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Actually, there was talk that the producers did offer Faye a chance to be a full time cast member for season 4, but that she turned them down to all the negative feedback she is getting (including threats to her life, etc) plus claiming her decorating business was being affected due to her presence on the show. Whether this is true or not, I guess if she had agreed.. it shows that the producers don't listen to viewer feedback since it appears that with the focus on Faye and the toxic Adrienne/Brandi feud that the ratings were dropping. Not sure if they are connected, or if just the fact that Monday night is a busy night tv wise. I admit I watch RHOBH for the house porn.. and when Brandi/Taylor lack nice houses, it kind of disappoints. What I loved about season 1 through 2 was while there was drama/fights, they still showcased some fun episodes as well. Season 3 did have a few nice episodes including Oahi and Paris.. but it would be nice to have one vacation where there isn't fighting.. just one episode or two would be nice... sort of like a breather to the drama.

I do agree, but I think the reason she was rather tame and kind of boring was because her sidekicks Kelly and Jill were not there. So she couldn't be at her most toxic and evil because no one was there to encourage and back it up. Anytime she did (i.e. telling Aviva about Ramona & Sonya wishing her hubby Reid didn't come though she also said the same thing) usually was twarted by someone (usually Heather).] So it was actually refreshing to see Luann not being so vile and anytime she was creeping back to that, she was usually stopped in her tracks. Yes, Season 5 was kind of boring.. but at least it wasn't the toxic train wreck of season 4.

RHOC: After watching the premiere, I can see why the show decided to cast another housewife Lydia. Not sure if she will have an intro at the start, or be a friend of housewife as of yet. RHONY: I admit that I was intrigued when Bravo fired Jill and Kelly but kept Luann on the show. I was wondering why this was done and after watching season 5, I understood why. Before, Luann could stir the pot but because Jill and Kelly were so toxic.. the viewer could kind of forget about Luann's toxic ways. However, in season 5, Carole totally would knock her.. Ramona would annoy her, and heather would nicely call out Luann's pot stirring tendencies. I think Luann tried to allign with aviva, but I think even she saw how nuts the girl was and distanced herself in a way. I wonder if the pushing back of filming season 6 is more then just waiting till summer and that the show is looking to cast some new women? I haven't heard if Carole and/or Heather are returning and it is possible that maybe they didnt agree to come back.. We shall see RHONJ: I think Bravo didn't change up the cast due to the high ratings of the franchise. I think that this show needs to mix it up every season like all the other franchises. Heck, even Miami seems to have tweaked their cast for their upcoming season 3.

She's like an elderly porcelain doll now!

I was telling my friend the exact same thing yesterday.. that they should add an asian housewife to the show. Doesn't California have a pretty big asian population as well?

Wow.. a housewife who actually has vocal abilities and talent! Who knew we'd have to go to Canada to find it, but find it we have!

I agree that waiting till summer to film is because of the Hamptons. To me, going to the Hamptons is as much of a character to the franchise as is the city of New York itself. I think the hot Hampton sun will provide ample amounts of drama to the show. I hope they keep last season's cast and add one additional housewife to the show. I'm one of those that likes shows to add or subtract cast members in order to prevent the show from getting stale. Plus, if they only add one new housewife then it is less time to focus on getting to know her. Part of the problem last season was that they added three new women and didnt really introduce them.. they were shown as if they were always part of the show.

I think Faye did have one talking head during the scene where she and Kyle are purchasing the mannequins for Kyle's store. She was talking about her business and the people she decorated for. I believe that was shown an episode or two after the dinner confrontation, but that is the only one. I bet further talking heads were edited out.. or it was just a lone talking head. When her blog was removed, that was pretty telling.. Even Marisa's blog is still up and she has talking heads on occasion as well. Though none of the friends of housewives were invited to the reunion this year. I know Brandi was invited last year to the reunion and hijiked it LOL Was Dana invited last year to the reunion?

Just watched last weeks episode of Beverly Hills.. Just wondering when Faye will start acting like a lady? If someone politely states that they are having a conversation that doesn't involve her and asks her to leave, wouldn't a lady just walk away and not refuse to go? Just saying

Probably for the best.. wonder who will be the new scapegoat of RHOM?

I don't get why phaedra even had to be in the video at all.. she could have just bank-rolled it.. and just featured Apollo on the video only. I understand that Phoedra has a built-in name.. but that will only carry you so far in the long run. Plus, green is not her color. I don't think she is overweight at all, she just picked an outfit that wasn't flattering on her. Plus the shoelace design in the mid section made her appear heavier then she probably really is. I would have had her in solid, darker colors to give off a slimmer and curvy figure...imho

I love all those intros! So funny and so fitting for all the characters! While I'm not a fan of Faye, the death threats toward her are uncalled for. I'd rather she not join the show and just be shown in friendship scenes with Kyle because she comes off better in those scenes. Perhaps even showcase her business more cause she obviously has some success if she has a steady client base.

Disappointed RHOOC didn't rerun today as listed on tv guide, while I found the twitter address for the newest OC housewife Lydia and asked her if she would have an intro on the show (since the television advertisements don't show her at all) and this is what she said back: Lydia McLaughlin ‏@LydiaMJewelry 6h @losersRus79 I guess u will have to watch and find out!! I do know that I'm introduced April 15th.

Didn't Brittney Allen look as if she had potential when she first debuted? I recall she and Krystal were in a jail cell.. and Marissa was being very snarky and standing up for herself by quoting certain laws/statues? I thought that she was interesting.. but then devolved into a mindless dolt later on. Only when she was nearing the end of her stint that she finally got some fire especially when she went off on David for faking his death. Strangely, when the new marissa came on, it was almost as if there was a new character with the same name. After a bit of adjustment, I realized that this was how the character was intended.. but I think the writers wrote to Brittney Allen's natural personality.. which was probably more delicate/wall flower then fiesty lawyer in training.

Yes, Lynne... a very kooky character.. very laid back and eccentric. I think Vicki wasn't too keen on her to start with.. if I'm not mistaken. I never watched the early seasons of NY or Atlanta.. did they start out with each housewife basically being isolated.. or was there staged functions for all the housewives to interact at?

I didn't start watching OC until season 6.. and I found season 3 to be very interesting. For me, the main reason is because most of the cast has departed the show. Hence, why I think Jersey needs to seriously think about shuffling their cast come season 6 since keeping the same cast equals boredom.. at least to me.

You are speaking of Lauri.. and rest assured.. she departs during season 4 (not sure if at the start of middle of season 4). You might get a kick out of her replacement Lynne though. I thought Quinn was very sweet and a tad boring. I was watching the show and wondering why she was even in the show. She didn't seem quite as trashy/fame hungry as the other women. I think she is only on this season though. Will be intrigued to see how new girl Lydia will fit in. Will she be interesting in her right, or will she be like Quinn and Fernanda? I remember liking Gretchen during her first season.. but it is probably because she isn't with Slade during this time.

Watching some of OC season 3 episodes today (that are re-running on Bravo today) and I'm surprised at how different the show was back then. I'm surprised at the lack of mean spirited behavior though I could see the seeds of such behavior being planted this season. I found myself enjoying Jeana, Lauri, and Quinn while Tamra seemed to not be so mean-spirited. I wonder when she took a turn for the worst? What I also liked about the show was that we didn't have to have all the housewives interact with each other. The episode I'm watching has Jeana and Vicki are vacationing with the kids in Mexico while Lauri is vacationing with the kids up in Wyoming. Perhaps future housewives should involve families with teenagers/college students. That is what I think is the big difference between then and now with this show.

I hope to god that Faye doesn't become a full time cast-member on RHOBH. From what I've heard, reaction to Faye's first blog was so bad that it was taken down.. and as of today, no listing for a blog for Faye is available. If Faye was a friend of housewife in the OC, then I could see her becoming a housewife instantly. However, BH should involve ritzy mansions, fab parties, and very wealthy people heavily connected to the scene. While Faye is a designer/decorator, she is so vile that having her on as an official friend of housewife has taken the show down a notch or two. Right now, we have room for one train wreck.. and that is Brandi.. imho. While watching the Dana/Taylor scene, I kept thinking to myself how ironic it was that Taylor was the voice of reason and sober!?!? It was quite a reversal this season.. and kind of funny seeing Dana blast Brandi! Me thinks someone is jealous LOL When does the next season of BH start filming? next month? this summer?

Looking at the photo of Julie Bovasso, I thought she looked awfully familiar.. only to find out that she was John Traveltra's mother in Saturday Night Fever... Played a relative of Cher's in Moonstruck.. and was Molly Ringwald's Grand-ma in Betsy's Wedding. Even though she was let go/walked off the set, it looks like she carved out a nice career as a character actress in a few memorable movies, imho.

I agree that one of the two will be kept. Even though Bravo claims they were happy with RHONY's revamp, gutting most of that cast did cause some short-term damage to the ratings.. and said ratings didnt really pick up until 2/3 of the way through the season. With that said, if Kyle is remaining on the show.. then most likely they are going to keep Kim on the show in some capacity. Though I'd rather she be down-graded to friend of housewife as opposed to full-time housewife if they do keep her. I'm basing this on the paris excursion where Taylor wasnt 'able' to go to Paris, but Kim managed to be able to go. I'm almost 100 percent positive that Bravo footed the bill for some of that adventure so if they had wanted Taylor to go, they would have paid for her to go. Part of me does wonder what Marisa would have contributed to the going ons in Paris. I would guess and assume she would have hung out with Kyle.. probably with Brandi and Yolanda as well... Not sure if she and Lisa had ever interacted.. Oh well.

It's a shame if talk of JvA not wanting an on-screen reminder that she was old enough to grown daughter was true, since I think Lucy should have joined Knots Landing. Even though Charlene was not the strongest actress, I certainly think she would have risen to the occasion when the script called for it. The best time for her character to have joined would have been circa 1985, right after she remarried Mitch. They could have had Mitch transfer to a hospital close to Knots Landing and they could move there to start fresh. Not only would that have reinforced the original concept of the show, but having both of them on the show could have provided extra support/texture to Val's story, which would have been the twin story. I often wonder how different it would have been having Lucy there during that time frame, would Val have still gone crazy? I would have loved to have seen Lucy and Abby tangle, that alone would have been a gold-mine for the writers. Plus, I could have seen Paige and Lucy becoming rivals especially when it comes to Mitch. I could also see Lucy working at Lotus Point as a hostess, or even doing public relations for the resort.

Co-sign! Kenya's cover resembles a professionally done exercise cover. This might be unpopular, but I think that Andy Cohen should not be the moderator at any of the reunions. The reason I say this is because he has his hand in developing the shows, interacting with them on his show, and in press tours. I think a neutral person should be the moderator instead so that there isn't a bias toward certain people. A great example was the recent reunion for Big Rich Texas on Style. The moderator was Viveca A Fox.. and she remained fair and partial even toward the scorned cast member who refused to come.. but was shown via skype. Perhaps, Adrienne could have done that.

I remember viewing the Barnabas episodes first, and I do recall that Maggie wasn't a wisecracking character anymore.. but she was still very strong-willed and stubborn. This was very apparent during the hostage storyline when Barnabas kept trying to recreate Maggie into Josette... At first, she seemed to be Josette but then she seemed to snap out of it.. and was very stubborn and determined to escape. Even though ghost Sarah was a big help, if Maggie hadn't been so strong and determined, I dont think she would have been able to escape. I think the total transformation of the character was complete after the 1795 story... early Maggie wouldnt have fallen for Warwick Nicholas' charms whatsoever. At this time, she was just a simple plot device..imho.

What I found most interesting about the pre-Barnabas episodes was how different Maggie Evans was in comparison to after Barnabas came on the show. Not only was she blonde, she also had a completely different personality as well. While I think she looked a lot better with longer dark hair, I don't think I liked the drastic change in her personality. Looking at these early episodes, it is almost like viewing a different character. She started out as a sarcastic, in your face character and evolved into a trembling victim that was afraid of her own shadow. In fact, Maggie and Victoria eventually became identical characters. While this came in handy once Victoria left the show, I noticed that the change happened long before Victoria left the show. I often wonder if there was a reason for the change in her character. Was it something that the writers' always planned on happening, or did they look at KLS and see that she wasn't up to playing Maggie as originally written?