Not Worth Your Time: Real Housewives Fail to Serve

The “reality” series, The Real Housewives of Orange County, follows the upscale lives of several unknown women who live in the swank community of Coto de Caza, California. The show first premiered in March of 2006 on the Bravo television network, and with surprise has been renewed season after season.



Now in its fourth season which premiered in November of 2008, the show returns with three of the original housewives, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Lori Peterson and season three newcomer Tamra Barney.

In the newest season, a new housewife, Gretchen Rossi, replaces two other housewives who left the show in the previous season and another new housewife, Lynne Curtin joins the cast to compensate for the mid-season departure of Peterson.

Here's part of the season four cast on a local talk show in California to discuss the season.



This show is not at all reality, but a fake wannabe just like the ladies on the show. Every week it is nothing but 60 minutes of rich women who have breast implants, a lot Botox and tons of free time to whine about their lives while on vacation in Las Vegas, San Diego and other extravagant places they have ventured off to. It fails to serve viewers with the accounts of true reality within these women’s lives.


The problem with The Real Housewives of Orange County is that the producers of the show go out of their way to show us how nasty these women are when it comes to money and power. In all actuality it's sort of an occasion for us to laugh at which is the only positive of the entire show; but sad at the same time to know that women with this much money and authority waste it own plastic surgery, designer clothing, jewelry, expensive automobiles and huge mansions.

Below is a clip from season four showing just how rich and spoiled the women of this show really are.



Either way, the show is not worth the hour of time you’ll never get back if you’re a person who actually values their time; especially when Bravo plays the same episode repeatedly throughout the week. But if you do enjoy wasting your time on numb minding television shows that don’t cause you to think, then The Real Housewives is the show for you.

Want to judge yourself whether the show is a waste of time, click here and view full episodes from season one to the current fourth season.

Tell me what you think!