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Did Tom Schwartz body-slam Kristen in his attempt to break up the fight?

He gets a bit handsy with women.

Andy just announced that Phaedra will be on WWHL in two weeks the night RHOA returns. Should be interesting.

You get the feeling that Peter and Apolo had already decided previously if they ever had a chance they'd beat him up.

Something about Peter seems really nasty to me. I mean genuinely nasty.

Yeah, Peter basically held Brandon down, letting Apollo beat the crap out of him. Good for Brandon for not letting these Neanderthals totally punk him. He fought back hard.

Nene was being messy - and hypocritical for attacking Kenya.

Nene, Apollo, and Christopher Williams are getting the brunt of the hate on Twitter.

Apollo absolutely should have been arrested. What a clown. His latest arrest is well-timed.

And hopefully this finally knocks Queen Nene off her pedestal. She's been doing childish [!@#$%^&*] for too long without facing a backlash.

That fight got too brutal and ugly. I don't want the show to become RHONJ.

Ok, so Nene started it.

Yeah, I hadn't realized Tika had a BIG part in "Ride Along," the Kevin Hart/Ice Cube movie. It debuted No. 1 last weekend, breaking records. Good for her. (So funny how ABC ignored her and Michael B. Jordan, and now they are bigger stars than any of their pets. But that's another thread entirely.)

Next week looks to be a Candace-heavy ep. I just don't know if I have the stomach to sit through more of the nonsense.

Re: ratings, saw this via Deadline:

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/hbos-family-tree-will-not-be-renewed-hello-ladies-will-wrap-run-with-special-getting-on-eyes-second-season-pickup/

The launch of HBO’s newest comedy series, the gay-themed Looking, has been soft, but HBO brass have been encouraged by the attention the show has been getting as they consider a show being part of the cultural conversation as important (and sometimes even more important) than ratings.

Yeah, this show was always amateurish but it had flashes of brilliance. But now those little great moments aren't there anymore. I'd hoped TP would have refined the show - cut down on the repetitive dialogue (like in the dreadful scenes in the hospital or the prayer scenes with the ridiculous nun or the ones between Jeffrey/Amanda and Candace/the rapist prof). But unfortunately, TP hasn't taken the legitimate criticisms of the first half of the season to heart. And the acting is just painful. I'm about to give up.

Ratings for first outing were meh, shedding a large portion of its "Girls" lead-in and on par with the premiere of "Enlightened."

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/hbo-looking-true-detective-girls-tv-ratings/

So on RHOBH, we are subjected to scenes of Kim with her dog or Carleton during some pole dancing and picking up girls for a 'sexy' pool party while on RH of Atlanta, we have some great scenes of gossip and cattiness. Though I don't think the fighting on next weeks Atlanta episode is a good thing because I like a show where put downs and slightly raunchy words are the way to go.

Granted, as on Jersey, it's the men who act a fool and escalate things to ridiculous violence. The men on these shows should be seen and not heard.

I remember when Christopher Williams was a hot piece. The years have not been kind.

I thought it was generally engrossing and not as "white" as I'd expected. (And the diversity wasn't forced.) And yes, Augustin is a hipster hottie.

I can't tell you how many times I rewound and watched Stassi slap the HUSS out of Kristin in the preview for next Monday's Vanderpump Rules.

Next week is the week of bitchslaps on Bravo, apparently.

I thought this RHOA episode was EPIC. Can they just expand the show to 10-11 housewives? Loved Kenya and Kandi and the "table-read" on Cynthia's friend Natalie.

And this preview for next week!!!!

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Not sure where to post, but Michael Park and Tom Casiello have both tweeted asking for prayers for former head writer Hogan Sheffer. Not sure what's going on.

That was intentional and that was a fact LOL. It's completely threw the chemistry off not having a Bethenny type on the show. I actually like Cindy's tired ass, but she is not what you look for to replace Bethenny. Although she is older, Carole could work as a Bethenny replacement.

Carole is amusing in her talking heads, but she can't think on her feet as well as Bethenny. She came across as very flat in the S5 reunion. I actually think Heather is the quicker wit.

Watching Taylor on VH1's Couples Therapy and she's a much more entertaining drunk than Brandi.

I thought season 4 Luann was the worst out of any of the housewives from any series was. She was just godawful. She came across as pure evil and yes than Jill from season 3. Luann was just mean for no reason other than to show that she was head bitch or something

In spite of my Luann nostalgia, I will say she was easily the nastiest one at that "toxic" S4 reunion, and if Kelly, Alex, Jill, and Cindy had to go, she should have gone too.

I agree. I think the reunions of NYC Season 3 and ATL Season 4 are both worth re-watching over & over, and I do too I think NYC's season 3 reunion is the most delicious, satisfying reunion of all time for all the reasons you said: Bethenny's zingers, cray cray Kelly being called out on her hypocrisy and delusions, and Jill being called out on her lies, deception and jealousy. So, so good!

I don't recall them saying this upcoming season was extended due to lack of drama. I remember hearing that for seasons 4 and 5 (S4 had additional trips added; S5 had additional filming of just the new girls)

I'd have to agree with others about LuAnn. As much of a haughty, phony lil sh*t stirrer that she is, she's part of the overall brand and I love watching her silly self. I'm glad she'll be heavily featured even though she's not an "official" housewife.

Aviva's pervy daddy is going after my Ramona which can only spell drama!

Bethenny on Kelly: "Next thing she's going to tell me that she's an African-American Asian woman."

"Even Louis Vuitton makes mistakes" - there's never been such a devastating one-liner in the history of Housewives. And "Money Can't Buy You Class" is the best novelty song (and video) to come out of any franchise. For those things, LuAnn will always have a place in my heart.

As much as I love "Fix that body! Fix that face," I still think nothing beats the RHONY S3 reunion, with Kelly's meltdown, Bethenny's zingers, and the comeuppance of Jill Zarin. That had real drama. I felt that, in the RHOA S4 reunion, Cynthia knew she had to show out or she was getting dropped for being boring. And Marlo seemed a bit desperate and thirsty going after Kandi.

A lot of bad acting in the RHONY supertrailer. Didn't they say that the season was being pushed back because no one was bringing the drama? It felt like people were reading cue cards off screen. I dunno, since S4, RHONY has felt like the phoniest franchise to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJKCX6jCI4

Veronica calls Jeffery selfish.

Watching that scene. It is spectacular. "You wouldn't even give me the satisfaction of leaving the room?"

Angela Robinson is fantastic. She inflicts such brutality in that scene, yet you oddly feel for her.

What was alarming about Nene's behavior is that she saw that her comments were making Cynthia visibly upset, and she went in HARDER, in a way that seemed sadistic. I've been a Nene fan, but she can be mean-spirited and narcissistic in a way that makes me root for her downfall. And it's clear that the ladies are less intimidated by her "Queen Bee" status.

I loved River in "Let's Kill Hitler" when she discovers her sexy, voluptuous, post-regeneration body, looks down at her chest, and says, "I'm going to wear LOTS of jumpers!"

That was just a fun episode, even though it made almost no sense.