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Thanks for posting as always

Next week, we're back in the thick of Housewives overload with the return of Atlanta and New Jersey! Thank goodness... OC is hit or miss and I don't watch Dallas. In the meantime, how about a revisit of Housewives past and present with our own "Bravo TV Housewives Awards" with a Soap Opera Digest Best & Worst flair to them... *****Please add in your own thoughts and add in more categories***** Non-OG That's Made the Biggest Impact To Their City: Sonya and Dorinda - NYC Kandi, Phaedra, Kenya, Porsha - ATL (side note: minus Porsha's first season. Had she stayed married to Kordell, she'd have been a one-and-done) Tamra, Shannon - OC Melissa (ugh) - NJ Brandi (ugh), Lisa Rinna, Erika - BH Best One Hit Wonder: Lizzie - OC Kathryn - BH (there was potential, especially if they had brought her back to fill in losing Eileen) Worst One Hit Wonder: The Twins - NJ (I honestly can't remember both their names... one was Teresa, Part II) Carlton a.k.a. Witchy-Poo - BH Kim Fields - ATL (in theory, it sounded like a good casting coup, but she just wasn't cut out for this type of show) Best Return: Nene Leakes to Atlanta Bethenny Frankel to New York Most Disappointing Return: Lydia to OC Dina to NJ Most Ironic Taglines: ATL's Claudia: "Don't Hate Me Because I'm Beautiful. Hate me because I'm here to stay..." ..... she lasted only one season. ATL's Sheree: "Don't Call it a Comeback. Call it a takeover." Although she stirred the pot, overall, her comeback fizzled out at the end... Messiest Housewives (In A Good Way): Sonja, NYC Gizelle, POTOMAC Messiest Housewives (In A Bad Way): Lisa Rinna, BH Dorit, BH Most Missed Housewives: thoughts? I wanna hear yours Don't EVER Return Again Housewives: Kim Zolciak, ATL Jacqueline Laurita, NJ Worst Sham of a Marriage: Teresa and Joe, New Jersey Erika and Tom, Beverly Hills Most Improved Show: Real Housewives of Potomac Most Disappointing Show: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Best Show: Real Housewives of New York City

Yowsers, the top half all slipped this week, and Another World is only 0.2 away from ATWT. They actually come off as a strong contender here.

Yes, let's see her revive her burgeoning modeling career...

Not at all, I felt the same way, as I do with New York. NYC and Potomac have dynamite casts that feed off each other so well. I suppose it is necessary to keep things moving forward. Newbie will surely come in handy while the rest of the cast ices Candiace out.

Side note: Charrisse got dumped again 😂 I’m glad to hear they’re Team Monique and are seeing the light about Candiace.

Great recollection. Thanks for that

Thank you @VanessaReardon once again. Always interesting to see the ups and downs, back in the day. How one week, the top rated soap is above a 10.0, yet there was a week where the No. 1 soap was only in the 7's, with everyone down across the board as well. It'd be interesting to know the reason, such as a day-long preemption that last lasted several days. During this time, looks like OLTL wasn't benefiting as much being sandwiched in between AMC and GH. Damn, that's a quick and unfair decline for Ryan's Hope. I'm guessing this is the same sort of thing that happened to Edge of Night back in '75 when they switched it from 4:30 to 2:30. And as previously discussed, it's funny as a long time soap fan and numbers nerd to have that "shocking" revelation that during GL's 3 weeks being "number one" in August 1984, they were just No. 1 in their timeslot beating GH, but Y&R was still the top show overall. Funny how that was reported incorrectly for years. I, too, have some old SOD's where they specifically mention in GL's timeline that they hit No. 1 in the ratings during that timeframe. Liars!

Girl. Stick to the topic. It was just a random point of reference.

Well now you do.

I seem to recall whisperings that the Trump team feared Kamala could be the next Obama... Lord knows she would wipe. the. floor. with him in debates. And he'd have a long, hard time coming up with a "catchy" nickname for her that wasn't racially sensitive. I'm still holding out hope for Kamala down the line. Whatever happens in the months ahead, I hope one of the underdogs, be it Kamala or Mayor Pete or even Klobachar (what is everyone's thoughts on Andrew Yang, BTW? DAYS' Martha Madison seems to love him on Twitter), turn out to run alongside as Vice President.

Yeah, I'm ready for some ATL and Jersey girls. Good grief, Tamra and Braunwyn were too much. The people in that restaurant who agreed to be on camera surely had themselves a good time watching a trainwreck filmed in front of their eyes. Gina's stubbornness over not believing Emily is just dumb and reeks of producer interference ("We need conflict! Amp it up!"). Kelly was her usual slop mess. Vicki's sudden matronly pearl-clutching had me giggling because she's the queen of whooping it up, but it'd make more sense to whoop it up like that in a bar or private party versus a restaurant. Why the hell was Meagan there? As usual, she provided absolutely nothing even when trying to console Emily. If true, I'm glad to hear RHOBH is having a hard time filming something worthwhile. There's only so much patting of each other's pus that can be done.

I have no problem wishing death upon someone (yikes, my karma's rotten ) and I've been hoping another triple monikered man would follow in the footsteps of John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald for the past three years. @Khan Coinciding with your analysis, the best thing for this country right now would be for anything (healthwise or otherwise) to wipe out Trump and Sanders, and may the best woman (or man, I guess) win against Prissypants Pence.

Can someone refresh my aging memory and remind me when did Loving and Ryan's Hope switch timeslots? Shall be interesting to see the numbers going forward after the switch...

This has been an interesting read.

I wish she got more coverage. I'm still Team Kamala but realistically I see Elizabeth Warren as the woman going forward (not that I have any problem with that, just not my 1st choice)

Compression pants / shorts were the best thing ever invented.

If nothing else, I'd like to see Kelly's mama back onscreen because I love how she always looks like she just woke up from a super good nap. Hair disheveled in the back, looking happily bewildered... Damn, I miss afternoon naps. The audio quality was top notch. Did they use an older iPhone? I wonder whose bathroom they filmed that in? Impressive.

I've always cheered for a Faye Resnick return. If she could be a regular "friend of," that'd be fun. Sadly, with no Camille or LVP this year, nor even one-season-wonder Katherine, it would lose some punch. Taylor I'd welcome back if she took an extended leave from life in Colorado. She was a grifter, but a harmless grifter, and her rags-to-riches-to-rags story was more genuine and interesting than any of these fake Dorit, Teddi, Erika robots.

That always irked me. It's like, would you like me to schedule your next colorectal screening exam with a plumber? POTUS is the ultimate political position so OF COURSE you want someone with, you know, political expertise. Idiot family members...

Agree 1000% which is why I really enjoyed the Roseanne reboot. Of course, all the hype was around the first episode and her pro-Trump stance but that was literally just one episode. And for someone to say they loved the original "Roseanne" but didn't watch to see Roseanne Barr is like saying you loved "The Nanny" except for Fran Drescher. Whether you like someone off-camera or not, you enjoyed the character portrayed onscreen. P.S. if that was Kathy, poor thing got dragged back to Lanford from Chicago once again! I guess Jerry can take back an extra couple inches of the bedsheet tonight.

Ditto! Now I feel stupid. LOL I think if they had mentioned Roseanne it might've clicked.

Sigh... they use that argument because they just don't understand the landscape and trajectory of television ratings, especially broadcast TV. Ignorance is bliss for them. It helps them prove their flimsy argument. These are the same people who will say This Is Us only has 8 million viewers now because Randall's daughter is a lesbian...