The Real Housewives of New York

The Real Housewives of New York alum Bethenny Frankel's branding machine just hit a snag in its quest for TV domination. The New York Post is reporting, the Bethenny Ever After star's daytime talk show's development has gotten the axe. According to the newspaper's site, Telepictures, Frankel's distributor was unable to secure a syndication deal. The site claims Frankel has gotten offers from cable channels, after Telepictures gave her the boot, while The Hollywood Reporter claims nothing has been given.

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Addicted to Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, New Jersey, New York, Miami, Atlanta or Orange County and have a favorite 'Housewife' you’ve always wanted to see in person? Now's your chance! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bravo is taking its ladies on tour to Chicago, Atlantic City and Atlanta.

"Bravo viewers like to truly engage in the shows they are passionate about," says Ellen Stone, Bravo’s senior vice president of marketing in a statement. "With The Real Housewives Live Tour, we are able to give our fans a unique, hands-on experience with their favorite cast members across franchises that they can't experience anywhere else."

Could the current cast of The Real Housewives of New York be on their way out of the city? According to The New York Post, the ladies holding court on Bravo's Big Apple version of the uber popular franchise don't have the right amount of cash to flash onscreen. A source spills to the paper that the producers are looking to cast a whole new crew of housewives who are more in-line with the ladies on the west coast.

"They want an entirely new cast," says a source, "to replicate Beverly Hills. They want rich, rich women, like Adrienne Maloof and Camille Grammer, dripping in glamour and $10 million penthouses. And they don't want to fake it. They are discreetly reaching out to women who fit the bill."

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Us Weekly is reporting that The Real Housewives of New York's Bethenny Frankel will not return next season. According to Frankel:

"Last season was scary and painful," she tells Us about why she’s rejected Bravo’s offers to return for season 4, which begins filming Sept. 20, according to a source. “It took all of the joy out of it.”

According to the magazine, Frankel is obligated by contract to continue filming for the show. However, Bravo is keeping their fingers crossed that she will return.

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In order to get a feel of what you guys absolutely can't get enough of in pop culture, we're going to be polling you from time to time. A week ago, I asked you which scripted primetime soap was your all-time fave. Now it's time for the reality dramas or docusoaps as many industry trades like to refer to them.

Whether we love them or hate them, cheaper, easier to produce reality sudsers are here to say. I have to admit, while I detested the genre that was allegedly "killing" my precious scripted soaps for so long, there are now several reality soaps, contests and sitcoms (we'll get to the latter two, i.e. Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, Survivor, in the coming days) which now have places of honor on my DVR. I've realized deriving guilty pleasure from the exploits of the Kardashians isn't a betrayal to Sue Ellen Ewing. Like JR proved, a boy can have his classy wife, while enjoying the occasional trashy mistress!

Smart, well-written dramas like Mad Men, General Hospital, True Blood and Glee prove there's still room for all. Heck, there's even going to be a docusoap spinoff from a scripted soap this summer with Showtime's The Real L Word (premiering June 20). So what do you guys think?

Which is the best reality soap of all-time?