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Tonight's episode was a bit dull, aside from the scene with Calista Flockhart when she's getting her hair done. That was deliciously written and performed.

Thank you for posting that link. The lawsuit reads very strongly on the harassment claims. What a terrible set. Imagine the list of witnesses that could be called if it proceeds to trial. The whole cast could be subpoenaed and then give testimony under oath.

There are two issues at play here: 1. The sexual harassment. That part of her lawsuit is what's most likely going to succeed and what Corday Productions should be concerned about. They are vicariously liable for the actions of AA. There are plenty of witnesses to this alleged conduct and his firing by Sony, and their investigation, will all form part of disclosure. 2. The non-renewal of her contract. That part of her lawsuit is harder to prove because Corday Productions did make her an offer - it just wasn't an offer she wanted. This element reminds me of Nicollette Sheridan's unsuccessful lawsuit against ABC and Marc Cherry when they killed off her character on Desperate Housewives. Retaliation is very hard to prove, especially in circumstances where they did make her an offer.

Would love that for her. Bring on a soft reboot to ATL a la NYC Season 5.

Aaron made various comments over the years that Shannen had matured and grown up a lot from her days on 90210 by the time he was casting Charmed and he thought she was a great actress. I agree that he didn't work twice with actors who had been a pain in the ass so it does say something in Shannen's favour.

I concur with the Hollywood Reporter's review: the show's writing is mediocre but the performances are very good for the most part. I struggle to find anything likeable about Capote so I struggle to care about what happens to him. He seemed like an awful person. Diane Lane and Naomi Watts are given the most to do and both of them take great care with their performances. I really enjoy Chloe Sevigny as C.Z. Guest as well. Calista Flockhart and Demi Moore's roles were tiny in the first two episodes, which you wouldn't have known from the trailer. Dominick Dunne wrote the Ann Woodward story to great effect in his novel, and subsequent miniseries, the Two Mrs. Grenvilles, in case anyone wants to follow up on that case more.

RHOP Another flop episode. Wendy and Happy Eddie's joint rolling party was super boring. I don't like watching Mia and Gordon scenes. They are like watching a negotiation between a hooker and a john she's picked up on the street corner. Speaking of which, Mia is not capable of handling Karen so she really shouldn't have tried to pick a fight with her. Karen annihilated her without breaking a sweat. Juan's Roommate tried it with Karen with that really stupid comment about the family photo that she noticed "years ago" in Karen's phone...it was such a non-event that Karen said she has a Juan's Roommate folder in her phone, which was unintentionally hilarious, and just goes to prove that Juan's Roommate has nothing going on. Even Juan's Roommate knew it was a stupid thing to bring up and dropped it as quickly as she brought it up. Now that Candiace has triumphed over Demon Darby, I wonder what Ashley and her two inflatables are thinking since she has nothing going on either now that she and Gizelle are trying to She By Sheree themselves into relevance, which will fail. So Nneka literally had a party where the ladies helped her unpack wedding gifts from 2 years ago. The f*ck? Wendy really f*cked up this episode when she didn't turn up to this farce of an event, though, because that was the olive branch she should have taken in order to show that she's capable of moving on. Nneka is undoubtedly a total flop of casting, but Wendy will feud her way right out of this cast.

I don’t believe this is a loss at all. Kandi hasn’t had a storyline out of her various business ventures for years. RHOA has been flopping for the last 2-3 seasons, and a cast overhaul was needed. Kenya should be canned.

Susan was so perfect for this.

+1 to all of this. It was an OK episode. The most interesting part was Sutton's dinner with her cosmopolitan friends and Erika drunk off her ass..."Murse is in...the purse" made me laugh. Flopmarie holding Crystal's hand and then saying "I don't want her to have a hypertensive crisis and stroke out" was so cringe. No wonder she works in anesthesia, she has zero bedside manner. There's nothing to like about her.

The Daytime Emmys continue to destroy themselves from within. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a laughing stock. The Television Academy, who administer the primetime Emmy awards, has its sh*t together. This year's 75th annual primetime Emmys was one of the best awards shows in the last 3 decades.

I found the premier satisfying. Looking forward to how it develops. Rachel is not missed by me at all.

Very happy to see LK back in the Contract list.

DAYS fans, of which I am one, are the most die hard. How many "The Plan to Save DAYS" have we lived through? I'd say GH fans are second.

Yes, that write up is spot on about Wendy and the status of the show as a whole. There is no way Bravo can be unaware of this consensus about how bad the show is. Assuming she has any family and close friends. Given her 'sparkling' personality...I have my doubts. This. Karen is the only one with decent individual scenes. Bravo forgets that these shows were originally shot as following the women individually, and they'd intersect organically so their group scenes were not common. Production has gotten lazy and now just throws as many group scenes together to create the potential for drama.

Wait, is that serious? Nneka's party is about the women helping her unpack?

RHOP The flop season continues to circle the drain. I keep waiting for the announcement that this season is done...it's painful to get through these episodes. This episode highlighted why a reboot is needed and why several cast members must be fired, namely Robyn, Nneka, Mia, Wendy, and Candiace and/or Gizelle. When Gizelle turned down the trip to Surry County, it demonstrated why she should likely be fired because she refuses to film with Candiace. The same can be said of Candiace because she's got several cast members who refuse to film with her. When Mia was so butt hurt about not being invited in the first round and turned down Karen's mass invite, that showed that she needs to be fired. Her trip to the salt room with Robyn was a useless, stupid waste of screen time and a further example of how she's bringing nothing to the show, and neither is Juan's Roommate given she says she and Juan have no problems. When Nneka was showing Gizelle around her barren house, mocking Karen, as the light switches and plugs in her kitchen literally didn't have covers on them, that showed that she's a poser with no organic ties to the cast who needs to be fired. Also, they need to stop trying to make Charisse happen because she's never going to happen. When Wendy refused to play ball with Nneka's invitation to her house filling party that showed why she needs to be fired because she won't move on. Let's not even go into this ridiculous "talk show storyline" that I cannot abide. At least Happy Eddie is involving himself in a real business. I could watch him farm marijuana on Karen's Surry County property! When Ashley said that she's launching an activewear brand called GnA (a direct ripoff of the Aritzia brand TnA by the way) with the tasteless Gizelle, I had to roll my eyes. Same tired storyline cribbed off of She by Sheree that goes nowhere. The only saving grace for Ashley is she's such a treacherous piece of crap that she changes like a chameleon and understands the need to move on and keep the show moving. Karen is literally the only enjoyable element of this show. Her lunch scene with Ray and her scenes showing the land she's bought are a part of her life. They're light and breezy and she keeps it humorous. It's clear the only cast members who are willing to play ball are Karen, Ashley and, at times, Gizelle. The others are so entrenched in their hatred of so many cast members that the dynamic is destroyed.

Kathy shows up looking like a star, always. I wonder if she's there to hold Vyle's hand and reconcile publicly, while hurling Mauricio under the bus? Such a shame about now filming for RHUGT - I wonder where this leaves Lu and Sonja and other OG's who Bravo appeared to like doing business with, even after their show rebooted. I get the impression there is belt tightening at NBCU across its platforms.

That season will never air. Sigh. I hope they get filming a new Girls Trip soon. What's interesting is Caroline didn't sue Brandi personally, but Bravo and the production company. Erika really doesn't get it. She still thinks of herself as a victim on par with the actual victims of Tom Girardi. I actually have some sympathy for her position and can almost understand why she's fighting the litigation...but it's such a PR nightmare in doing so. Flopmarie's antics at that dinner were lame AF and it's a credit to Crystal that she didn't lunge across the table and strangle Flopmarie with that hideous bow shaped pendant necklace she was wearing. She's just such unspeakably bad casting. Vyle is trying to distance herself from Flopmarie, now claiming they'd only met once before she joined the show. Lord help us she must be a one and done.

Monica’s interview in The Cut highlights why she’s been canned: she continues to talk about production and blame them and get into detail about allegedly happened behind the scenes. Bravo simply can’t handle someone like that who won’t tow the company line. Heather appeared on WWHL after the reunion finale because it’s the signal from Bravo that all is forgiven. Her new face looks amazing by the way.

I saw the same...but time and again Monica failed to save herself. She played her cards especially wrong when she implicated production in knowing about the Instagram account from her casting interview. Andy was clearly mad that she brought that up and did what he could to dismiss it. But do I believe that happened? Yes, I do. I think production did have knowledge about Monica's activities. Do I also believe that production withheld this information from the rest of the cast, knowing that when/if it was revealed it would be explosive? Absolutely. What we're seeing is a major lack of trust between production and cast. That usually doesn't end well for either side. From what I observed, Andy spent a lot of time giving Heather the floor to admit what she did and mea culpa for it...which I think she accomplished. I think Andy conveniently blamed everything on Jen Shah, about "this person" who lingers over them. I fully expect Bravo to give Monica some kind of holding deal so she can remain "On Pause" and probably get a season of The Traitors out of her. This is why I can't abide Monica. She is a very poor liar and cannot help but exaggerate and lie, lie, lie some more, even when it doesn't serve her and actually made her look more desperate and psycho. I don't feel any sympathy for her at all. She's a bad person and revels in it.

Whenever the show needed to get an episode “right” it’s Janice Ferri Esser who was tasked with the script. Nobody captured the voice of Jill and Kay like she did. Truly talented and so sad for the show to lose her voice.

Can someone give me a rundown of what’s good/bad/wrong with the current HW team? I don’t watch GH anymore but tuned in for the weeks dealing with Bobbie’s death and found the episodes compelling and very well done.