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The thing is, Rosie O'Donnell came in with a lot of conditions that ABC was happy to oblige: namely firing Bill Geddie and making the tone of the show more serious. Rosie O'Donnell specifically said: No Real Housewives. She didn't want another Elisabeth Hasselbeck, and ABC was on board with that. And I do agree with her, American television is dumb enough without a reality star on the panel. The issue is, they maybe went a little too serious and the 4 woman panel doesn't work, they need a 5th and they need to be young and fun. Meghan McCain would have been absolutely ideal and but for her contractual obligations with a small start up network, I firmly believe she would have been hired. And who knows, maybe The View is waiting for her contract to run out so they can hire her? Moving The View to ABC News is likely what quartermainefan suggests: to make the news demos more favourable.

LOL! Yes! Frank Gorshin, that's exactly who I was meaning! Congratulations, Kristen, you've been married to Frank Gorshin for 10 years...

He looks like the Joker from the 1960s Batman.

Well now we know what Kristen's storyline for RHNY will be.... http://instagram.com/p/uyDNYbjicA/

Oh...that wig is so bad. Nene has been looking like a low end hooker since Kim left the show. And yes, that's shade on both of them.

Different strokes, LuAnn threw shade this season so beautifully and it's always refreshing to have one of the housewives not be a crazy bitch.

Yesssssss

LuAnn was the best part of last season! Nobody deserves to return more than she does!

Having watched the Secrets Revealed episode of NJ I can say three things: 1) The twins are annoying trash 2) Amber is crass, loud, boorish and tacky 3) Joe Giudice surprised the hell out of me, he's going to do just fine with his girls because he has enough of a sense of humour and a gentleness with his girls that they're going to do just fine while Teresa is in the slammer.

Nolan was a joy. Easily Joan's best friend on the set. I don't think it would be Bob Mackie, it would very likely be Mark Zunino who took over Nolan's company (and still designs clothes for Joan).

Doesn't Lisa look thrilled to be next to those heifers?

I just knew Rinna and Davidson weren't going to get along, all of the press kept mentioning how they'd have an "interesting dynamic"...and I knew that couldn't be good! Damn, a January wait?! That's ages!

Whether people love or hate Phaedra, this video is pretty adorable:

The article that confirms Kristen's return is the official Bravo press release, so it's a sure thing she's back. I also have to ask myself why they bothered with her, maybe the plan is to watch another marriage implode? Or do they consider her the new Alex? That try hard that never quite gets there...

The Bravo press release, it confirms th Season 7 cast...LuAnn got her Apple back... http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/bethenny-frankel-is-returning-to-rhony

So good to see Lisa and Eileen being winners together. And ugh to Kim and Brandi.

In Nolan Miller's Archive of American Television interview he says, and I quote: "George Peppard was an as$hole."

LuAnn is having an estate sale for her old house in Bridgehampton (she bought a new waterfront place in Sag Harbour last summer) and that's being filmed by Bravo. At the very least she's being filmed.

I'll believe it when I see it. If she does leave, say hello to irrelevancy Nene. Give Michael Moriarty my best.

Yep, it's up to the individual production companies to decide what they want to spend their budgets on. That's precisely why they wouldn't film a new opening if Nene's hollow threats of leaving RHOA come to fruition...why spend money on someone whose leaving? If she does leave they'll film a new opening as a way of rebranding.

I've watched 5 or 6 episodes of NJ this season, just to see how things were handled re Teresa and Joe...and good lord how deathly boring this season seems to be. Dina, especially, is a huge flop. See, without Caroline and Danielle, she has no purpose.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/teresa-and-joe-giudice-andy-cohen-wtf?utm_term=16npqk8&s=mobile#16fkvis

Lisa did say Amsterdam was unpleasant. Yolanda has hated her for years, surprise surprise she couldn't keep a lid on it when on home turf. Simple fact is Yolanda showed her ass last season and belly flopped at the reunion when confronted by Ken. It's a shame Lisa and Yolanda even bothered this season, there's no trust in the relationship, it's over and done.

Absolutely. And it's because of her class and professionalism that Heather's personal problems of the last couple of years have been overlooked by casting directors and why executives and creatives have been welcoming to her - especially as a 53 year old actress, a horrible age in the industry for anyone. I think Heather has several great roles left in her career. She looks terrific these days. I just hope she's found some happiness and peace.

Teresa is a tough woman and America loves a comeback. She can play this like the tough survivor she is and come out the other side of this jail sentence a star.