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@VeeWHAT?! Gloria Reuben left to sing back up for Tina Turner?! That is wild! I feel like the original cast got paid so much it probably made it easier to decide to leave to follow passions like that. I love that for her. Interesting to learn La Salle killed the Benton/Corday pairing. Their chemistry was pretty remarkable and it was nice seeing him evenly matched with someone. With Luca I think the reason I haven’t taken to him is because of the Carol stuff. He already feels like he’s there to fill the void of George Clooney’s exit and Carol is heavily pregnant with his kids so it’s hard of invest in this. I’ll be happy when he’s on to something else. I know he lasts forever so I imagine the character is good, but not the greatest introduction. Im just happy my Queen Weaver is still kicking ass. This is the one ER character I’d never heard of and I am so in love with her. They are very slowly introducing more of her personal life with us learning she is adopted and Carter living with her. Im excited for when it’s her turn to get a meaty personal story.

Okay season 5 was excellent. I loved the additions of Corday and Lucy, the perfect examples of how to bring new characters onto an existing show. They complimented Benton and Carter so well. I'm not sure why they didn't go ahead with the romance with Carter and Lucy since most of his non-doctor love interests are dull as dirt. Now fast forward to season six and I'm starting to see the cracks. I HATE that they wrote Jeannie off. I feel she had gone through so much and had so much life left in her. I also found it very interesting that they made her an important part to George Clooney's exit since they never interacted much. To go from all that screentime to being written off was confusing for me. It's almost as if they brought on Michael Michele and felt they had their quota of black women. Speaking of Michael Michele, I find the new season six characters to be typical of a later hit. You can definitely tell looks are an important part of the casting. So far I'm not impressed with Luca, Cleo or this annoying Dave character. The loss of Jerry and Dr. Ross is leaving a huge void on this show. I know Jerry is a background character, but he added a lot to the texture of the storylines and Clooney was such a huge presence and had chemistry with everybody so his sudden exit feels incomplete. Mark and Carol in particular are suffering. I wouldn't say the show is *bad* in season six, but the grit is gone as is much of what made the show unique. It's becoming more of what you'd expect from a #1 show on a network, i.e. more generic and safe for a large audience.

Sheree and Brandi went from house to house because they're broke. What Jen is doing, which seems different to me, is specifically renting a house just for filming. If she comes back for a third season she'd likely do the same thing all over again and I don't think she needs to. Her husband makes good money and the current rental is fine. Not every HW needs to be super wealthy. Before I dig into RHONY, here's a clip from next week: Side Note: How the hell is Heather repeatedly *so* nice to Leah and she ends up fighting with her? It's just wild to me. Watching this episode and this clip, Heather has such good chemistry with these ladies, including Leah. It's so weird that it didn't end up working out. Especially when you consider that Heather and Dorinda are close. Had Leah been thinking long term, she could've been in a power group with Dorinda, Heather and Eboni that could challenge the OGs. Now onto Luann vs Eboni....this was a lot more than I expected. I knew they had an issue, but I expected it to be a lot more minor than this. Leah posted on Instagram that Eboni is going to be off social media for the next few weeks because this story is going to pick up and she doesn't want to deal with the toxicity of the audience. Considering how many racist comments I've seen tonight, I do not blame her. Luann is someone who holds grudges and she was pissed when Eboni spoke up in defense of Sonja last week. She even warned her to check herself, but Eboni still spoke up for Sonja. The moment she did that it was a wrap for Eboni. Luann took Eboni's education comment the wrong way because she was already upset with her. It upset me so much that Luann kept pushing the "angry" narrative on Eboni and was smirking while she did it. We KNOW what she was trying to do. Eboni was loud in that conversation yes, but it was only because literally everybody was screaming at her and it was the only way she could be heard. The fact that Luann threw her out of the house and tried to scold her about her behavior was shocking. I'm not sure where this will go, but I'm not a fan of Luann right now. She's done so many racist and classist things over the years and I feel she always gets a pass. Ramona is rude and socially awkward, but what Luann does is deliberate and I wish fans would hold her accountable the same way they do Ramona. With next week likely being our last Heather episode, I hope Bershan is waiting in the wings soon after. I feel that is going to help Eboni a lot. I just hate seeing these black women left out to dry by themselves without anybody who understands them. Kudos to Heather and Sonja for trying to understand where Eboni was coming from and not joining in. I was shocked at Sonja in the best way possible. Also, here's an interview with Heather about her return. She mentions she would come back, but would likely only do it if Leah left.

Jen was back in the press because she tried to do an illegal go fund me to raise $2.5 million for her legal defense. It was pulled within a day. She also got busted moving out of her rental property for filming into a more modest hike. To me fair, the new place looks fine. It’s $6000 a month and is much smaller, but I don’t understand how you can be a housewife and rent a house every year for the show. That’s just bizarre to me. Your fashions/car isn’t enough? I just don’t get it.

I agree. I enjoy GH but I have no illusions about what they’re doing. From the moment she was announced I knew not to hope for more than we get. Like you said, she’s a psycho day player and will be gone soon. Same with speculating who actors will play. You know it’ll be random so why mention all these logical choices that make sense for the characters? I just go with the ride.

Please watch these ridiculous interviews! Lisa Rinna is insane to me. She said that after their episode one sit down she thought her issues with Garcelle were resolved. She said Garcelle talks behind her back all season and didn’t tell her they had an issue. Did y’all not see episode 2?! She’s lying! She even said in her confessional that she was happy Garcelle was honest with her! Then Dorit says that she gets into it with Garcelle and that Garcelle is the fakest person in the cast. What?! I feel like these girls must be banding together to come against her because it doesn’t wash with what we’ve seen. Rinna has also been liking racist tweets saying Garcelle is pulling the race card. I’m not liking what I’m seeing. My eyes will be on Rinna and Dorit this season!

Debbie Allen has said they've tried to do it, but Bill Cosby won't allow his name to be taken off and nobody wants to touch a reboot that says "Created by Bill Cosby." I wonder if they couldn't just put that in the end credits where it isn't noticeable. I do agree this show is overdue for a reboot.

I think it's DVR and streaming too. I noticed Bravo now has the episodes on their app with commercials. That's additional revenue, as well as when they post on YouTube. I don't often look at the delayed ratings because their harder to find for cable, but I did see some a while back and for example, Salt Lake City was averaging 1.2 million viewers and Married To Medicine (which gets 700,000-800,000 live) was averaging 1 million. That explains why SLC got that early renewal and was labeled a hit by Bravo. On the flip side, RHOC is on hiatus so obviously despite averaging 1 million in live viewers, they likely dropped a lot in delayed viewing and streaming which is why Bravo has the show on hiatus. I personally think RHOA, RHONY and RHOBH are all going to be fine once delayed viewing is factored in. The live ratings aren't *that* bad and the seasons are entertaining so I can't imagine why people would be tuning out in droves.

This is spot on. Leah should be confident in being herself on camera. That would probably be enough. It’s hard to imagine considering 5 episodes usually takes *at least* a month of filming in other shows, but the first 5 episodes will literally take place during the first two weeks of filming for RHONY. So this Hamptons trip is only week two and Leah is trying so hard. If she would chill and be herself she’d be fine. In other news, RHOBH premiere ratings are out! They debuted lower than RHONY.

This was a good episode, but it proved this needs to be Leah’s last season. She just doesn’t fit in and nobody seems to care enough to even fight with her. She is truly useless. Also, did y’all see Leah seething when Eboni was getting along with Heather?! I feel like that’s also why she went off on Ramona. Leah is not Eboni’s friend. You can tell she resents that Eboni fits in. In contrast, Heather fit right in and that felt like classic RHONY. Like Eboni said, they had their fight and moved on. I was also happy to see Eboni comment that Heather is actually asking about her life. Heather seamlessly slipped in there and one thing I do love is that she does seem genuinely interested in the ladies and their lives. I mean who else would take a Sonja Morgan toaster oven seriously? We also got to see shades of old school hateful Luann. I cannot wait to see her with Eboni next week. I believe this was episode 4 and so much has happened. Not only that, but we’re about to be on episode 5 which is still in the Hamptons. This is better than they’re given credit for. To keep taking one day of filming and getting a full episode out of it is very impressive. I don’t think people realize just how many days of filming it takes or one episode on some of these other shows. The vets have a certain magic on RHONY.

She’s there bc people recognized her name. Her acting hasn’t even been good on GH. I hope she doesn’t steal the aware from more deserving people in her category. I’d give it to Cady. On Twitter people are mad GH has so many noms and the Bell soaps don’t, but GH really knocked it out of the park last year so I’m not surprised. The Bell soaps were so painfully slow and boring that they’re lucky to have gotten any nominations.

It makes me sad that Leah ran her off because Heather fits in *so* well. I’m also glad they gave her confessionals so she can flesh her brief story out. We were so robbed! I feel like this return is going to be amazing. Heather isn’t afraid of conflict and she’s going to give us fireworks while she’s around!

This looks good! I loved that moment with Wendy and Gizelle. It was so obvious that she was only friends with Wendy as a way to isolate Monique. Not surprised it has blown up. Also not surprised that Candiace is still…Candiace. She’s the only one I’m not looking forward to. Excited to see Queen Karen and Ashley as well! Im very curious about the other newbie. Twitter is saying that she is very strong and almost was moved up to full time. I love that we didn’t see her which means lots of hopefully juicy stuff they aren’t showing us! Im excited for a season that isn’t completely spoiled like last year.

The Sean tribute was excellent, but why just a tribute? Why is the show so afraid of their history on a day-to-day basis? We all complain when a new actor comes on and would be perfect as a legacy character connected to the current cast, but they always make it a newbie with a confusing backstory. Sometimes less is more and they have a rich history to mine as this showed. Also, it shouldn’t take a tribute to use these vets in meaningful ways. I’m not saying they need to be on all the time, but be smart about it. When you do have them, give them something meaningful to do.

Is Claudia dropping hints? @Taoboi@Cheap21

I know it’s popular to dislike LVP, but as a dog lover this looks really good! I already have Peacock so I’ll watch.

On the subject of Leah, she basically tells people what they want to hear. For years she wrote for The Federalist which is as Republican as it gets and she voted third party in 2020, which IMO is what some republicans did who didn’t want the stain of voting for Trump, but don’t support democrats. In RHOD news, the rumored newbie Toni was out with some friends, including Claudia Jordan who we know interviewed last season. Imagine how great it would be if we had a cast that looked like this, plus D’Andra and Tiffany.

RHONJ I know everybody hates these shorter seasons, but this season has been flawless and this reunion? My god! This was one of the best reunions I've ever seen. It wasn't super dark, but it had a steady flow of drama and this cast has good chemistry. The only person I do think they could afford to lose is Jackie, but I'm okay with her staying. I'm glad they're getting down to the obvious which is that the rumor came from Margaret. Her husband completely gave that away, because how could he know that and not her? I hope they tear her ass up next week! RHOBH This was a strong premiere that did a great job of setting things up and also delivering a high level of shade. This felt like RHOBH at it's best. They finally have a cast with chemistry that works. The MVP was Garcelle. She wasn't the only one, but it cannot be stated enough how she carried this premiere. She was in almost every scene! People were mad she missed a few events last season, but it seems like she's very involved and in control! Crystal had a nice introduction and seems like she'll easily fit in. I didn't know what to expect of her considering she's younger, but she's definitely not intimidated or afraid. I feel Kyle and Rinna will have the least to offer this season, but they didn't bother me. Also LOVED seeing Sutton with a diamond and title card.

Yes I do believe that final trip got canceled because someone got COVID, but nobody would admit to it publicly so we will see if it’s revealed in the show. The trailer shows parts of the main cast trip in Salem. That’s when Bershan/Sonja have that fight where Sonja breaks the glass.

We haven’t even hit a full week of Eboni filming though. So it could be she’s working this stuff out now and trying to move forward. From the trailer we know that she felt a relief when Bershan joined because she said she didn’t wanna feel like she had to educate them.

See this doesn’t surprise me. New York isn’t like some cities where you film and film and can’t use the footage. They always deliver. Ramona said this season is going to be longer than last year. Also the Hamptons is just *one* trip. So much of the trailer is coming just from this one trip. I bet production loves working with these ladies. They make the job easy for them. ETA: LMAO! Like I said, Melissa picked the wrong one!

ABC Passed On Pilots Not Inclusive Enough: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dana-walden-says-abc-passed-on-pilots-for-not-being-inclusive-enough-4165849/ I mention this article because we know daytime soaps have a history of being lily white and ignoring their large black audience in particular. Hopefully the Pine Valley reboot is serious about featuring the Santos and Hubbard clans in a substantial way because if not, she’s making it clear she’s not going to be picking up non-diverse shows. Four out of the five shows ABC picked up have a majority black cast. AMC has the legacy and enough name minority actors to make this work. We just have to hope they don’t have that daytime mindset of keeping the black people in the background.

@CatIm going to keep Melissa in my prayers because Jennifer is the last woman she should want to mess with. Jennifer can tear these women up with ease. Melissa needs to chill and keep collecting her allowance for being Teresa’s sister in law. My thing is, I don’t think Heather is innocent, nor do I think Heather is the type to deny what she said. Heather can hold her own. My issue is that none of it has anything to do with Leah and she’s not mentioning stuff in context. It’s so obvious now that all the pre show press about Heather came from Leah. She’s doing damage control because she knows she came off bad. I have never liked Leah’s Anti-Me Too, Trump supporting racist ass so I’ll admit I’m biased, but I cannot stand her. She is so phony and such a hypocrite IMO. I think what we’re seeing with Sonja is a flashback to when she was having money problems with that movie lawsuit. It’s always money that gets her like this and in feelings about the past. This is also coming off her losing that Century 21 deal so she may have lost money from that. I do know that she’s closed a new deal with Walmart, but we could be seeing her worrying about her finances in the current episodes. The one big mystery for me though is why she is so mad at Luann and Ramona. Even on WWHL she said she’s not speaking to them. It’s so random! All in all I will say: After three episodes, New York is officially back. I feel like from here on out we’re good. Eboni has been introduced and is comfortable being open and frank with the ladies and with Heather we will have a sixth woman. Once she leaves we’ll have Bershan so that will continue to help for those who feel five wives aren’t enough. I have faith in these ladies!

RHONY I find it funny that we hear Leah call Heather a Karen in the trailer, but isn’t that how SHE is acting? She’s judging everybody and trying so hard to have a problem with somebody that she’s the one coming off like a Debbie Downer. The look on Eboni’s face as she ruined the winery trip going in on Ramona was everything! The reason nobody is backing you up is because nobody cares! Chill out and have a good time! Other than Leah killing the mood I did enjoy this episode. I enjoy Ramona and Eboni getting along and Sonja was amazing! I don’t know what is going on with her, but she’s giving me life this season.

Woooow! Garcelle is the first woman on this show to make Rinna nervous! She *knows* what she did was dark and wrong and I love that Garcelle held her feet to the fire. Like she said, how does Garcelle know she wouldn’t turn on her like that? Garcelle is about to give us everything we want! I can feel it!