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[Cheap21]

It trumnps Kelly's Scary Island rant for me and this will be the go to clip for outrageous RHoNYC moment for years to come. It should definetly win a Bravo award next year

[alwaysAMC]

Agreed! What a great finale - great scene. The girls did such a great job on WWHL afterwards too (Ramona, Heather, Luann). Andy was eating it all up.

[Gray Bunny]

What a crazy wackadoodledoo finale! That was the most bizarre party I have ever seen on one of these shows! Firstly, props to LuAnn for pointing out all the so-called pink elephants in the room (which was the majority of Sonja's guests). That was certainly an eclectic group of people who you wouldn't expect to see party together.

The Sonja/harry/LuAnn stuff was good but I'm not surprised about the rumors regarding the Sonja/Harry stuff being faked for the cameras. It didn't seem genuine.

Despite this crazy ass party, I almost wish they had done their usual fancy editing and made last week's party (Carole's birthday) the finale because they were all at a better place. It just seemed like your usual Housewives wrapup function.

Agreed. The reactions to Aviva's leg tossing are what made the scene! LuAnn crying from laughter, Ramona yelling "oh shyt!" and trying to dart from the table, Carole totally done with her loony tunes antics, Heather getting Aviva riled up. I also thought the gaggle of misfits watching the crazy unfold and their laughter made it equally hilarious. It was just a weird over-the-top event that definitely bordered on parody, as someone else mentioned.

If Heather, Ramona, and Luann's appearance on WWHL are any indication, the reunion is going to be FUN! I love how Ramona and LuAnn always rip on each other, but at the end of the day they like each other. They're the OG's of NYC and they gotta hold down this fort!

P.S. Their lil write-ups at the very end were novels! And they disappeared way too quickly from screen, you had to freeze it just to get a chance to read it all.

Edited July 23, 2014 by Gray Bunny

[Chris B]

From the descriptions it looks like LuAnn for sure will be in all 3 parts. Considering she appeared on WWHL more than Aviva, appeared on THE ACTUAL SHOW more than Aviva and is an original, that needed to happen.

[Eric83]

Aviva and her leg toss helped the show hit a season high of 1.5 million viewers. last night. Hopefully the momentum continues into the reunion.

[Cheap21]

1.5M was the season high? Ouch!

Thanks for sharing all the ratings info. Do you have any on how the wannabe Housewives show do? Like Ladies of London (why is no one watching?) and Married to Medicine?

[Eric83]

Ladies of London averaged about 800,000 viewers and Married to Medicine ratings fluctuate based on their lead in. When RHOA is on they have 2 million viewers plus and when on their own they get in the low 1's. I think Bravo views it as a show that is lead in dependent and as long as they have RHOA they'll keep getting renewed.

And yeah I am a ratings junkie

ETA: Simon's thirsty ass keeps Track of all Bravo ratings. That where I get the season averages

http://bravoratings.com

Edited July 23, 2014 by Eric83

[Cheap21]

Thanks! I see Don't Be Tardy is up there. Kim still has a show? People watch that ho? She feels so irrelevant at this point

[Chris B]

You know, in the end it turns out the rumors of LuAnn being demoted because of Jacques can't be true. We saw them have the awkward photoshoot which telegraphed that their relationship wasn't working, plus the facialist implied she was cheating on him, then she had a breakdown over it so really it WAS part of her storyline. I wonder what the real reason was.

[Chris B]

Kim is far from irrelevant. She's airing on Thursdays, a night that only has reruns with very little promo and still managed to premiere to 1.2 million viewers, which is only down 3% from last season. People always downplay Kim's success, but she brings viewers with very little help. One of the reasons I was okay with her in season 5 is because while she didn't film much with the ladies, her home life is interesting enough to carry her. I also think that as the season progressed she would've interacted more with certain wives. The main issue of contention was going on that trip which I understand considering how pregnant she was and how many kids she would be leaving at home.

Also, her show has been moved and will now air after RHONJ on Sundays.

[Gray Bunny]

Ooh, Kim's moving to Sundays? Yeah, that'll definitely help her, although it sounds like she was doing okay on her own. I'm just glad it's only a half-hour show. An hour would kill it.

Eric, as a fellow ratings junkie, I appreciate your postings It saves me the trouble of going over to TVByTheNumbers.com. A 1.5 for NYC? Sigh, I'll take it, considering they had those lows around 1 million.

I haven't been following too closely on other sites, so is it usual for Jill Zarin to still be a representative of the New York Housewives? Or do you guys think something's in the works and Bravo is working on getting some of the original ladies back?

Edited July 23, 2014 by Gray Bunny

[Chris B]

It looks like the party they filmed at Jill's house will most likely be an episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. I still find it pretty shocking that they'd film it with so many Bravo stars at her house. It can't be for nothing. Just like we know Sheree's guest spots on Kandi's show, plus WWHL were meant to ease her back into the viewers minds. I think the smartest way to use the footage would be on RHOA to do some cross promoting and also they get a New York trip out of it for Peter and Cynthia. Hell, repurpose the footage multiple times and make it an event night--RHOA followed by Millionaire Matchmaker ala RHOBH/Vanderpump Rules.

[NothinButAttitude]

Is Eileen Davidson about to join Lisa Rinna on RHOBH?!

http://www.people.com/article/eileen-davidson-joining-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-days-of-our-lives-lisa-rinna?hootPostID=d009ba87ea5bf04938756926ebe16a3a

[London]

I just read that! I would so be down that.

[John]

http://daytimeconfidential.com/2014/07/23/eileen-davidson-joins-real-housewives-beverly-hills/