Chris B

With LA people seem upset it’s possibly getting canceled, but it’s ratings were truly horrendous and neither season was great. I feel they have a couple standout characters, but it largely fell flat. I also do think Bravo promoted the show and gave it good time slots for both seasons. The only Married to Medicine show that was robbed was Houston which had a GREAT first season and was dumped on Friday night with absolutely no promo. I would’ve much rather seen more of that show and I feel with promotion it would’ve been successful.

Looks interesting. I’d be willing to give it a go. Jersey looks beautiful from the promo. I hope it’s more Melbourne in terms of quality and less Cheshire which can be so hit or miss.

I forget what anniversary it was, but CBS All Access released the first 25 episodes of B&B to celebrate and to this day they still remain. Something like that would be nice. They have the platform. Little drops like that could entice more soap fans to subscribe and all the soaps have streaming homes where they can do that. That’s just something small they can do. P&G could have their own channel similar to The Doctors and a lot of their stuff is already converted.

For such a popular soap Y&R has always had a horrible output online. We really have been spoiled this past year or two. We’ve seen stuff from the 70s and 80s in particular that we never thought we’d see. Every year I hope it’s the year someone does something official for soaps streaming and I’m again going to hope for that in 2021. I mean we did finally get The Doctors app so maybe we will get lucky. I’m hopeful for Y&R that the high ratings for the classics leads them to doing something on CBS All Access.

I wonder if this will in any way change Kelly's mind on Covid being a hoax.

@DaytimeFanIm curious how you will feel about Mary when you see episode three. For me, the second and third episodes completely changed my opinion of her. She’s still wacky, but being introduced to her family and hearing more of her backstory really changed my opinion of her. Also, the scene at church was AMAZING! Based on the hospital feud I couldn’t imagine her as a pastor, but I now find her a very kind, but damaged person.

Until you pointed it out, I didn’t realize that this is potentially the season 5 reboot with the same three originals and three newbies lol. Heather is only a friend so I don’t expect her to always be around. She didn’t go on the Salem cast trip but I’m hoping she ends up as more than a guest. Onto Salt Lake City, episode 3 is on demand if y’all want to watch it early. My guess is they did this because of Thanksgiving next week. I haven’t watched it yet, but did watch episode 2 which was also fantastic. I also noticed we got another flashback, this time from four months ago. I guess the rumors of them getting a new production company mid season was true. One unpopular opinion I’ll say is that Jen is the most unlikable HW for me. I tried to give her a shot, but this episode and the preview for episode 3 ruined her for me. I hate a grown woman trying to force people not to film with or be friends with someone because of an issue THEY have. Then to make matters worse, after seeing the end of the party, I’m 100% on Mary’s side about the hospital thing. Jen kept weaponizing her Aunt and making it seem like Mary was making fun of her. Mary didn’t know about her Aunt and clearly said the room smelled like hospital. She explained why multiple times and apologized but Jen wants to have a problem. Jen is trying too hard, fronting in her rented house and is using Mary for a storyline. Mary is kooky, but in this case she didn’t do anything. Jen better be careful before she turns the entire cast against herself. A surprise for me was how much I enjoyed Whitney this week. She seems young and sweet but she showed her smarts this week with how she handled Lisa. I think she’ll be a pleasant surprise this season.

The Potomac women (except Monique, Katie and sometimes Karen) always try too hard and look tacky at the reunion. This year Monique is the stand out for me. In upcoming news, Dallas should be announced soon and New York is still filming. It’s looking like Bershan may have an Apple, but time will tell. A fan busted her and Eboni arguing in the middle of the street on their recent cast trip, so at least we know they’re bringing it.

Normally I’d wait, but YouTube has been pulling so many soap episodes that I’m going to watch this right now. What a treat!

Tomorrow is basically Bravo day on The Real. Joining Garcelle as a guest cohost will be Eboni from RHONY and Nene is the guest! Will be interesting to see how that goes with them in and her basically hating Bravo right now.

Honestly, you won’t miss the first 69 episodes. From what I’ve read, creatively the show wasn’t very good and the syndicated jump off part is perfect. Plus there’s so many episodes so I’m looking forward to a long binge.

I never paid attention to this show because I figured it was a deeply religious stuff without much in terms of drama. After reading this thread and seeing that it’s available online I decided to start with episode 1(70). I planned to just test it, but I’m onto my fourth episode now. The brief recap was very effective and it was extremely easy to jump into. I don’t have any desire to go back nor do I feel like I missed anything. It’s obvious they had creative struggles and this was their retool and so far it’s doing it’s job in keeping me interested. The production values and sets are fantastic. The acting isn’t bad either for a non union production. Story wise I’m enjoying everything. Lori’s accident and Jeff and his wife’s marriage issues are both good jumping off points. I was looking for a new show to watch and it looks like I found it! Thanks to you guys for the posts and info which led me to watch!

RHOC fans, there are lots of Twitter rumors which at least suggest we should keep an open mind for next season. For one, Kelly revealed on Instagram that she’s barred from WWHL. That may have already been mentioned, but it’s obvious she’s out. On top of that, due to the current reception, they’re already casting for next season. They’re reaching out to two former HWs about a return and have two new HWs in mind. Obviously if you’re bringing in four potential HWs, that’s a bloodbath. The craziest thing about the returning HWs is that rumors suggests it’s Alexis and Lizzie they’ve reached out to. You can’t convince me they won’t try to get Tamra back, but I imagine money could potentially squash that. Now if they brought back all three that could be iconic. I’m just happy they seem to be making real changes to the show.

Looks like Bershan truly is a friend. She’s filming with Leah and Luann now and Ramona posted them filming a couple weeks back. Looks like a solid cast of 5 with Heather and Bershan as friends. I like that Eboni won’t be the only black woman so she won’t be too isolated. Also, it’s looking a lot like Eboni and Ramona are getting along. They’re all over each other’s social media. I’m happy for Ramona lol. I didn’t want her to have a Kelly Dodd downfall. She’s a buffoon but I do think she’s harmless.

Do you happen to have a link to this?

Honestly this is smart. RHONY and RHONJ have both had to take a year off for other reasons and I think this will help them put space between the drama and poor reception of the previous season. I’d start filming Summer 2021 with a refreshed cast and go from there.

Bravo did that! I knew to pick a random ass city like Salt Lake City it had to be good because who would’ve thought of that? This reminded me of when Atlanta premiered and was just fire from episode one. This felt like it’s own thing and didn’t feel redundant or copy cat. Now of course I must start with Queen Mary! She is giving me Nene Leakes with this busted makeup and these Party City wigs! She also got Marlo’s grammar and the aloofness of Miss Ramona Singer. I love her! The way she went in about this hospital smell laid me tf out! Of all the things to start a feud over! My other two favorites surprised me and they were Meredith and Heather. I loved the way Meredith spoke which was kinda snooty but she seems nice and I liked her family. Her husband it seems will be drama, but they will be fun to watch. Heather i expected to be in the background, but she’s more fun and vocal that I expected and she seems comfortable in her own skin. I like her. Whitney is fine, but I don’t have much to say about her yet. I need to see how her relationships develop with the women. Lisa you can tell is going to be a stuck up bitch and that fast food was ridiculous. When you’re that rich you can do better. I’m not saying never, but girl come on. You could get takeout from any restaurant for your family. The big question mark for ME is Jen. I know she’s been the more visible one in the lead up, but she seems thirsty. I didn’t mind her too much, but it’s a hunch I have so I’m going to have to watch her ass for a few weeks before I decide if I like her. ETA: RHOP in person reunion day! I’ll admit I’m beyond ready for the season to end. The girls have taken this fight story too far and I’m sick of it. I look forward to the reunion moving things forward hopefully.

Gizelle wants Robyn to have her back and she DID! I would want my friend to be real with me. Robyn would be being fake if she just openly accepted Jamal’s return. And let’s not act like Gizelle didn’t have a lot to say about Juan.

That doesn’t make me feel better about Erika’s long term place on the show. I guess it depends what kinda settlement she gets. I’m wondering if this is why she has been so quiet and not spotted filming. Perhaps she really will only be a friend. Or maybe she’ll use this to secure her Diamond. I don’t see how she gets by another year though. She has nobody to film with. If Sutton can’t get a diamond because she can’t film with her kids, how do you justify keeping Erika who has no family to film with? I’m hoping Sutton’s 18 year old films with her and helps her secure her diamond.

@Taoboi I’m the lone wolf. I hated season 3 of Dallas but loved season 4 so I’m excited for once. New York I feel always delivers so I’m not worried about them either. The one I worry for is Beverly Hills. They seem to always be trying so hard to be interesting I’m hoping it’s not another overproduced season. Hopefully the lack of international travel and public events forced them to be more real. Bravo is wrong for posting this.

Chile Texas has been pretty much open the entire time so I would expect a very similar Dallas season. They still do a couple trips and you’ll see them at restaurants. The biggest change will be more house parties than events in public spaces. New York I’m curious how they will handle filming in the city. That seems like the worst place to film when you need to social distance. I’m also curious where they will go for their cast trip. I’d love a return to Montana and also Heather’s Berkshires house if she truly is back.

@Taoboi One thing that worries me though is that Tanya is knee deep in the scandal, but she confirmed she quit the show so I wonder if she’ll do the reunion or WWHL to give her side of the story. This is why they should’ve secured a peach for her so she’d HAVE to film.

ATL never lets us down even if it’s not a standout season. I feel like this will watchable, but I think people aren’t enthusiastic because they didn’t really give us much to be excited about. You don’t have a big new housewife or multiple housewives joining so it just feels flat. Now that doesn’t mean it WILL be flat, but we have to wait and see. What I will say, Atlanta is FULL of stars and other reality shows get big people so why can’t ATL? I think what they truly need is a new production company. For their next season they need a Garcelle and a Sutton. A big name and someone with money and lifestyle (perhaps Falynn will bring the lifestyle). They just always seem so underwhelming with their casting.

Now that Marlo has kids I think she could work as a HW. At the very least since we know she’s paid like one, I wish they’d still give her solo scenes even if she doesn’t truly hold a peach. People made Drew out to be boring as hell, but from the trailer it looks like she was doing a little something. Now it makes more sense why she always had a peach. In general though, I do think ATL needs to step up their casting. They need to start looking EARLY and add someone truly dynamic like a Garcelle or Sutton. These “okay” housewives aren’t going to cut it.

Okay it looks watchable, but personally I would’ve given Marlo that long awaited peach. Still most excited for Salt Lake City and Dallas!