Remember a time not long ago when Bravo was good. They had "Queer Eye For the Straight Guy," "Project Runway" and "Top Chef."
Bravo was the groundbreaking channel that had all the most interesting shows and was clearly ahead of its time.
Boy, have times changed. Now it's all "Real Housewives" all the time.
It started with Orange County, then they moved to New York, Atlanta and New Jersey. Well now Bravo has announced that they're casting for "The Real Housewives of DC."
Hasn't this show run its course yet. I mean by the fifth installment are these women doing anything new.
An average episode consists of them sitting around drinking, maybe shopping and calling each other names. Wow, that sounds like fascinating television.
The real problem is that everytime I go to my channel guide to see what Bravo is showing, it's always a marathon of the stupid "Real Housewives."
With all the shows that NBC has, couldn't they use Bravo as a place for people to catch up on established shows or discover new ones.
This is all just another example of how NBC can't seem to save itself, from itself.
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It's true that Bravo used to be good. But, boy, your commentary really lacks perspective as to the when and why. I suspect it's because of age.
The change from the shows you mention as worthwhile over to a nonstop Real Housewives or millionaire Matchmaker marathon is actually no change at all. The real change that Bravo, like a lot of other channels, underwent was the change over to reality programming, which happened, I'm guessing probably ten or more years ago.
There was a time in the '90s when Bravo actually had top quality arts programming that explored literature, art and film in ways that they never do today.
They played international movies as a regular part of programming - The "Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie" by the famous surrealist and friend of Salvador Dali, Luis Buñuel, for example. They also had Artist and writer profiles/biographies, for example, of Brett Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho" and "Less than Zero."
Those days are long gone, and were already long gone before Top Chef and the rest of the reality programming came along. Perhaps the only show of similar value that survived the change is Inside the Actor's Studio.
Bravo is on a growing list of channels that I used to watch. I guess I'm getting old.
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