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I haven't gotten to it yet but my brother has told me nothing but good things. And I was definitely happy to see that it will at least be getting a Season Three.

@Cat The sad truth is BELOW DECK WAS a great show. It was like the VPR or Upstairs/Downstairs but on water. If you can, I would totally binge Season 1 through 6 (Season 3 alone is one of the most juicy seasons and made Bravo/Andy take notice giving them a reunion on the same level as the other RHs and other shows...it was THAT bitca. lol.) Of course Season 1 and 2 were great. 4 had its drama. 5 you started to feel that feel on its being overproduced that sets in for all shows. 6 balances it better. Then 7 the current season...was where it took its current dark turn, resulting in one of the two main stars leaving (but staying in the Bravo bubble so far while she branches out to other things) the show this year. I know a lot of people are hoping that next season might return it to normal and better times. However, given the newest spinoff SAILING YAGHT (the show you watched) had some potential and producers focused more on the toxic relationship you mentioned (and it was toxic, I don't know if you saw how bad it got...the producers showed EVERYTHING and those two now seem to hate the fans and the chef after being on BELOW DECK MED in a juicy triangle one season and a redemptive second season on there will definitely NOT be returning to another show after how he was shown...true colors and all) and this current season of BELOW DECK MED (which had a good first three seasons) just revealed itself as problematic with the racist bombshell of one of the crew members and another main character leaving after this season...I don't see how that franchise will make a good turn back to how it was. Still a good watch. Speaking of FAMILY KARMA, a little tea. TT did a blind item today and it appears that it was about that. It looked like it was about to be a one and done since some 'unnamed' Bravo producer was about to cancel it. However, someone either behind the scenes of the show or one of the stars called them out about it, showing the numbers. So that plused all the VPR firing drama might have helped pushed it forward for a Second season. However, the advice was to start making your voice heard NOW if one wanted it to come back. Happy you liked it so far. I didn't pay attention at first. But around episode 3 or 4, it hooked me and I followed to the end. From what I saw of ratings, it stayed up. I kinda wish that, Texicanas (which I still hope will show up on another show since the stars were working on doing that), and Mexican Dynasties would all come back now. Back to the rest...lol. From what I saw online for the last few months RE: RHOD. Brandi was NOT fired. It seem like she had been filming except for Stephanie's bday because something came up. Now I've seen two things pop up. One says that Brandi did something scandalous having to do with a baby allegedly...not sure if it is one of the adoptions. Because as of a day or so ago, people are now wondering if she got fired. Especially since fans want her fired due to that video. Moreso since LeeAnne was for the same thing. Then Cary started popping up in pictures, making people wonder if she is coming back. In RL, it seems Cary is feuding with D'Andra (in fact, they apparently was feuding last season but all those scenes were cut), Stephanie, AND Brandi. Also Cary is friends still with Kary and the newbies. So it will probably be a mystery until filming resumes...which is suppose to be tomorrow. I might be wrong about this, I am going by memory from what I've seen. I agree with you on LeeAnne. I might miss her, but a break might be best in this situation and from what I've seen online...she was doing just that for the most part. I think it was either you or Daytime Fan saying you could see them doing a cliffhanger return for her at the end of an episode to get ratings in. Cuz you know they would advertise it. But if she ever returned, unlike Nene, I could see her being humble. I heard about that CEO. I wish he would change his mind, but he does call their building the HOUSE THAT NENE BUILT so...smh. While Andy still does have his moments at reunions, I just lost all respect for him. His ego would not let him let someone who might be interested in a show (cuz comedian/super fan Leslie Jones should have hosted that BELOW DECK reunion) host a reunion. It is clear the shows he love that he did reunions for and which shows he was just paying lip service this year and if he was not going to do the research to get up to speed on a show he doesn't watch, he really should not host. Again that BELOW DECK reunion was disgusting on so many levels...especially for someone who whether he stepped down or not is still seen as the Face of Bravo...a network where the demo are women. And that was a bad look for him and no excuse of surgery was going to cut it.

I have to admit I do wish Bravo was promoting this more. It could be inspiring given I just saw the talk that Contessa, Britten, and Imani did for the hs girls and before they were talking about black people and people brutality. It seems so timely with what is going on. That said...Contessa seems so much more important here without even trying (vs on ATL M2M) and I love her friendship with Britten and Imani. Totally organic. Also Britten covering for Imani...like a real friend would do. lol.

I have to keep reminding myself that this comes on Friday. I was sad to Ongina go.

@Cat well when you put it that way, it really makes it very very clear what...or should I say who...is the common dominator here. And people had been mentioning it online already, but it truly clicks when you say it. Andy Cohen. The man who did step down, claims because of that he has no power, but in REALITY has enough power from building the network (some might call it respect) that he only has to mention who he wants to keep on a show (Jax, Kelly, Wig), that the network heads in charge do listen. The fact he is not has been getting him called out. And rightly so. I lost respect for him over the fact he was stopped being objective. The RHOD reunion. BELOW DECK where a guy sexually assaulted his superior 3 times while leading his co-workers into a disgusting level of toxic masculinity that the show franchises are STILL trying to recover from (Not helped by the last spinoff being centered on a toxic relationship between the chef and the chief stew or the current racist drama on the other spinoff BELOW DECK MED). The last OC reunion. There are just as many people who deserved to be called out. And there was Andy letting them get away with murder because he has favorites or something trivial like his butt looks right in those pants. I may think someone is hot, too, but if they are being a prick I will more than likely call him out for it. I don't think there can truly be real chance until something is done with Andy who gets more and more eccentric by the day. Perhaps even someone who finally call him out on his allegedly BTS stuff. In any case, I agree with you that it is looking more and more like the VPR are scapegoats. Just look at the fact that fans are finally calling Andy and Lipsa out about the Harry Hamlin Halloween costume and Andy wanted to pop an attitude about it because it was 3 years ago. ANNND? Max and Brett's tweet were a decade ago when they were kids vs Lipsa who has NO excuses. NONE. IT WAS IN POOR TASTE, ANDY! STOP PLAYING FAVORITES, ANDY. Because I know it makes me see red, I will keep this part brief. I still feel RHOD LeeAnne was ignorant more than racist. It was clear what Kary was doing and she was lucky she didn't get slapped honestly. I already explained my reason why at the time. And hopefully like me, LeeAnne goes on to a better place in life like I did. If anything Kary will be her own worst enemy like from what I heard happened with that person. But the question of Brandi still has to be dealt with. I see there is a rumor that Cary might be coming back when filming resumes to fade out Brandi who might have been filming. I hope it is true. Brandi got away with a lot and her doubling down on her tweet and then running and hiding rather than owning her messup did her no favors. If LeeAnne got fired and she was the star, then Brandi should not be there either. Happy for the diversity coming to RHOD but I don't see if I will continue on with it in its current state. I thought Family Karma was a slow grower in ratings. That it ended on solid ratings. Am I wrong? In any case, I still think it will get a second season, if only because I feel Andy...I mean the network...wants to use them to fade out SHAHS OF SUNSET. In any case again...so you finished watching Family Karma? You like?

hAHAHA. I might stop by after work.

I thought I had mentioned Marty West was a producer/talent scout for MTV on some of their reality shows. WOOF

Oooooo...thank you for a date. My co-workers were wondering.

Other than the fact the writer kept forgetting about Tina as the FIRST black woman on VPR, that was a good read. It does make me wonder if I am going to watch RHOD given how I feel about Kary and the fact they are going to attempt some diversity. Which I agree with most of this, I felt the article was trying to say that given the world is FULL (all one has to do is look at Twitter during all things BLM to TikTok (which I mostly loathe) to the very fact that people will do and post anything as simple as they walked outside for a minute) of people wanting attention, it should be extremely easy to for Bravo to find an unproblematic famewhore. So no reason to keep any of the racist housewives/bravocelebrity around at all. Using Aviva from NY as an example. Someone who watched all of her seasons could probably say more than I, but has she ever been dramatic BUT not unproblematic in real life with a racist, sexist, tone deaf tweet?

Hahahaha. You don't even give Murphy a full season. Daaaaaaaaaaarn. But I still see see GH and SCANDAL Season 2 as great season...especially SCANDAL's season 2 given what He Who Shall Not Be Named is doing in office trying everything he can to steal the election. We will have to agree to disagree.

Now you know I love you for your excellent taste in older men, but...NO. lol. She usually goes off the rails around Season 3. GREY'S and SCANDAL had great second seasons from what I remember. I would say that about HTGAWM as well. Maybe you meant Ryan Murphy?

THIS.A Damn. I was really wanting to watch DUNE in December. Ugh.

See? I had read somewhere a few years that the reason for Nathan vs Stana was because at some point they had some...encounter/ONS/etc...and Stana kept it moving. And Nathan did not take it well. And of course everyone had to take sides. A mess. Like most Whedon actors and actresses, I was not sure how I felt about that knowledge. I still have yet to binge watch the whole series (I even did CASTLE as a spec script when I was trying to break into writing for TV, I had wanted to work on it) and I always felt...especially since I had to study Season Three for my spec script that whatever happened happened in Season 4. But I would have to go into what was going on in their lives at that time to see. And like a lot of the BUFFY/ANGEL drama, I just did not want my view of the actors tainted by BTS. Just seeing some of that ROOKIE talk about saddens me about Nathan Fillon. Liked since he was Joey on OLTL. Loved him on FIREFLY and the other Whedon shows. And he always appeared to be fun without being full of himself. So I always will wonder what happened and be too scared to find out. And just think...he also got attacked during #metoo because he was as bad BTS there as it appears. Well...worse.

RHOP Finally the girls have a new premiere date: AUGUST 2. Meanwhile, Dr. Wendy in action!!

hahahahaha SO MANY PEOPLE are saying that. Enemies gone. Hot new bf that clearly loves her. Yep. #winning

Too early for me to tell on that news re: Nene/Kenya MEANWHILE...GO, KANDI!!!

See? I didn't know ANY of that!! re:Burge vs Kern. And while I agree with Burges, I am glad we got Cole. I also liked the arcs and hated when the WB told them to do standalones. Burges had standalones with a slow build on arcs if I remember correct with character development and she had a balance then.

Now don't pick on Season 5 like that? That said...what was the issue with Alyson and SMG?

^That would be a fun fight. But seriously...I am doing my best. And I am the NICE co-worker. It does help that for better or for worse, people may mess with a black man, but no one wants to fight one. And on the flip side, not many black men want to go to jail in this current climate...if they make it there at all. Sad, but also sadly true. It also helps that the sign on the day makes it clear and I can and will refuse services (no shoes, no shirt, etc) if need be. Thankfully it has not gotten to that point. Yet.

Wait? There was drama on THE GOLDEN GIRLS? That said...The BTS drama on the last few seasons of BUFFY. I think now I would be comfortable knowing. And if there was any BTS with ANGEL...other than Charisma vs Joss Whedon during Season 4 which seems like watch under the bridge now.

Same. As a kid, I never knew any of the subtext. It was fun action/adventure to me as well. Color me surprised much much much later. And even then I'm not sure how to feel about what I felt was a kid show. I mean did the creator know, was it just the good ole boy theme back then with no bad sign, I don't know. As for does any channel still does...well...I want to say I've seen it on one of my channels in passing on the guide once on a old school tv shows (they have HEAD OF THE CLASS, FACTS OF LIFE, NIGHT COURT, all kinds of shows from as far back as the 60s and 70s I believe), but I want to say it was late night. It is next to a channel called ESCAPE here that aired thriller/suspense/crime tv shows (some even from Canada) and SCANDAL.

That's just reminding me that it's been a little bit toooooooooo long for me. lol. Though to be fair..Central Park can be like that. lol. SMH at the mask. Of all places... THIS. Yeah...like I said a few pages back here in San Diego if it is going to be a hot week, I fully expect people to be out. But back then, I was down to one job and I could go to it, avoid a lot of people, and go home and STAY THERE. Now...with all my jobs back...not so much. And this past week was a hot week. Part of the reason me and my coworkers have gotten into it with customers over masks. And that's because they DON'T want to wear them inside. If you can't put on a mask for even five minutes to get you some food, don't come in and order. I just had a rachtet group come in yesterday whom order was completely messed up because my reputation precedes me now and people know that when you order I ask for EVERYTHING. And different regions of the U.S. expect different things and want food different ways for where I work so I have to ask...or if someone is allegric. I take NO LIP for that. So one person didn't want to tell me how he wanted his food since he refuse to put on a mask AND walked off. The girl didn't want to wear a mask and once she shared with her bf (sharing masks, really?) she changed the order cuz she was cheap. And even the bf himself wanted to pop attitude at me for his food. Then they came in several times saying the order was wrong. Why yes, it is wrong because YOU made it that way. why? Because I don't read minds and you wanted to NOT do your order the correct way to be sure nothing was wrong. You wanted it wrong and THAT was what you got. They couldn't even find the fries in a box. So...next time...WEAR A MASK AND COME IN AND ORDER RIGHT. No refund made. No reason for people to be putting up a fight over a mask. So self absorbed.

Wow at the Barbara Streisand news. I also saw a kids' BLM protest on Twitter and had to grin that those 6 to 10yos get it.

Same. And I can't believe that news. And yet...people here what to be picky about masks. I can't.

That just lets me know that they are scared of change and the fact that their 'leader' has messed up so much there is very little chance of re-election. probably in the South. That said...I agree with the shelving more than anything. It is a sign of its time more than it is purposely trying to offend people. A lot of people have fun memories of that show so best to leave it be IMHO.