Bravo made some formal announcements today. Somethings we knew or simply just expected, and some is new stuff. Let’s take a look at them.
The Returning Shows
Joining the previously announced returns of the critically acclaimed scripted series “Imposters” and “Odd Mom Out” as well as the Emmy Award-winning “Top Chef” and the Emmy nominated “Million Dollar Listing New York,” the network confirms new season orders for some of its most talked about series. Summer premieres will include “The Real Housewives of Orange County,” and “Shahs of Sunset,” and coming later are new seasons of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” “Flipping Out,” “Don’t Be Tardy,” “Married to Medicine,” “Below Deck,” “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles,” “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “The Real Housewives of Dallas,” Emmy Award-Winning “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” “Summer House” and “Vanderpump Rules.”
There are only a few things to mention here. First of all, if you didn’t watch season one of Imposters, you missed a GREAT show. The finale fell apart for some of us, but I cannot be more excited for a Season Two. Find this show On Demand or by any means necessary.
I cannot believe that anyone watched Summer House. According to BravoWhore.com, my go to site for Bravo ratings and friend of this site, the show averaged 641,400 views. And it declined from beginning to end. Why??? Ditto RHOD who had an average of 892,364 views according to BravoWhore. I always forget Married to Medicine exists. It averaged right at a million viewers in Season 4. Good news for M2M fans, I have a really good recapper for the next season who has all sorts of connections to the show. I still won’t watch, but I think fans will love the new writer.
The New Shows
“Bethenny and Fredrik Property Project” (Working Title)
Produced by Leftfield Pictures and B Real Productions with Brent Montgomery, Bethenny Frankel, David George, Jordana Hochman, Will Nothacker, Jason Hollis, and Fredrik Eklund serving as Executive Producers.
This new series follows two fan favorite powerhouses, Bethenny Frankel and Fredrik Eklund, as they come together in their new venture as real estate moguls and business partners. Viewers will watch as they tackle the ups and downs of scouting, buying and designing multimillion-dollar properties. The series shows a side of Bethenny and Fredrik, often through their humorous dynamic, that fans have never seen before as they make big flipping gambles in the hopes of even bigger payouts.
I don’t get it.
How does Fredrik have time for this? Why would a guy who is making multi-million dollar sales every day, and already has a show about that suddenly become a house flipper. It’s like Anthony Bourdain deciding to do a show about being a brunch chef at the Four Seasons with Zoila from flipping out. Does Bethenny even have time for this? It’s not that I hate the concept. I will surely tune in to watch. But it just seems odd to me. And these two will not remain friends after this. I am telling you now.
“Sell it Like Serhant”
Produced by World of Wonder with Randy Barbato, Fenton Bailey, Tom Campbell and Danielle King serving as Executive Producers along with Ryan Serhant and Rob Bola as Co-Executive Producers.
It doesn’t matter what you’re selling–if you know your client and your product, a good salesman can sell anything to anyone. No one exemplifies this better than the leader of one of the top real estate teams in the U.S., Ryan Serhant (“Million Dollar Listing New York”). In this new series, Ryan puts his sales skills to the ultimate test when he answers the call of struggling sales representatives, desperate for his expertise. While Ryan learns the tricks of a particular trade, he will also give under-performing employees a head-to-toe business overhaul and turn them into sales machines.
So basically, Ryan is going to mentor salespeople in a variety of wacky fields and help them with their marketing plan. Sounds like a half hour show. I hate half hour shows. I’m fine with funny Ryan on MDLNY and not so sure I need more of it. Time slot will be important here.
“Relationshep”
Produced by Haymaker Productions with Aaron Rothman, Irad Eyal, Kate Fisher and Michael Meinecke serving as Executive Producers. Sarah Steinfeld serves as Co-Executive Producer.
This new series follows Charleston’s most eligible and loveable singleton, Shep Rose, as he ventures to various cities across the country in the hopes of finding true love and a committed relationship. Shep is a complicated bachelor, and the right match will have to effortlessly fit into his particular lifestyle which ranges from black tie galas to surfing with him in Costa Rica. As Shep leaves Charleston to look for “the one,” he calls upon his friends in various cities from New York to LA to help set him up with women in hopes that they are a perfect match.
This one I know a bit about. Bravo is having a huge struggle with filming permits for this show. Shep lives on Isle of Palms and Bravo is trying to get filming permits. Last I heard it is not going well. The city council was divided over the issue and the ninth person on the council was unable to attend the first vote because he’s a CPA and the vote was on tax day. They were supposed to revisit the vote this past Tuesday and I haven’t checked with my source on how that went. Here is the situation, IOP is desperately looking for ways to bring more revenue to the town, but they HATE Southern Charm. The four female council members all voted AGAINST allowing filming and the four men (including the mayor) in attendance, voted for it. The ninth member is male. That coupled with the fact that Bravo agreed to drop the request to film on the beach and limit filming to Shep’s place (which is on the beach) and another venue or two. I predict they probably got their permits and IOP got a revenue increase. IOP is my favorite place in the world and I wish they would stop publicizing it. It’s already been ruined by Wild Dunes.
I think Shep has been filming some of this already on his drunken world tour he has been on. It’s Bravo’s version of The Bachelor. And we all know there is no ring or long-term relationship at the end. That said, I am in. I like anything with travel and screwing random people while traveling.
“Southern Charm New Orleans”
Produced by InventTV and Vainglorious Productions with Michaline Babich, Whitney Sudler-Smith, Tim Maloney, Ashley McFarlin Buie and Sergio Alfaro serving as Executive Producers.
The popular franchise heads to The Big Easy for “Southern Charm New Orleans,” offering viewers an exclusive glimpse into the sophisticated Creole culture of NOLA. Hidden away from the beads and beats of Bourbon Street is an exclusive community filled with wealth, legacy and tradition. Although the prestige in this town is plentiful, everything that glitters isn’t gold, and underneath brews a multitude of shocking secrets that could destroy the foundation of long-standing friendships. In a city where lineage and status are everything, how far will this ambitious group go to redefine their legacy and secure their spot at the top of this esteemed circle?
First of all, Whitney is a producer. I am sort of softening on Whitney, but I can’t help but think about this debacle. I promise you want to click that link. Sort of.
The other thing I know about this show is that it has been in the works FOR YEARS. I got information on casting this show a long, long, long, time ago. Filming happened a long, long, time ago. I don’t know if they scrapped all that and started over or what happened. I remember there were issues with casting and that they brought in some people who aren’t really from NOLA. I was excited about it when I first heard about it. But the more I heard the worse it sounded. There is a reason this has taken so long and the reasons are not things that improve a show. I’m in for an episode or two.
“Love Italian Style” (working title)
Produced by Asylum Entertainment with Steven Michaels, Jonathan Koch, Ryann Lauckner, James Macnab, Jacqui Pitman, Omid Kahangi, and Grace Lee serving as Executive Producers.
There’s a saying: “To live your best life, go where you are most celebrated.” For these African-American women, that place is Italy. In this series, relationship expert Diann Valentine takes five beautiful, eligible bachelorettes who can’t find a good American man, all the way to Italy, aka “Mecca,” where she breaks them down and builds them back up to be open to love. Sounds as sweet as gelato, but it’s not all gondola rides and delicious wine for these single ladies, who live under one roof in a decadent Roman villa, potentially vying for the same men and keeping one side eye on the ultimate prize: a hot Italian husband.
Set in Rome? Women fighting over hot Eyetalian men? In Rome? While eating Eyetalian food? Sì, grazie! I will love this show and none of you fucktards will watch it and it will go the way of Tour Group. I still hate you all for not watching Tour Group. It was everything.
“A Night With My Ex”
Produced by Twofour America with Melanie Leach, Andrew Mackenzie, Bernie Schaeffer, David Eilenberg and Derek W. Wan serving as Executive Producers.
What would you do if you had the chance to spend an entire night with your ex? Would you seek answers, try to gain closure, or make a play to get back together? For the first time since their split, ex-couples will be brought together for one night in a camera-rigged apartment with no crew. What they do or say during their night is completely up to them, but one thing is for sure: it will be surprising, emotionally raw, and in many cases, totally hilarious.
What would I do? In many cases I would try to kill them while they slept. Unless someone does that, I ain’t interested.
Those are my thoughts, what are yours?
I loved Tour Group too and I will watch the Italy show because I love Italy. I have never seen so many good looking men in one place until I went there.
Most of these will get a hard “NO” from me…..I just can’t spare the brain cells.
Same here- and I wonder, what was NOT renewed?
1)The First Year series of newlywed un-bliss.
2)The shows about Long Island ladies — a shame, how about Cape Cod?
I agree about tour- it was FAB. Would love to see it back.
And I’d love to see the right mix of Upper East Side kids and others; if not in school, in their level of UES events- just touched on it with the Prep Show- I’d have watched something better done and more clearly focused than that.
-Or either a Southern or NY version of the Presentation/deb balls – aspirational moneyed, young, different. – with a the current issues, drugs, charity events, old money vs not, etc.
– Or a classier version of Tinsely’s original show- the charity events, the society mags, the inside on dress borrowing/stylists/designers vs takers, reality prepping people for events-very much as Tinsley’s show portrayed it, Going to the Met, being on the inside for the classiest/most moneyed events for the biggest players in society- probably too much of a get but who knows? There is a another Deborah Rose out there who wants to do that.
How about RHONYC?? I loved Imposters and can’t wait to see how it turns out. I will give all the new shows a two episode trial. I agree that Bethenny and Fredrick will be at each other’s throats by the end of filming and will finish with Fredrick giving her his signature high kick to the head.
Bethenny and Fredrik no bueno. I liked Summer House and glad they are coming back. Why more southern shows? How about Nantucket or the Vineyard? Can at least film in the summer with no swamps, alligators, and ungodly humidity.
I think the only new show worth watching is Love Italian Style. I love a good Italian sausage. Oh and Italian wine. ?
Fredrick and Bethenny.. I would watch Fredrick all day..with Bethenny..never. He’s a great guy and she is a bitch.
Looking for less Bravo to watch, not more.
Agree. Most of the Bravo shows, I find not worth watching. The Real Housewives Franchises for me are the worst. They could rid of them and get better programs.But, in their wisdom they some up with Southern Charm Savannah! Great.. Can’t wait for more bar scenes and one night hook-ups. Think I will watch .. no!
TT, always on top of things, always first with the tea. I love you for making an otherwise crapola day end on a fabulous note. Imposters is returning for Season 2. You’re the best.
Bordain and Zoila would give brunch some meal cred. Eklund and Bethenney? Wrong said Fred.
That pic of Whitney and the dolls has me utterly obsessed. I want to do an hour q and a with him about it. First Q, why?
Anyway, I will watch SC NOLA and Savannah one episode, then decide.
On Tamara’s recommendation I will try Imposters.
The Shep show? Mmmm. Could be fun.
Definitely Shahs, one episode RHONJ and Below Deck.
Thanks for keeping us informed, TT.
Adding, I love the South. A show about cotillions, coming out parties, Azalea Fest queens, oh yeah. Then, a reality show about NOLA drag queens. I would eat that with a spoon.
So…basically Shep’s storyline this season on Southern Charm is leading up to his show.
Of all of the funny things you say, Tamara, this one is my favorite:
“none of you fucktards will watch it and it will go the way of Tour Group. I still hate you all for not watching Tour Group. It was everything.”
I’ve never heard of it. I gave up Bravo for a few years and it must have been during that time. I’m close to giving up Bravo again and reading your reviews.
Clarifying: only reading your reviews and skipping watching it on BravoTV.
Zzzzzz. I will check out the black women in Italy one only because Italy is one of my favorite countries and Rome is sooo beautiful. On the flip side though.. I’m curious how racial/cultural aspect will play out. Plus Italian men are known to be horndogs. I remember the last time I was there and was walking down the street and someone yelled out ‘Hey, brown sugar!!’
As cat calls go, that is a nice one!
I loved Italy too – and will also watch because of that. But I hope that the women’s house doesn’t turn into some version of Bad Girls Club does Italy.
Am I the one really bummed that this list does not include a new show about Mikey Mindin and the rest of Erika’s glam squad? I feel like that could be fun
That would be great!!
Ryan Serhant’s show reminds me of Tabatha takes over…may be completely different, but that was my first thought when I read the post.
I watched Summer House, it was boring and tedious, not sure why a second season is warranted.
I miss Tabitha!
I miss Tabatha Coffey so much!!! There was a Tabatha’s Salon Takeover marathon on the other morning, like 8 or 9 episodes. I DVR’d them and watched after work. Good times. I always feel like I hear rumors that Bravo is bringing Tabatha back but then nothing ever materializes. Maybe just wishful thinking.
I watched several Tabitha Takes Over shows on Bravo a couple of afternoons ago. I thought I had seen all the old shows, but I had never seen these. Wonder if they were “new” or if I missed them when the when the show was new. I love that show and hope it does come back, but meanwhile, maybe it’s on one afternoon a week on Bravo now?
M2M recaps?!?!? Thank God Finally!!! LMAO
I am at the point where I may give up RHOA, but not M2M! So, so good!
Yes, I am also looking forward to having M2M recaps on the site. I just hope Bravo does the right thing and puts them back on Sunday night. I hated it when they got bumped to Fridays last season. And the season was so good, definitely Sunday night worthy!
However, M2M: Houston was a complete bore. Not sure who thought that was going to work.
I agree with you both!! I absolutely love M2M. I’ve been trying to convert TT over, but to no avail. I have so much inside dirt I cannot wait to share with everyone!!!
So I should fire that other girl? 😉
What?? No Timber Creek Lodge?? I loved the guy that ran the house. That horrible news for me 🙁
I wondered what was going on with the push to “settle” Shep down. I also wonder WTH these folks are doing with a girl like Chelsea who works for a living and apparently has only seen a silver spoon when buying baby gifts. I like her, but really? Her and Shep? I think she’s all Austen.
Yeah, I don’t believe for a second that Shep is interested in Chelsea. I honestly don’t think he wants to settle down so I don’t understand this spinoff. The only thing that will carry this show is that girls love bad boys and he is good looking and rich.
Typical Bravo though—they’re giving Shep a bad edit this season. The other cast mates are going to be jealous jerks and Bravo is setting up all of the drama nicely. Making it easy for them to find and excuse to hammer on Shep when really they’re just jealous.
We’ve seen it before. eye roll
No Ladies of London? Super sad about that.
Me too!! Very sad about no Ladies of London or Tour Group :/
Disappointed on Ladies of London. Thought they had a good group last season.
Marissa Hermer, from “Ladies of London” was in Chicago this week promoting her new cookbook. In her interview, she mentioned she heads back to London in May to resume filming for the show.
I’m excited for Fredrick and Bethenny – but then, I still like her 😉
I’m very disappointed they aren’t doing another season of Million Dollar Listing: San Francisco. I think it is now officially one of the most expensive places to live. It is a hot topic in real estate articles I’ve been catching lately – a person making 160,000 a year can’t afford to rent, let alone buy there, unless in a rent controlled apartment.
Bethenny and Fredrik Property Project…this is a great idea. They are going to make a lot of money. Fredrik will make over $200M from flipping with Betheny’s money.
Clearly a history in porn (Frederick and Bethenny) is valued at Bravo. Take that Ramona.
Guessing this means that Ladies of London is definitely over then! Shame, I enjoyed the three seasons of the show.
When I read about the “relationship” show with Shep, I thought it was a joke. I think a half hour show is too long for this concept. SHep drinks. Shep hooks up. SHep disses the gal he slept with. The end.
Not that I would miss it, but RHOP isn’t on this list.
Thank heavens for small favors.
Potomac just started a new season this month. Their renewal for season 3 is a long way off, if it even happens. The show is a snoozefest.
I love Potomac housewives !
I am not in to Southern Charm at all but for some reason I think I might check out Southern Charm: Savannah when it starts up next month.
Season 1 of Southern Charm was interesting. The quirky girl was fun. She didn’t make Season 2. After viewing some previews of Savannah show..I will watch . AT least no Whitney , I hope.
Took TT’s advice and watched the first Season of Imposters.
Glad they are making Season 2
Could care less about Shep finding love ..more like he’s trying to find fresh meat to bed.
Southern Charm NOLA .. . nah ..place hasn’t been the same for me since Katina blew into town, great history, traditions, I’ll pass
How about HS of Chicago, Aspen or Denver?
Hoe about San Francisco. They have fancy regions like Hillsborough, used to be the northern Beverly Hills sans stars but money
How not hoe… I hate fat fingers!
No People’s Couch?
I’m disappointed, too, in no People’s Couch. Hilarious snark and turned me on to some shows I had never watched.
I haven’t seen Tabitha Coffi (sp?) In a long time. Doea she not have any shows on Bravo now? I thought she was pretty popular.
SC New Orleans just wrapped filming less than a week ago
I think I’d like a show where Shep has to work. 🙂 Comedy gold.
I’m watching Stassi Schroeder’s season of The Amazing Race family edition on Hulu. She’s smack talking her way across America. Some things never change.
Most of these are a no. Love Fredrik and Ryan grew on me but I don’t know that they need another show. I admit though that I will give them a chance. A night with my ex? Oh hell no. You know it’ll all be fake drama or sex, neither I have interest in watching.
Watching Shep drink and carouse? That’s a show? Zzzzzzzzzzz