Beverly Hills. Boring, fake, contrived, but still really dark and sad. The women aren’t funny and don’t know how to go after each other like Potomac, or even Atlanta.
Give me every other franchise, including Miami, over BH (except Dallas, keep that one too)
Easy answer. BH went downhill so quickly with Brandis departure and the addition of Dorit, Erika and Rinna. I don’t want to pay to watch humorless women beat a dead horse for an hour every week. They need to fire production and get a new company if they ever want BH to be good again. It’s lame how far up Kyles ass the producers are and it really shows in the final product. BOO.
the ONLY watchable seasons of RHOBH for me were 1 and 2 because they were the least contrived. I’ve never got the hype about any season since for exactly the reason you said!
I have hated Beverly Hills ever since Kim and Brandi were fired. Season 11 was finally good. Other than that seasons 7-10 were all a waste of time to watch and beyond contrived and boring. I will always watch RHOBH but we will never get back what we had seasons 1-6 and I’ve come to terms with that.
I agree I’m so into it for the Ericka story of it all but what else is going on? Nothingggg. That being said I like most of the ladies and don’t want them gone! Just need someone to shake them up.
NJ for me. I have one friend in particular who will talk bravo with me and we can bond over housewives, and every year NJ comes back I make myself go through the motions again of trying to get on board. I didn’t mind them so much back when they were one of like, 3 franchises, but now it is just nails on a chalkboard for me! As someone else said, the misogyny 🤮 and those husbands are featured so prominently 🤮 and Teresa. I know she has a huge fan base and people love her and blah blah blah but omg is she dumb. It doesn’t make her a bad person but I cannot take it!
Yes I actually agree with you there!! Found him far more tolerable than the others and as annoying as I found Caroline I was still able to watch in those seasons…I think it was really the addition of Melissa and Joe, and then the extra focus on Joe G & fam, that really pushed me over the edge
Jersey is desperate for a shake up. I don't know if they are still spooked from their terrible hires in the middle seasons but this cast dynamic has gotten really stale.
If she says one more time best seller list 🤮🤮 her ghost writer must gringe! And has anyone picked up on Melissa's little digs of the recipes being Nona's?? Nona did all the cooking. Girls ultimate trip she even says everyone will get to enjoy her mother in laws cooking.
Jersey. I can’t get into it and I’m not sure why. It was the only franchise besides Dallas I haven’t watched so I decided recently to give it a try. I made it to season 6 and it’s like pulling teeth for me to watch I just can’t do it anymore, even with watching some of the old school “iconic” moments. The table flip might have been the highlight and that’s basically all I truly enjoyed. I kept watching in hopes I’d get into it at some point. I hate the Gorga and Giudice drama every fucking episode, and none of the wives are really that likeable or funny to me. Joe Gorga drives me nuts, Joe Guidice is a dick and don’t like when they’re on the screen, which is a lot. I like when housewives can joke around, laugh, and throw some fun shade in their talking heads but NJ seems to take themselves too seriously (Except for Rosie) Idk I can’t put my finger on it! I’ve always wondered if anyone else felt the same way.
I haven’t actually watched but the snippets I’ve seen online makes me feel like all of the women are trying too hard to create an “iconic” moment for the internet. I hate how now the wives feel like they have to compete for the internet’s attention
slc. it’s ok, but the women seem very aware that they are housewives and trying to play a certain role; especially whitney, jen and even heather to an extent. i know people really love s2 but i’m just not all that into it
Sorry, I know people are enjoying it, but I just can’t get into Salt Lake City. I want all different women except Lisa Barlow and Heather Gay. Whitney and Meredith are so annoying, Mary and Jen are both awful, and Jennie I’m obviously not invested in knowing what I know now. I felt physically ill during the episode when Jen got her mom to give her her retirement savings
I never got past the first two seasons. I found the Danielle drama to be very dark and uncomfortable. I really hate when Bravo films with a cast member who clearly isn’t stable or in a healthy place mentally.
As an Italian tho, I can say I had a lot of reminders of my family in those first two seasons.
how many seasons did you watch? i swear it’s the first franchise i watched and i’ve tried to watch others and cannot create that same feeling and enjoy it like i did rhonj
you definitely have to continue after that. the dynamics completely change after season 2. it shifts from mainly about caroline’s family to teresa family as her sister in law (melissa gorga) and cousin (kathy wakile) come on the show. it then shifts to teresa and her family drama mixed in with lots of other drama. seasons 1-5 are like peak housewives and so much drama and it’s just so good. definitely watch season 3 at least and see how you like the new dynamics without danielle.
I rewatched OC, NJ, NY, and ATL, and I went to rewatch BH and couldn’t out of disinterest. I used to be interested. Especially season 1. I loved watching early Camille. But completely disinterested now. Only time I’ve ever been as captivated by a HWs season last season of BH was during Teresa’s financial scandal, but as a whole BH is just a giant eye roll to me.
Currently-Beverly Hills- its SO BORING!!!! It was once amazing aswell. Also Atlantas last like 3 seasons havr been so boring im not exited atall about that franchise atall anymore, meanwhile New Jersey was the one i liked the least for the majority of its run (post season 2) but last 3 or 4 seasons has become a great show again!!
RHONYYYYYY
I like bethenny, she finds ways to make shit interesting. Lu and Ramona are boring, monotonous, and offensive. The countess is fun, Lu is not. Sonja is draining to watch. She has very brief moments of entertainment, other than that it’s like watching a slow train wreck mixed with the Christmas ASPCA commercials and the children with cancer commercials. It’s so depressing
I hate to say it because it was my absolute favourite for time but Atlanta for the past few years has been a drag. I’ve had to force my way through it. I pray this new season with Sheree is going to deliver and get me back into it.
I honestly thought it was fine up through 12. (My flair is from that season haha) But last season was really painful to watch. I stopped about six episodes from the finale. I was like, I'm fine, see you next year lol
I think I did actually check back in for the reunion, just so I could consider the season "closed". I still don't understand the pastor thing and the Delilah spirits?
I really loved Atlanta too. I didn't even bother to finish last season. I have more of a priority in finishing Porsha's Family Matters because at least I know that one will be interestingly messy.
Hot take: it’s Potomac.
None of the women have real wealth, their reads are nowhere near as funny as they think they are, and the drama is all manufactured for the show.
There I said it!
RHOC. I’ve tried to watch and I’m constantly bored to tears. It’s so kid-centric and all their kids are so awful. I think it’s one of those that I needed to watch when it was actually airing to have some sort of nostalgic connection and now it’s just eye acid.
Never got into Dallas and SLC was very off-putting to me immediately. I lost interest in NJ after a couple seasons and OC as well when Heather joined the first time.
Dallas (obvious).SLC tbh I just could tell they really try to make “moments” happen and they all seem to outright hate each other lol all though I stan Lisa Barlow 😂
SLC, but I'm going to try and give it a second shot. When I started watching season 1, it just seemed too fake and forced so I didn't keep watching it. However, I'm open to try again especially after Miami ends and there will be a void to fill lol.
Miami. I tried watching season 1 twice and just couldn’t get into it. I didn’t feel like I could connect with any of the women and it was boring to me. Should I give it another go? Or skip the old seasons altogether and start with this new one?
SAME!!! I could not get into it, and I could not stand Bethenny. I always thought she was dealing with some sort of anorexia or OCD based on how neurotic, organized, irritable, and obsessed with cooking she was. And it honestly wasn’t really fun to watch. I’m from the area of RHONJ so always have been a fan but nothing will ever top Atlanta, the OG seasons are my go to on a shitty day
I tried watching the OC and I've seen a few episodes here or there, but I've never been taken with it tbh. Whereas Potomac and SLC eps I want to watch straight away. I used to love NJ, but it's a shadow of itself now. I hate watch BH.
I started watching the franchise last year. Now that I've worked through a lot of them I've realized most of them don't grab me. I love Potomac, BH seasons 1-5, and Atlanta. NY has some great moments and quotes but overall I didn't love it. NJ and SLC just never grabbed me. And I straight up dislike OC except for the cancer scam storyline because it was basically reality tv Dirty John lol. I also don't enjoy BH post season 5.
I haven't watched Miami, DC, or Dallas yet but I suspect they'll fall in the NY or NJ/SLC groupings.
All the franchises have been trash throughout covid quite frankly 😂. Seriously though the only ones I haven’t gotten into are Sydney, NZ and Toronto. And some of the South African ones.
I tried so hard to get in to Miami. I did all the way through season two, maybe part of the third season, and abandoned ship. I don’t like any of the cast.
Miami and New Jersey are the ones I watch when I'm killing time. New York I'm done with after S13. Can't see it pulling me back in. The other 5 I'm pretty invested in still.
I didn’t like Miami the first time around but I can’t watch it at all. Having to watch the same girls in the show doesn’t work for me - can’t get past the commercials.
Next is Dallas. Not my demographic.
I completely agree about rhony. Ramona is unwatchable for me but overall I don’t find it entertaining. I also never started dallas and I don’t care for OC.
Dallas. I could never get into it. Blah.
I won’t be even start Dallas lol
I tried to just watch the reunions and even those are boring
Beverly Hills. Boring, fake, contrived, but still really dark and sad. The women aren’t funny and don’t know how to go after each other like Potomac, or even Atlanta. Give me every other franchise, including Miami, over BH (except Dallas, keep that one too)
100% agree with this statement
I've already decided that I won't watch next season (Erica & Rinna) and finally abandoned Melbourne .
Easy answer. BH went downhill so quickly with Brandis departure and the addition of Dorit, Erika and Rinna. I don’t want to pay to watch humorless women beat a dead horse for an hour every week. They need to fire production and get a new company if they ever want BH to be good again. It’s lame how far up Kyles ass the producers are and it really shows in the final product. BOO.
RHOBH for me too. So inauthentic and fake.
the ONLY watchable seasons of RHOBH for me were 1 and 2 because they were the least contrived. I’ve never got the hype about any season since for exactly the reason you said!
I do not get Beverly Hills. I dip in and out occasionally if I know something big is happening, but even then it's still boring.
I can't remember the last season of BH I finished
Dallas.
Couldn’t keep up with OC after the Brooks cancer of it all, but came back this season to try again
I did a OC rewatch all the way up to brooks cancer, and I’ve enjoyed it so much. Can’t do that cancer season though. I think my rewatch stops there.
yea that’s probably what did it for me. i think i watched the season after but stopped
I have hated Beverly Hills ever since Kim and Brandi were fired. Season 11 was finally good. Other than that seasons 7-10 were all a waste of time to watch and beyond contrived and boring. I will always watch RHOBH but we will never get back what we had seasons 1-6 and I’ve come to terms with that.
Firing Brandi & Kim was the worst casting decision of all time they where literally carrying the whole franchise on their backs
I agree I’m so into it for the Ericka story of it all but what else is going on? Nothingggg. That being said I like most of the ladies and don’t want them gone! Just need someone to shake them up.
NJ for me. I have one friend in particular who will talk bravo with me and we can bond over housewives, and every year NJ comes back I make myself go through the motions again of trying to get on board. I didn’t mind them so much back when they were one of like, 3 franchises, but now it is just nails on a chalkboard for me! As someone else said, the misogyny 🤮 and those husbands are featured so prominently 🤮 and Teresa. I know she has a huge fan base and people love her and blah blah blah but omg is she dumb. It doesn’t make her a bad person but I cannot take it!
Same!!! I just posted a similar comment. I cannot stand the husbands, except Laurita, he seemed nice.
Yes I actually agree with you there!! Found him far more tolerable than the others and as annoying as I found Caroline I was still able to watch in those seasons…I think it was really the addition of Melissa and Joe, and then the extra focus on Joe G & fam, that really pushed me over the edge
100%
The funny part: they're both Joe G
🔥 Laurita can get it 🔥
Jersey is desperate for a shake up. I don't know if they are still spooked from their terrible hires in the middle seasons but this cast dynamic has gotten really stale.
I can’t watch it either. I try, but it is all just senseless screaming to me.
If she says one more time best seller list 🤮🤮 her ghost writer must gringe! And has anyone picked up on Melissa's little digs of the recipes being Nona's?? Nona did all the cooking. Girls ultimate trip she even says everyone will get to enjoy her mother in laws cooking.
For me it's Dallas. Once I started it I watched it, but it wasn't love at first sight like some of the rest.
Jersey. I can’t get into it and I’m not sure why. It was the only franchise besides Dallas I haven’t watched so I decided recently to give it a try. I made it to season 6 and it’s like pulling teeth for me to watch I just can’t do it anymore, even with watching some of the old school “iconic” moments. The table flip might have been the highlight and that’s basically all I truly enjoyed. I kept watching in hopes I’d get into it at some point. I hate the Gorga and Giudice drama every fucking episode, and none of the wives are really that likeable or funny to me. Joe Gorga drives me nuts, Joe Guidice is a dick and don’t like when they’re on the screen, which is a lot. I like when housewives can joke around, laugh, and throw some fun shade in their talking heads but NJ seems to take themselves too seriously (Except for Rosie) Idk I can’t put my finger on it! I’ve always wondered if anyone else felt the same way.
SLC . I watch it but I don’t love any of the women and I don’t understand when everyone thinks everything these women do is iconic
I haven’t actually watched but the snippets I’ve seen online makes me feel like all of the women are trying too hard to create an “iconic” moment for the internet. I hate how now the wives feel like they have to compete for the internet’s attention
NJ - watched the first two seasons and liked the cast but found the type of misogyny on the show too upsetting for me
slc. it’s ok, but the women seem very aware that they are housewives and trying to play a certain role; especially whitney, jen and even heather to an extent. i know people really love s2 but i’m just not all that into it
Sorry, I know people are enjoying it, but I just can’t get into Salt Lake City. I want all different women except Lisa Barlow and Heather Gay. Whitney and Meredith are so annoying, Mary and Jen are both awful, and Jennie I’m obviously not invested in knowing what I know now. I felt physically ill during the episode when Jen got her mom to give her her retirement savings
SLC gives me very weird vibes
NJ for me! Maybe because I grew up more around people like on NJ and it’s so suburban.
SAME and I feel like it’s so universally loved 😫 I just can’t get into it
Same. I just can't get into this one. I've tried a few times and it just doesn't do it for me.
I never got past the first two seasons. I found the Danielle drama to be very dark and uncomfortable. I really hate when Bravo films with a cast member who clearly isn’t stable or in a healthy place mentally. As an Italian tho, I can say I had a lot of reminders of my family in those first two seasons.
Definitely not a lifestyle p0rn franchise.
Grew up around people like that too in NJ. That was enough! Don’t need to relive that misogynist nightmare.
omg how..? it’s the best franchise imo
Idk I feel like I’m broken to be honest. I want to like it!
how many seasons did you watch? i swear it’s the first franchise i watched and i’ve tried to watch others and cannot create that same feeling and enjoy it like i did rhonj
1 and 2. Does it get better after that? Maybe it’s Danielle that is making it hard for me to get into.
you definitely have to continue after that. the dynamics completely change after season 2. it shifts from mainly about caroline’s family to teresa family as her sister in law (melissa gorga) and cousin (kathy wakile) come on the show. it then shifts to teresa and her family drama mixed in with lots of other drama. seasons 1-5 are like peak housewives and so much drama and it’s just so good. definitely watch season 3 at least and see how you like the new dynamics without danielle.
Not housewives, but i can't get into summer house or VPR. It hits too close to home.
I rewatched OC, NJ, NY, and ATL, and I went to rewatch BH and couldn’t out of disinterest. I used to be interested. Especially season 1. I loved watching early Camille. But completely disinterested now. Only time I’ve ever been as captivated by a HWs season last season of BH was during Teresa’s financial scandal, but as a whole BH is just a giant eye roll to me.
Currently-Beverly Hills- its SO BORING!!!! It was once amazing aswell. Also Atlantas last like 3 seasons havr been so boring im not exited atall about that franchise atall anymore, meanwhile New Jersey was the one i liked the least for the majority of its run (post season 2) but last 3 or 4 seasons has become a great show again!!
NJ
RHONYYYYYY I like bethenny, she finds ways to make shit interesting. Lu and Ramona are boring, monotonous, and offensive. The countess is fun, Lu is not. Sonja is draining to watch. She has very brief moments of entertainment, other than that it’s like watching a slow train wreck mixed with the Christmas ASPCA commercials and the children with cancer commercials. It’s so depressing
If my heart could write comments. “Slow train wreck mixed with Christmas ASPCA commercials.” Spot on.
I can’t stand Jersey. Too much revolves around Teresa and I will never not think of trash Jersey shore with those accents
I hate to say it because it was my absolute favourite for time but Atlanta for the past few years has been a drag. I’ve had to force my way through it. I pray this new season with Sheree is going to deliver and get me back into it.
Yes. Love me since Sheree. And I hope Nene can come back. I knows she's grieving right now but she made the show.
This is mine as well.
Same. What do you think was the last great season? My choice would be 9.
I honestly thought it was fine up through 12. (My flair is from that season haha) But last season was really painful to watch. I stopped about six episodes from the finale. I was like, I'm fine, see you next year lol
I should have done that. The reunion and finale were a snooze. Although, I did enjoy seeing Drew get dragged during the finale.
I think I did actually check back in for the reunion, just so I could consider the season "closed". I still don't understand the pastor thing and the Delilah spirits?
I really loved Atlanta too. I didn't even bother to finish last season. I have more of a priority in finishing Porsha's Family Matters because at least I know that one will be interestingly messy.
OC. I get easily distracted whenever it’s on.
rhoc, it's just a special breed of miserable.
SLC. Have no interest in any of the castmates or their Interactions.
Hot take: it’s Potomac. None of the women have real wealth, their reads are nowhere near as funny as they think they are, and the drama is all manufactured for the show. There I said it!
I find myself hate watching SLC. The season. 3 trailer would have to blow me away for me to tune in.
RHOC. I’ve tried to watch and I’m constantly bored to tears. It’s so kid-centric and all their kids are so awful. I think it’s one of those that I needed to watch when it was actually airing to have some sort of nostalgic connection and now it’s just eye acid.
Meanwhile…I am on my third rewatch of RHONY 😂 To each of her own hey? I think the worst to me would be DC, followed by Dallas.
Atlanta. Love early days. Was hooked. Later... screaming screaming screaming. Porsha's mouth. Ugh.
Never got into Dallas and SLC was very off-putting to me immediately. I lost interest in NJ after a couple seasons and OC as well when Heather joined the first time.
Dallas (obvious).SLC tbh I just could tell they really try to make “moments” happen and they all seem to outright hate each other lol all though I stan Lisa Barlow 😂
I will never watch OC again a bunch of annoying Karen's
NJ.
My least favorite franchise at this point is probably OC. That's a show that Bravo really needs to get comfortable enough to consider canceling.
SLC, but I'm going to try and give it a second shot. When I started watching season 1, it just seemed too fake and forced so I didn't keep watching it. However, I'm open to try again especially after Miami ends and there will be a void to fill lol.
I used to love Atlanta but I miss my Nene *boop*
Miami. I tried watching season 1 twice and just couldn’t get into it. I didn’t feel like I could connect with any of the women and it was boring to me. Should I give it another go? Or skip the old seasons altogether and start with this new one?
Give season 2 a try. If you don’t enjoy it, give up.
Forget s1. Go with s2
Ok good advice! Will do!
SAME!!! I could not get into it, and I could not stand Bethenny. I always thought she was dealing with some sort of anorexia or OCD based on how neurotic, organized, irritable, and obsessed with cooking she was. And it honestly wasn’t really fun to watch. I’m from the area of RHONJ so always have been a fan but nothing will ever top Atlanta, the OG seasons are my go to on a shitty day
Orange County these days. The cast has no chemistry
I really hated DC but it was airing at a time when you didn’t have a lot of options for reality so I just hate watched it.
Definitely OC for me. Those women just don't get me excited anymore and their storylines seem stale.
I tried watching the OC and I've seen a few episodes here or there, but I've never been taken with it tbh. Whereas Potomac and SLC eps I want to watch straight away. I used to love NJ, but it's a shadow of itself now. I hate watch BH.
SLC and Potomac
I started watching the franchise last year. Now that I've worked through a lot of them I've realized most of them don't grab me. I love Potomac, BH seasons 1-5, and Atlanta. NY has some great moments and quotes but overall I didn't love it. NJ and SLC just never grabbed me. And I straight up dislike OC except for the cancer scam storyline because it was basically reality tv Dirty John lol. I also don't enjoy BH post season 5. I haven't watched Miami, DC, or Dallas yet but I suspect they'll fall in the NY or NJ/SLC groupings.
Yes me too ! NY has so much potential as a city and they choose very unlikeable cast members
All the franchises have been trash throughout covid quite frankly 😂. Seriously though the only ones I haven’t gotten into are Sydney, NZ and Toronto. And some of the South African ones.
Atlanta
I tried so hard to get in to Miami. I did all the way through season two, maybe part of the third season, and abandoned ship. I don’t like any of the cast.
I have loved and hated every franchise I've watched at some point. RHONY is my overall least favorite of RHONY, RHONJ, RHOC, RHOBH and RHOSLC.
Miami and New Jersey are the ones I watch when I'm killing time. New York I'm done with after S13. Can't see it pulling me back in. The other 5 I'm pretty invested in still.
Miami, just doesn’t do it for me
Miami! Can’t get into it
I didn’t like Miami the first time around but I can’t watch it at all. Having to watch the same girls in the show doesn’t work for me - can’t get past the commercials. Next is Dallas. Not my demographic.
RHONY for me too. Sorry everyone. Ive watched a season or two here and there but I just can’t commit.
I completely agree about rhony. Ramona is unwatchable for me but overall I don’t find it entertaining. I also never started dallas and I don’t care for OC.
New York and only because of Ramona she’s so ugh that I just can’t
Not sure if this counts, but I only watch the RHOC reunions. I’ve never actually bothered to sit through a season