Chris B

They are taking WAY too long with the Beverly Hills trailer and gorgeous photos. They have me fucked up. With this type of delay the earliest I expect them in December and that is too long for me to wait! BTW, is anybody else sick and tired of no new ATL cast photos? It is one thing not to have a new opening (they won't, Kenya confirmed), but no cast photo for your highest rated show is unacceptable. They've been using these pictures for 3 seasons now!

See, that is exciting and it makes no sense to cut the season now. They should've kept going! Things are getting juicy. It was bound to be boring to start because unlike others, New Jersey didn't slowly introduce the new ladies in the previous seasons. They basically had to introduce us to them, then introduce the girls to each other, let them get to know each other and now 10 episodes later there is conflict. That is normal.

The season finale will put them at 14 episodes, which is shorter than the 18 episodes they had last season, 20 for the year before and then 19 for the year prior to that. It sucks because we know that originally they filmed enough to fit a full season, but I guess people weren't feeling it enough. Ugh. Hope the reunion is good. I'm sure they'll squeeze 3 parts out of that at least.

I can't believe next week is the New Jersey finale! Dina is tweeting that the last few episodes were pasted together and rushed and that is obvious. The ridiculous Jacqueline return was obviously thrown in and you can tell so much story and filming has been lost. I can't imagine how the finale will look. It's a shame they did that because it seems to be getting good now that the twins are integrated and there is conflict.

And where she says Stuart hasn't done anything wrong, the men were also window dressing from what I've seen of those days. The women absolutely carried the show while the men were basically props to help further their stories.

I think having bold personalities like Jill and Bethenny around will completely frazzle Heather and Carole because they won't be impressed by them and it'll be up to their personalities to win those girls over. But the pay doesn't shock me honestly. These shows, even lower rated New York still are Bravo's highest rated shows and they likely make a ton off the housewives franchise. They need to do something major to revive New York or it WILL die.

Looove Lisa digging into YoYo's ass! In exciting news it's looking real! Bravo offers Bethenny Frankel over $1 Million to return: http://pagesix.com/2014/10/06/bravo-offers-bethenny-frankel-1m-to-return-to-housewives/?_ga=1.240751428.619112445.1410637029

If they get Bethenny and Jill back that show is set.

I loved when she wore that Grinch dress at the reunion. Teresa is very lovable. I understand she did wrong, but has been *so* entertaining. Does anybody remember when they were on vacation and Chris and Albie said how she and Joe were probably off talking in a 3rd grade language and they were? I LIVE for stuff like that. The only regret I have with Teresa is that she was so boring on Celebrity Apprentice.

^ We've already been discussing this. They also filmed with the B&B cast and Brad Bell while there. The reason they're in Amsterdam is due to a European tour they're taking that started with Yolanda's hometown.

I highly doubt that Mama Joyce story considering it's from Media Take Out. Todd's Instagram post basically confirms it's false.

Despite the issues with quality, New Jersey is still doing well enough to rebound if the next season is good enough.

If they play their cards right they can keep Teresa as a housewife for next season, then she would be out in time to film next season and she wouldn't miss a thing.

I love Teresa and hate that this is happening, but they did the crime and they have to pay. It's such an unfortunate situation, but they will make it through it. The judge showed them so much compassion and I think the way it was handled will help them rebuild their life. First, the staggered sentence will make it easier on the kids, plus giving Teresa a lower-than-anticipated sentence are all good things. I believe they needed jail time in order to truly understand what they had done and make sure it won't happen again. Teresa has shown she's a hustler and I do believe when she gets out of jail she will work hard to pay her restitution and live a better life. Sometimes you have to go through things to learn and grow. I hope they learned their lesson.

Now as for RHONJ, what does this mean for next season? Do yall expect Teresa to appear at all? If she's going in January then I could see them filming her until then, but if it's November (which honestly would be best so she'd get it over with) then she really won't be available to film at all. Even if it is January, will she WANT to film? Then again, for the sake of making money it seems she'd have to do it. At the very least I expect Joe to have a heavy presence next season.

Honestly, Star Jones is the one who should've been brought back. If it's true Whoopi wants to leave so bad I would've given Rosie the moderator role she wants so badly and have Star replace Whoopi. I like Whoopi and I love this panel, but if she truly wants to leave I think that would be a smart choice to replace her. I'd also bring on a 5th person, someone who is younger.

Oh my god!! It would be just flawless if they brought Ashley back briefly and used that to introduce Lisa Rinna to the show as an actual character. I've been wanting her on a Bell soap for soooo long.

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With the Guidice's, at the very least at least they won't be serving at the same time, which suggests to me that she WILL get time.

Watching the first episode now. It's interesting. I feel it's going to take time to memorize who these people are due to the white hospital coats, but I love the look and style and the acting is good. It's going to be so interesting to watch a traditional soap from this period since we only usually see Dark Shadows or Strange Paradise.

Wow! So happy Porsha lost her peach and I love how everyone said Demetria was the new HW and Claudia was not, but it's the other way around! I like Claudia Jordan so I'm happy with this. And that trailer?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!? This [!@#$%^&*] is gonna be ON! That looks more balanced and so much better than last season! I'm glad the bloom is off the Phaedra rose and they seemed more balanced with Kenya. Claudia is the PERFECT new addition because she can hold her own. I can't wait! I can't wait! I can't wait!

Keep the 4 rumored to stay on Miami, add Marlo and SHAUNIE'S MESSY ASS and you have a hit show. Shaunie didn't work on Basketball Wives because she was producer and people were scared of her. In that last season when Tami stopped caring and called her [!@#$%^&*]-stirring ass out she was interesting. Of course this is a fantasy and I understand it won't happy.

Obviously they got nervous with the new wives not being received well so they amped up the screentime for Rosie and Kathy and then brought back Jacqueline. I imagine for next season Kathy will FOR SURE be back as a full-time housewife.

Ruth Warrick was great on the show and also in the reunion film. I've never seen her on All My Children, but she was legendary on Peyton Place.

Initially I know Betty was supposed to be written off very soon after the series began, so my guess is Rod wasn't far behind. I'm re-watching the series too and although this is a BRILLIANT show, I do think it took a couple months to REALLY get cooking. I'd say once you're at around episode 15-20 thats when it really starts to click and then it's a nonstop ride from there on out. It never has a drop in quality and the final season was incredibly strong. I still can't believe it was the late 60s and they had a frontburner black family.

LOL DeeeDee, what is the other story? I never knew anything about his exit.

Ok! Back to my meeting with John Silva! Well he is still very good looking in person and a VERY nice guy! He was staying at the hotel for a wedding. He said that recently a woman came up to him at the airport and asked him why they didn't follow through with pairing John with Nina. He said he was stunned because that was a story they teased for 6 episodes. He couldn't believe that somebody would remember a specific story that only lasted 6 episodes.

On the subject of why he isn't on the show anymore, he said he was married to Rhonda Friedman, who has been a producer on B&B forever and when they got divorced she didn't want him there so he was gone. He said thats why you never see him when they have those anniversaries and events where he would likely show up, it is intentional. I told him that the Bell's are basically shut out of Y&R now so now would be the perfect time for him to return. He seemed shocked when I got him up to speed on things. He'd heard of Maria Bell writing the show and stuff, but didn't realize where things were now.

Oh John Castellanos is fabulous! He just told me the reason he left the show and why he has never returned for all the events like the anniversaries or Katherine's funeral! Details to come!

RHONJ is choppy, but they're making the right transitions to have a good season 7. I hope Tamra isn't fired.