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I think Atlanta focused too much on the tea/shade.. and didn't have the family and friendship aspect to balance the shade/tea. If this Carlos King was responsible for that, then its good he was let go. With that said, a major revamp is needed for Atlanta. Even though Nene is vile, she is a marquee name.. and should be kept to keep consistency. Kandi should remain since she has the family aspect, the career aspect as well.. Porsha should go bye-bye.. Phaedra has been played out.. Kenya is welcome to stay as a friend as well as Claudia. Cynthia should focus more on the scenes with her daughter as well as some of her modeling school antics and not be a shade thrower.. since that isn't a good look on her. Cast two newbies that are married, successful, and have grown kids.. and do what OC did in the early years.. feature the grown kids more. Also, cut the episode order down to 13 to 15 episodes plus a 2 part reunion and an outtake episode of scenes not shown during the season.

So my mom.. having watched all of the RHOBH reunion.. declared it to be toxic.. and that all the women are mean though she said she could tell Eileen and Yolanda have good hearts. She said Kyle and Lisa R are mean girls, and that Brandi and Kim Richards are professional victims..and really hopes Kim Richards doesn't return for season 6 for her own sake even though she's fascinated with her. So I recommended my mom check out Real Housewives of New York since the new season had just started. She hadn't watched the show since season 4's reunion where she thought all the women were psycho LOL So I got to hear her assessments of all the 'newbies' plus new thoughts on Luann, Sonya, Ramona, and Bethanny. Luann is her fav. Ramona is crazy funny Bethanny is Bethanny.. though she got a kick out of the whole homeless comment.. stating only Bethanny would say she was homeless LOL Sonja is self-absorbed and blissfully unaware of how selfish she appears to others Carole is intriguing though doesnt think the blonde suits her. She also read her book about her late husband as well. Dorinda intrigues her.. wanted to know the 411 on her.. told her she just started this season.. but she is a socialite that she used to own a cashmere clothing company years ago in London Heather was bland (told her that Heather was anythign but bland.. but because of the 8 housewives being featured.. she's been at best a background character). Kristen is bland and non-descript (told her that is true.. but cause she's besties with Brandi.. she remained when she should have been cut last season). All in all, she said it was a breath of fresh air watching NY thus far vs. how BH turned out... though I told her BH started out not so bad until episode 10.

Um, Cynthia.. at least I think it's Cynthia has an interesting hairdo.

Kind of tragic.in a way...but if Andy Cohen allows her back for.season 6 then I'm out

Off topic..but do u mean seeing SL and FH in a TV movie together? They did two and both r on YouTube.

In regards to.toxicity..season 6 rhobh would be an 8 on the 1 to 10 toxicity scale. Compared to the season 4 rhony reunion, these women acted civilized lol

I think a little build up makes the conflict more satisfying.

Yeah there were reports of Kelly filming again to try to get some conflict going with bethanny since early reports said that bethanny was too closed off and didn't want to engage in conflict. I was.thinking may as well due to the fact that season 10 intro scenes were filmed last week. They r still keeping the families in the intros. I wonder why only the OC and NJ have the families in the background...yet the others abandoned that?

Its interesting to read the outlines on the another world site from the first few years regarding Alice. Even though she was a background character for the first three or years of the show. The show wisely still incorporated the experiences her older sister pat had to develop Alice. Alice being unable to emotionally committed to either her first boyfriend and her second boyfriend made perfect sense if you take into account witnessing all that pat went through with tom Baxter, the abortion, her killing him and almost going to jail. For Alice...the natural response was to go the opposite extreme and become all about nursing with little to.no time for.men. Rachel was able to take advantage of this fact to snag Steve for awhile. And it made sense Alice would have a nervous breakdown in 1974...and given the whole fire and aftermath...develop ptsd in 1979. I think had harney stayed on..the ptsd would have played out and not been forgotten once that brief recast took over. Did the brief recast they to play the ptsd or was it abandoned the moment she took over?

6/1/15 RHOC season 10 per Big mouth Tamra!

So I hear that part 2 of the RHOBH hit 2.9 million viewers according to recent reports today (facturing in DVR ratings).. I'm sure Bravo and Andy Cohen think it is due to Brandi and Kim... but I think the fact that Eileen effortlessly dragged both bitches without breaking a sweat had something to do with it. When Brandi G says Eileen doesn't bring anything to the table, I think she's dead wrong.. Eileen brings ratings and the ability to spot BS a mile away. Very few can do that, and if I were Miss Glanville.. i'd be worried that Lisa Rinna was bought on and causing just as much drama as Ms. Glanville did.. Conflict causers can be replaced in a heart-beat... just saying

Fernanda was close to.being a housewife for season 6 of OC yet was dropped.at the last second to a friend of status. And I'm all for unmarried women being on the show...but I think.being single and having no kids kind of defeats the purpose of the shows being about all aspects of their lives. Brandi on rhobh should just be a friend. We cant see her as a mom, her pod cast and book.thing really didn't excite nor did her scenes with her parents. At best, she's friend material..not diamond holding material. Same with Carole on new York. All she seems to be featured doing is playing a kooky writer with writers block and chasing younger men...same with Sonja. And Jo was unmarried when OC started...but she was the only one...and was engaged when on the show. Though I like the promising new casting for NJ...

Was being the key word...once you aren't married then out the door you go. It isn't called the women of Atlanta or whatever city...its called real housewives..

Actually, i think vana Tribbey was a good choice for Alice. She and Rachel had a good vibe as rivals though not sure she had chemistry with Mac or Mitch...Tbh. I've never seen harney except in an episode where she was going through PTSD after the fire. I wonder how Jacqueline Courtney would have played that. Also, I think Alice would.have stayed on long term had Courtney not been fired due to her popularity and the charisma she eluded. Even lemay had to admit she had that certain something that made people watch. And from the few scenes I saw of her...I think she did well with lemays material..though I think Nixon wrote her better as a character then lemay did..based on the few scenes I saw of Alice during the Nixon era.

I hope future entries onto.the Atlanta franchise are at least married, with interesting lives outside the drama. No more of these single girls. So bye porsha, Kenya and Claudia. And also phadedra since I doubt she'll be standing by her man lol

Remember the old days when a season was between 10 to 13 episodes? Maybe they should revert to that again. Though the downside would have been losing the first few episodes of season 5 of RHOBH which was a throwback to the old style of the franchise.

Sadly, I dont think Hilary.. Rand Paul.. nor Ted Cruz fit my checklist of my fantasy president.. don't know if anyone would LOL Just like the perfect love not being anything more then a fantasy.. so to is the perfect president LOL http://www.chicagonow.com/confessions-coffeeholic/2015/03/ted-cruz-my-fantasy-president/

I did happen to watch some of the January 1969 episodes, I do agree with previous posters that Liz seems isolated in some bizarre kidnapping plot. In the episode I watched, she has concluded she has to pretend to accept what her captor is saying instead of fighting him outright. How much longer does this last? The one thing I wish modern day soaps would go back to is the voice over technique. What I mean is as the character is looking into the camera, we hear a voice over of their thoughts as opposed to having the character talk out loud.

To me, it seemed like Eileen should be a moderator for reunions. The way she would effortlessly follow up on statements that Kim and Brandi made was awesome. Eileen was giving Kim that look of 'are you kidding me' when Kim stumbled through that apology.. but sometimes you just have to accept the apology.. given that Kim has never apologized on camera before at all. I think Kim and Eileen didn't click.. but there wasn't any hatred between the two of them.. that there appears to be between Lisa R and Kim. Also, Kim tried that whole.. focus on your own home line on Eileen.. and it didn't have the same effect on Eileen as it did on Lisa R.

Ah..so nice that bravo rewards bullies with pay raises and peaches/diamonds/oranges/apples.

Only thing that would have made Eileen's effortless shut down of Brandi epic was if during the segment where Brandi was slamming Eileen's decorating style.. Eileen could have said 'at least I own a house to decorate.. how's that rental working for ya'. I have a feeling that had Yolanda stayed for the whole reunion, I don't think Eileen would have been able to fully shut down Brandi..imho. I don't think Yolanda would have tried to block Eileen from speaking like she did with Joyce, but I know that she would have tried to further excuse Brandi's behavior.

I think the actress playing Carla is the reason why Carla hasn't quite been ruined and still has an essence that can't be destroyed by producers/writers.. etc.

I'd prefer something closer to this type of comedy then the more mean-spirited stylings of 30 Rock, Parks & Rec, etc. However, my favorite sitcom is The Middle... it has the quirks/sentimental elements of a Full House along with the more cynical elements of the above mentioned shows... it's a perfect melding of those two types of genres.

The first two or three seasons when Stephanie was the cute little kid were decent...but when mihelle grew up...that's when the show veered off. I think Stephanie had the most developed character of the three girls..imho

Vicki's mother died recently as well as the mentioned Brooks situation. Tamra is a grandmother, plus lost custody of her children. Apparently she's being playing nice with Lizzie, Shannon and newbie Meghan. Rumors state that she's fallen out with another housewife just recently.. not sure if during the trip to Tahati.. or afterwards... rumor has it Vicki and her are still not getting along. . Katie H. apparently did drop out, unknown what will come of what she filmed. Rumor has it she and Heather had issues during filming. For the most part, there has been drama.. but it hasn't been too toxic... and there have been some fun moments, too. Heather has been groveling/trying to be besties with Shannon... while Shannon/Vicki are still getting along. And I guess the women took a trip to Napa Valley early in filming. All rumor thus far.