georgekush

I think seating will be Kathryn, Erika, Kyle, Lisa, Andy, Yolanda, Eileen, Lisar. Kathryn and Erika don't play too much into the main story so they can sit on the sidelines. Kathryn especially. Erika has a friendship with Kyle so it makes sense to sit her next to her and across from Lisar directly, who she's had tension with and screamed at. Also it'd be fun to have Kyle in the middle when LVP and Erika inevitably get in to it. On the other couch Yolanda and Eileen have the most tensions with LVP so it makes sense to have them across from each other. Rinna worked well third on the couch last season, she mixed it up a lot this year so it's a good place to have her, kind of on a little shit stirring island by herself. She gets on with Eileen pretty well so it makes sense to seat them next to each other. Also like the Kyle in between LVP and Erika, Eileen in between Lisa r and Yo will be fun when they get into the Munchasen talk. And Yo had tensions with Kyle so it makes sense for them to be close across from each other. I think this seating makes the most sense of their dynamic.

Exactly. If I was actually afraid of someone, I would go into my room until their relative (Tammy) escorted them out. There is no way I would poke The bear as they were literally walking out the front door. Kenya was just being messy as usual. Obviously not excusing Glen's crazy behavior but without Kenya's provocation the incident would have never gone there.

Kathryn's first appearance is in episode six. Kyle and Andy discussed this on his radio show.

Who doesn't? Their squabbles in season four were seriously hysterical.

Be that as it may, it doesn't make it ok for them to question her illness and make catty remarks about her appearance as a result of said disease.

So what exactly is the point of Ken telling Yolanda that she looks good to make her feel better about herself if he is just going to say she looks terrible on camera as soon as she leaves? Like obviously she is going to see that. It just shows that deep down Ken's intent is not nice. Are they really still mad about season four? Lisa really can hold a grudge. Interesting since Yolanda resolved her issue with Lisa the quickest at the season four reunion and they were fine for the most part last season.

Anyone crack up laughing when Kim Fields said her and her husband go to bed at 9:30pm with the kids every night? Obviously there's nothing wrong with going to bed that early, especially when you have small children, but I'm continuing to love Kim Fields as the normal, sober voice in the group. She's like the antithesis to what a "Real Housewife" is...yet she's literally a real housewife.

Kim fields actually has a housewife related storyline lol. I like the juxtaposition of her famous name yet normal housewife status.

Interesting note about the ratings..this is the first time since season four the premiere episode did not reach more than 3 million viewers. The season four premiere had about 2.8 million viewers, so the season eight premiere was slightly more viewed. I wonder if this is the sign of the ratings continuing to dip a little like they did last season or if they will spike up throughout the season. Like you said Rina, at the end of the day it really doesn't matter as they are still leaps and bounds ahead of the other HW shows in terms of ratings.

They all look great and so does the season!

I started out hating Meghan but she's such a caricature of the bitchy new HW (ie. Claudia Jordan) that I'm now kind of numb to it and just take her as entertainment. She's definitely stirring the pot and keeping the drama interesting.

So I guess my dream casting of Chrissy Teigen probably isn't happening? ):

Heather, Kristen, and Dorinda should go. Luann should be demoted to friend of. Add in Chrissy teigen and have five main HWs (Teigen, Bethenny, Ramona, Sonja and Carole).

I completely agree with this whole post and do think the lack of diversity is odd, especially on RHONY. I think I read online recently that they are looking to add a WOC next season. We'll see, I suppose..

I doubt she would actually do it. But boy would it be something if she did. The only reason I think there is a vague chance is because she's a total Bravo addict and even tweeted Bethenny earlier in the season inquiring about a dress Beth was wearing on the show. As far as Bravo casting WOC outside of RHOA, apparently there were almost two black HWs this season on RHONY. One of them was a friend of Bethenny's. She said so during her one on one with Andy.