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Bravo is pumping out content at an overwhelming rate, leaving fans feeling exhausted. However, RHOA's latest season premiere suggests a potential return to its nostalgic roots.

In this episode, we get to meet Madison's dog, Karen. Karen? For a dog? What's she going to do? Call the police if you don't give her a treat? Then there are Austen's two new cats: one named Martini (cat name) and the other named Piper (human name). What is up with all of these people and their pets that have people names? Shep's dog is famously named Craig and Venita has a dog named Charles.

The Housewives have been a logical feeder system for The Traitors for several reasons, not least of which being corporate synergy between Bravo and Peacock. Plus, when it comes to drama, Housewives are self-starters; if there isn't interpersonal conflict in the castle, they'll create it, if only to fill a void.

After serving nearly half of her six-year sentence, former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah was released from federal prison on December 10, just two weeks before Christmas, to complete her remaining term under supervised release in Utah. Two days later, sans Bravo cameras rolling, things appeared almost back to normal when Shah was photographed wearing all black, accessorized with sunglasses, heels, and what seemed to be a designer bag. Even with a return to normalcy, Shah faces a stark new reality following her highly publicized legal troubles.

A washed-up reality star and her live-in entourage of misfits scramble to rehab her image and reboot her career. When her estranged daughter unexpectedly moves into their crumbling Manhattan townhouse, the TV has-been is confronted with the one role she's spent her entire life avoiding: motherhood.

I love it for all the reasons that everyone else does, but beyond that, I am enthralled by the premise of a show heralded by a woman who we know from day one is committed to making her life better at the world's expense, and is willing to claw her way to the top by hook or by crook alongside the caravan of Machiavellian schemers she calls colleagues and mentors.

Previously on our favorite show, Kyle and Dorit Loved Each Other, Kyle and Dorit loved each other. Here they are meeting for the first time and declaring their love. Here they are laughing in motorcycle helmets. Here they are promising to support each other forever and ever until the stars fall from the sky and the ocean boils into blood. Previously on our other favorite show Kyle and Dorit Hate Each Other, Kyle and Dorit hate each other. Here they are arguing at a group dinner.

They don't have to be as knuckle-gripping and sensational as Monica Gate on Salt Lake City - last season's finale of Potomac was a knee-slapper, and it largely consisted of the women getting pooped on by traumatized dogs. As long as you have a bit of humor and a bit of progress, that should offer sufficient momentum to carry me into a finale.

Turns out the true Real Housewives of New York City legacy is wildly out-of-pocket social-media posts. Earlier this week, original RHONY cast member Jill Zarin went on Instagram, in a since-deleted post, to say such blatantly racist things about Bad Bunny's halftime show that she was fired from E!'s upcoming reunion series. (As always whenever Jill shows weakness, Dorinda Medley was there to pounce.)