Chris B

@Taoboi For me OC is a for sure no. The new housewife and Kelly have turned me off by going full on MAGA and I feel like the only A Team Housewives left are Kelly (who is no longer likable) and Shannon. Braunwyn is still new and Gina and Emily are flops. I don’t mind Vicki and Tamra leaving, but it’s the wrong cast to follow up their exit IMO. I’ll likely wait until a few episodes have aired and see what people say. I also noticed on Twitter that people with screeners of the first episode are saying it wasn’t good and they’ll need Tamra back. Typically the people who get screeners always hype it regardless of content. That tells me it really ain’t good.

Why does everybody think she’s connected to Finn or Chase? I’m about a week behind so I’m not sure where all this news is coming from.

I’m happy to see y’all praising season 12 of RHOC, their last good season! Replacing Lydia and Peggy with Emily and Gina killed the franchise imo. I’m so thankful Salt Lake City is coming because I will not be watching this upcoming season. Speaking of, we have a super trailer for Salt Lake City. This looks *amazing* and much better than I anticipated. I also love the graphics for the opening with the snowflakes. I feel like this could be another Potomac in terms of coming out of nowhere and just being amazing. This has a style of its own and these women seem very open to showing their lives if these trailers are anything to go by. I was stunned to see them openly say Mary is sleeping with her grandpa lol. I can’t wait!

I do kinda see Nene’s side, particularly with this Andy/Wendy thing. They IMMEDIATELY posted the clips of Wendy talking about Nene on Twitter and Youtube. She had kept quiet so I can see why she’d be upset, particularly at her friend talking negatively of her. On the other hand, I feel like Andy is probably the only person in the room who wanted her to stay lol. I also feel like Nene does deserve a spin off. I Dream of Nene was good between her girlfriends and then the drama with all of Greg’s kids. I would definitely watch if they did another spin off for her.

Teddi confirmed her exit and that she was fired! Such wonderful news!

Y’all need to listen to Heather’s podcast! She has Carole on and this is the most real behind the scenes podcast I’ve heard for a housewife! I just am maybe 15 minutes in and Heather is talking about Luann offering her a joint and heavy drugs on the St Barth’s trip. Also she talks about hiding Sonja, Luann and the pirate doing heavy drugs from the producers. These two are *so* real and it literally sounds like two friends having a private conversation.

I feel like we will get a feel for the New York cast by the middle of October. I believe Sonja, Ramona, Luann and Leah are all returning. At least two new housewives is my guess, but three rumored to be joining: June Ambrose, a stylist and designer Alicia Quarles, I believe she’s a journalist Bershaun Shaw, motivational speaker/rich from a divorce

We never get anything good and with Denise going I was worried but I’m happy at least Teddi is gone as well! Ideally Erika or Rinna would join her, but I’ll take what I can get. I’m hoping the new HW announcements give us the same excitement as Garcelle/Sutton. I want at least one friend of Garcelle to join!

I hate to say I’ve seen her in things but she is still such a non entity to me lol. She’s the main one I’m concerned with being interesting and she’s the only one we kinda know!

Oh I’d have no interest in that cast. Losing Tami is a huge blow and I don’t see a name that is Making me feel okay with her not being there. British? Really? And I love that OG is back, but Cece was the MVP of last season. No Cece and I’m out.

Okay I’m going to keep an open mind with RHOA since they do have 3 newbies. We all thought Sutton would be a bore based on photos and she ended up being delightful. I actually like that they added 3 unknowns. I’m mostly curious who will have a peach. You have 3 newbies and two long term friends plus the four returnees. That’s a lot of women. I’m wondering if Marlo and/or Tanya will get pushed out because I can’t see 9 women on a cast trip.

According to this article, it looks like Leah is asking for pay on par with Luann and Sonja. If that’s true then her ass an kick rocks! Ain’t no damn way. In the end I expect she’ll accept an offer and return, but I’m more interested in seeing who these two ladies are that are joining.

Teddi is being BLASTED for her All In eating disorder program. Clients are revealing screenshots of texts and it looks BAD. One lady said she couldn’t get a period for almost 3 years after the program. if you click the link it’s a full thread with receipts. Damn! Denise needs to return and the girls need to give Teddi a taste of her own medicine and make this the storyline. Also, keyboard warrior Teddi is silent of course. Kyle has been all over fans mentions attacking them for revealing this. She’s also attacking Camille for retweeting it lol.

I feel like Luann and Sonja have learned their lessons and will probably accept anything they are offered because it’s such an important stream of income for them. I also feel like Cynthia has remained on RHOA so long because she similarly just takes what is offered and doesn’t make demands.

Okay I’m glad yall see what I see. I didn’t wanna feel crazy lol. I mean she did good, but hardly the type of breakout star I can see them giving a huge raise.

Big RHONY news: Leah is threatening to quit and filming starts in two weeks! Link: https://tmz.com/2020/09/15/rhony-star-leah-mcsweeney-holding-out-low-offer-real-housewives/ She was paid $60,000 for her first season and they’re offering her a modest raise but she feels she was so popular she deserves a bigger raise. What do y’all think? Personally, I feel the season was very mediocre. I do think Leah was overhyped and that people mostly liked her because she was younger and New York needs younger voices with the cast being mostly 55+. Now when it comes to a raise, I’m curious what she wants. I could see doubling her salary being fair or maybe going to $150,000, but that’s it. If they have to lose her I don’t think it would be the end of the world.

Well that would also be dependent on if there is even space to have ample enough outdoor seating with social distancing.

@DaytimeFan I believe that stuff as well. It’s no fault of her own, but those restaurants have been shut down for a long time with no return in sight. I do wonder if they couldn’t have opened them for takeaway and delivery? Is that not allowed in LA? I notice with Vanderpump Rules that the cast keeps mentioning *if* the show will even return. Like you, I hope she has her personal finances in order.

The John scene they showed was from last season, not the current one, but was also featured in the trailer last year if I’m remembering correctly. Andy confirms Denise quit and wasn’t fired and that they tried hard to keep her. I love this for Denise. The money she would’ve gotten would’ve been great but she put her family above the show. She gets major props from me for that!

This sounds like she got a pick up letter. I’m not doing another season of this mess with Erika, Kyle, Rinna and Teddi running things. I had to let OC go last season and I don’t mind letting BH go if this is what they’re bringing. If the cast stands then next season is going to be focused on taking down Garcelle and I don’t find that warranted or interesting. Dorit and Kyle just went on vacation together. Dorit ain’t about to let them plan the storyline around her while she allegedly out there laundering money. Teddi said they film in a month or so which means they’re planning the storyline right now. Maurico’s firm selling Dorit’s house and going on a trip with Kyle is 100% strategic.

Yeah the Denise announcement killed any reunion momentum for me. I’ll wait to watch it another time. She carried the season and you had people like Erika, Teddi and Rinna with no storyline. This worries me for next year. I also wonder if Garcelle will return since she said she wouldn’t without Denise.

I’m okay with this so far. Now I need a trailer. Looks like from the cast photo they do have diversity of race and types of women. I’m impressed so far. Trailer:

But that’s just is, I don’t think they are truly in the industry. Martha Madison is another who is a bartender and moved to Texas. She’s only back on Days more full time bc so many people quit. With less soaps there’s less opportunity for soap actors because not everybody can crossover to primetime and film. Like you said, they can’t continue making a living with no acting gigs, hence why so many develop different ways to make money.

In the case of Alec Musser and many other former soap stars, perhaps he works in another industry. Just because they don’t post about it doesn’t mean they aren’t working. Hell, Judi Evans sells funeral plots between soap stints. I’m sure more than we know have a side hustle.

But what happened to Y&R and B&B’s studio? Did they lose space or something? Y&R now features less sets and the ones you have are smaller. B&B still uses most of its sets but everything has been shrunken down.