Tragedy is Tops in Reality Show Ratings, Just Ask 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'

By Aphrodite M. 

"The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" will premiere on September 5 with more buzz and press coverage than it could've ever hoped for. The media exposure surrounding the tragic suicide of a housewife's husband is devastating but such misfortune helps propel reality ratings. People tune in for the revealing, rage-filled fights and dysfunction. Reality provides the licentious guilty pleasure previously reserved for soap operas. Eventually, even soap operas couldn't hold out against the popularity of over-the-top reality.


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Basketball Wives LA --- Meet The Cast & Watch The 1st Episode! (VIDEO)

The Basketball Wives are back but this time...the West Side girls are taking over. And please believe....they're bringing the drama!



Meet the new cast of VH1's "Basketball Wives LA"



FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:



Imani Showalter, ex-fiancee of player Stephen Jackson and mother of three.



Draya Michele, also known as the "groupie," is currently a model and aspiring actress in Los Angeles with several music videos and magazine covers to her credit Draya says "I have a million haters."



Laura Govan, sister of Gloria Govan, known as the girl who was rumored to sleep with Shaq while he was with Shaunie from the original Basketball Wives.





Gloria Govan, fiancée of LA's Matt Barnes, may be fairly new to the West Coast, but not to viewers of Basketball Wives. You probably remember her from the original Basketball Wives show, well now she joins the girls in LA.





Malaysia Pargo, wife of Chicago's Jannero Pargo, grew up in Compton, California before meeting her husband at 22. Her Cali girls from back home say they will "handle" anyone who wants to have problems with Malaysia...this should be interesting.



Jackie Christie, wife of retired player Doug Christie, claims to have the strongest marriage in Basketball, and it shows: she and Doug renew their vows every year!



Kimsha Artest, self-described 'partner' of Ron Artest and mother of three, is proud of her New York (Jamaica, Queens) roots and no fan of living in Los Angeles.





The series, Basketball Wives LA, is airing Monday nights at 8pm EST.



Watch the best scenes from the 1st episode below..and let us know how your liking the new show!

The VH1 Basketball Wives Reunite & Stir Up The Drama (Full Reunion Part 2)

Season 3 of VH1's Basketball Wives has come to an end but not before they reunited one more time for the Reunion...watch the drama unfold...

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Fights & Drink Throwing! VH1 Basketball Wives" Full Final Episode (VIDEO)

Damnnnn did you see retired NBA player Eric Williams throw that drink on his soon to be ex-wife Jen Monday night? This final episode is a must see!



Eric recently spoke about the "drink throwing" saying,

“You know damn well why I threw that drink in her face like that. She dishonored my mother.....That was a conversation between my mother and her. She was supposed to wear that to the grave. No one was supposed to know about that conversation. She put that sh_t on Sister 2 Sister magazine.”

I don’t apologize for the reaction.

In this final episode of the season, Chad Ochocinco and his fiance', Evelyn, also get into it when she spots him having lunch with another woman.



Watch it in full below!

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Basketball Wives Drama: Tami Slaps Meeka! Meeka Sues!!! (VIDEO)

In case you missed iT, Meeka caught a slap to the face on last night's episode of "Basketball Wives" ....

Have you been catching up with all your VH1 "Basketball Wives" drama? A lot went down last night, as the drama ended with Meeka getting slapped in the face!


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Meeka Claxton is now suing Tami Roman for assault and battery.

According to the lawsuit, filed July 21st in New York, Tami

"assaulted, battered, beat, threatened, menaced, attacked, jumped on, pushed to the ground, thrashed, punched, and shoved"

Meeka ... causing serious injury.

Meeka wants Tami to cough up unspecified damages, claiming the incident cost her a day of filming -- and put her through an emotional and physical hell.




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VH1's "Basketball Wives" Are Back! Watch The 1st Episode From Season 3 Here! (FULL VIDEO)

Looks like we have a brand new season full of "Basketball Wives" drama a head of us!

Between Tami and Evelyn fighting over "You're A Non-M#$%$# Factor" Tee-Shirts to Evelyn brawling it out with Royce... and now a brand new Basketball Wife has joined all the madness....

There's lots to keep up with! Watch the first full episode below...

Who's your fav Basketball Wife?




Check out Lady T's interview with Tami...

Tami From #BasketballWives Talks To Lady T About All The Drama! (VIDEO + AUDIO)

Tami From #BasketballWives Talks To Lady T About The Girl Fights & Her Battle w/Eating Disorders! (VIDEO + AUDIO)

Tami is the new cast member stirring things up on this season's Basketball Wives on VH1. She gets into lots of fights on the show and has a whole lot to say about the rest of the girls. So she called into Lady T, "The Talk Of The Town's" radio show on Power 95.3 Orlando to explain her side,

"They had to bring me on girl, you know we gotta get the ratings up." (LAUGHS)

She went on to say,

"I have earned the right to be respected, and that's what you're gonna give me."

Tami also revealed to Lady T about her battle with eating disorders, as Tami got liposuction live on this season of "Basketball Wives."



She also spoke on her experience on MTV's Real World back in 1993!



Find out what goes on BEHIND THE DRAMA:

Check out Tami's interview w/ Lady T below:



WATCH IT FROM YOUR PHONE - CLICK HERE!

You can listen to or download the audio here:

There are usually fights on reality shows but Tami had one of THE very first ever and most infamous during her time on MTV's Real World back in '93.



You can check out that infamous fight below:



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She even had an R&B group on the show!

Rubi From The OchoCinco Show On Vh1 Talks To Lady T About The Finale & More!! [AUDIO]

IN CASE YOU MISSED LADY T'S RADIO SHOW ON POWER95.3:

Listen below as Rubi called in to Lady T's radio show on Power95.3 in Orlando and spoke about the finale that airs Sunday at 9PM Eastern...will Evelyn from Basketball Wives show really make an appearance like kicked off cast member,Tiphani told us?? (OchoCinco Show Gets Exposed! Tiphani From The Show TELLS ALL)

She also gives her thoughts on Chad OchoCinco's side relationships with other women, like Evelyn, while on the show.

Listen or download the audio below:








IF YOU MISSED THE PREVIOUS INTERVIEWS WITH THE OCHOCINCO GIRLS, CHECK OUT BELOW:

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OchoCinco Show Gets Exposed! Tiphani From The Show TELLS ALL w/ Lady T [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]

Tiphani from the OchoCinco "The Ultimate Catch" show on VH1 TELLS ALL! Is the show fake?? ...She possibly spoils the ending and talks about Chad sending gifts to women while filming the show and more!

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Shaq Threatens To Cancel Vh1's "Basketball Wives"....

So have you seen Shaq's Ex wife Shaunie's new Reality Show on VH1, "Basketball Wives"? Well, let me tell you....you are definitely missing out! Oh, the scandel! lol

Evidently Shaq feels the same about the show and not in a good way. Shaq's lawyer has fired off a letter to VH1 in which he demands VH1 immediately halt production on "any further episodes of 'Basketball Wives' which make any reference to Mr. O'Neal." !!!! Uh ohhhh

Shaq's lawyer claims Shaunie signed a confidentiality agreement at some point in their relationship -- so if she says anything about Shaq on TV, she and the production company will find their asses in court.

The first episode of the show already ran last week and show #2 -- which reportedly features a scene centered around Shaunie's relationship with Shaq -- is scheduled to run Sunday. Sources close to the show tell us it's unclear whether or not the next episode will make air.

Let's see what happens here because we all know that money and power talk....

Check out the 1st episode of "Basketball Wives" below




This is not the first time we hear of Shaq trying to shut things down so he does not get outed. He allegedly threatened a women in Orlando that claimed she had a affair with him. Shaq is pretty scary lol.

Read more on Shaq's relationship with Shaunie and his Sex Scandel that he does not want spoken about....

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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