Bravo's The Real Housewives of....

[NothinButAttitude]

 

She was pleading in the preview clip for next week. They're stupid for even including Kim in anything when she feels she's above these women.

[Cheap21]

thats how I saw it. Marlo was being messy

 

Bravo was messy to make it look like Eva and Will had dated in the previews


Kim and that damn cup! She thinks it cute?

Cynthia has been with this dude for 3 months and isnt exclusive? She should have locked that down by 6 weeks, especially since she is on tv. Will came across very defensive and busted in his lie

I wanted Mama Joyce to come for Porsha when they saw each other but there is next week

[Gray Bunny]

 

SNL Side notes: I hope Aidy, Kate McKinnon, and Cecily Strong never leave SNL. Kate is destined for big success and Cecily is right behind her. 

 

I loved Real Housewives of Disney and Kristen Wiig's impression of Kim Richards a housewife. Also, in 2010, Andy Cohen was on the show spoofing the Reunion shows (complete with a New Jersey Season One set of an all-blue room with black chandeliers) with all the SNL greats appearing, like Cheri O'Teri, Tina Fey, etc. (It was the episode Betty White hosted). 

 

Atlanta:

I thought Eva fit in perfectly with the drama. If she's here to replace someone (or to keep Zolciak from returning full-time), I say keep her and give her a peach next year. 

 

I felt bad for Cynthia too. But you know what, she's fresh out of a divorce and she looks damn good at 50. Play the field, have fun, let loose. This is a blessing in disguise. 

 

 

Zolciak absolutely sucks the life and energy out of the room. She serves no purpose but to plop down on a sofa like an enormous hen on her nest waiting for more eggs to hatch. I'd sooner watch non-factor after-thought Sheree trying to wiggle her way into conversations. Sheree can be a hater, but she can serve a lot of light-hearted fun as well. Zolciak is just a stinky pile of puss. 

 

I'm a Kandi supporter and like most of her entourage but have never liked Don Juan. He's just too much a bitter queen pissed off that he's homely. 

 

The continuous struggle to rehabilitate Porsha's image is still an eye roll. 

 

Kenya's over the show and good for her for finding her happy ending. She put in 6 years and helped create tons of buzz (i.e. Beyonce even quoting "Gone with the Wind")  juicy drama around the show, and helped usher in a fresh new set of problems. With Sheree gone and Kim leaving in season 5, they avoided getting stuck in the rut they find themselves in now. 

 

Edited January 29, 2018 by Gray Bunny

[Cat]

 

Re: ATL, it feels to me like Production have no clue what to do with the black girls. So they are filler/in a holding pattern until Kim Z hauls her carcass from bed at 5 in the afternoon and Kroy chauffeurs her lazy ass to whichever filming location she needs to be at. Then it's like 'the budget Kween has arrived.' Kim sits down and sharts her toxic spew at everybody, accusing Kandi of wanting to lick her box and whatnot. It's such a disappointment after the song and dance Bravo made about this being Atlanta's 'special' 10th season. Why no fly-bys by Lisa Wu? Dwight Eubanks? Heck, I'd even take Phaedra. Instead it's The Kim Show and if I wanted to watch The Kim Show, I would stick my eyeballs on Don't Be Tardy. I'm also sick of Kim trying to push Brielle on us and give Kroy a purpose in life -- there is a reason no sports show will hire his ass or team give him a coaching position, and that's because there's nothing between the eyes. And Kim has ruined his brand indefinitely.

 

I also wouldn't even notice Sheree was gone if she upped and left tomorrow. Cynthia is trying to have a SL but that is falling flat. You know something is wrong when Porsha is providing coherent running commentary on all this.

 

Eva... sigh. I'm distracted by her nose. Is it new? Still too early to judge for me.

 

Kandi seems done with this show. She's got Don Juan and her minions to do her heavy lifting for her. Like @DaytimeFan I can't stand Todd either and think he is coasting on her coattails.

 

SNL Notes: Oh Kate McKinnon is going to be bigger than Wiig if she finds the right vehicle. She is so good at getting into different charactes and finding the human in there. I think Aidy is also a comic genius, especially in the 90s Wilson Philips knockoff song Christmas Candle with McKinnon and Emma Stone. It was so full of perfect early 90s details that it literally took me back to watching Another World with Anne Heche and Days of our Lives just before it went stratospheric!

 

Twin Bed is another awesome one showcasing all the SNL women.

 

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Edited January 29, 2018 by Cat

[Gray Bunny]

@Cat LOL! You posted my absolute favorites! Oh my God, that candle skit is perfection.  The 1:41 mark with Aidy Bryant... 

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Another SNL side note: Nasim Pedrad never got the praise she deserved, and I was disappointed that Vanessa Bayer didn't get a proper sendoff when she left last season. 

 

Edited January 30, 2018 by Gray Bunny
SNL chicks rock :)

[ChitHappens]

Eva came in extra af!  Her thing with Will didn't make a lick of sense and was anti drama.  Shimea's decency will be her undoing even tho she would have been a better addition than Eva.  For Eva to come in so aggressive over nothing when the show is already extremely toxic is ridiculous.  How is this even a story when Cynthia has only dated this guy for 3 months?  

[Taoboi]

 

 

But Lisa did fly-by...at Nene's white party right before Wig and Kenya got into it.

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And no Dwight yet? But we got What'sHisName as Cynthia's Plus One.

 

Love your shade on Wig though.

[Cat]

 

Yikes! I forgot about Lisa at the White Party (copyright Kyle Richards) ! 

 

I love Dwight! WhatsHisName  you mean Derek J the hobbit ? 

He's the one who did most of the groundwork on Kim's wig line, getting her out of those synthetic ones and into more natural ones. As with everybody who crosses Wig's path, she uses them for all they are worth, gets them to do the work, then takes credit for the whole project and tosses them aside.

 

 

BEST MOMENT OF THE SONG!!! But nobody gif-ed it! They did gif this, however, which was second best moment:

 

 

 

I'm not surprised about the female comedians getting little fanfare when they leave, even though they are carrying the show. SNL does act woke in its content (which is down to the cast themselves and the writers room), but production-wise it is still a good ole boys club. To be female and accepted by those guys, you kind of have to be the 'Cool Girl' (eulogized in the movie Gone Girl) who pretends to be one of the guys. See: Ben Affleck's new GF who lol is a producer at SNL. 

 

I think it's part of a larger problem at NBC generally -- see Today and the Matt Lauer debacle. Those NBC execs had their bro's back until class action lawsuits became a real and present danger.

Edited January 30, 2018 by Cat

[Taoboi]

 

LOL!! Yes. I blame it on working all day because I could not remember his name for the life of me. 

 

I do hope Lisa puts in another appearance for sure. I like that while she is not a HW anymore she appears to still be in tight with Nene. 

 

Playing catchup on BH...and I never thought I would say this...but...I'M BORED.

 

I do like Teddi however. I find her interactions/observations just like other first season housewives. 

[DaytimeFan]

Teddi is way too boring and self satisfied for my liking @Taoboi - an absolute dud. 

 

BH is very boring this season. As it was last season. This franchise has burned bright and burned out. We have none of the authentic drama of the first two seasons, all the crap of an overly manufactured reality show and it's pretty clear these women don't really enjoy being with each other socially and that RHBH is a job for them and nothing more. 

 

Tonight's episode had a bit of glamour, but it was all lipstick on a pig. 

[Taoboi]

@DaytimeFan see whether it was petty...okay, it really was petty....or not, last season at least kept you in it. This one is making me feel like a chore.

[Taoboi]

BH

 

Oh, look...Lips mentioned her return to DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Fingers crossed we see some of the filming.

 

ATL

 

Any idea when they are going to film the reunion?

[Cat]

 

I haven't seen yesterday's episode yet... but I am feeling the same way about the season so far.

 

BH has not been right in the head since S6 when Eileen and Lipsa went scorched earth on LVP in a bid to exonerate themselves in front of KGBYolanda and henchwoman Erika. Everybody came out of that Stalinist purge ruined. I don't think Bravo realised how bad it was, and they kind of let the sourness drift into S7 and S8. I cannot buy anything Rinna and Dorit say on this show, because they are both the epitome of #AlternativeFacts.

 

Especially agree with the bold. LVP and Kyle have an alliance of convenience, and Kyle would probably be more at home on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, supporting her actual buddy Kris Jenner and being a guest star like Faye. However, Kyle is not into guest spots -- BH is her 'it's my time' moment. LVP has outstayed the franchise and seems more comfortable on VPR and working on divesting Villa Blanca from her portfolio.

 

Lipsa really hates LVP (becoming increasingly Brandian in her obsession btw) and Kim-by-proxy Kyle; Dorit hates Lipsa and Teddi; Teddi hates Dorit; LVP hates Lipsa, and probably Erika; and Erika hates everybody.

 

Can the show be rebooted? With half the cast? If Brandi were to return, would that be redundant? Has this show had its day? I don't know, but what I do know is that Teddi is a one-season wonder, and that this year's refocus on All Dorit All Day Long is a big mistake. PK and Dorit are grifters, and not very good ones. We can see that all this ridiculous OTT spending is going to end in the Kemsleys scurrying from their shady creditors in the dead of night to a country with no US extradition treaty.

Edited January 31, 2018 by Cat

[alwaysAMC]

OMG, Eileen got cut out of this week's episode 

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... poor Eileen, I really think Bravo and the BH producers are just bored with her.

 

http://www.eonline.com/news/910572/eileen-davidson-returns-to-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-can-t-believe-there-s-no-dorit-drama

[Gray Bunny]

@alwaysAMC Aw too bad Eileen, LOL, I would've enjoyed having her. It makes it a wee bit more organic to have a previous castmember and real-life friend come back for a chat. 
 

@Cat Your assessment of BH is sad, but true. For so long, this one was able to bounce back (see: season 4) from the highs and lows (Russell's suicide; Adrienne threatening Bravo with lawsuits; Carlton the witchypoo, Kim and Brandi's overall suckage), but now they've hit that rut that other Housewives series eventually find themselves in. 

 

On one hand, I wouldn't want the two tentpoles (LVP and Kyle) to leave because that takes away the show's brand and identity. But at the same time, we are now encountering a revolving door of new people to come in, toss things up in the air, and then leave, with the veterans staying intact for the most part. I love Rinna and am glad she's hung around for four seasons now, but she can't be taken as a serious tentpole character because she has zero credibility. 

 

Indeed, featuring Dorit so heavily this season is a terrible idea, and she's gone from mildly likable to horribly obnoxious. 

 

As my husband said while watching last week: "Teddi needs to get the hell outta my face!" LOL. She's a perfectly fine person and down to earth, but that's not what this series is all about. Beverly Hills, as it was originally established with LVP, Camille, Adrienne, Taylor, Kim and Kyle, was the high-glam richie-rich franchise, with bigger bank accounts (i.e. before Bethenny blew up) than anyone else. Endless real estate porn, car porn, lavish party porn, etc.  Teddi is cool, but we're not watching this show to see someone belittle it all. 

 

Edited January 31, 2018 by Gray Bunny