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Marge really thought she did something, but forgets *she* was the mistress lol. Like okay you embarrassed Jennifer, but it doesn’t make her a hypocrite for finding distaste with your homewrecking. Re: Garcelle, rumors have it that Erika said something negative about Garcelle’s son and that is what caused Garcelle to become angry. If true, Erika is going to be destroyed after the way she treated Eileen for simply mentioning her son.

Amazon had the complete series of Hotel for around $25 so I had to buy it. Soap content on DVD isn’t what it should be so I decided to finally give the show a chance. I always assumed it was something light like Love Boat or a Hallmark movie. Simple romantic stories with big guest stars. That’s how the SOAPnet promos made it seem, but it’s actually very different from that. In fact, in the five episodes I’ve seen there’s been very little romance. I’m surprised at how adult the subject matter is. I also think the regular cast is solid. It’s a very balanced show and the episodes breeze by. I expected to hate watch when I was bored, but I’m actually invested. Bette Davis was terrible in the pilot. The idea of her on a soap is a good one, but she needed a role she could dig her teeth in. Flamingo Road or Falcon Crest would’ve been a better fit for her. Anne Baxter fits in much better and has great chemistry with James Brolin. I’ve heard her name and see her face endless times, but this is my first time seeing Connie Selleca act. She’s very good. I also love what I’ve seen of Shari Belafonte. The married couple, I don’t know their names, but they’re cute fluff to pad out the episodes. I also enjoy Nathan Cook as head of security. Any other Hotel fans here?

I hope classic episodes are next, but regardless, it's smart to move this content to YouTube. It's easier to find and will reach a larger audience. I know Ken did mention a desire to do something with the older episodes in one of the interviews about Peacock, so that wouldn't be completely out of the question. The B&B episodes get good views and engagement and with the commercials I'm sure they're making good supplemental income. DAYS needs all the money it can get, so if Corday can get the show streaming either on YouTube or Peacock, he needs to do it.

Carlos mentioned recently on Twitter that Bravo did try to get him back to produce RHOA for a recent season, but he'd only do it if his production company were allowed to take over the production. He said he's at a point in his career where any job he takes would have to involve his company, which I think is fair. It's not like Truly Original has been knocking it out of the part anyway.

I don't mind the idea of making Craig gay, but I hate what they've turned Nancy into. This isn't Nancy IMO. You can't convince me that if she wasn't played by a traditional sized soap actress that she wouldn't still have her red hair. That grey wig may not be the end of the world to some, but the fact that this character has lost all of her spark, is dressed like an old lady AND she's losing her husband? It feels like such a slap in the face and it's insulting. I wish the story were positioned in a way where Nancy could still be the fun character she was and potentially find love (not to mention revenge on whoever Craig is dating). Instead, it feels like this was done only because the actor who plays Craig is gay and Ron wants to showcase him and have a gay storyline. Of course it's not over and they may do right by Nancy in the end, but so far I am very disappointed. On a more positive note, I think Johnny works much better possessed than Marlena did. Of course it was fun to revisit the story with her, but with Johnny it's more interesting because it's less expected. I'm enjoying him wrecking havoc around town and I like that everybody isn't being dumbed down for it to make sense. With him EJ's son it isn't outrageous to think he'd act similar to his father. This could have real legs if Ron restrains himself and doesn't overdo it.

Nobody would care, because Bridget has been marginalized for years. In general, I don't think B&B has a big enough fandom to make much of a stink about anything. I feel like from his tweet, this is going to be something that is going to upset people. I feel like it just has to be GH or Y&R. They're the most likely to kill someone off for an Emmy stunt/ratings grab and not care about audience reaction. Y&R in particular has had so little going on and when tv shows get boring, they kill someone off.

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He seems to be narrowing down who it could be. I wonder how long until this news is public. If it's someone that is going to upset fans, I could see it being one of Alexis' daughters on GH. People have been wanting Molly and Kristina to have a story. To bring them back to die would piss people off. On Y&R the only ones I can think of are Abby, Mariah and Victoria. B&B's only real option would be Hope, because Steffy ain't going nowhere. DAYS could be anyone, but again, DAYS kills everybody and brings them back so I can't see fans being upset by anybody there.

Someone dying on DAYS wouldn't be a big deal. They've proven you can literally kill anybody and it doesn't matter. I'll be very disappointed if it's them. I'll admit, I'm hoping it's Y&R just for the freakout that will come from it lol.

When you look at ratings declining and Bravo being in a transitional phase both with the network and NBC launching Peacock, I don't understand why they haven't signed Carlos to a deal to produce shows. He's created a new hit franchise with Love and Marriage on OWN and his shows are always well produced, buzzworthy and get tons of social media attention. Considering what he's done for Bravo, it seems like he's the guy you'd lean on for new programming. Imagine if Carlos got his hands on RHOC or RHONY, or if he launched a new HW city after his brilliant work on RHONJ and RHOA. It's a no brainer. Those RHOM reunion looks are fantastic! Guerdy said the theme was Versace. Everybody picked outfits that flatter themselves and their own personal style. It's rare a reunion gets it so right.

I thought the Knots ladies wore the Travilla fashions better, although it was more jarring considering what they were wearing before. I also think they did a better job transitioning out of it than Dallas did. Knots was always good at adapting, Dallas was more drastic with their changes and the drab western wear was terrible.

I don’t think Bravo was going to fire her. Hell, they didn’t announce it until after the ratings came out and they lost 200,000 viewers in one week! They knew about this posts because these posts were current during casting and filming. I fully believe if fans didn’t put the pressure on them they would’ve used Jennie for a storyline. The fans and cast members like Meredith and Jen likely put their foot down and they had no choice.

Finally! The fans putting pressure on them is what made this happen.

Meredith’s comments and Bravo’s silence make me think they’re trying to create a world where Jennie can stay and have a Brandi Redmond-esque redemption season. I think that’s why she’s going so hard to avoid that from happening. Who wants to be part of a hardcore racists apology tour?! This House looks hideous and *so* Jersey.

I understand the need to wrap Hope's story up in someway, but I'd be happier with it happening off screen and being told what the solution is. They haven't been able to write a successful story for her for many years and her love interest is dead, so what's the point? Just have her come back to Salem and have Belle, Shawn, Ciara and Ben recap her scenes explaining she's getting married or whatever and leave her off screen. The rising star vet blind is likely about Lamon Archey. Hasn't his role on All American been expanded? Plus he's on recurring, so I'm sure he's at least looking for more opportunities outside of Days. The cast cuts have to be Days. I won't even entertain it being one of the other three.

I thought Sussman's plan for Ashley was smart, but her style of writing needed more time that she got. She mentioned that the Ravi storyline was supposed to lead Ashley to her next love interest. People were up in arms about Ravi's crush on Ashley, but I thought they had good chemistry and he did a good job of loosening her up so she could have a love interest in the future. She just had become so cold and serious in those later years. I loved when she crossed over to B&B. They seemed to get her character and at least while Bill Bell was still interested, her crossover worked really well.

I fear they're going to pull a Brandi Redmond on Jennie. The casting company for SLC confirmed they're doing last minute casting for diverse newbies. That tells me they didn't have someone Black lined up and are likely desperate to replace Mary. Whoever they find will be in the same situation Tiffany was, where she has to walk on eggshells around Jennie. I'm sure Jennie will cry and do the remorseful act and weak women like Heather and Whitney will forgive her and the Black woman will feel pressure to accept her. I just don't see what positive they can get out of keeping Jennie. We still haven't seen her physically attacking Mary as Mary was walking away. That is going to start a whole new firestorm. Mary liked this tweet, which makes me think she's no longer interested and I can't blame her: There is just no good that can come out of filming with Jennie. This is a dark road Bravo is going down and they've shown they struggle when dealing with racism against Black people.

The TMZ reporter has a troubling scoop on the Salt Lake City news: Bravo is handling this worse than I could ever in a million years have imagined.

Yes! The new episode is up and I wish they were kind and had given us two episodes this week. I cannot WAIT! Also, I give up and must admit that Larsa has completely won me over this season. Yes she's vapid and didn't need the makeover, but she isn't as mean as she was when she had Cristy at her hip. She went off this week, but she was defending herself. As for Mary, I'm not sure. In the Twitter Spaces I watched, she said that she is willing to do a one-on-one with Andy and mentioned that she's in discussions with production. Her biggest issue wasn't so much with the cast or what they were discussing (although she cried about the cult rumors), but with production. She said she had filmed scenes doing charity work and showcasing her other businesses, but this was left out so they could push the church cult rumors. She didn't understand why she wasn't allowed to show more of her life and felt it was unfair. She even mentioned a charity event she threw that they didn't show. It seemed like she was open to coming back, but she didn't seem to be sweating it either.

@CatI liked Jennie in the beginning as well! I even made excuses for the Insurrection Barbie photo! I had no idea! That should've been the first sign and the second big red flag was her niece saying her entire backstory was made up. I'm curious how Bravo will handle this. I know they're pissed. Yes, they could potentially catch this in season 3, but they now have a severely out of date reunion about to air, Mary is missing and now this. They have an entire mess on their hands and the fact that they're preventing the cast from talking about this makes me worry they will try to sweep this under the rug so they can keep Jennie on.

This weeks episode of Miami was a classic! The drama has officially kicked off and the preview for next week looks just as good. We've had bits here and there, but this was a real turning point for the show. I know some may find it boring, but I like that the drama isn't super heavy and that these women are interesting enough on their own not to need endless fights to keep things interesting. Before I get to the meat and potatoes, I want to say that I ADORE Kiki as a friend. Every show needs someone like her. In a way she reminds me of Mama Elsa. She doesn't get too involved, she's beautiful and drops in to give us a cute fun moment and then goes back to the background. She gives good balance to the show in her limited role. Now the main event was definitely Nicole earning her mojito. Her solo storyline is not the most exciting and since they haven't had many group events, she's come off kinda forgettable. Well this week she certainly made sure we will remember her with a classic housewives mistake: butting into a fight that doesn't involve her. Lisa was a complete [!@#$%^&*] wanting her own room knowing there were 9 girls and 5 rooms. Obviously the host would have her own room and the rest will double up. She should've just gotten a hotel and kept it moving. Many housewives have done that in the past with no issue. Her whining was ridiculous and Nicole used that as an excuse to jump in and elevate the situation into a big event. Then we get to dinner and Marysol set it all off by revealing the mess Nicole has been talking about Larsa and her bestie Lisa. Marysol was so confident in her words and I loved that nobody doubted what she was saying, to the point Nicole mostly owned up to what Marysol was accusing her of. I will give Nicole props, she held her own, but she ultimately lost because it was so obvious she was talking about them. Now she's trying to throw Alexia under the bus to ruin her friendship with Marysol and I feel that is only going to work against her. Alexia and Marysol have proven to be teflon and are very well liked in the group. It's going to be difficult for her to go against them AND potentially Larsa and Lisa. Now with next week? You cannot convince me that Julia doesn't have a real crush on Adriana. Giving her a gift from Tiffany's on one knee?! I'm sure she will play it off like a joke, but you can't convince me her wife is happy with that. I'm curious to see how far this is going to go and if they will press her at the reunion.

I've always felt in older episodes I've seen of ATWT from the 70s or early 80s felt VERY dated. I remember looking at those Soap Classics DVDs and the production values just looked so bad. The sets, the makeup, the lighting, the wardrobe, it all felt very stale and dated. I don't know enough to know if the stories also suffered, but the aesthetic was bad.

I woke up early and got to scroll through her timeline myself. The disturbing thing is, this is her real Facebook and it went back YEARS, based on the ages of her kids in photos, it's *at least* five years old. The shocking posts that people found were from 2020. That means that while the show was casting, they wouldn't have even had to have searched for this. THIS was her entire feed. Also disturbing is how many of the posts had the content removed. Do you know how bad the content had to be for Facebook to remove it? I have clocked Jennie's racist from the beginning and on Twitter and other messages boards (not here), I was told that I was crazy and must be a member of Mary's cult and that I was wrong about Jennie. All the signs were there, but nobody wanted to believe it! I wonder how Bravo is going to handle this. The story is all over the internet and being picked up by various platforms. Meredith just posted the word "vile" and said that the ladies aren't allowed to comment on the Jennie situation, but she has a lot to say and will be speaking once the network allows it.

Yes, this came after she was fired for an extended time and she’d moved to Texas. But prior to that she was bartending and playing Belle.

Those salaries in LA seems very difficult to manage. The smart actI’m Ed book other acting gigs or have other jobs. I know Martha Madison mentioned working as a bartender while playing Belle and of course everybody is in real estate. The OG of this though is Kate Linder who has always kept her flight attendant job.