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RHOP: As much as I like my lil miss Ashley, how she co-signed with Gizelle at the GNA event, PLUS having the audacity to come to the sprinter van to ask them to donate was tacky as hell. She deserved the dragging she got.

That was probably my favorite interview so far! I was glad to hear she had a positive experience on Melrose, other than the tail end when she got the news she was dropped just after the cast celebrated being picked up for a second season. I loved hearing her input for Episode 10, "Burned," and how she felt confident in giving feedback on how her character should be responding to the LA riots. Good stuff. Meanwhile, it looks like their next special guest star will be the Special Guest Star herself!

The promo looks good! I'm glad Contessa is back and the couples trip looks a fun hot mess! lol I don't know why, but in keeping with soaps, the idea of a Phaedra and Apollo storyline playing out on M2M is like when GH's Anna and Robin finally reunited... on All My Children. It seems out of place. LOL that's hilarious...

I don't trust this show. They'd take it a step too far and he'll be outta here like Justin. Or Luna.

I know this is off-topic, but I gotta throw in my +1 to being a Brenda fan on 90210. I watched that show from the beginning (way too young to be watching, mind you) and I was Team Brenda all the way and I hated how Dylan chose Kelly during senior year. I'm one of those who preferred the early days when it was still Walsh family focused, so once they hit their college years and it became an ensemble, I started losing interest, especially after the curiosity of SBTB's Tiffani Amber Thiessen started waning. Luckily, when my love of 90210 started to fade, that's when Melrose Place kicked into high gear and became my new obsession (again, way too young to be watching such adult themed shows, but whatevs, lol)

Dear God, they really pass spouses around in the OC. The tradition that Slade began continues on...

Agreed on both newbies. Despite the wacky, tacky costumes and Pee Wee Herman funhouse, Bronwyn overall is a likable person, stands strong in the face of hostile housewives, and I enjoyed the very real conversation she had with her daughter about her grandparents. Brittani's schtick was DOA. Obsessing over the Osmond guy and their on-again/off-again relationship that no one else was really invested in knowing about, and when one person does (Lisa), she turns it around and blames her for causing more problems in the relationship. Granted, Lisa did take it too far with the texts and Facetiming, but Lisa was the only one in the group that showed any genuine interest (©Carlton Gebbia, RHOBH). LOL at the 4 that went zip-lining and having a good time, and then turning on one another at their sad lil picnic setup.

A "season high" when we're two episodes in. LOL. Small victories I guess... honestly, I can't remember what the previous week's numbers were, but I'd be more interested in knowing Live + 7 day to see how these shows fare after DVRing and streamings are factored in.

Brooke and Liam. It's about time this happens. We know her history, so I'm surprised she's taken her sweet time. You're overdue for this one, Brooke.

I'm back to catching Y&R, if nothing else than for the Sharon storyline. I don't know how she turned down such a dark path of wanting to kill, but Sharon Case is killing it. (See what I did there?). Whatever happens, I'm Team Sharon.

It's only October 10th. Still time for a 3rd "assassination attempt."

Good grief Charlie Brown... LOL this show is the absolute worst at subtlety and slowly building up an attraction between two characters. Carter and Hope suddenly all googly-eyed for one another out of nowhere.

I'm usually a numbers nerd with the Nielsens, but I've fallen off from keeping track of network & cable shows in recent years, but just by doing a quick check, I see the CBS stalwarts pull in most of the best numbers for people watching live (no surprise, considering their older demos). However, shows like Housewives will get their numbers from DVR and streaming. That said, most people are fast-forwarding or flat-out missing commercials depending on their level of streaming service, so it's a wonder how advertisers feel about it all. Makes those tried and true soap opera fans who watch it live every day, every week all the more enticing now... Remember Season 6 of RHOA when they hit that all-time high of 4.6 million? Yeah, those days are gone.

Whoo hoo!

Welcome back Potomac! Welcome back to The Grande Dame! I can't remember which other Housewives show recently had this same sort of "audition dinner" (was it Atlanta?), but it sure seemed like the birthday party get-together for Karen was a way to bring all the potential newbies together and see which characters would take off and which would be left on the cutting room floor. It felt different with the long-running Robyn and Candiace missing, but I see potential in the new women. I'm glad they brought on friends for Karen.... Gizelle ("messy gizzy", lol, take out the ZY at the end...) continues to be her messy pot-stirring self.... Ashley, you better finalize that divorce this year (looking good by the way!)... Wendy, I hope you have solid back-up plans in your post-professor life (them Bravo cheques won't last forever)... Mia continues to be gross as she flaunts her new boyfriend and we learn more about her and Gordon's true dynamic over the years... Jacqueline is back and seems to be itching to go at Karen (perhaps she and Mia made up and now Jac is doing Mia's dirty work, a la Kyle Richards/The Morally Corrupt Faye Resnick?) Overall, it looks good and promising with the new direction they're taking the friend group of RHOP.

So it looks like this is what's upcoming: Taylor/Ridge/Brooke/Bill Carter/Hope/Liam And perhaps somewhere in between, Katie will fit in. I'm just glad they're going to give Carter someone thing to do again. At this point, Hope just wants to f*ck.

Wasn't her character the one responsible for John becoming paralyzed when Drake & Dee were written off in early 2009?

In the spirit of Days being Days, they could always bring Charity back as Mimi. Belle needs a friend during this emotional time... Kidding. Please don't.

Whoo-hoo Christie Clarke!

Agreed on all. Stefan was no longer useful to the canvas once Tyler Christopher was replaced. He should have stayed dead. SH as Kristen just does NOT work. The fact that Brady and Kristen look to be the same age is ridiculous (I'm probably one of few who would gladly welcome Kyle Lowder back to the role of Brady). And when the time comes that John Black is written off, I hope Eileen tags in and plays Kristen, if nothing else than for the flashbacks.

"Meurdah!"

That interview with Eric Martsolf and Christopher Sean was so touching. Plus, that tidbit Christie Clarke gave about Deidre.... :::sob:::

Alrighty then, so Hope's next conquest is Carter. Now, if we wanted to ante up the conflict, Aunt Katie would find herself drawn back to him as a safe solace from the crazy unpredictability that is her ex-husband Bill. Meanwhile, if Hope had her way...

My Lord, why is this man still single and constantly looked over?

Indeed; my all-time favorite season of ANY Housewives franchise. It gives us EVERYTHING. P.S. Don't ever delete that image of Jill's chihuahua licking her nose. As a father to 3 chihuahuas, I know all about their nose obsessions LOL