The Real Housewives of Orange County-related stories
Posted Nov 23rd 2009 9:03AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, OpEd
I haven't been as interested in
The Real Housewives of Orange County this season, and now I'm about to check out permanently. My favorite wife has left the show.
Jeana Keough said an on screen "adios" to the Real Housewives of Orange County. She's not actually moving, but she's off the show by choice.
Jeana Keough has always impressed me as the smartest, most normal and down-to-earth housewife of the bunch. She had a completely insane marriage to Matt Keough, an ex-Major League Baseball pitcher for the Oakland A's, but she worked to keep it together. Her kids were a handful.
They were all grown up and in high school or post-high school life, but Jeana was supportive and interested and tried to be a positive role model. In her finale, she was able to show her kids pursuing their lives and bringing her pride. I think Jeana's "pal" Vicki Gunvalson wishes her children were as loving to her as Jeana's are to her.
Continue reading Jeana says goodbye to Real Housewives of Orange County
Posted Sep 30th 2009 2:38AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free, Jay Leno
I'll give Leno credit for getting creative in the ways he's starting to incorporate celebrities into bits and segments. It fills time for him and gives them their plug opportunities. Tonight, he trotted out three of
The Real Housewives of Orange County for a "Battle of the Jaywalk All-Stars Challenge." And ... wow.
I don't watch
The Real Houswives of anywhere, but if this is the intellectual capacity of their "stars," then I'm glad I don't. I couldn't tell if they were putting on an act or if they were being themselves. Either way, it was obnoxious and I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle each of them. The blondes were enforcing stereotypes left and right!
If it was all an act, then that's even more unfortunate, because it means they're playing characters rather than being themselves. What? A reality show that's less than real? It was funny that their first reaction to seeing a picture of Nancy Pelosi was that she needed botox. And of course, they had no idea who she was, or anyone else.
Continue reading The Jay Leno Show: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Posted Sep 22nd 2009 11:05AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Reality Shows, Late Night, American Idol, Celebrities, Game Show, TV Squad Lists
American Idol's choice of Ellen DeGeneres as a judge replacement threw everyone for a loop, even schlubs like me who don't watch the show.
It's not that she's not talented, successful or funny. It's just an odd choice, putting a comedian on the show that takes its goal of crushing losers' dreams on live television so seriously. It would evoke the same reaction from me if they picked Andrew "Dice" Clay as the new judge, if the Diceman was talented, successful or funny.
And besides, why do they need humor and comedy on such an otherwise serious show? There are lots of humorless, vapid and downright boring shows that are crying out for comedic interjection.
Continue reading Seven shows that need funny commentators more than American Idol
Posted Jun 7th 2009 10:18AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd
You know, I have to tip my cap -- yes, I'm wearing one -- to
Bravo. It seems to me that everything NBC does wrong with their programming, the NBC Universal cable net Bravo does right. Case in point is this new innovation, if you want to call it that, the lost footage episode.
Suddenly, out of nowhere really, Bravo has been stretching their unscripted, reality shows by adding an extra show labeled
The Lost Footage.
The Real Housewives of New York City was the first I caught, but soon after there was
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Lost Footage. Coming up is one on
The Real Housewives of Orange County.
Continue reading Bravo's latest find is lost footage
Posted Apr 17th 2009 9:05AM by Eliot Glazer
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Video
The ladies of
The Real Housewives of New York City are, needless to say, a colorful bunch. The
Bravo franchise seems to have hit its stride, with each cast of
Housewives providing their own flavor. But in comparison to
Orange County and
Atlanta, the ladies of New York seem especially weird. Perhaps it's apropos to their all living in a city with crazy people at every corner, but whatever the case may be, these gals are bonkers.
Sure, the show may just be a well-delivered product of sneaky producers and menacing editors, but somebody's doing
something right in bringing out the bizarre nuances of Jill, LuAnn, Alex, Ramona, and Bethenny - although she, of the whipsmart one-liners and catchphrases, seems to be the crowd favorite (judging by ... conversations I've had with people).
Continue reading Bethenny Frankel does killer impressions (and not just of Jill Zarin)
Posted Sep 11th 2008 11:04AM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd, Pickups and Renewals
I recently started watching
Bravo. I'm not sure why. Something about those reality shows is strangely addictive. Like, no matter how screwed up my own life might be, it's nothing compared to most of the folks on those shows. I'm pretty sure that's why reality shows are so popular. It's because they make us feel so much better about our own pathetic lives.
There's a show on Bravo called
The Real Housewives of Orange County. Remember that movie
Peyton Place? Yeah, it's a lot like that. Only the women are a lot richer, and the problems are a lot more complex than they used to be in 1957. Still fascinating ... in a voyeuristic-stalker kind of way.
Continue reading The real young people of Orange County
Posted Apr 16th 2008 1:21PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Industry, Project Runway, Upfronts
You know they have to been ticked off at Bravo about losing
Project Runway to Lifetime. Still,
Bravo execs stood up at a breakfast in New York to announce their new schedule, all happy and smiling. The good news is that they still have some good stuff coming up, starting with more Kathy Griffin, another season of goofy Jeff Lewis, the house flipper, and -- oh, yeah -- one more edition of
Project Runway. Should we call in the auld lang syne edition?
Here's the rundown of what's coming back for Bravo:--
Project Runway: The last Bravo season (unless something changes) will begin in July 2008, with the usual cast of judges.
Continue reading Bravo unveils its plans for the new season
Posted Jan 11th 2007 4:04PM by Brigitte Dale
Filed under: Video, Podcasts, TV Squad Daily
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subscribe to this vodcast via our feed.Posted Jan 10th 2007 12:41PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Web
Forget streaming video on its own site, Bravo is taking its content where the people are. The network has teamed up with YouTube to preview the first episode of the second season of
The Real Housewives of Orange County. The entire episode will be up on YouTube starting tomorrow (January 11), and the episode airs on Bravo on January 16th . There's also a contest involved in the partnership. Bravo is encouraging "real housewives" to upload video of themselves doing what they do and telling their "dramatic" stories. The winner, selected by Bravo, will appear on the show and be featured on BravoTV.com, plus a trip to NY or LA for a photo shoot for Star magazine.
I guess we'll see how many "housewives" know how to upload video to YouTube.
Posted Jan 5th 2006 11:41PM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Programming, Desperate Housewives
Yet another
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous-style reality show. This time, it's from Bravo. In March,
it's looking into the world of real-life desperate housewives. The program is called
The Real Housewives of Orange
County, and the title alone sounds like a cross between
Desperate Housewives,
The O.C., and
Laguna Beach. The series features five wealthy families that live in a very exclusive gated community in
Orange County, California. Bravo says the show, of which there are seven, one-hour episodes, focuses on the daily drama
and extravagance in the lives of the ladies of the house. Most of the women aren't stay-at-home moms, but are successful
in their careers. The descriptions of the women sound intriguing: one is a big fan of plastic surgery, another is a
devout Christian, another is recently divorced, and yet another is a 20-something newcomer to the neighborhood who just
got engaged to an older resident.
The Real Housewives of Orange County premieres on Tuesday, March 21 at 10
pm.
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