Gray Bunny

Yeah, it's really teetering on the stereotype that women are more sexually fluid than men, especially black women; that they can so easily be turned or convinced to go the other way. On the flip side, I highly doubt we'd ever see an "alpha male" (ugh, hate that term, BTW) like a Xander or Alex suddenly get a boner for a dude.

Carlos King's podcast recently revealed that production told Heather Gay not to reveal what happened to her black eye. They shot themselves in the foot and made one of their breakout stars look like a damn fool. Oh yeah, I agree on the burnout. The entire cast were doing too much after their newfound fame hit at the end of season one. It was hard to keep track of who hated who and why. Re: Atlanta. If Cynthia Bailey is spending more time back in the ATL, give her a peach. And Porsha, for all the favoritism and whatnot, brought something to the show that has yet to be recaptured. They should either go heavy on returning vets or cut their losses on every single current castmember and start fresh with a brand new perspective. Otherwise, the newbies they've scrounged up as of late are Drew, Sanya, Latoya, and Courtney... A real winning team there.

But, but, what about all those awesome camera angles and moody music when someone is walking up a curb, grabbing a vending machine item at the hotel, or making their way out of the bathroom? LOL. I kid. But in all seriousness, if they wish to hold on to their roots (versus doing a total reboot a la NYC), I'd keep Sheree around. I'm sure she [still] needs the money anyhow. I don't know if I already brought this up weeks back when Courtney (aka Wannabe © @Taoboi) debuted, but one of my hubby's clients is from Atlanta and knows Courtney through her former marriage. And she confirmed that she is by no means related to Ralph; it's just a schtick for the show. Re: NuRHONY. We're still at the beginning of episode 3, with Ubah and Brynn both playfully vying for the hot trainer's attention. The show is decent, but it's not popping for me the way Salt Lake City did. Now granted, SLC also imploded faster than any Housewives show in history, but their first season they came out hot 'n bothered.

It really has. It can be so cringey at times. One thought about this awful trend of re-using the same actors in different roles: I also feel like this is the show's cheap copout to having viewers get used to a new face in a recast role. Instead, we're already familiar with the actor, so it's just a matter of us adjusting our brains to think of them in a different role where their character interacts with a different branch of other characters. It's obnoxious. I blame Josh Taylor. LOL (kidding, but you know what I mean...)

Piggybacking off of this... this was in SOD around April 1996, if I remember correctly. I scanned it some time back:

Thanks as always @JAS0N47 For as much as we know that a whole new slew of people began watching daytime soaps around this time, at the same time we can see how the AMC/OLTL/GH powerhouse block really did siphon off viewers from CBS & NBC. It's such a steep drop from the top 3 shows; down into the 7's for CBS's leading shows. It's interesting to see at this time, how it's basically a clear cut of ABC top tier, CBS in the middle, NBC at the bottom.

Another round of shows! 😆 Hubby and I are going to the Dec 2nd show in Chicago. If it’s anything like her last show, we’ll be having a great boozy time

Makes you wonder/worry if Peacock would rather just throw in the towel than deal with this PR nightmare for a dinosaur TV series.

Oy. That reminds me: I've been wasting the last 20 years of my life 😂

Good for her. Mad respect for Ari.

Side note: Ugh, the dental work / sucked-in cheekbones thing always weirds me out, especially when it's a younger woman in Hollywood who suddenly looks like a different person because the bottom half of their face looks so different, i.e. Sophia Bush, Shelley Henning (ex-Stephanie, DAYS). I could be wrong; maybe they just lost weight in their faces as they got older. It just seems off to me. I haven't seen NuRHONY episode 3, but I enjoyed the second episode without Brynn, that's for sure. From the one episode I saw of her plus the cast's appearance on WWHL, she was already doing too much; similar to Jen Shah's premiere episode on SLC. Re: RHUGT RHONY Premiere: I'm SO glad we get this one earlier! Glad they're feeding into the buzz. Until I saw that last line about Morocco, I thought they might be scrapping the Caroline/Brandi season altogether...

Ooh that looks good. OC is doing it for me this season.

Hmmm... Ramona 2.0. Hard side eye on this one now....

Thanks. I didn't think those zombie twins were hers. I do remember that Mary was born in 1997 during the whole Sheila/James/Maggie love triangle era.

I can't even remember all the kids she has and who their daddies are. There was Mary with James, who got majorly SORASed to be with Rick in like 2002. Did she have twins on Y&R or was that her sister Sarah Smythe who had plastic surgery to look like Lauren? I suppose that whole double plastic surgery ordeal on Y&R is not canon.

Agreed. I looked at it and I'm like, "Oh. Okay then..." I mean, Sheree gets the first seat? But then you look at the rest (minus Kandi who excels no matter where) and it's like :::shrug::: okay sure.

I haven't watched the finale, but I'd just like to go on record and say I was hoping for Jessica Wild to win

Well look at that… a marriage imploding and a secret lesbian lover will put you in the first seat.

LOL.... wasn't that a Soaps In Depth staple?

"Never Say Never: The Albert Alarr Experience"

I listed to the podcast. I'm glad she's at a place where she can speak frankly on the subject instead of being heated or bitter. I agree with her that the first few seasons were *real*, as in the cameras followed them around in their real life, as opposed to creating storylines for themselves and performing for the cameras. Without specifically naming Kenya, she said things started to change in Season 5 when Kenya and Porsha joined and that's when people started doing things just for the show, like bringing on fake boyfriends. And since then, we've seen castmembers (she pinpoints Atlanta, but we've seen it on all of them) getting random dudes to agree to film a scene of them going out on a date just for the show. Also interesting that Bravo had Porsha on the chopping block after her first year, but Nene and Kandi went to bat for her and convinced Bravo to give her another year. Makes sense for Nene to feel burned when Porsha later turns on her. Also interesting/disappointing to hear Cynthia was pushing for Nene to get axed from the show at one point. Next week, they dive into the Bravo/Andy lawsuit... I'll be listening!

Ah, late '95/early '96. The good ol' DAYS...

He didn't. Last I heard/saw, he shared with Christian LeBlanc. Most of the cast were doubled up in dressing rooms, save for a few (Braeden, Melody)

It says hair trim, not buzz cut, so it could be anyone. Could be Cameron Johnson (Theo) for instance.

With DAYS' taping schedule, I can never keep up with the revolving door. I assume Linsey Godfrey is one of them. The one actress being told to perform a love scene by remembering how it used to be when she was young and vibrant... I want to say Arianne Zuker, but really, who knows? It could be so many getting picked on.