So my favorite Brandiloon emails me today and asks me about this show with Kim Biermann and Nene Leakes driving cross country. The poor dear has clearly started happy hour early on the west coast. Right? Because this can’t be a real thing, RIGHT? And then I got my daily NBCu updates for the day. I thought maybe it was April Fools Day, but no… we have two more days for that. It’s actually a thing.
Sigh.
Bravo also announced renewals for Ladies of London season two, Don’t Be Tardy… season four, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles season eight and Manzo’d with Children season two. Let me pull out my purple pen and discuss these new shows with you. 
NEW SERIES:
“Après Ski” (working title)
Co-Produced by Tricon Films & Television and Bravo with Andrea Gorfolova, Jeff Hervet, Kevin Lee and Jameel Bharmal serving as Executive Producers.
When the rich and famous want the ultimate winter ski vacation, the hottest place to go is Whistler, British Columbia where breathtaking mountain adventures are only rivaled by off slope après ski extravagance. In a town where the stakes are as high as the slopes, meet the well-groomed staff at this luxurious concierge company who are the behind-the-scenes magic-makers orchestrating once in a lifetime vacations for their upscale and demanding clients.
I feel like we have heard about this before. Is this recycled? For some reason I thought it was set in Aspen previously…
“Below Deck Mediterranean”
Produced by 51 Minds Entertainment, an Endemol Company, with Mark Cronin and Courtland Cox serving as Executive Producers.
The “Below Deck” franchise is heading to the world’s oldest cruising grounds, the Mediterranean Sea, for its next super-yacht charter season. The new European setting not only provides spectacular scenery, culture and nightlife, but a whole new level of service standards and charter guest demands.
I hope that this is a brand new cast. I predict it will be good for ONE season if they don’t insult the paying guests.
“Fit Club” (working title)
Produced by Kate Little, Claire Poyser and Derek McLean of Lime Pictures, Eli Holzman, Stephen Lambert and Jacob Cohen-Holmes of All3 Media America along with Executive Producers Tess Gamboa and John Platt.
It’s survival of the fittest for New York City’s hottest trainers who are competing for the same wealthy Manhattanites and famous celebrity clients. If they can’t keep their romances, feuds and professional jealousies in check, things could get physical.
Not interested in watching anyone work out unless it involves Jackie the lesbian trainer that for some reason makes all the straight girls consider changing teams. I love her in a strange romantic way.
“Ladies of Dallas” (working title)
Produced by Goodbye Pictures with Rich Bye and Andrew Hoegl serving as Executive Producers.
From glamorous galas to scintillating scandals, and supersized spending habits, life in the elite tier of the Dallas social scene is hard to crack, and even harder to maintain. Whether driven by vanity, personal validation, or career advancement, these Lone Star ladies all share the same goal- to climb the social ladder and stay on top.
And the reason they are not calling it Real Housewives of Dallas would be?
“Married to Medicine Houston”
Produced by Fremantle North America and developed by Purveyors of Pop with Matt Anderson and Nate Green serving as Executive Producers.
The popular franchise heads to the largest medical community in the country for “Married to Medicine Houston.” These diverse and driven young doctors and wives of physicians look like they have it all— educated, sexy and at the top of their game. But peel back the layers and you will see that new obstacles might threaten their momentum. After punishing years of sacrifice and putting life on hold, how they navigate marriage, children, family and social pressure will either derail their promising careers or prove that they can have it all.
Don’t watch the Atlanta version. Won’t watch this one.
“My Fab 40th”
Produced by Fremantle North America, and developed by Purveyors of Pop, with Thom Beers, Matt Anderson, Nate Green, and Maty Buss serving as Executive Producers.
Delve into the world of extravagant 40th birthday parties where people put some serious “happy” into a righteous rite of passage. From unlimited budgets to lavish delicacies and over-the-top entertainment, fans will see why turning 40 is such a gift.
No. Just no.
“Mother Funders”
Produced by True Entertainment with Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Jen Morton and Leola Westbrook as Executive Producers.
Meet the ambitious suburban ladies of Locust Grove, Georgia’s Parent-Teacher Organization. These moms are a real class act, parlaying their executive room experience to run the local PTO and raise thousands of dollars for the town’s local elementary school. Full of teachable moments, they give new meaning to “getting schooled.”
I’ll give this one a chance. The name needs to change though.
“NeNe and Kim: The Road to Riches” (working title)
Produced by True Entertainment with Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh and Lauren Eskelin along with NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak Biermann serving as Executive Producers.
Atlanta’s “most driven” housewives— NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak Biermann— drive out of their comfort zones and across the country to discover America on a one-of-a-kind adventure. The road to LA may be paved with good intentions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t occasionally drive each other crazy.
I can’t believe this will actually happen. I can’t believe Kim actually agreed to it. She has a great set up now working just on her own family show and not having to be away from her kids. She is obsessed with the twins who she dresses every day in designer clothes pimps the designer on Instagram. Those twins are probably the prettiest baby in the world.
I will have to watch this shit for Kim. I imagine the ratings will be great. IF it makes it to air. I can see Nene (or even Kim) quitting mid-filming.
“Tour Group” (working title)
Produced by Monkey Kingdom with Will Macdonald, Jason Crosby and Amy Chacon serving as Executive Producers.
A diverse and vibrant group set out on a mind-blowing vacation through the most stunning, eclectic and exclusive destinations around the globe. With varied personalities forced together in foreign environments, will this two month dream journey become too much adventure for these jetsetters, or will they make it a permanent vacation?
I am most excited for this show. I love me some travel shows…
“Recipe for Deception”
Produced by Embassy Row and Realizer Productions with Shauna Minoprio, Matt Berkowitz and Michael Davies serving as Executive Producers.
It is a battle of secrets and knives in this fast-paced and innovative self-contained cooking competition series where a chef’s cunning is almost as important as their culinary skill. In each stand-alone episode host Max Silvestri guides four new chefs through head-to-head elimination rounds in which they are tasked with creating a stunning dish featuring a main ingredient. The twist is that they have no idea what that ingredient is while cooking. Based on the popular parlor game ‘Two Truths and a Lie,’ competing chefs ask each other three “yes or no” questions to determine what their mystery ingredient is, and their opponent answers strategically with two truthful answers and one outright lie. If you can’t stand deceit, get out of the kitchen.
WTF? Are they cooking blindfolded? IDGI. Sounds dumb.
Alright, what are you going to watch?
Sorry, Bravo, I won’t watch anything with Nene. Love Kim, but can NOT stand the other.
i won’t watch either Ronny…..can’t stand the “new” NeNe. The old one from 5 years ago yes, this new one…not so much.
I won’t watch a thing with either in it. Never watched the spin offs. I liked them together at first, but that chemistry is gone. I doubt they can get viewers to fall for this new start.
Ditto, Ronny Anne!
I will be watching 0.0% of these shows. Can’t believe the renewed Manzo’s with children. Children? And who cares about this family?
I do! I DO! I had trouble keeping up with it last time because it’s half an hour. I wish they would just do an hour at a time.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I agree with all of the above commenters, none of these sound like they would pique my interest and I am going to have to start drawing the line somewhere on my self intervention lol.
I am with you on this one. I would not waste one minute on any manzo show.
Ditto
That posted in the wrong place. The ditto is for Ronny Ann’s comment. No to Nene. I can’t take her…even with Kim.
NeNe was only likeable and funny with Kim as her friend or enemy. Too bad that ship has sailed and we are now saying, “Bye Wig” to NeNe.
Did you see that freak wig?
I will definitely be watching Nene and Kim.
Thanks TT. I’ve been waiting, and hoping, for your comments on this new info. Nene and Kim – just shoot me in the head now. Sounds like a stolen idea from Oprah and Gale’s Roadtrip shows. I just can’t take any more Nene – when I see her every nerve in my body lights up in a very unpleasant way and my blood pressure spikes. And Kim, she’s just stupid and spoiled. Cute kids though.
The production company is actually COMPARING it to Oprah and Gayle.
Ugh.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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There’s your sign!
Nene and Kim are gay??!
Tee Hee
Sounds more like “The Simple Life” to me…
Lololololol no friggin way, gayle and Oprah, lololololol I’m going to wet myself
Sequoia, I agree. More like Parris Hilton and Nicole Richie.
You know Bravo is devoid of ideas when Nene and Kim are cast in a remake of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie’s “The Simple Life”
I agree about nene ,she’s just too damn ugly to watch
Has Nene even met all of Kim’s children? I found them a snore on WWHL how are they going to pull off a season of shows? Nene will have to be richer and more spoiled than Kim or it won’t work.
Tiny and shekina also did a road trip
Tour Group and Mother Funders sound promising. Kim and NeNe? God help me, but I will give it a shot just to see if NeNe can redeem herself.
Well, Kroy did just take a drastic pay-cut, so maybe Kim’s just trying to strike while the iron’s hot? If they mostly show their fun sides from the early years, this will be a watchable show for me. No word of Euros of Hollywood this go-round, I guess? Being a Texan, I am VERY interested in Ladies of Dallas (or whatever they’ll end up calling it), and am very happy Ladies of London is getting a second season!
You nailed it with everything I was thinking when I read this earlier today. But with the addition of I CAN’T BELIEVE the Manzos are coming back! UGH. That show was unwatchable.
I can’t believe they would bring the Manzo’s back…horrible show and will not be watching. I think Andy pulled a lot of strings to get this show back on the road.
Actually, it’s a popular show. Y’all are just not the right audience. Don’t Be Tardy and Manzo’d don’t have all the brawling and drinking and arguments you prefer. They are just fun happy shows.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Just the Nene & Kim show I think. And, like you – only for Kim. Does this mean we won’t have to deal with Nene on RHOA?? (I know, wishful thinking.) BTW – good to see you TT 😉
Thanks got your note. Sorry I didn’t get a chance to respond. Lots of stuff going on today! Oddly, some of it is requests for the post on the wedding that shall not be names., lol.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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All is now right with the world.
No……not because Nene and Kim have a fucking show.
Because YOU are back, Ms Tattles. Your caustic wit is just the tonic we need in a crazy world. Soooo many of us enjoy and look forward to every post.
Thank you for your work.
Never worry about not getting back. Busy is good!! Well, some days!!
Oh – I forgot — I do watch ladies of Lindon… So I’ll watch season 2.
I liked that show, too. Am wondering if the woman whose boyfriend died will be back. That must have been rough.
Your boyfriend plunging to his death and being skewered on a fence is no reason to stop filming a reality show. 🙂
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:44 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I’m assuming his suicide (murder?) is the reason they got renewed. I recently rewatched season 1. It was creepy watching him knowing what had happened. His gf was such a bitch to him!
But of course I’ll watch. I have a love/hate thing with Ladies of London.
@LadyCocotte- I do not think the suicide was the reason this show got renewed. I enjoyed it, I like a lot of these ladies, including Caroline who I warmed up to as the season went on. I thin a lot of people liked the show.
I love Ladies of London. It was just nice to experience a London that I don’t know personally.
Maybe Ladies of ____ is Bravo’s way of having housewives the younger generation. Kinda how Hell in Heels or whatever the one with Mika, Melissa, Demetria etc is young black housewives of New York.
I’m all in. Can’t wait to see Nene and Kim together again. RHOA can eat rocks right before taking a sh… 🙂
Bravo needs to be called Barfo.
I’ll make a point to watch the Dallas ladies, the one about the PTO just because I imagine it will be like Harper Valley PTA (or at least that is what I’m hoping it will be like), and yes, I will watch Kim and Nene doing their cross country show because I still like them together damnit. I want the show to be good but I’m not getting my hopes up. I’d actually watch a show about Kim’s kids. They could just roll the security camera footage of those cute little nugget twins.
I know! I don’t have a desire for my own kids and I only like my students for the most part, but those twins are just unbelievable and should be in a zoo type exhibit in their natural habitat where we could visit them just like the giraffes and other animals.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Fab 40 yawn, fit club I can just go to the local ymca and watch that fun, and I never really got into the original married to medicine so I don’t think I’ll watch this one. The rest I will probably give a try. How Kim has time to travel across country with that many kids is a mystery. I can’t even go to the bathroom without one of my 2 knocking on the door. But I’m interested to watch. I thought her getting out of the RHOA drama was the best thing for her so I hope this doesn’t ruin my perception of her traveling with Nene, cause Kim is one I actually like watching. Love her show with Kroy hope her hanging out with Nene doesn’t make he’s less likable.
I think Kim is hilarious! Definitely will be watching her new show.
Why is it Ladies of London, and not RHOL? I watched that one but not religiously.
Well the idea behind Kim and Nene’s show seems interesting, at least it did a good 10 years ago when FOX used that format for the second and third season of The Simple Life. Kim and Nene are no Paris and Nicole though. Poor Nene, all that talk about how she’s arrived and how in demand she is in Hollywood and New York and yet she can’t even get her own spinoff on Bravo without attaching herself to Kim. It will be interesting to watch in a train wreck sorta way I guess plus even though there’s both nightmares when they’re crossed they always were kin of fun when they were getting along. I’m curious to see who comes along with them – Sweetie or Greg? You know neither one of those girls are going to drive the other one around the country.
I can’t stand Nene or Kim so I won’t watch but I’m wondering how Paris Hilton will feel about this show. She’s already taking credit for reality tv so this rip-off will only give her more fuel.
I’ll watch Kim and NeNe if for nothing else but to see if they kill each other. Loved Ladies of London. Won’t watch m2m houston. Know the type. Will check out Ladies of Dallas but they better be actual rich people from the bubble. Tour group sounds interesting. Below deck turned me off last season so no to that and the ski one. Will Mother Funders be anything but Mothers embarrassing their kids?
Im pretty sure there’s a quote out there where Andy said there will be no other ‘Real Housewives’ cities and I think he’s even specifically mentioned they tried a Real Housewives of Dallas but it didn’t work. I guess they finally found a good (read:crazy) group of women to shoot but Andy is being a stickler about not adding to the RH roster of cities and thinks Ladies of London was successful enough to launch a new franchise. I was expecting them to save the ‘Ladies’ name for just foreign locations. Anyways, I’ve lived in Dallas my whole life and know there’s plenty of material for a good show whatever they decide to name it.
Andy now has his own production company, which primarily consists of the Real Housewives franchise. I wonder if, by not calling it Real Housewives, Bravo doesn’t have to deal with Andy’s company.
OOOOH you is smaht! I bet you are right.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:06 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Good point! I forget that Andy is no longer in charge of all the programming
I was thinking that Andy might have “rights” to shows being named “Real Housewives of …”, and Bravo may need his permission to use it, and owe him a cut if he lets them use it? TT?
never mind … this is pretty much what sequoia said …
I will probably watch the ski one, the cooking one, the travel one, and maybe one or two of nene and Kim until they get on my nerves (episode 2 I’m thinking) none of these look very promising. Seems like old ideas repackaged into knock off versions of other shows. They’ll be lucky if one of the new shows make it to second season.
Omg so many new shows! Thanks Tamara for the run down 🙂 I will never be great in life cause now I’m gonna be stuck in front of the tv for the next year trying to watch all this new shaaaat!
Le sighhhhh
Won’t be watching don’t like nene sorry
I’m kind of excited about Below Deck Mediterranean. I’m hoping it will be a classy version of the original Below Deck. Right? Sigh. Never mind. I’m sure it will be just as crass as the 1st. Why do I set myself up for disappointment? I’m so sick of Bravo. And yet I can’t stop watching. I’m in an abusive relationship with Andy Cohen.
I’m trying REALLY hard not to get my hopes up about Below Deck on the Med. It could be such a great show if they would just not FORCE it so much. Maybe they will have overseas production company that won’t fuck it up.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Sexy European crew wouldn’t hurt either.
GO NENE!! While all the other non-Housewives spend their days blogging, she just keeps going and going and going!!
Are you kidding me? Going where? Who does Broadway and come back to reality TV?
Dallas and ANYTHING with Kim
Will watch: Apres Ski, Below Deck, and Kim and Nene
Will not watch: Fit Club, M2M, Mother Funders, or Recipe for Deception
Will try that My Fab 40 birthday show and see if anything truly is fabulous.
It would be more fun to watch Kim and Kroy travel the country in a big fancy RV. The nannies, the kids, the wigs…I don’t want to see NeNe doing anything with anyone anywhere.
This.
NeNe and Kim don’t seem far enough removed from a trailer to make this funny/ironic.
I agree with you on that. I bought an old RV from a neighbor two years ago and have been fixing it up. So far I’ve taken it from Georgia to Michigan twice, and once from Georgia to Louisiana. I’m a woman in my late fifties and I drove it by myself with just my dog, and we had a great time. We drove when we wanted and stopped and saw what we wanted. We rarely stayed in RV parks; we parked for free at WalMart, Flying J Travel Centers, and Cracker Barrel restaurants and I had TV, hot water, and electricity on board using the generator. It’s a great way to travel.
Now if Kim and Kroy were to take off like that, you know they’d have one of those $500K jobs with bunks for the kids in back, a full soaking tub for Kim, and they’d have two or three nannies trailing along with another vehicle. No way Kim would rough it with the kids for a month or so. And they’d pay $60/night to stay in campgrounds with swimming pools and rec rooms for the kids.
Oops, I missed Ladies of Dallas (will watch) and Tour Group (will try).
Love Whistler, so I’ll be watching Apres Ski. No way I’ll be able to watch Kim and Nene. I shocking enjoy Kim’s show, but Nene’s nasty ass trotting across the country claiming how rich she is and just being rude about everything that’s different in her eyes sounds excruciatingly painful. Please stop sending these ungrateful women on fabulous trips. I can’t stand one more housewives trip to an amazing location only to watch them scream at each other and comment on how different other cultures are. Uh, duh!
Kim ALWAYS had a reason not to go on the trips. It makes no sense to me that she is willing to do this. I get she made up with NENE but recreating the bus tour is not something that should considered. Ever.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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That bus tour! Nene bug eyed screaming “I am not Sweetie”! Funny shit!
I agree. They both must need the money. I don’t think it’s a good move for Kim. Nene is still envious of Kim. I predict trouble…
I think kandi once said Kim hates to fly so a bus would be okay. I will watch this in hope that it will be season 1 kim and nene.
Is this entire PR an April Fools joke? I mean would a major network actually send out a fake PR for an April fool’s joke? I know the renewed shows are real, but maybe all of the “New Series” are fake? I just can’t see Kim agreeing to this especially when she already has her own show.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
> Kim ALWAYS had a reason not to go on the trips. It makes no sense to me > that she is willing to do this. I get she made up with NENE but recreating > the bus tour is not something that should considered. Ever. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Tamara Tattles [email protected]> wrote: > >>
I got an Aprils Fools joke today, they are going out early, so it could be a joke. I can’t see Kim doing a road trip with Nene or vice versa.
Why is this so shocking to you? They are both media whores with horrible spending habits – they need the money and want to thumb their noses at the other RHOA cast members. That is all. I wont be watching.
It could be. Last week, Burger King announced the upcoming release of their newest product: Cologne that smells like a Whopper. They said it would come out April 1st.
It would be funnier watching NeNe and Kim studying for/taking various tests/challenges (Scripps Spelling Bee, MENSA, G.A.T.E., etc) against CHILDREN!
I’m shocked like you TT that Kim would agree to work with Nene. I kept having flashbacks to the last day Kim was on RHOA storming out of the restaurant and quitting because Nene was all up in her grill about not going on the trip and having excuses. Ahem, just like Nene did on last night’s episode. It was ugly, even Kroy told the cameramen to get out of his face, I recall. So there’s that. But I guess the bottom line is fame and money. Stretch it out as long as possible. I cannot watch Nene in anything. Hopefully this means she’s off of RHOA. And if that’s the case, hallelujah. I love fitness shows. I watched Jackie. She didn’t convert me to a lesbian but I liked that show. Wasn’t it weird how that trainer predicted his own death and then died in the same season he predicted he would die. I never understood that. I almost didn’t believe it. But he did die. I’ll watch the Fit Club and Ladies of London (have to catch up on that), and Below Deck.
I’m wondering if Kim has forgotten how NeNe attacked her on the bus that time, and wonder if that’s going to be their mode of travel once again?
I will definitely watch Ladies of London-liked it a lot. Interested in Below Deck Mediterranean, so I will give it a chance. No go on all the other shows. Maybe Nene will apologize to Kenya and Cynthia at the reunion to gain viewer support to watch her show with Kim, who she claimed she would never speak to again. I won’t watch this Oprah-Gayle roadtrip to hell~Hell No!!
No, thanks. I will pass on all. I don’t need to waste any more time watching people toss money around and go for each other’s throats. I was away from cable long enough to go through withdrawal. Now, like Kim, I am in “recovery”, even though I do watch Atlanta and BH now and then. That doesn’t mean I’m still an addict, does it?
Yes. It’s all or nothing, Cat! Just ask Kim Richards.
Oooh, I’ll watch M2m Houston. Both my brother and his wife did their residencies and fellowships at Baylor and all the hospitals attached to it. My bro was one of DeBakey’s residents. It’s a cutthroat world in a HUGE medical complex. I hope Bravo doesn’t fuck this up.
Thanks for the update, TT.
You had me scared for a sec that my phone had been hacked by some mid east terrorists, then I started to get anxiety you were gone for good.
The line up sounds like a lot of crap, I do watch crap. I may find Nene too much for my emotional health, she infuriates me, will give them a small chance. I would never enter a vehicle with someone that threatened to strangle me in one previously. They both must be desperate enough for more fame and fortune to endure anything. I do not for a minute think they are true friends. Nene doesn’t have that gene.
Harper Valley PTA.
Ah, so that’s why Kim and Nene were all ass-kissy on WWHL. How is Nene gonna spin this, her being such a hotshot actress now?
Kim must have a death wish!! I doubt I will watch! I may watch Fit Club and Tour Group though!!! I really need to do more traveling!
Know what I’m not going to watch? My super sweet 16 desperate 40 year old edition.
I will keep one eye out for Kim and Nene. Unfortunately, I’m afraif Kim has progressed to Very Likeable while nene has become Very very Very Unlikeable. I can’t see Nene rolling her haughty obnoxiouse Nene back and Kim will not put up with it. I hope Kim smacks that bitch down and nene will bail out.
I’d love to see Kim smack NeNe’s ass down to the curb, but we don’t really think that will happen, do we? Not unless Kroy has been giving Kim self-defense courses, Montana-style. Now that would be something to see. Kim always backed down off NeNe but she did tell her about her ass. Which is what infuriated NeNe so badly in the first place.
Excited for Ladies of London, love Josh Flagg on MDLLA, and Kim, Kroy and kiddos make me laugh.
I usually give everything on Bravo a chance, but I predict I’ll regularly watch Below Deck, Tour Group, Après Ski (lived in a ski town in my twenties). Strongly dislike Married to Medicine, so that’s likely a pass…
Another platform for Nene makes my head hurt. The minute she perceives Kim getting more attention she will go bat shit crazy and pop her wig. I can’t take another minute of her redonkulous ‘Brotway’ accent.
Don’t you wish she would pop her Mr. Ed veneers?
MR. ED! I’m from the generation that remembers that show when it first came out. “a horse is a horse, of course, of course….” My sister and I used to run to the TV when we heard the theme song to get the best place on the little 4 x 6 rug.
Ladies of Dallas? Probably not a HW franchise because Andy’s production company is not involved. Once we get names of participants, I’ll start the local search for behind the scenes info. That idiotic show Dallas Social Club filmed at the highrise across from ours, so I got to see plenty of their parties from my balcony. And the A: List Dallas that was on Logo? Oy. They filmed across from my place of work so often we joked that we watched it just to see if any of our unblurred faces made it in (we didn’t).
The Dallas show what was on Style Network? Didn’t actually have anything to do with Dallas except for one of the participant’s daughter’s job at the Cupcakery. Everything was filmed in Fort Worth or one of the suburbs.
Checking with the Dallas Film Commission weekly you can kind of see where things are being filmed, so I’ll keep an eye on it.
Wasn’t Life Twirls On suppose to start in April? Can’t watch another bravo show.
and I believe Apres Ski was announced at the upfront LAST year but hasn’t aired yet, which is always the sign of quality.
I think I’m the only one that believes this show will not last but so long or pull the same RHOA ratings. Never was a fan of Kim and NeNe… Bleh.
I predict the premiere pulling big numbers, and after that viewers will eventually tune out.
I will be watching ‘Mother Funders’ (please Bravo, change the name), I’m on the board at our school and it is a hot mess. You have no clue how ridiculous people get. We have been joking all year about this being a great idea for a Bravo show.
I was president for 3 years at our Elementary school. We had fabulous fundraisers… Shoot me an email, Jen and I’d love to share some of our secrets!
The money is not the problem, it’s the parents!
I think the cooking show thing is bullshit as well. You can’t cook with a main ingredient you can’t look at.
I randomly looked up some production companies I didn’t recognize and they are real…
So who knows….
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Is the Dallas show the spinoff/remake of an older show that was similar to Real Housewives but on a different network? I can’t recall the name of the show but Leslie was on the show with her niece pushing a pageant business, one of the moms was going through a divorce and her daughter was trying to get into modeling/pageants. It was set up that they were all members of the same country club. Sorry for the vague comment-I was wondering what happened to them and was hoping they’d wind up on another network!
Big Rich Texas! One of my all-time trashy faves!
The write up for Mother Funders is of particular interest to me. My sister has lived in Locust Grove for 15 years and it is straight up COUNTRY. I’d love to see these mothers with “executive room experience” try to pass themselves off as locals pitching in at the PTA.
If Kim and Nene check their egos at the door, and go back to the way the were on season one of RHOA, that would be an awesome show. They reminded me so much of me and my best friend before. I’ll still watch and hope for the best but expect the worst.
It makes me think of that show with Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie. The Simple Life?
Yes, The Simple Life! Can you imagine Kim or Nene “roughing it” in a pink Escalade? Lol
The show was called Big Rich Texas and it was on Style. The lawsuits around it were legendary, with cast members suing each other over really petty nonsense. Style did not do their homework when casting and did not include the no-suing part in the cast members’ contracts, resulting in much mess.
Anything but the endless repeats of Sex and The City.
Amen!
Thanks for the post, TT. I’ll watch whatever you are watching because you always manage to make even the worst shows entertaining.
Glad you’re back Tamara!
Yes! Below Deck Med, Dallas, M2M
Maybe- Mother Funders (ugh)
Absolutely Not!- Aspen (redeaux) Fit Club, Fab 40 (gawd really?) and Gayle + Oprah
I swear… Bravo is tv-crack.
I guess Greg will be driving a minivan behind Nene and Kim toting all the wigs. Actually the wigs may be more interesting and surely less annoying than Nene. Like mentioned above I would have much rather watched Kim, Kroy and those cute little nuggets travel around and vacation. Not ritzy places but like when Kroy made them go camping. You know taking the big family to Disney and the waterpark.
We have been going to Whistler for about thirty years so twelve years ago we bought a vacation home there. It is lovely both summer and winter. I will definitely have a look at Apres Ski just to see what they do with a TV series about the area.
I liked some of the people on Ladies of London so I will take another look at that series too.
Does anyone know if the casting for RHOC and BH has been announced?
Noooooooooo. These all sound terrible.
I really can’t believe Kim would leave her kids for that long. Maybe they’ll come with? Either way, not interested. No Nene for me.
Real Housewives of Atlanta working title was Ladies of Atlanta when the show was cast. I remember Kim saying that she thought it sounded like a soft porn show…
Confirmed: they’ve officially run out of ideas.
I’ll give a chance to
The Real HousewivesLadies of Dallas though. Could be fun, depending on who they cast.That Kim and NeNe thing? Oh, hail NO! A retread of Oprah & Gayle, The Simple Life, Almost Royal, (among many others) starring two stupid twats sounds beyond painful. Just imagining NeNe’s ignorant reactions to people while continuing to butcher the English language makes me cringe. Kim isn’t the most worldly, sophisticated creature either. Just yuuch.
I might watch that PTO show if they have Barbara Eden in a miniskirt and a bump-it. Otherwise, I’ll pass!
Don’t forget Tiny Tameka Harris and Shekina’s Weave Road Trip in their hair salon van.
Kim better go emergency shopping tomorrow and buy every damn cute scarf and turtle neck she can justify as an outfit to rig as a neck protectant, because the strangle is IMMINENT.
I always figured missing the strangle was on Andy’s top 5 regrets lists – like where most people would have “spent more time with deceased parent” – Andy’s #1 is “bravo cameras not deployed fast enough to capture nene strangling Kim”
Somewhere in America right now, Andy Cohen has his fingers crossed in his pocket waiting for this moment, while somewhere else in America nene is doing push-ups with a militant lesbian trainer prepping for the moment.
Explains why Andy still coddles Nene.
This explains why Nene purchased the mansion. She cant go on a reality show with Kim and not have an equally or more impressive home to display during filming.
I wondered why she put $750K down and financed over a million when she could have just paid that much outright and owned a nice house. Am I wrong in thinking $750K would buy something really nice in Atlanta? Nice, but not opulent, which is apparently not good enough for NeNe.
You’re right in that it had to be toe-to-toe with Kim. Anything she ever got, including a blonde wig, NeNe had to have. NeNe was always insanely jealous of Kim, hence the assaults and constant belittling.
She wanted to “skin her and wear her like last year’s Versace!”
Not surprised by the down payment/mortgage arrangement. If you pay for a house outright you miss out on the tax deductions/benefits. But I agree she is jealous of Kim and copies her in every way – even down to the hideous blonde wigs.
LOL. The way you people think about money is so funny.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Does anyone think this show is a lot like The Simple Life?
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
> LOL. The way you people think about money is so funny. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Tamara Tattles [email protected]> wrote: > >>
How do you know what the down payment was? I don’t think that information is in the public record, just between Nene and her lender, which is BOA, if karma is a real thing 😀
@TT: Yeah, that logic astounds me. Flush away $10,000 on interest to “save” $1,000 on taxes. But then, that kind of financial “acumen” is likely what has kept NeNe a renter all this time.
Boy, you are spot on about Nene and Kim.
I like reality shows. I get a kick out of Nene, Kim and all of the idiotic characters on all the shows. They are like cartoon characters and I think they are funny.
Rhobh—OC or NJ.. They never get me upset or mad.
I never want to write and demand that Andy Cohen fire anybody; I never sign a petition that anyone be removed.
But then again, I never got upset over Barney Fife, Lucy and Ethel or the Fonz.
You are sane and have the right attitude. I don’t know what has happened with me; I do get all involved in this when I should be doing other stuff that makes sense. I need some reality show rehab about like Kim Richards needs her dope intervention.
@Maisey So if you never get upset, complain, never protest why do you care if anyone else does? Just curious….
Well, I would never write to any network to fire someone. I would just simply turn the channel. I cant stand that MANZO woman, and have never once viewed one minute of her show, and her weird GROWN ADULT children. Does that make any sense, to call them children? I don’t invest to much in these shows, because I know they are in front of cameras, giving BRAVO want they want, which is self created DRAMA.
I’m with you, Gemini. If I don’t like it—- I just don’t watch it. No harm, no foul. Totally agree about Manzo and her dependent spawn. Lol.
And yet, both @Nancy and @Maisey chose to plant their comments smack in the middle of a blog with very passionate readers/commenters. I’m thinking you’re posers.
Yes, I see you are not invested at all and never watch the show with those Manzo people. You just hate them because you are not invested and do not pay them any attention or discuss them on blog sites. Because You don’t care.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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You know what I was just thinking? There was a show called the Simple Life that was on a long time ago. I bet this Kim and Nene sow will be just like that.
I love thinking about Paris’s family. I think every subject is a mere two degrees away from Paris. I wish there were some books about her. I want to think and talk about her all the time.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
> Yes, I see you are not invested at all and never watch the show with > those Manzo people. You just hate them because you are not invested and do > not pay them any attention or discuss them on blog sites. Because You don’t > care. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Tamara Tattles [email protected]m> wrote: > >>
Ladies of London and Million Dollar Listing LA, yay!
I feel like bravo needs to stop making us watch people pretending to be rich. Just go ahead and show a group of “Thirty-Somethings: Still Living at Home”, “Real Housewives of Lakefront Mobile Homes”, “People Who Drive Cars They Can’t Afford”, “I’m a Sugar Baby”, etc. I bet the drama is better and it’s more entertaining than watching Real Housewives of ATL: Single, Wigged, and Pretending I’m Not an Escort. (Allegedly)
LOL!! This I would like to see. There is one that’s kind of realistic, Myrtle Beach Manor, about the residents of a trailer park, that’s kind of fun to watch. I don’t live far from MB and so I can kind of relate to the Southern vibe of that show.
Your titles are very funny!
😀 Also, “Once Upon a Felon on a Mattress”
“I’m pretending to be 26 weeks pregnant but my due date is tomorrow.”
I’m watching “Drama Dools”, “Below Dreck” , “Shats of Sunset”….
TT – I am with you on Jackie!!!!!!!!! I’d switch teams for her!
I suspect Kim and Nene’s car will be followed by a luxury trailer filled with Biermann Babies. Or maybe Bravo will fly her in for 5 hours of shooting in each new local for the staged “road trip”, then jet her home to be with family.
Must have offered her big $$$ AND a way to be with her family.
The show does have potential to have a fun, “Thelma and Louise” vibe….
I actually live at the lake. We have basically the wealthy lawyers and doctors and then the blue collar families that a lot do live in mobile homes. The power struggle is real. Tough hard working women and prissy entitled woman. The PTA meetings at school are a riot sometimes. I’d watch!!!
Nene and Kim are EP’s now? I guess so that’s why she can buy that 2.1 million dollar house. Bravo seems desperate and maybe she will leave the Atlanta housewives now. I guess we will be hearing her brag about this now. I’m on Broadway, I’m cashing these Donald Trump Checks, I’m executive producing a show. Shut up!
Once again, those executive producing titles are not about money. It’s sort of like getting an honorary doctorate. The are not producing anything, it’s a title. And it MIGHT give them a TINY bit of editing discretion. The REAL executive producers are the ones LAYING OUT the money and taking the risk.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I just can’t (or won’t) get invested in a show with Kim&Nene, it won’t last. Immediately after the first episode, the whole season will revolve around “will she or won’t she” take the first plane out of wherever they are, to return to their “more fabulous” life. Let’s face it, Kim does have the perfect excuse to high tail it home (those babies are adorbs!). So, the first time Nene threatens to choke the s*it out of Kim, she will be outta there (“I miss my babies”)! No way there will be a second season, it will be hard to have enough to complete the first.
Oh, here comes The Simple Life. Oh, wait…
Your going to recap Kim & Nene? I thought you hated Nene, with a passion!! I think the show’s concept is lame, but it might be interesting to see them interact. Maybe now Nene will leave ATL and leave the petty bitches to their own devices, as we watch them turn on each other. Who will BRAVO bring in to dethrone Queen Kenya? Cynthia will go with whatever “team” is popular, or will do as Peter tells her to do.
People like you assume a lot of things. You might notice that my “hate” is for stupid shit people DO.
I do not believe this show will ever happen.
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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Why on God’s green earth would anyone want more Nene ? I’d rather eat dirt or paste in Tee Cee’s honor.
Where did that Yankee bitch TeeCee go anyway?
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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The angry dirty bird or the car rental agency?
I think this is awesome. Love…love both of them. My favorite two housewives!!
Southern Charm is back! Southern Charm is back! Thomas needs to kick that Katherine to the curb. Send her money and mooooove on. The level of insane jealousy she exhibits is typical of her youth and maturity level.
Tiny and Shekinah already did this show on VH1. I guess they want to do it with 40 year olds. Skip me with that show..
-_- Really, Bravo?
“Married to Medicine: Houston” the “Dallas Housewives”-ish show and MAYBE “Below Deck: Med” are the only rookies that do anything for me. And the LAST thing we need is another got-damn cooking show…
When they come to Oz, which they will at some point, I will watch Ladies of London and Ladies of Dallas and Married to Medicine Houston because I liked Married to Medicine. How come you guys all seemed to hate Married to Medicine??
These suck. Recipe for Deception….maybe. none of the rest.
I’ve been eagerly waiting for your reaction to the new NeNe and Kim show. How did I miss this post?? I love Kim; I detest NeNe. I would have enjoyed this show a few years ago, before NeNe made herself so un-watchable. They must be throwing a lot of money at Kim for her to agree to leave those beautiful children. I am picturing an alcohol and cigarette fueled road show.
Excited about Below Deck Mediterranean. Fit Club…maybe. I’m with you…..Why not just offer Jackie Warner whatever money she wants to do a new show. Love her! My Fab 40th…What is this? A Sweet Sixteen show for adults? Sounds insufferable. Tour Group sounds promising, as long as they don’t behave like uneducated twits like the Real Housewives on vacation! .
Recipe for Deception…The chefs don’t know the secret ingredient while they’re cooking it?? Add nose plugs to that blindfold. A stand-alone format with new contestants each week is boring. If Top Chef used that format, the show wouldn’t be nearly as enjoyable to watch.
I really want to see the Tour show.
And, Kim’s pretty babes ~ why the he\\ not.