16 and Pregnant Recap: Let’s Hear It for a Dad!
Devon Broyles from Richmond, Virginia is the teem mom we met on last night’s 16 and Pregnant. She brags about being mature for her age, as she’s sixteen and pregnant with her twenty-year-old boyfriend Colin whom she met after his first tour in Iraq.
Devon lives at home with her older brother, two sisters, and mom. Her folks are divorced, but her parents are still friendly, so her dad stays at their house when he’s in town. Hmm, what else? Oh yeah, Devon’s sister Jane is also a teen mom, so her one-year-old daughter lives there as well. Her mother also let Colin move in after the pair started dating. Where’s John Stamos because this is clearly a full house!
The couple reminisces about the many nights Devon would sneak Colin into the house late night, and once her mom busted them the following morning, he was allowed to move in for good. She got pregnant a few months later. Devon is focused on school while Colin supports the family by serving in the Reserves. She admits to her friends that she didn’t figure out she was pregnant until she was five months along. Yea prenatal care! Her friends laugh at her misfortune as she was always the life of every party.
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Devon often seeks the advice of Jane, who is a year older and now a single mom. Both girls are thankful for the family support. Of course, no matter how supportive her family is, her mom Robin is still disappointed and embarrassed. How did she end up having two daughters who are teenage mothers? Devon reminds her mom that at least she was on birth control. I want to remind Devon’s mom that she let her daughter’s twenty-plus-year-old boyfriend move in and sleep in her daughter’s bed after mere two months of dating.
Colin is thinking ahead. He wants to get a better income so the couple isn’t living from paycheck to paycheck. Colin leaves for reserve duty on the same day that Devon begins her senior year. Her dad drops her off, and she’s concerned about starting back seven months pregnant. She shares her frustrations with her friend because people talk about her at school.
Colin and Devon have a heart-to-heart. He wants to try to get a new space for their growing family, but she wants to stay at home with her family. Colin tries to explain that he’s older and not used to living under the same roof with seven other people. Can you blame the guy? He’s dead set on finding a house the two can afford. Devon enlists her mom into trying to talk him out of this decision. Colin wants to at least find out what he’s able buy on his salary. She’s lucky to have someone who is being responsible and proactive.
Devon is having a shower to prepare for her son. She jokes with her friends about having a natural birth, and Devon hopes to have enough drugs that she won’t feel a thing. She can’t even stomach the pain of a paper cut. Colin, meanwhile, is working full-time at a local warehouse while Devon continues to go to school. She admits to her other (non-mother) sister that she’s thinking about getting her GED so she can refrain from going back to school. While she’ll miss out on graduation, she doesn’t want to keep going back to class.
Devon helps her friend prepare for Homecoming. Her friend tries to convince Devon to at least come take pictures with their friends. She declines as she’s feeling very left out of things. She continues studying for her GED, while Colin contemplates re-enlisting. He knows the salary he could make in the army would allow the pair to buy a house. He is worried about the possibility of future employment and missing out on anything with the baby.
A few weeks later, Devon wakes up Colin in the middle of the night as her water has broken. They grab her mom Robin and head to the hospital. After nine hours of labor, she receives an epidural. Colin tries to keep her spirits up throughout her labor. Finally Landon Levy is born after twelve hours of labor.
After two days at the hospital, the couple heads home with Devon cursing Colin every time he inadvertently hits a pot hole. Colin bonds quickly with his son but is picking up extra shifts to make more money. Devon is concerned that he won’t be as available to help out at night. She’s up at all hours of the night while Colin sleeps, but the poor guy does have to be at work at 6am. Devon continues to work on her GED with the help of her mom and sisters. When Colin is home, he’s extremely helpful. Due to the close quarters, Devon is starting to think that moving out may not be the worst idea.
Even though Colin is putting in extra hours, he is quick to play maid when he’s home. Other teen dads should take note, although I realize Colin technically isn’t a teen dad. Devon approaches Colin about looking into moving. He’s starting to see the reality of the situation and is worried about money. Colin begins speaking to realtors and figuring out a budget. Devon confides in Jane that helping watch her daughter wasn’t quite preparation enough for being a teen mom. I wonder if Jane is envious that Devon has the support of her baby’s father.
The couple meets with a realtor and a mortgage broker, and Colin’s credit is good enough to qualify for a pretty significant loan for someone so young. The pair falls in love with the first house they are shown, but it’s a bit out of their price range. Taking a break from being an adult, Devon decides to go roller skating with her friends. She fills them in on what is going on with her and Colin’s house hunting. There is a definite disconnect between Devon and her friends.
Colin comes in from work with the awful news he’s been laid off from his warehouse job. I just want to reach through my television and hug him. He feels like he’s let down his new family. Colin spends several weeks looking for a new job before the pair goes to meet with their realtor to give him the news of Colin’s recent unemployment. Colin wants to hold off on the option of enlisting full-time so he can stay with his family. He’s nearly in tears relaying this news to the realtor. The realtor is understanding but wants Colin to be aware he must be in a new job for two months before they can even consider reapplying for a loan.
Colin keeps looking for a job, but he’s considering going back to school to become a firefighter. Devon doesn’t want him to do something that will keep them from being farther from getting a house. Could Devon maybe get a job? She wants him to work as hard as he can to find stable employment so they can buy a house. Devon is quick to praise Colin for his never ending support, but she doesn’t want it to come down to him going back into active duty. She wonders where her teenage years went once she got pregnant with Landon.
On next week’s season finale, Kristina’s fiancée passes away before their baby is born.
WHAT ARE YOU THOUGHTS ON LAST NIGHT’S EPISODE? WERE YOU SURPRISED TO SEE A TEEN DAD FINALLY BE INVOLVED AND RESPONSIBLE? CAN YOU BELIEVE DEVON’S MOM LET HIM MOVE INTO THEIR HOUSE AFTER TWO MONTHS OF DATING?
Real Housewives Of Orange County Recap: The Search For Costa Rica
Last night’s episode of Real Housewives of Orange County was all about the things we do for love. Some women finally change their name after a decade of marriage, some women overlook grifting opportunists because they bring her coffee, and some women… well they’ll just leave their man alone from 10-2 everyday so he can pretend to do stuff. Love is a powerful thing, but equally powerful is denial. I feel like Heather Dubrow needs to start teaching a class about how to have an adult relationship.
The other thing that happened was the sort of not so epic Tamra Barney vs. Alexis Bellino showdown. T’was sort of, I dunno, meh… and predictable.
Ok, so we begin with Brooks Ayers descending upon Vicki Gunvalson‘s office with of all things Starbucks. Blessed Starbucks. Hey, I’m a girl who loves her coffee and I wouldn’t throw a man out the door for bringing me lattes he bought on my credit card.
Shockingly Brooks was only bearing breakfast, not a folder full of Hallmark cards. Remember those wallets everyone’s dad used to have before smartphones and iPads – the ones with the flip out photo holder? I think Brooks has one full of affirmations and inspirational quote cards. Need a lift, I’ve got good tidings to go! I bet he just whips them out whenever Vicki starts asking too many questions.
Vicki tells Mr. Hallmark about the fight with Briana Culberson, including that Briana called him an opportunist. Brooks starts rambling on about how Briana has truth, her truth and I can see him straining to remember that Joel Osteen segment on being the best you you can be. Truthfully though, I think Brooks handled it well. Vicki doesn’t understand why Briana is upset, after all she’s always been the perfect mother! Yep – she said that.
Naturally, Vicki thinks Briana has daddy issues because of her father and Donn. I wonder if Briana has daddy issues or mommy issues? Vicki cries that she is tired of her life being under construction, she just wants her life to be finished product. Are these two perfect for each other or what? Love tanks, construction zones, what’s next? A garden analogy?
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Heather is meeting an old actressy friend for lunch. They represent different paths in life. Heather met Terry and moved out to the OC to start baby-making wifeliness and her friend kept working and earned an Emmy nomination. Heather still pines a little for the what might have been, but admits she’s happy and thinks she made the right choice for her. And to prove to Terry she doesn’t regret a thing, she’s decided to finally change her name. Apparently while we’ve all been referring to her as Heather Dubrow, she’s actually still Heather Paige Kent, which is both her professional name and her real one.
Heather never wanted to give up her name in case she returned to working and she also doesn’t like that everyone pronounces Dubrow like eyebrow. But because she realized she’s probably not going to be winning an Oscar anytime soon, and she’s actually fairly happy being a housewife, Heather decided to do Terry the honor of finally becoming Mrs. Dubrow.
Farewell RIP obscure Heather Paige Kent. Hello finally semi-famous Heather Du-EyeBrow.
At Gretchen Rossi‘s house she and her hopeful soon-to-be fiance Slave Smiley are sitting on the patio for morning coffee. Gretchen is oh-so casual in her full pageant make-up and hair, while Slave is in a bathrobe drinking from a Fashionista Queen coffee mug. He wishes he were a fashionista queen! LOL. After some chit-chat, Gretchen drops the bomb: She wants to go to therapy because she doesn’t think their relationship can move forward until he gets his affairs in order.
Slave‘s not making much progress and her clock is ticking. If they want a spinoff they better do something quick and no rent-a-ring with a faux diamond is going to make Andy Cohen draw up a contract! Hello, marriage + baby = TV show. Slave agrees. It’s all about the famewhoring and the benjamins doing everything he can to prove his love.
Does anyone else feel like Brooks and Slave are sort of eerily similar. Like too eerily similar. Anyone else feel like this is like a Lifetime movie, where Slave and Brooks are actually brothers who are running a grifter scam on these two wealthy-ish desperate women? Who will hopefully realize it’s a love built on lies and ban together to expose them. Now that would be some good reality TV! Ok, maybe I watch too many made for TV movies.
Alexis is expanding her Jesus approved empire and is well on her way to becoming a reality mogul in the form of Alexis Hoeture. Apparently these beautiful garments will be featured in a magazine spread with Alexis doing a photoshoot to advertise.
She explains, she’s like really improved in the modeling department. This is true Alexis has – cause it couldn’t get any worse than the last spectacle we witnessed. Sadly, NOT improving were the clothes, which still look like Marshall’s clearance rack. My favorite shot was the see-thru dress where we could practically see her labia. #WWJD? Yuck, I sound like Tammie Sue!
Alexis wants to whizz through these pics quickly so she can jet back home and do her wifely duties. She probably doesn’t want Jim to find out she was playing career girl instead of Hoe-y Homemaker. As Alex McCord Tweeted, sometimes being a Housewife gets in the way of being a housewife.
Moving on, Heather skeddadles over to the DMV where she is completing the steps to become Mrs. Dubrow *official*! She tries charming the DMV employee who is checking her record by asking, “”Did you find out I’m on the lam?” Sadly, the woman is thinking ‘You’re not riding on a lamb… are you? No animals allowed!’ In the photo booth she has serious concerns about looking glam enough, I mean after all this is a gift to Terry and he will be framing her license photo amirite? I joke, but I’ve seriously asked them to retake my photo as well.
Later Heather surprises Terry at work with the new license. Terry seems really honored that his wife made the gesture to change her name. He was so sweet and his reaction was so genuine. He announced that they were now officially a unit. I adore these two. Congratulations Du-Brows!
In other Housewife hoeguling, Tamra is opening a gym. Or a fitness class center. She is meeting with some other gym owners about a partnership and some advice. Eddie is coming with her to offer both moral support and potential financial backing. Tamra shares that her father opened his own small business after losing his job and he has inspired her. She believes that people should work for themselves. Tamra is deciding between opening a gym and a bar. Why not both – together! The treadmills can tell you how many drinks you’ve burned off.
While Tamra is embarking upon a business, Vicki is embarking upon some serious Housewife business. The speakerphone invite. Don’t you love it! She’s calling all the ladies – even the ones she personally detests (because Bravo is lording next season’s contract over her head) – and inviting them on a totally fun girls vay-cay to Costa Rica. Lemme tell you about Costa Rica, first of all it’s in Mexico. Oh, whoa, wait… no it’s not! Dangit, why did I listen to Alexis?!
So Vicki is inviting everyone and coincidentally they can all come. Like tomorrow. Woo Hoo! When she calls Gretchen, the voicemail tells Vicki to call Slave – who doesn’t work for Gretchen but as a supportive partner he takes all her messages, coordinates her affairs, and manages her schedule. Cause he’s just loving like that. Vicki’s face… wow – that was hilarious!
Gretchen and Slade are on their way to therapy. In the car they are bickering about using the phone while driving and really everything. I think somebody has poop in their pants and doesn’t want to get lectured by the mean bad therapist (ahem… Slave).
In the session, the therapist encourages both Gretchen and Slave to break-up be more independent in their own lives and to take accountability. Gretchen complains that Slave isn’t doing anything to expunge his court issues or remedy his huge debts and child support. She explains she isn’t ready to take that on. She also feels he isn’t working towards being more self-sufficient because he is focusing on her, her career, and their relationship.
Gretchen shares that she feels she enables Slave and she doesn’t want to, which is why she hasn’t paid the child support. Although she has hired a lawyer to help contest the issue. The therapist tells her to cut it out and let Slade have space and time to fix it on his own. Which clearly isn’t happening after 3 years. I applaud their effort, but some things never change.
Slade agrees that from 10-2 each day he will work on sorting through his legal and financial mess – and Gretchen has to leave him alone. My guess is from 10-2 he’ll be browsing the internet and playing solitaire. Hopefully not!
Finally, it’s the Tamra vs. Alexis showdown we’ve all been waiting for. They meet at a restaurant of course, because no one on these shows can have screaming matches in the privacy of their own homes.
Alexis says that she basically wants to make sure they can be civil to each other before going on the cast trip to Costa Rica. #FieldTripsByBravo! And she wants to see if their friendship can get back on track. I thought that was very adult and a valid point. Alexis is really impressing me with her maturity this season!
Sadly, Tamra‘s face said, ‘Friendship? What friendship? We never had one, bitch!’ And they started bickering about Alexis‘ nose job. Why do the Housewives do this; they pick one ridiculous instance (a voicemail, a black baby comment, a cookbook, a nose job…) and they rehash it over and over throughout the season. Alexis’ nose job is the new cookbookgate is the new blackbabygate.
Right from there it went exactly as Bravo had hoped it would – by descending into an argument. Tamra basically says Alexis is fake, insecure, phony, and full of lies about her money, her possessions, and her life. Alexis is confused, she just wants to know why they can’t get along. Tamra says they just have nothing in common, plus she thinks Alexis is a shallow person. “How can you trust someone who has tits bigger than her head?” Tamra wants to know.
Then Gretchen gets dragged into the mix, because she’s basically stirring the pot and talking about Alexis to Tamra and vice versa. I think it was ridiculous that Tamra called Alexis out on being image obsessed – um… they all are. Alexis agrees she’s kinda a gold digger who wants nice things, but she works hard for them. She married Jim for Christ’s sakes! “Work hard, reward hard,” she declares.
I was really on board with a lot of what Tamra was saying until she put Dr. Terry in the middle and told Alexis he thought she was the phoniest person he’d ever met. Especially since it was hearsay. That was uncalled for. Then I started to feel bad for Alexis. Poor, beleaguered Lex with her big boobs and teeny brain, but her sweet nature.
You know what, I do think Alexis was on the side of right here. She wanted to just create a peaceable working relationship so everyone could get along. I think Alexis’ new broadcasting coach is really helping her with her speaking skills, she was very poised in this argument. You can’t win ‘em all, Lex!
And next week: Costa Rica bound and when the wine starts flowing so too do the tears! Everyone gangs up on Alexis round two. Also, Heather sets Vicki straight!
WILL SLAVE AND GRETCHEN EVER GET IT TOGETHER AND GET MARRIED? ARE BROOKS AND SLAVE SECRET BROTHERS? TEAM ALEXIS OR TEAM TAMRA?
Evelyn Lozada, Tamar Braxton, Kandi Burrus, and Chrissy Lampkin Discuss a Perception of Violence on Reality Shows
Reality stars never cease to amaze me. Namely, one Evelyn Lozada, but that’s neither here nor there. Vibe recently interviewed Evelyn of Basketball Wives, alongside Tamar Braxton of Braxton Family Values, Kandi Burrus of RHOA, and Chrissy Lampkin, formerly of Love Hip Hop fame. The interview addresses the violence and drama fueled fights often highlighted on these shows, and the women, one in particular, seems to like laughing all the way to the bank. I was, however, extremely impressed to see Chrissy take responsibility for her temper. It’s a long interview, so I’m just sharing my favorite highlights. You can read the whole discussion here, and try not to laugh when Tamar says Evelyn is beautiful “inside and out.” Enjoy excerpts from that interview below!
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VIBE: Star Jones started a petition, lashing out against women and violence on reality TV. What’s your reaction?
Evelyn: [Bursts into laughter] I think she’s going to have to get a whole lot of names. Actually, I like the petition and I like the controversy because I’ve learned controversy is good. But I think she’s irrelevant. And she’s using our coattails to get relevant again. Nobody gives a f*ck about her.
Chrissy: Whatever Star Jones is feeling is a little deeper than what she sees. I think she has her own issues.
Kandi: She may not be violent, but I’m sure she goes off on people in her day-to-day. I just don’t think it’s fair to block somebody from getting money.
Did any of you foresee your show being as big as it is today?Chrissy: I knew when they put that punch and kick in the trailer that would catch people’s eye. People watch reality TV for train wrecks. People wanna excuse their own bullsh!t and tune into yours.
Tamar: There aren’t a lot of female African-American shows, better yet about sisters [on television], which I think is very important, not just for the Braxtons but…
Kandi: There’s a lot of things about your show that I like. I like the fact that you guys are an entertainment family. I think people love the whole music side of things, being able to see the behind-the-scenes of your careers. I thought that’s what I brought to Housewives—Atlanta is a beautiful town and you get to see that, but you get to see that people who are quote, unquote “celebrities” have normal real life issues.
What surprised you most about the reality TV experience?
Kandi: Being a part of Housewives brought me so many opportunities that I would’ve never imagined. With the Kandi Factory spin-off, it was a dream of mine to be on one of those shows developing artists, and here it is, I [have] my own show.
Evelyn: For me, it was that so many people cared. They’re so emotionally involved and interested with what’s going on in your life. I watch shows but I’m never like, “Let me find this person’s Twitter or Facebook page so I can comment.” Even before the show it just wasn’t me. But people get so emotionally involved with what you’re doing, what you’re saying, what you’re wearing, how you handle this situation, so that surprised me. You think everyone watches TV the way you watch TV.
Evelyn, you’ve practically raised a scholar. Yet, you’re on television screaming that you’d have no problem catching a court case. Do you ever look back at episodes with embarrassment?
Tamar: [Interjects] No. It’s television entertainment and at the end of the day that’s what matters. The networks want what makes the papers. But we’re blessed to be in a situation to show people a part of our life, to see us going through different changes, how we can be a better person. People can learn from our mistakes. I’m sure Evelyn didn’t get on TV and want to throw a bottle at somebody. But hey, that’s life. So maybe the next time somebody gets you out of your character you’ll know not to throw a bottle.
Evelyn: As crazy as it sounds, sometimes I’m glad I have the show because it’s sort of like a mirror. Most people don’t get to see the crazy things that they’ve done. So I’ll see it and go… [Grimaces].
Since all of the uproar over Basketball Wives, and people reevaluating what they want to watch on television, the women on these shows started pointing fingers…and they weren’t pointing them at Evelyn’s mirror! Why blame your bad behavior on bad decisions when you can blame them on the bad producers? Oh, and whatever you do, don’t call Evelyn a role model!
Chrissy: I was easily angered because I signed up for something that was supposed to be about girl power and women embracing each other in this crazy world of hip-hop. I thought it was gonna be more of a support thing instead of Gladiators. They would always bring somebody to challenge me. I would knock ’em down and they would bring somebody else.
So you’re saying the producers orchestrated the violence?
Chrissy: Absolutely. They would go as far as telling the new girl, “Chrissy thinks she’s Queen Bee around here so we need you to step up because nobody here has a strong enough personality. We need you to shut it down.” They were feeding people this negative energy from the door. I have no reason to lie.Kandi: If [the producers] know this person and that person don’t get along, they’ll be like, “Okay, we want you guys to go to lunch.” They know if they have a conversation about what’s going on, something’s gonna jump off. But nobody can make you physically punch somebody in the face. We end up doing that to ourselves from people being real disrespectful in the way they’re speaking to each other, pointing fingers all in people’s faces. Some people just can’t take that.
On the flipside, people can’t see the producers setting you up. Do you guys ever feel regret?Chrissy: Absolutely. It’s like, why did I let them get me that angry? It’s compromising to your soul because I didn’t sign up for this, but I’ll be damned if I’m gonna allow somebody to make a fool of me because the cameras are rolling.
Evelyn: I do and [the bottle incident] was one of those things where I was like, “That was wrong.” The producers of the show could have edited that out but I take full responsibility. I mean, [Kenya] has kids at home.
Do any of you see yourselves as role models?
Evelyn: As a parent I didn’t raise my daughter to look up to somebody on TV as a role model. I want her to look up to her mother, her family as role models. Also, I have nieces who watch the show and love it. So I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place because I’m being me but now I’m coming to the realization that I can’t do… I wouldn’t want my nine-year-old watching this, but their parents do. So I said to myself recently, “Young girls are watching the show. I really need to check myself.” Before reality TV was what it was, I had full control over my daughter’s television because you never know what they’re showing. Every parent isn’t like that. It’s not for me to judge but we’re talking a lot about sex; sometimes there are sexy scenes. I think it’s a little inappropriate, but regardless, I don’t think children should be looking up to reality TV stars as role models.
So, thoughts? I just can’t get over the mentality some of the women have. I am also glad that Evelyn has finally decided to “check herself.” I think Sheree Whitfield would be super proud, boo!
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UPDATE: Lauren Manzo Announces Her Engagement! See A PHOTO Of Her Ring! Plus, Is Teresa Giudice Confirming A Spinoff?
It’s no secret that Teresa Giudice is having some major issues with her day job. And unfortunately her professional problems are also carrying over into her personal life. Rumors have been flying that the Real Housewives of New Jersey star may be gravitating towards a spinoff centering around Teresa and her girls. Well, now it seems Teresa is majorly hinting that she might be ending her days as a Housewife.
In her recent Bravo blog, Teresa talks about life on reality television and about her experience on Celebrity Apprentice, away from the family drama and friendship breakdowns. “Last night was also a personal celebration of the exciting new chapter I am starting in my life. I am in a really good place now and just want to wish everyone the best,” she wrote of being on Arsenio Hall‘s winning team.
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“I think we should all celebrate each other’s success, and I am so happy for NeNe, Dina, Lisa [Vanderpump], Jill, Bethenny [Frankel], Kim Zolciak, Kandi [Burruss], and all of the other Housewives or reality stars that go on and do other great things! It’s hard sometimes to put yourself out there in the public eye and face the criticism, but in the end if you are a good person who does the right thing, good things will happen to you.”
Interestingly, all the Housewives Teresa has called out in congratulations (with the exception of Jill Zarin, of course) have either scored a Bravo spin off – or one on HGTV, like Dina Manzo – or have struck out on their own in another television venture, like NeNe Leakes.
Moving on, Reality Tea just received EXCLUSIVE information from a source that Lauren Manzo and her longtime boyfriend Vito Scalia are reportedly engaged! Rumor has it the entire proposal was filmed for an upcoming episode of RHONJ. Apparently the producers contacted the restaurant in advance to secure permission to film the proposal and arrange for shooting.
Interestingly in a recent Glamour Magazine article highlighting the daughters of Real Housewives, Lauren claimed she wasn’t interested in televising her relationship or marriage:
“I said to my boyfriend, Vito, a while ago, ‘I found a ring that I want. Go buy it, and we’ll get married on TV.’ And then I said to myself, That’s not what I want right now. It doesn’t make sense to get married. I need to become a woman on my own. And I don’t think I could do that right now with a ring on my finger.”
I guess we’ll see what happens!
DO YOU THINK TERESA’S BLOG IMPLIES SHE’S HEADED FOR A SPIN OFF? DO YOU THINK LAUREN AND VITO WILL BE GETTING ENGAGED ON TV?
UPDATE: Lauren confirmed her engagement on Twitter! She also posted a photo of her gorgeous ring! Congratulations Lauren Vito! So – do we think this will be another Weddings By Bravo? Is Lauren angling for a spinoff of her own?
Lauren’s fabulous engagement ring “Thank you everyone!” she Tweeted.
Sunday Night Ratings Round Up! Keeping Up With The Kardashians Scores Big! Plus PHOTO: Kardashian Kollection Lingerie!
If you were hoping the Kardashians would fade into obscurity following a year of famewhore antics gone wrong, think again! They’re back and apparently as big as ever. According to the ratings, the Sunday night season premiere of Keeping Up With The Kardashians hauled in an impressive number of viewers.
Nearly 3 million (yes, I said million, not hundred) people tuned in to catch a glimpse of Kimmie Kake‘s butt, Khloe Kardashian‘s paternity drama, and a Kanye West sighting. I personally watch for Bruce Jenner‘s mutated face. I keep hoping and hoping to see some semblance of normalcy return to the rubber mask that has eclipsed his head.
Most shocking, the ratings for KUWTK are up 16% since last season’s premiere. And surprisingly the show did really well in the coveted 18-49 year-old-demographic, with 1.5M women making up the viewership last Sunday according to The Hollywood Reporter. I thought you people were boycotting?!
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As a reward for all their hard work desperately seeking attention, here’s a photo of the latest Kardashian Kollection lingerie ad. Be warned – there is a serious abuse of Photoshop happening.
With so many shows airing on Sunday night’s 9-11pm time slot, I’m overwhelmed. I want to watch them all, dangit! My poor DVR gets quite a work out and I fully expect it to spontaneously combust any day now. Poor Tough Love always gets relegated to the record list – even though I love it.
Grabbing it’s fair share of viewers was the newly released Mrs. Eastwood Company, which aired following KUWTK on E!. Nearly 1.1M viewers tuned into watch Overtone climb it’s way up the charts. Which are pretty respectable numbers for a new series premiere.
My Sunday night TV heart remains loyal to Jersey. Holding strong in the ratings race is Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey. The never ending family feud (which is pretty much a metaphorical celebrity deathmatch at this point) is still attracting the eyes of many viewers. Last Sunday’s episode grabbed 2.3M watchers. That’s down from the season premiere, but still an awful lot of people are invested in the Teresa Giudice vs. The World storyline they’re running this season.
Unfair for all the Teresa lovers were her dueling reality shows. The live Celebrity Apprentice season finale also aired this Sunday and it grabbed some fairly disappointing ratings. Competing for attention with several shows – including the Billboard Music Awards – only 6.8M viewers tuned in to watch Arsenio Hall snag the title. Sure, those are big numbers, but fairly nominal for a network show.
Doing pretty well in the numbers race was TLC’s Sister Wives. Over 1.8 M viewers tuned in and it surprisingly beat the seriously outrageous Mob Wives reunion, which garnered a pretty paltry 1.1M viewers. I guess family feuds, marital dramas, and fake butts are all the rage these days.
So there you have it – that’s the Sunday night break down! BTW: Is anyone watching that Wilson Phillips show?
[Ratings compiled by TV By The Numbers/Zap2It]
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We, like, really, really need more attention! [Photo Credit: Kim Kardashian's Twitter]
