Chris B

Well get ready because they have one episode in New York, then they’re back on the road for another trip lol.

My big question is, why is he bringing this up now? He’s been talking about soaps more and more. I wonder if he’s going to start up a column again.

Chile, Kyle, Kathy AND Crystal looked like they was one step away from saying they don’t know nobody named Erika lmao! The body language in this clip KILLED me! @DaytimeFanEverything you said was spot on! Erika was playing an entirely new character this week and it was a performance fit for a porno. Did you notice how starting with the scene with Rinna getting drinks she was so engaged and bubbly? That is when I truly knew I couldn’t believe anything she said. Where was the ice Queen? That screamed of trying to keep her diamond. I also agree with you on Sutton/Crystal and I’m glad Sutton so far has been able to catch onto what she’s doing. Crystal is very clever and makes sure to say inflammatory things to Sutton in private and I notice she takes the women to the side in groups to talk [!@#$%^&*] about Sutton. That’s intentional. She can gauge the reaction of each lady to see how far she can spin the story based on how they react. As we saw, it worked with Dorit. I completely understand how she’s so close with Teddi.

RHONY has been struggling in the ratings so why not let if air after the highly rated Below Deck reunion to give it some buzz? Why not hype Bershan’s arrival so fans know something fresh is coming if they aren’t thrilled with what they’re seeing? It’s like they’ve given up on this season to be honest.

People call Cynthia boring, but she's given so much more than HWs on other series. I think because RHOA is an All Stars franchise she gets overlooked because there are so many BIG cast members. If people are objective and look back, she's provided TONS of drama throughout the years, shade, funny moments, fashion and she's been extremely open with the highs and lows of her personal life. She also always provided a solid family storyline with family members she could film with, which many HWs lack. Cynthia is an All Star HW in my opinion. Now we know Bravo foolishly never does it, but if they're smart and considering she IS on All Stars, I'd see if she wants to move to Beverly Hills. She's friends with Garcelle and Kyle and on that series what people called dull on RHOA would be incredibly dynamic. It would also cause buzz by having a housewife switch franchises. Cynthia will be on Wendy Williams thursday which is when people expect the announcement.

Rumor has it we should be expecting Cynthia to announce her exit any day now.

Yes Romano had nice moments but they didn’t really go anywhere. He had so much potential, especially with Corday like y’all mentioned. Especially since she doesn’t seem to have anything going on.

Typically when a show reaches it's 10th season because of the milestone it tends to be a special season. Here it's special for how bad it is. This is the first season that I can say is 100% terrible and doesn't feel like ER. Things that don't work for me: - The cast has no chemistry with each other. It's a weird mish mash of characters and they're good characters, but something is missing. I've never fully warned to Luca and Carter is no lead. Having these two as your leads is not only boring, but this storyline in Africa is painfully dull. Entire episodes set with two weak characters in Africa?! It's rare a show can split the action like that and have it work. Of the new characters, Nurse Sam and med student Neela are great and both played by good actors, but they don't have anything interesting in terms of story. Dr. Morris is bizarre because he's a terrible doctor, but he only pops up to avoid helping patients or screw up and you get no insight into who he is and why he's acting like this. Is he scared? Is he an [!@#$%^&*]? He's just there. - The biggest issue I have is that there is so much talent wasted. The leads are Pratt, Luca, Carter, Abby and Sam and everybody else is left fending for whatever scraps are left over. Whenever Dr. Chen has a potential storyline it's wrapped up in one or two episodes as a B story. Despite Pratt being a lead, their relationship was only featured in a way to expand on his characterization and she never had a point of view. Then you have Weaver who is married I guess, but we've hardly seen her wife so it's odd whenever they appear or when her wife gave birth after we barely saw her (if at all) pregnant. Weaver's miscarriage was similarly shoved into the background. Now that she is chief of staff you never see her. Corday could be a guest star as far as she is on the backburner. When she does appear it's brief and I'm sure if I look into it she's missed several episodes. In general people disappear a lot this season. Carter went MIA for a few episodes, Dr. Chen, Corday, Lewis. Speaking of Dr. Lewis, as one of two original characters left, it's shameful that the best she can muster is a C story. It's bizarre that they have so many interesting characters that just sit on the background. Looking at the comings and goings, the one that I feel has hurt the show more than anything is Dr. Benton's exit. Eric La Salle had such a presence that could help tie the canvas together in a way Noah Wyle can't do. I also can't go without mentioning how ridiculous it was to have Dr. Romano crushed to death by a helicopter. That was a Jump the Shark moment if I've ever seen one. The last spoiler I knew was about his arm getting cut off and I'm not sure I would've believed it had I read that he was later crushed by a helicopter. How did that make it out of the writers room?! They've had brittle characters before, but he was kept one note until the end. They never explored who he was, a romance for him, a real friendship. It was a total waste of a good actor and a character that could've provided good conflict had he been more nuanced. What's keeping me going is that I do enjoy Dr. Pratt and I've enjoyed getting to know Neela. I enjoy Gallant when we get to see him and Jerry has had some fun moments. That is pretty much it. Even the introduction of one of my favorite actresses (Thandie Newton) can't save this season for me. I'm hoping things get better next year.

God Heather has so many good moments but I don’t think you can top her meeting with Shannon at her home. To me that is a Top 5 HWs confrontation. Shannon’s best feuds we’re with Heather and then Lydia.

Okay I’m sorry but I’m tired of Eboni. What is the point of this? She’s even smirking because she knows this is a trap. I’m starting to feel the same way about her as I feel about Leah. I feel like Eboni is going out of her way to create issues instead of letting things organically happen. I wanted to love her but I just can’t with her being such a buzzkill. Queen Bershan looks like she’ll be fun and fit right in!

@CatThey want Tamra, but according to Tamara Tattles, she wants $900,000 to return so I have no idea what will happen there. E! is saying Braunwyn’s friend Noella is joining the cast and they’re looking to add 1-2 more newbies so we will likely get a 6-7 person cast which will be nice. Like @DaytimeFanmentioned, the newbies all look very young so I wonder how the final mix will look. I hope it works for their sake. OC has been dead for years and I want them to bounce back. I’ve given up hope for Dallas so I need OC to come back strong.

Rumor has it Tamra is still in negotiations and will likely be a friend. Newbies look interesting. Apparently everybody being interviewed is incredibly wealthy.

Heather is back. Shannon, Emily and Gina are returning. Braunwyn, Kelly and Elizabeth have been fired. 1 or 2 newbies will be added. I’ll give them them props, it’s more than I expected, but I don’t see what Emily or Gina bring to the show.

Whew! Good luck to this woman….

Last time she returned she managed an Emmy nomination. I'm sure she'd love a storyline, but I take it these actresses are realistic and are happy with what they get. Jess made it clear she wanted a story, but it didn't materialize for years which led to her moving to Oregon. Lauralee Bell regularly works, but they don't write for her. Same with Beth Maitland who was working regularly. All SHOULD have storylines, but they're older women and Y&R doesn't value that. Melody Thomas Scott is the only one left and even she is a background character these days.

She's on multiple companies and documents. I'm on Dana Wilkey's patreon and I don't know how she gets these lawyers to talk to her, but she has juicy info and documents to go with it. I'm not surprised ABC used her for the special. She has consistently been months ahead on this story. I think it's going to be really bad for Erika. There is a reason she's gone silent now. She was supposed to have her own WWHL episode for premiere night and canceled, which is why they ended up having the rest of the cast on. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't do the reunion at this point. I don't see the fan response to her being good, especially after this documentary. We will see! This story starts up this week.

I thought it was pretty damming that she’s listed on the Girardi Financial company, which was used to launder money. They didn’t cover enough on her, like her signing for the loans to cover the stolen money. I still think the divorce is part of the plot and that they’re hiding money.

I loved the way they handled Mark’s death overall. I was worried because I’d heard it was drug out for too long, but even though it spanned two seasons, he was in remission for a lot of that time so it didn’t take over the show in a negative way. It had a nice balance of emotions and I liked seeing Mark reconnect with Susan and Rachel and reflect on his life. His final episode was a tearjerker. It amazes me that to my knowledge none of these ER actors won Emmys. So many of them have done Emmy worthy work. Another thing I loved in season 8 was then continuing to humanize Weaver and give her a personal life. To date she still hasn’t revealed that she’d a lesbian to anybody and still won’t allow anybody to be her friend. Im excited to see what happens when people know she’s a lesbian. Now onto the shocker…I knew there was something with a helicopter, but I wasn’t expecting this at all! First of all, this monkey pox outbreak was dramatic enough so there is no way I was expecting Romano to get his freaking arm chopped off! I’d say that is the most shocking thing I’ve ever seen on tv. One thing ER does better than anybody is place the shocking moments at the times you’d least expect which keeps you on your toes. They never write people out in season finales either which I like. It feels more natural when people come and go and for some reason it’s easier to accept.

Christine a few years back on Y&R! I know it got Lauralee Bell an Emmy nomination, but after all that character has gone through and she has no legacy. It's crazy that Lauralee is a Bell and her character is so disrespected after being frontburner for so many years.

Honestly, I'd be willing to make donations to him if I knew he'd put soap material up. Just from the credits and other tapes he's shown, I know he had lots of rare soap stuff that would be a goldmine to us, but he probably doesn't think much of it. I wouldn't be surprised if he has random episodes of soaps that aren't available.

Some RHOD news…. Multiple bloggers have mentioned on Twitter that Kameron and Kary are DMing them to get dirt on Tiffany to use for next season. Another sign Kameron will return is that on her podcast this week she had a Black scholar on explaining racism and micro aggressions to her. She claimed it was because her husband had said some offensive things, but didn’t acknowledge her own behavior.

With RHOC I’m taking a RHOA stance and not paying attention to the casting until they’re filming or have something confirmed. I don’t wanna get my hopes up when it’s likely for both shows we will get more of the same. I *hope* RHOC gets a proper reboot, but we will see.

While I find her feud with Sutton hilarious, I do agree that she is purposely making it a thing. You can’t convince me that her being best friends with Teddi didn’t cause this.

I’m still watching, but I must say that Crystal vs Sutton is one of the most hilarious HWs feuds I’ve ever seen! I was screaming! This is so awkward and insane and I can’t get enough! Bravo needs to give them a buddy spin off and make them take awkward trips together.

If only Susan had returned a year earlier they could’ve married them off which probably would’ve played better than pairing him with Corday.