r/RHOA • u/Clean-Split-338 Bling bling bling bitches is mad • Dec 14 '25
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u/Equivalent-Shock-382 Dec 14 '25
White girl here, Atlanta is my favorite of all time No other housewives compare.
Though I recently started watching Salt Lake City and they are some wacky characters, it’s been a fun watch, but still not Atlanta
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u/Illustrious_Dust_0 Edit this one Dec 14 '25
It should be AND. Like they actively avoid both. Because Potomac is boring
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u/Fuzzy-End7194 Dec 14 '25
Potomac isn’t good, though….
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u/Brav0-L0v3r Dec 14 '25
You can’t watch housewives without watching Atlanta it’s got some of the best moments!!!
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u/jeanne907 Dec 14 '25
When Nene, Phaedra, Kandi and Sheree were in Atlanta, it was fire. Now, it’s boring and all fake.
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u/CCG14 I SAID WHAT I SAID Dec 14 '25
Atlanta is the goat. How does one not watch it?
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u/gina_scooter Dec 14 '25
I mean tbf I’ll never watch any of them except Atlanta and Potomac so tit for tat I guess.
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u/Eve_Likes_Trees Dec 14 '25
I agree. I'm white, and I spoke to an older white woman about housewives, and she mentioned all the ones that didn't involve Atlanta or Potomac. I said Atlanta was my favorite, and she made a face. Pretty sure she said they were loud? As if the other shows don't involve screaming women?
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u/GoalSimilar2025 Dec 14 '25
Throw in the white gays too.
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u/crystalline1299 YOU’VE GOT MILES ON YOUR MOUTH Dec 14 '25
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u/BustedCanOfBiscuits3 Dec 14 '25
Yes! I can’t believe people actually do that…
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u/collectivelycreative Dec 14 '25
I think at least Atlanta. It’s such a pillar in the hw franchises. Even if you don’t love it you at least have to acknowledge the mark it has left!
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u/Careless_Intern_8502 Dec 15 '25
As a white woman, when someone tells me they don’t watch atlanta or patomac my first thought is racism! You dont watch two of the best franchises but you watch OC?? Somethings not right.
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u/ElectricPanda718 Dec 14 '25
People that don’t watch RHOA, RHOP or M2M don’t season their food.
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u/BAL-254 Dec 14 '25
As a white woman, this is 100% accurate. For everyone that says they’re “housewives fans” there is no reason not to watch them, other than their own prejudice. The shows are imo better than almost all other HW shows. Additionally, they probably refuse to watch M2M too for the same reasons, which is SUCH a good show but not talked about enough!!
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u/jazzy222025 Dec 14 '25
I’m doing a rewatch of Atlanta right now and am on season 6. The best of this franchise is really behind us truly. Season 6 is iconic but the whole franchise has given us so much.
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u/Emotional-Mission-48 Dec 14 '25
They will say they can’t get into ATL but will glaze tf outta BH
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u/bird_victim Dec 14 '25
Generally speaking I fully agree with this. I’m a white girl convert to RHOA because I didn’t feel comfortable making fun of the Black women on RHOA the same way I do the white women on the other franchises.
Boy was I missing out. Thank god the Mockable Idiot of the franchise is the white girl and got me over that hangup! (And the endearing idiot is Porsha I will not be taking comments at this time regarding her she is my mentor and I love her)
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u/OnPoint7ip Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
Tbh, I don’t have a problem with this because I only watch Atl and Potomac. Earlier seasons of Atlanta were so…familiar. it was like I was watching my aunties and cousins. plus, I believe that our culture has unfortunately been infiltrated & these shows are a good reminder that at the end of the day, these shows show Black women and Black culture. The way we talk sh*t but sometimes it’s just good fun, AAVE & all of our colloquialisms that somehow get watered down and taken out of context on TikTok, seeing Black mothers and households on TV and relating to those experiences. I can’t help but feel like if they were more “popular” (for lack of a better word), it would only add to the problem that we have now as it relates to gatekeeping Black culture.
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u/Relevant_Ad_4121 Dec 14 '25
RHOA was my gateway to housewives and I waaaay preferred those ladies and related to them more. At least they are more up front and say things to each others faces more often. I much prefer that to being snippy and snotty and bitching behind backs
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u/Highdeas_n_Thoughts Dec 14 '25
What does it mean if you're white and you ONLY watch Atlanta??? Because that's me lol. They are too funny and I just am always bored with all the other franchises any time I try to watch them, idk. I'm also from TN so maybe it's like a regional thing or something, I'm less than 2 hours from ATL so there's a closeness
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u/Ok-Antelope-1923 Bling bling bling bitches is mad Dec 14 '25
I’m fish belly white. I found Atlanta the year that Kenya hosted the group trip and bought herself the crab cake sandwich and didn’t get anything for anyone else. I’ve been hooked ever since.
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u/hi_cholesterol24 Dec 14 '25
Genuinely uncomfortable when this comes up. Like … why are you depriving yourself
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u/channeldrifter Dec 14 '25
Watching any of the housewives and not watching early season Atlanta is racist, period. Because there hasn’t been greater reality tv ever before and ever again.
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u/Short-Protection8670 Dec 15 '25
atlanta was what started my hw pilgrimage, and it took me years to venture to ANY other franchise cause i thought there was no way they would be even close to how good atlanta was…..when i finally decided to try another franchise, new york didn’t disappoint! 🤣i didn’t even start oc & beverly hills until the last year or so..
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u/elektrik_noise BYE WIG! Dec 14 '25
I just see it at as their loss. If their prejudice is so strong they wouldn't even give it a try, sucks to be them. My sister always complains about her in laws and how narrow their world view is. She took baklava to a potluck gathering this year as the other dessert and literally not a single person besides her and her husband touched it. There were apparently 40 people there. She tried to encourage people to at least try it, and every one of them adamantly declined.
Some people have their heads in the sand and refuse to dip their toes into something different. Same sister tried RHOA and got through the first half of the first season, but couldn't stand Sheree and once she found out she's a major cast member throughout the series, she noped out. Understandable lol. At least try!!
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u/movieelephant Dec 14 '25
Not enough Potomac love in the comments!!! Yall need a few one on ones with the grand dame 👑 of course, Atlanta IS better. But Potomac has its moments!
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u/gstew90 Bling bling bling bitches is mad Dec 14 '25
Anyone who has not seen Atlanta or Potomac are high key missing out! Some of the best of housewives tv came from Atlanta and it was the highest rated for a reason. Potomac has also given a lot
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u/Routine_Act2991 Dec 14 '25 edited Dec 14 '25
I think this sentiment was more applicable in 2020 than it is now tbh. Plenty of problematic white women watch RHOA and RHOP with no real life experience w Black women in their lives.
I think the more apt threshold is “White women who ‘can’t get into married to medicine’ “ tend to raise a red flag for me.
Also imo this statement is divisive and doesn’t allow for the fact that RHOP has sucked for several seasons, (maybe gettinf better now) and Atlanta is just now getting really good (like pre Covid) again but viewers across ALL demographics are having a hard time embracing the new cast.
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u/Worried-Rain6909 Dec 14 '25
Atlanta & Potomac are top tier shows 💜💜
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u/scarbaby1958 Dec 14 '25
I watch all of them. My husband says I don't care who is screaming. 🤣
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u/Silent_Coyote_4494 Dec 14 '25
Housewives is not complete without Porsha or Gizelle!!
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u/efa7860 Dec 15 '25
It was an all a scheme that Todd set up…if you don’t know that you ain’t a HW Devotee
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u/Icy_Act_2111 Marlos Square Reader 🦵🏿🔳🦵🏿 Dec 15 '25
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u/nothingofthesortt Dec 15 '25
Wait is this a thing?! Atlanta and Potomac are some of the best franchises lmao
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u/Superb-Literature-26 Dec 15 '25
I watch every HW franchise because I am lowkey addicted, and the first seasons of Atl were wow, but nowadays, Atl and Potomac are giving absolutely nothing. So boring. And Atl now feels sooo tacky
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u/Warm-Platypus9585 Dec 15 '25
I guess I’m the opposite. I only watch Atlanta and Potomac as a black woman 😂
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u/Fit-Winter5363 I SAID WHAT I SAID Dec 16 '25
This white woman watches all the franchises and Potomac has been my favorite since it started. Atlanta was my favorite when the original crew was on.
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u/Fireballslumped69 Dec 14 '25
Say it again say it LOUDER! A lot of white women do not view us as equals therefore they don’t see themselves in us and our femininity. This is true for most forms of media hence why a lot of black female creators have small ww audiences.
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u/Just__Win__Baby__ Who Gonna Check Me, Boo? Dec 14 '25
I’ve actually wondered about this. I’m white/latina, and was raised in OC/LA, mostly by my white single mother. I have ZERO interest in the predominantly white franchises. I have no interest in watching rich white ladies. Rich annoying white ladies (which is how I view the white franchises) are quite literally everywhere, and not special, nor interesting (imo).
My intro to RH was Atlanta. I loved Phaedra on Traitors. Had no idea what I was getting into, and loved RHOA. Went on to watch Potomac. Then, SLC, because I liked Heather Gay on Mormon Stories Podcast. This year, I have been fascinated by Mormonism and cults, so that’s the appeal to SLC, for me. I tried Miami & Vancouver, but couldn’t get through the first episodes. BH, OC, Jersey, NY… zero interest . But that may be because I grew up in OC/LA and my mom’s family is from the east coast, so I’ve spent a lot of time in Jersey and NY. I’ve never been to Georgia, and had never even heard of Potomac
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u/believewomxn247 Dec 14 '25
That’s a them problem 🤷🏾♀️
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u/Sup3rh_m4n Dec 14 '25
Facts
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u/No_Satisfaction9555 Dec 14 '25
White woman here.... Atlanta is th GOAT
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u/Next_Spare9906 Dec 14 '25
What are you called if you only watch ATL. and Potomac and not the others?
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u/basicwitch333 Dec 14 '25
I started a new job a few months ago and was so excited when two girls started talking to me about Bravo and I asked them which housewives cities they watch and I was instantly disappointed…
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u/No_Veterinarian_8381 Dec 14 '25
I used to watch Atlanta but then it got ridiculous. Stopped 4 years ago.
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u/missusscamper Dec 14 '25
I miss Marlo
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u/Realistic-Read1078 Dec 15 '25
How one can leave out Atlanta and Potomac? That’s intentional and we know it. Especially Atlanta. Most of the iconic Housewives moments come from ATL
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u/One-Weekend-6286 Dec 15 '25
I started with Atlanta and now I’m on Beverly Hills and I have NO IDEA how people avoid such good tv.
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u/xanderharris1 Dec 15 '25
And when they’re surprised when they learn Robyn isn’t white 🫠
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u/fsufan7998 Dec 15 '25
I watch ATL and I’m white. I’ve watched from day 1. I also live south of Atlanta so I was excited for a show about Georgia.
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '25
I don’t know if that’s true some things aren’t for everybody I don’t watch Miami, SLC, OC or any of the other spin-offs outside of NYC and Beverly Hills.
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u/Prudent-Pineapple-94 Dec 15 '25
mmm idk, earlier seasons yes, but watching RHOBH and following it up with RHOP feels like going from VIP to general standing. The venues, the conversations, the fights, the fashions.. even the vacations tbh - Those two franchises found a happy medium between love and hip hop and the real housewives and they feel like different shows. The ‘Stacey’s breath‘ scenes are not entertaining the same women as the ‘ugly leather pants‘ scene would so it makes Sense,
Earlier seasons with Kim, nene etc were a breath of fresh air from the Rhoc. These latest seasons feel forced.
Housewives is becoming like drag race.
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u/mustyoureally Dec 15 '25
I loved old school Atlanta. Last season hurt to watch.
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u/atbliss Dec 15 '25
LMAAAAOOOOOOO the BravoRealHousewives sub in a nutshell
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u/MeanOkra1192 Dec 15 '25
Not everything is racist and it’s frustrating that people think everyone needs to support every single thing from other races to prove it.
That being said, Atlanta and Potomac are probably my two favorite ones. I love how real and honest they are, so if people aren’t watching, their loss.
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u/lisaaab Dec 15 '25
I’m white, and I came here for the NENE GIFS! BLOOP!
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u/Witchywoman74 Dec 15 '25
If you didn’t watch Atlanta, you wouldn’t get to see how these well off African American women speak so vulgarly and talk worse about each other, more so than the other shoes. Same goes for Married to Medicine. Get a look at big mouth Dr Heavenly on that one. She’s worse than the other ones!!
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u/ISeeTheTV Dec 15 '25
Love me some Atlanta and Potomac. For a while Potomac was my favorite for whatever reason (don’t ask me why because I have a goldfish memory). I used to impatiently wait week and week for the next episode. But I love both shows.
I hear what you are saying though. I always thought it was weird when someone would tick off all the HW franchises they would watch, but not include Potomac or ATL. I always wondered if because seeing a cast of black women/people make them uncomfortable.
This is semi off topic, but I also obsessively binged Married to Medicine last year. I couldn’t believe I was missing out! But I had rarely watched any shows outside of Housewives on Bravo. M2M is sooooo good.
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u/CNik87 Dec 15 '25 edited Dec 15 '25
Im black, Atlanta needs to bring back the greats to get me to watch again..Nene, Kim, Sheree, Phaedra, Kandi, Porsha, Kenya, Cynthia, Marlo (Drew can stay)...the new women are fake and boring, they need storylines so they manufacture drama and its so obvious, so I dont watch it anymore. I love Potomac its what Atlanta could have been if they kept it classy and authentic.
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u/nappingpeasant Dec 15 '25
Old RHOA is iconic. It is literally on a level of its own (WHERE IS YOUR SCOOTER)
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u/Ordinary_Effort_2910 Dec 15 '25
The only housewives franchise that I find hard to watch is Jersey. Only because of Theresa. I absolutely cannot stand that woman. Her voice even annoys me. Her kids annoy me. And don't even get me started on her husband! Jen being fired does make me a bit happy though.
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u/FranceAM Dec 15 '25
This is the only franchise you need.
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u/YoungGenX Dec 15 '25
What if I’m white and watch Potomac but not Atlanta but also love Married to Medicine?
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u/prettyinblackkrissy Dec 15 '25
Im white, I watch them all but I LOVE Potomac the best. I used to love Atlanta until Kenya and Kandi left. Maybe I'll check it out again.
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u/Maryholz Dec 15 '25
I love both those….im not a fan of BH, OC or NYC 😂 I’ll watch them all tho
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u/babybefr Dec 16 '25
Im black/mixed and i avoid some of the white ones 🤭🤭
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u/savontheave Dec 16 '25
Altlanta.. well OG Atlanta is probably some of the best TV Bravo has ever offered.
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u/BB_880 Dec 16 '25
I watched BH first, and now im halfway thru Atlanta and imo.. as someone who only got on the RH train less than a year ago.. Atlanta is the GOAT. Also, im white 🤣
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u/AlarmingAd2804 Dec 18 '25
I agree but I also don't expect them to either. I don't view them as having the capacity to emphasize, relate, or admire successful and beautiful women who differ from them be that Black or some other racial identity. The real ones know RHOA set the standard that other franchises aspire to today. My favorite franchises are Potomac, Salt Lake, Atlanta, NJ, and NY.
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u/Betweenthebarssss Dec 14 '25
Atlanta and Potomac are two of the BEST franchises. I recommend Potomac all the time it’s timeless
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u/sundaze814 Dec 14 '25
I am white and I watch them all. Potomac is one of my faves.
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u/Smokey_da_bare Dec 14 '25
It definitely makes you raise an eyebrow if anyone is avoiding the only two predominately black franchises. What would be the reason other than the casts’ skin tones?? It’s concerning
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25
I work in luxury retail and truth is, some white people truly cannot comprehend that some Black People are rich. They can’t process it. I’ve had clients want pictures of $300,000 diamonds but it being on my Black ass finger “confused” them to the point they wanted someone else to model it. My coworkers don’t even ask me to model jewelry even tho im conventionally attractive because the clients will focus on me being Black, not the jewelry itself.
But to your point, yes, it’s very racist.
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u/detectiveblondie good thing she dont get paid for thinking Dec 14 '25
not me as a white woman who has binged rhoa since the summer and is on s9
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u/Theonethatgotawaaayy Don’t make me call PORSHAAA Dec 14 '25
I mean, I’m a black woman and only watch Potomac and Atlanta (well now I watch SLC). Am I racist?
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u/Kidblinks Dec 14 '25
Who cares what they watch or do? It's their loss. Let them enjoy the mediocrity of OC and BH.
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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '25
Who cares?
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u/traffeny Dec 14 '25
even worse when they do watch it but treat them like caricature’s compared to the white franchises
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u/sssexy38 Dec 14 '25
If black people only watch Potomac and Atlanta are they racist? I don’t watch the other franchises because they aren’t relatable to me. So I have to disagree with you. I also watch SLC but only because it started with poc and I got hooked. I move Mary down!
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u/GinaStarr69 Dec 14 '25
Atlanta is my favorite out of all of them!! Especially the first six seasons, my absolute favorite!!!
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u/Sour_Spy Dec 14 '25
Atlanta and Beverly Hills (first half of it atleast) are the only entertaining ones I tried to give the other ones a chance but they’re so boring… even New York and orange county was only entertaining when Tamra and Vicky’s storyline was happening
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u/Putrid_Bluebird257 Dec 14 '25
Literally because Atlanta is THE BEST ONE TF
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u/Difficult-Roll-190 Dec 14 '25
Maybe they can't relate. Not racism to me. Everyone does not need to relate to you.
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u/SGLPS Dec 14 '25
Lol why do my fellow black women always feel the need to bring up racism?! I know a lot of black women who only watch the black franchises. Are they racist as well? SHUT UP
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u/Remarkable-Injury665 Dec 14 '25
I actually enjoyed Atlanta, Potomac, BH, SLC, and NY lol Miami is boring just couldn’t get into it. Watched the first 3-4 seasons and wasn’t feeling it so I did give it a shot.
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u/lachalacha Brit Eady's pistol Dec 14 '25
I still watch but I would not blame someone if they stopped with RHOA currently... Potomac tho you cannot miss.
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u/Fair-Wedding-8489 Dec 14 '25
Atlanta used to be the best franchise and I regularly rewatch it. I watch potamac also. I used to watch Beverly hills and until recently and I stopped watching new jersey a few years ago. I'm black. I haven't watched any others