, because this IS a reach but I think Marlo may have a peach! She reposted the cast pic in San Francisco which Andy also tweeted and she captioned it "This is how #RHOA do a girls trip🍑" Of course it could mean nothing but considering Nene and Kim both mentioned their peaches (or lack of in Kim's case) when announcing their returns it made me think.

The reason is seems like they're phasing Meghan out is because she was meant to be a Friend this season, but the feud with Peggy ended up elevating her role. That's why it took until now for her to finally appear in a scene with the housewives. Everything in the first three episodes was filmed later.

Finale is next week so I decided to check Wikipedia to see how many episodes the reunion will be (answer: one). One thing I noticed was that the cast overhaul seemed to mostly be successful. While last season the highest rated episode only had 1.82 million viewers with many hovering around 1.05-1.20 million (with one episode getting under a million viewers), this season almost every episode is over 2 million in viewers and the ones that are in the one million range are close to 2 million. Based on that it seems like they had reason to do it and it worked.

I noticed Marlo went on their first cast trip, she must have a bigger role. I still can't wait to see what happened to repair her friendship with Nene. That will be interesting to see on screen because typically in recent years once Nene appears, Marlo stops appearing. I wonder if she's still feuding with Kenya, who seems to be fine with Kenya from what we know.

Dawn is also leaving, but Dawn (as well as Brandi Glanville) will be on Celebrity Big Brother.

OC is just magic this year. I really hope the ratings reflect how good it is and that the other shows try to mimic what they do here. The only problem is that I don't think the other housewives have as interesting personal lives as the OC ladies so the standalone scenes may not work as well. Even the most dull housewife (Meghan) fits in well by herself and in the group scenes. Whoever casts this show needs a raise. Speaking of casting, I LOVE Peggy. I like that they no longer just cast a new generic blonde who will fit in perfectly. Everybody has such different personalities and lies and Peggy is no different. She seems like such a strong woman and has such class and wealth and I just LOVE it. I could tell by her meeting Shannon that she won't be amused by her dramatics and that is probably why she gets into with the other ladies/

LMAO!!! I hate the endless friends too and as time goes on I actually like the newbies better, but it's just too much. They should've just scrapped the footage from the first few episodes and started the season when Malaysia entered. Hopefully for next year they have a more solid group to work with. Also, what happened to BJ's ass? She was always around and now I haven't seen her. Did she go to Miami? I only saw the first half of the episode so far. And I agree that Jackie's crazy ass is amazing. I live for her and she can do no wrong no matter how wrong she is. Tami was tweeting how she is basically the face of LA which I agree with. Tami also said they need to pay Draya what she wants and get her back because she was so important to the LA franchise. I agree with Tami. If they could get Draya back next year I'd also keep Malaysia and Jackie, plus Tami, Evelyn, Shaunie and two or three friends tops.

My thing with Shannon is, I wish Vicki and Kelly would call it out accurately when it comes to the abuse. Vicki did not lie. She stated a fact and David pled guilty to it, end of story. I hate that they keep saying Vicki lied when we know that isn't the case. I haven't seen tonights episode yet but I can't wait. I love Kelly lol. From what I've heard tonight was a keeper.

I find it very strange that Nene is back and icing out Porsha from filming, yet Marlo is also back? I even saw a picture of Nene and Marlo. I thought they hated each other and she refused to film with her?

With Kim back on RHOA I wish they'd go back to how it was in early years when a housewife can be added midway. We know that from the moment she joins she'll be a full-time housewife, so why not add her to the credits and call it a day? Not a big deal but I do miss that. If she's gonna have talking heads and everything you may as well. It's season ten so go all out. Now onto the important stuff...RHOC continues to just be perfection. The last few years have just been the gold standard in my opinion. Focusing on this year, the cast has been nicely refreshed but no drastic changes which is par the course for this franchise. They rarely make a misstep in casting. I love that this season has more of a focus on individual scenes and less group scenes. Some of the series seem too by-the-numbers by constantly forcing the entire cast together at this lame events to create friction. Since everybody has family to film with and interesting family lives we get a nice balance on this franchise. That way when they DO come together it's more interesting and there's more anticipation for the viewers. I like the smaller groups we're getting so far. Shannon is just hilarious as she becomes unhinged. I don't understand why she stays on reality tv but I'm thankful for it. I LOVE Lydia as I did her first season. She's a good girl, a [!@#$%^&*] stirrer, she's fun, she's funny and has a cute family. Peggy is still fresh, but I love what she's bringing to the show so far, a dose of diversity and glamour and something different from the other wives. Kelly was a favorite of mine last season and I still love her. I have watched the promo for next week at least 15 times lol. I dread the day she makes up with Shannon. Tamra is irrelevant to me. Vicki is still a guess. Meghan has grown on me so much since her horrible first season. This show is giving me everything I need. Not looking forward to the bland and boring Dallas, but I can't wait for New Jersey. If the reports are correct they may have finally gotten their act together with this upcoming season. Time will tell. Hopefully BH has a decent season as well.

By chance does anyone recall either of the Drucilla fill ins? Dawn McMillan played the role in 1996 and Kent Masters King of Knots Landing and General Hospital fame played her in 2000. I haven't ever come across one of their episodes.

Season 6 was pretty dull overall, especially with Aviva doing everything in her power to remain relevant. Season four gets flake but it was very entertaining overall. I understand it got very dark, but the ratings were good and that reboot was too drastic. It just made it seem like the show was such a failure which I'm sure didn't do much to bring people back the following year.

Nothin'ButAttitude I agree with that in terms of making it more balanced, but for LA I would've kept Jackie and Malaysia and the two Angel's. I thought they brought something different and were interesting. Not everybody needs to be from fight club. I especially enjoyed Angel Brinks who could bring the drama, but also had strong family moments so she had a nice balance. It'll be interesting to see where it goes next year. It's clear they made a mistake with how they launched this season with the intention of not having Malaysia or Brandi on it at all. They were only added after the first couple months of filming went poorly. That was always a mistake. Malaysia has literally delivered since episode one. She should've never been removed.

I've only seen about half of RHOC so I can't comment just yet except to say it looks like another exceptional season for the little engine that could. I see the first episode is higher rated than the highest rated episode of the current NYC season. I love how well this show does with very little promo from Bravo. Looking forward to it! Now as for that trailer for Dallas....horrible. As a Texan whose been to Dallas many times it is just terrible. They do not represent Dallas or Texas which is an incredibly diverse city and state. I'd be okay with it if the ladies were interesting, but they just aren't. I'll give it a go with the first couple episodes, but that trailer didn't excite me. It looks like more of the same.

I'll miss Eileen. I liked how sane she was and thought she brought class to the show. I also will miss her beauty. She may not have been the most fashion forward, but she is just gorgeous to look at. I do believe it was her choice and not her getting fired because Andy loves her and even has her on his Then and Now show. I fully expect her popping up and a potential return in the future.

It's too soon to confirm anything, but for the first group event in Vegas I believe, these are the girls we know went for BH: LVP, Rinna, Dorit, Erika, Kyle, Adrienne, Camille and newbie one hit wonder Willa Ford (I Wanna Be Bad was her one hit). Many speculated Brandi was also back but it was Willa in the picture not Brandi. Looks like Eileen might be gone considering this was their first major group event and she wasn't there. I'd also expect ether Adrienne or Camille back full time if they're being included on a trip this early. We shall see!

I keep managing to catch Nichole Wallace filling in for him on his show and I LOVE her. I enjoyed her on The View and thought they were fools to let her go and I love her hosting on MSNBC. I'd love for them to fire Brian Williams and let her have that timeslot. I know she has her own show already, but I feel she deserves a good timeslot based on what I've seen. As for their other issues, I didn't mind Greta, but I don't understand the purpose of hiring her. Why haven't they given Joy Reid a shot at a weekday show yet? As for Megyn Kelly, she's simply not famous enough for her own shows. If bigger, more mainstream names couldn't do it, why do they think she can? At best she should've been added as a co-host of the third hour of Today so the audience can get to know her and put her on Dateline, not her own show. They put too much pressure on a person who is an unknown to anyone who doesn't watch Fox News. Yes that's a high rated network, but with a very specific audience that isn't necessarily tuning into NBC News or MSNBC.