Chris B

Coronation Street, which is the only of the UK soaps I never have watched. I loved Emmerdale when I watched that but I don't think it's available on any of the streaming services. Maybe Amazon, but u have to buy an extra subscription for their British channel.

I just got Hulu and see Hollyoaks is still on there so I'm thinking of picking it up again. I know how up and down the quality is and I'm already mad just hearing they killed off Amy, but I'm wondering is it worth picking up again? Or should I try one of the other UK soaps on Hulu? If I do pick up Hollyoaks should I watch 2016 or just start at the beginning of this year?

NENE SLAUGHTERED ME!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for this mess to start airing! I just cannot and to think I assumed it was gonna be a quiet season! The first part of filming had reports that everything was very calm. Obviously they were just good at keeping things hidden behind the scenes.

Bravo also officially announced Eva joining the cast as a friend which is so weird since she didn't have a friend of picture. They never randomly announce like that. I cant believe she attacked Marlo, who apparently will have talking heads finally but still didn't merit a peach or a cast photo.

At this point I don't see Marlo truly becoming a housewife even if she's friends with Nene. After Nene got jealous of her around I Dream of Nene that pretty much blocked any hope for her in that regard. I'd love for it to happen though. I don't think Shamea will ever become full time. If an African wedding couldn't do it nothing will. As for Eva we have to wait and see what she delivers.

Marlo posted pictures and videos on Snapchat doing her talking heads so she finally has that at least. Still didn't get a cast photo though. I wouldn't be surprised if Marlo gets a peach next year. Looks like she filmed most of the season and she goes on all the trips. Eva and Shamea also made the trip. I wonder if Eva has been filming more than we know. I feel like she has to if she's on the trip.

My guess is that something has happened but I doubt she quit and she won't be fired. I'm beginning to think she may be pregnant and that could be why she didn't want to go on the trip if she knew it was going to be combative. We know she got Kim kicked off the trip but then apparently she was mad Marlo was also going, yet Marlo has been around so now I'm confused. I just need the show to premiere so we can piece this together!

From what I saw critical reaction was mixed and personally that's how I felt. I hate the new Klingon design which I feel limits the actors ability to emote and I found the story and dialogue to be very clunky but most new Star Trek series start medicocre and get better as time goes on. We haven't even met the cast yet! Next week is the true pilot so I'm keeping an open mind and hoping the show gets better in time. I will say based on es on what I saw I still don't see the need for this to be a prequel. It doesn't fit at all with TOS and the way Spock's father is being used feels false. Visually I feel this show could've been awesome set beyond Voyager.

Kenya and Porsha should be on the end. They're the newest cast members. I think it makes perfect sense how it is except I'd have Kandi standing next to Nene! Kandi is the unspoken MVP of this franchise.

I co-sign the Mariah comments. It's not fair at all. Beyond that it looks good. I'm glad tired ass Lisa Nicole is gone! Thank the lord!! After Jackie's husband dogged her the [!@#$%^&*] out last season I'm not here for this. Jackie and Simone will always be my favorites and I don't want anything bad to happen to them. They're two of my favorite reality tv people ever. They're classy, they throw good shade and they're real. Jackie better [!@#$%^&*] leave Curtis this time. I'm done with this!

Okay there is a lot to unpack! RHOA - I loved the promo and I'm excited to see the girls back. The chemistry looks good! I also like that they have a good stable of friends with Marlo and Kim big in the thick of things. I have no complaints and no worries. I look forward to Nene/Buick, anything with Kim, Sheree's inmate lover and Kenya's marriage storyline. Side Note: Kandi's spin off looks FIRE! I feel like that drama will dilute her story a little bit. Imagine if one or two of the Xscape ladies joined the RHOA cast! But that would probably put an end to any reunion with the fighting that is sure to happen in that scenario. RHOC - I know many don't like Lydia or Peggy both for their actions and some beliefs, but I think both have been good additions to the cast. Peggy's biggest issue is a language barrier, but I still enjoy her. As the season goes on and the ladies finally interact it's getting juicy and I look forward to each episode. Shannon has completely lost it and it was so obvious this week as Lydia perfectly pointed out she didn't want to become the odd woman out. I LOVE that Lydia see's her for what she is and doesn't pull any punches. RHOD - The show is so much more entertaining and that tea party was hilarious! Kameron continuously going after Brandi killed me. She plays dumb but you can definitely see that the wheels are turning in that head. Next week the Cary/Mark story heats up with Leanne accusing Mark of getting head at Round Up, a popular gay bar in Dallas. The thing is, I don't doubt it, but I also don't look forward to another story like this. In general I find this group to be enjoyable, I still say if the cast was more diverse they'd be able to reach a larger audience.

Peggy has been very clear the women just want to stir the pot. She specifically told Shannon that she got tested for the gene and didn't have it, but she still had the double mastectomy just to be cautious since she watched her mother die of breast cancer. It doesn't get more clear than that which is why it frustrates me that we keep hearing the wives whisper like she's lying when she's been very clear.

Stephanie tweeted the blog she was referring to and Brandi completely lied about what was said and the context. It HAS to be something else that caused this fight that they aren't saying.

Looks like Dallas is still a flop! Season two with a housewives lead in only scored around 800,000 viewers. I will join the chorus and say I enjoyed the premiere and the season does look good, but I still maintain if this show actually represented Dallas it would be more successful. Potomac was able to find its own place after RHOA went off the air and people genuinely enjoy it. There is simply no need for RHOD the way it's presented. This was their time to add some Hispanic housewives or a black housewife. These women all look the same and are very bland. They're going after one demographic that has no reason to watch when they already have superior RHOC, NYC and BH.

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.