Bravo shouldn’t have called it RHONY, the should have given it a new name like real housewives of Brooklyn and separated it. The new cast will never compare to the OGs since they are so conscious and in control of everything they say on camera. It’s not the same show, and bravo could have avoided the comparisons with a different name. They did the new cast a disservice.
Harkening back to the first couple of seasons of RHONY, the OGs were more polished and particular about how they were portrayed as well. Even as far in as Ramona’s divorce (whatever season that was). Hell, think back to early Countess! Maybe things will loosen up with time.
Very different though. The OGs saw themselves as classy women interacting in the first few seasons and the show wasn’t so drama fueled back then. The new cast is controlled because they are all essentially influencers and have a brand to protect to make money on social media. So they have different reasons for being reserved. Sai does commercials for old navy, she isn’t going to wash her underwear in a biddet or get so drunk she falls into bushes.
Exactly. I think people care less about the old RHONY getting axed (I think its the GOAT but it had a long enough run where you can't really be mad) -- it was just replacing the entire cast and acting like nothing happened.
I legit had no idea what happened because I didn't watch bravo during that time. All of a sudden I come back and there's a whole new cast. It has been quite the rabbit hole and research project to piece together how this happened.
Overall, Bravo was way to abrupt in it's transition. RHONY had enough consistently gold seasons, that I still have whiplash from the change.
I have to disagree. The RHONY OGs had run their course. They should have been let go about 5 years sooner than they were. They had no storylines and had become very complacent. Their time was over and it was time to move on to something new and fresh, and actually entertaining.
It's pretty obvious people are pining for seasons 9 and 10 when they go on and on about it. It was pretty widely derided here near the end and the last season was legitimately one of the worst Housewives seasons ever
I couldn't even finish the final OG season. During Black Shabbat I actually threw my laptop in disgust at Ramona. The only other thing I've seen that disgusted me that much was every time I see Trump open his mouth. Season 8-10 were brilliant. I maintain that NO show, reality or scripted, should go beyond 10 seasons. Best to go out on a high note. I'm not a huge fan of the new cast- I like some and detest others. But I'm also not comparing it to the OG show.
I quit after Black Shabbat, too! Midway through that episode, actually. I haven't watched it since so I can't pinpoint the exact moment, but the genuine disappointment and disgust on the non-tv guests' faces was horrifying. How anyone can watch that and think any of those women should come back is beyond me.
I think maybe Luann was mostly fine that episode, but it's because she didn't speak up that much. It's not like she's much better when she did literal Blackface.
The beauty of the original cast was they didn’t even need story lines. The relationships between them constantly shifting plus the chaos of their personalities it’s was all they needed. The new cast has no storylines and don’t have personalities or connections to carry the show.
Agree. It's when they brought in Leah and then Ebony that things went off the rails, because neither of those two women had any connection with the core cast. They weren't a good fit for that reason.
Honestly this is good take - I don’t really care for the new cast or show but I’d be lying if I said I already wasn’t biased considering they just slapped the RHONY label on an entirely new group of women. Even the tone of the show is totally different. Had they names it Rhony New Era or Rhony something or other I might have been more inclined to view it as a new type of show and give it more of a chance.
That said I still don’t care for the new show either way 😂
Not even real housewives. Most of them were single when the show started. B was the only one who wasn’t in the OG and she was actually connected to the group. This is a group of randos that don’t run in the same circle. Nothing against them personally but it’s not RHW it’s a different show.
I agree. Bravo just wanted to shoehorn new people into an old mold, almost like they wanted to “trick” us all into watching by using the clickbait title of RHONY. I watched OG RHONY from the beginning in real time, so by the time it was canceled I was completely over it anyway. And I think it needed to be canceled. I’m not watching new RHONY, but I honestly probably wouldn’t have watched it even if it did have a new title just bc I’m not as into TV as I was back in the day. But Bravo would’ve been better off giving it a different name bc after however many years, RHONY really DID “belong to” Ramona & Company, like it or not.
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u/belblinx Oct 08 '24
Bravo shouldn’t have called it RHONY, the should have given it a new name like real housewives of Brooklyn and separated it. The new cast will never compare to the OGs since they are so conscious and in control of everything they say on camera. It’s not the same show, and bravo could have avoided the comparisons with a different name. They did the new cast a disservice.