Chris B

The olympics and it being dull have caused be to now fall two episodes behind on New Jersey. I ain't bothered. OC was unwatchable this week. I'm Team Kelly/Vicki, so I can only enjoy it as much as they're featured. I still hate fans haven't taken to Kelly and she's viewed so much as a villain. If she was on any other series that wouldn't be the case. And I'm sorry, but Tamra has been a lot worse and more vulgar that Kelly could dream of, yet they wanna act like Kelly is satan. Bye with that mess.

Anyway, the important thing about this week was Auckland's two night premiere! It was EVERYTHING! Production values were great, the homes were fabulous and it was very well cast. I wasn't impressed with pictures or promos, but the series definitely impressed me.

Michelle - I LOVED her! I find it hard to believe she modeled though because she is awkward on camera. Her shots in the opening are just so bad, but otherwise I love her. I LOVE her home and her family seems fun. I also love the friendship with Gilda. The "plus sized" comment was definitely shade, but I lived for it. That was just effortless and made the episode for me. I loved her dinner party in episode two and fashion show with her daughter. She's a keeper for me.

Angela - At first I did kinda like her. She was ridiculously annoying during the first meeting with Gilda, but I was willing to give her a pass. Where she lost me is creating an issue with Gilda when she literally didn't say anything bad about her at that first meeting. She simply said she should tone it down because the entire time she was acting extremely awkward. Angela then took it to an extreme at the dinner party and made herself look so bad. First you're sitting there talking about the gossip you've heard about her and she she says she doesn't care you STILL keep pouncing on it. That is bizarre. 

Gilda - GORGEOUS, stylish and a sharp tongue! I LOVE LOVE LOVED her! She was silky smooth and her dinner put down was perfect, "Do you know what I've heard about you? Not a [!@#$%^&*] thing." I like how she kept her cool when I think any reasonable person couldn't be blamed if they jumped across the table at Angela. I wonder what Angela said about her if it was obviously bad enough to get bleeped out.

Ann - She's my least favorite and the one I'd most like see go for next season.

Louise - She seems a bit messy, but she owns her stuff so I am enjoying her. I don't have any issues with her so far.

Julia - She is cute and fun. I like her a lot more than I anticipated.

Overall, two episodes in and Auckland has won me over. What a stunning two episodes. I don't know why I expected this series to be so boring.

I'm so confused here. This show has been gone forever and the Houston spin-off finished filming well over a year ago. I know they filmed a new season of the Atlanta one as well, but it's been so long. Both better be good!

I've always prayed Heather would join Beverly Hills where nobody is scared of her wealth so they can tear her apart. She is the rudest, most self-righteous person that has ever been featured on one of these shows. She always gets a pass for her poor treatment of cast members and it's annoying. My only wish is that Kelly were a little more articulate because it's time for someone to take her down a notch. As for Shannon, I've always LOVED to watch her, but not because she's likable, because she's so miserable and it's comical to see how easy it is to get her worked up.

To be fair, New Jersey aired 35 minutes late, so you can't blame the ratings on the snoozefest of a season lol. I still haven't watched it because of that. Also don't yall forget Melbourne airs tonight after New York and they'll still have a new episode on friday! 

First of all, Heather: IF YOU WERE ON ANY OTHER FRANCHISE YOU'D BE FAKE CRYING EVERY DAY! Kelly is T-A-M-E compared to the New York or Atlanta girls. I am so over everybody clutching their pearls. And Kelly has been very poorly received by the viewers as well. The same people praising Erika for calling Kathryn a !@#$%^&*] are clutching their pearls about Kelly calling Shannon a !@#$%^&*]. They need to go somewhere with this BS. I can't wait to see how they spin it when

Shannon slaps Kelly in Ireland.

Kelly ain't putting her hands on nobody so she can say what she wants. Tamra in particular needs to hush, playing both sides of the fence. Meaghan is still zzzzz. She is my least favorite OC housewife of all time. She brings literally nothing to the show.

On the subject of that RHAKL intro, they keep pushing that Michelle is a model, but I don't see it. How is she a model and she can't pose, dress or take a good picture? She looked horribly awkward in her intro pose and she's supposed to be the professional. In the promo pics, especially the first one released she looked a mess as well. I'm mostly going to be watching to see how tired she is.

I do think Auckland is coming to the US since Andy keeps mentioning Bravo New Zealand and it is their first international network branded with the Bravo name. I also heard a rumor that Melbourne is airing behind RHONY this week, so interesting if that's true.

Well there is a woman in pictures with the RHOP cast so she may at least be a Friend of.

Pettifluer's sister reminded me of a Klingon. I know that is probably wrong of me to say, but I'm watching a lot of Star Trek and personality included, that's what she was giving me. I LOVED their standoff though. I originally watched the first three episodes, then my laptop messed up and I got so far behind I decided to wait for Bravo, so I'm watching on US pace now. Overall this season is JUICY. I keep feeling like this show is going to start to suck, but they literally make no missteps. The casting is always perfect and the chemistry is amazing between this cast. 

This latest episode of NYC was pure fire. Just balls to the wall the entire time. I haven't had much use for Sonja in YEARS, including this year, but she's earning her paycheck with this Tom storyline. I completely feel her pain and I appreciate that despite always being over the top, she actually is allowing herself to be vulnerable and not make it all about her. She's being a MUCH better friend to Luann than Luann is being to her. I feel like Luann doesn't even remotely understand why Sonja would be hurt, nor does she care. I also must say I got a kick out of the Tom flashback from season one! I just don't get good vibes on him. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Carole on this trip and am happy she's finally trying to be civil with Luann. Bethenny is being messy as hell, but I do think Carole is doing her best to enjoy herself and she seems happy for Luann. Dorinda continues to be the messiest [!@#$%^&*]-stirrer of them all and I can't wait to see what happens to her at the reunion.

In other Housewives news...

RHOP just finished filming. As has been reported, Katie is no longer a part of the cast. Gizelle just did an interview saying she really misses her and (shocker!) she's very close with Charrisse and Ashley! With RHOA, a big drama is going to be brewing with Porsha and Kandi. Have they had much conflict in the past beyond the Don Juan stuff? I'm forgetting their drama, but if the rumors are true Kandi is going to be ready to kill her and it's not going to be a good look for Porsha. Basically,

Tamara Tattles is reporting in a blind item that Porsha is sleeping with Riley's baby's dad and it's causing issues.

Nobody seems to understand the girl code this year. Regardless, I'm not looking forward to RHOA. Too stale and until we get a major cast reboot I'm over it. 

Honestly, I don't think it's just Luann, I think they've finally got a cast that truly works and everyone is pretty much laying it all out there and not caring how they're viewed. I don't think everyone needs a big storyline, but this season they have chemistry and the group dynamics have been so fun. Plus unlike some of the other series (OC and BH in particular) it's not dark. You can just watch and enjoy the show and have fun with it. The only cast member that I feel has struggled to fit in or be interesting is Jules. I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE nothing more than for them to bring Jill back, but I doubt that will happen. Whatever does happen, they're going to take casting very seriously after how well this season has gone.

That Jimmy Kimmel video is a good example of the problem Hilary has. I truly feel she's been demonized for years mainly for being a woman and people just make up reasons to hate her. If she was a man she wouldn't be nearly as disliked as she is.

I think Luann just knows how to play the game better than Carole. Luann knows you go balls to the walls and do what you gotta do to create drama, but then next season you apologize, make up, film together and go from there. That's what they expected Carole to do, but she is obviously stubborn and not over their issues and isn't going to go for that. I've never felt like Carole was a MAJOR player at the center of anything, but I've always enjoyed her. I feel like it's good having her in the mix.

But how is avoiding filming with Luann desperately trying to make a storyline with her? She seems fine not being around her or talking about her, but obviously it's the main thing brought up. You really think it's her going on and on about her in talking heads? That's what they want her to talk about. It's her main takeaway from last season.

With Sonja and Luann I feel like they both screwed themselves early on. Neither had contracts when the season started which is the real reason they were out of the loop so long. It had nothing to do with Bethenny. Notice how the season started with all their scenes together with them living together. That was all filmed much later, as we saw when they reused that footage midseason to show when Luann actually did move in. That's why they were always questioning if they should invite them to events because nobody knew if they'd be full-time cast members. Then once they did sign on Sonja had the Tipsy Girl thing and it caused a rift with Bethenny.

As for Carole, I've enjoyed her all season as a side kick to Bethenny and I've enjoyed her solo scenes as well. I think she gives good shade in the talking heads and is an enjoyable cast member. I don't need everybody to be brash and sassy. I also like that she's stood firm with Luann. She's accepted her apology but simply doesn't want to be friends with her, which shows like this tend to expect. Yes she's talking about her a lot, because this is a soap opera with continuing storylines and they expect you to bring that up since it's relevant. 

I truly have no complaints with New York this year. They finally have gotten it together. None of the drama is too dark and I feel everybody has been shown fairly. Everybody says Bethenny runs things, but she looks so bad that I fail to see how that is true. 

I think Carole has brought a lot more this season that she's given credit for. The one who has struggled for story seems to be Sonja and Jules if anything, but overall this is one of the strongest casts they've ever had. Everybody is pulling their weight.

Shannon played her card the wrong way! She's almost as bad as David is at hiding an affair. If she wanted to play the victim then she shouldn't have revealed the stuff the girls told her about Kelly's alleged affair. That came so far out of left field and revealed that she was trying to start something. I only wish Vicki had gone as hard as Kelly did. I also wanted it to continue. Kelly SLAYED and she is going to murder Shannon next week. This season is sooooooo good and that is thanks to Vicki, Kelly and to a smaller extent Tamra. Megan is useless and needs to go, period. Heather is good for the wealth and snootiness and I CANNOT wait til Kelly digs into her ass later on.

I do have a question about a spoiler I read about RHOC:

Apparently Kelly gets slapped, I believe by Shannon, when they're in Ireland. Has anybody heard about this? I would've torn that ass up.

How are yall not going crazy over Why So Lonely by Wonder Girls?! I liked their last comeback, but they absolutely have killed me with this ultra smooth little bop. I'm also glad they mostly ditched the band style performances, which I think it helping their success this time around. I still miss Sohee, but this lineup is working for me. 

With the Live + 3 Day ratings New Jersey got like 2.6 million viewers. Regardless, OC is leading the back (after ATL of course) and New York made a shocking resurgence this year so good for them. I think New Jersey will continue to build as the stories develop. It's been off the air for a year. OC is proof to never give up on one of these franchises because it's rebuilt itself the past few years with very little promo and a lower profile than the others. They only started paying attention to it again in the past two seasons.

I think this may be one of the best dressed reunions ever! Even Carole. She looks better than she has in ages. I like that she finally did a different look, especially the hair.

I think Dobson looks fine considering he was always more mature looking and masculine, but Ted looks very frail compared to his Y&R days where he still was allowed to be a bit of a hunk. Joan is still my goddess and I miss seeing her on screen. I still hate she left Y&R. She would be running that show by now had she stayed. Her Gloria was more interesting and more powerful than the cartoon Judith Chapman has always played.

The Cheshire reunion was decent but uneventful, like the entire season. I would've made it an hour and a half and had Magali as a special guest. She deserved a reunion spotlight, especially considering the epic second season didn't get one. My favorite was Ampika who effortlessly slayed everybody in her wake, especially Missi. When Missi said she was simple and Ampika said, "You are absolutely correct" I almost died lol. She is just silky smooth and I can't get enough of Ampika. 

With the season over I must say I wasn't impressed with any of the new wives. I wanted to love Seema since we don't really have Asian housewives, but she was kinda dull. Stacey is alright and the reunion should save her but Missi has got to go. She was zzzz from day one. They need to bring Magali back at all costs. If Magali isn't back next season I can't see myself even checking it out. This season proved how vital she was to this series.

Lisa Vanderpump revealed in her blog so info that shows she's going to slay those women. Apparently Lisa Rinna had sent out some nasty texts to Kyle and Lisa VP about Yolanda (which is NOT mentioned on the show) and she finally reveals and reads them out during the reunion. She said she could've easily shown those to the girls while the show was filming and get the heat off of her, but she valued her friendship with Lisa Rinna so she didn't do it. I feel like it's going to slay Rinna and she will regret going after Vanderpump. I think Lisa Rinna going after Lisa Vanderpump, one of her biggest supporters will be one of the biggest mistakes in housewives history. It's just petty. I can't even understand why they're arguing over it.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope Lisa goes in as hard as she is on those blogs at the reunion! Lisa Rinna and Eileen are SO STUPID for going against her. She was the best ally they could have and Yolanda is going to push them aside as soon as she doesn't need them. That's why Kyle isn't trying to mess things up with Vanderpump because she wants to keep her Diamond. They need to accept she is the queen, pure and simple. 

In other news, Bravo's website had a list of upcoming shows and one of them was Real Housewives of D.C.: Five Years On (Summer 2016). When their attention was brought to it, it was removed and they said it's not coming back. I'm wondering if they were planning a catch up special or something, since they've done so many. They even randomly have a special planned in a couple weeks for RHOC the season where Lydia appeared. I find that so odd that they're doing a special on one season and even bringing the housewives back to film interviews for it.

Going back to RHOBH, I believe Yolanda WAS sick, but now I feel like she is suffering the effects of menopause and Munchausen's and that's it. She is VERY manipulative and is using whatever illness she does have to get sympathy and attention. I hope it's worth it for her because she has lost her husband and many friends over this. I HATED her Lyme gala and all the misinformation she keeps putting through. There is no evidence that you can get Lyme from a horsefly, which is how she claims she and all her kids got it, it IS curable with the majority of cured with antibiotics, it is NOT a sexually transmitted disease, there are not nearly enough cases to justify calling it an epidemic on the scale of AIDS (which is sick and insulting of her to even say) and this "Chronic" Lyme disease she claims to have isn't recognized by any reputable doctor. I want someone to just be firm and call her out. I would be firm and say "Yes, the bitch got Munchausen's. I SAID WHAT I SAID AND I AIN'T CHANGING." I would be pure Nene Leakes on her ass and she would hate me. I was hoping that would be Lisa Rinna. Let Kyle, Lisa and Kathryn be there to support you and go in and let have. I would not be beating around the bush. 

I had no idea somebody filled in as Kim on ATWT for that long! That's more than a temp recast, that's more like a full recast. I'd love to see that. I can't imagine anyone in that role.

I don't think Lisa Rinna is crazy, but she's a flip flopper. She has good instincts but needs to have the balls to OWN IT. Stop backtracking, OWN IT. Like with Kim, you know that hoe didn't know anything about your husband so why get worked up? And with Yolanda, she needed to be consistent. She should've created a power alliance with Kyle, Lisa and Kathryn and called it a day. It's what she believed in the first place. Her throwing Lisa VP under the bus makes no sense. Hell, everybody knows that is the popular crowd to be in anyway. It's crazy how everyone is bending over backwards for Yolanda when she has never even been that popular as a housewife.

I wouldn't make any drastic changes to Beverly Hills. I think this season was a decent reboot after losing two new cast members. I'd do Lisa V, Lisa R, Kyle, Erika, Kathryn, Camille, Eileen and one new cast member. I think too much cast turnover looks bad. But with Yolanda gone it could give Erika a chance to fly. She can still have her brief appearances with Munchie, Kim and Brandi if they want, but as long as Yolanda isn't a full time cast member or true Friend then they will be fine. She is SO DRAINING!