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Is The Real Housewives of NYC More Effective as an Oral History?

With each week of expert analysis from Movieline’s Julie Miller, The Real Housewives of New York ‘s mosaic of glitz and gaucheness separates into pure shards. Jill’s the problem , Bethenny’s a bit put on , and no one ends up looking like a saint. But perhaps the issue with RHONY ‘s cast is their format: If they were characters in a piece of literature, would we be so cavalier to dismiss them? After piecing together bits from the Bravo blogs, it turns out we have the makings of a Victorian bildungsroman on our hands.

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Is The Real Housewives of NYC More Effective as an Oral History?

The Return of Johnny Carson

While we wait for Bill Carter to finish writing the The Late Shift sequel, producers Basil Iwanyk ( Clash of the Titans ) of Thunder Road and Kevin J. Cleary of Content House are developing a miniseries about the drama between the Tonight Show ‘s first three hosts: Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. The miniseries, called The King of Late Night , will be based on Robert Metz’s 1980 book The Tonight Show and will explore the behind-the-scenes drama that plagued the show’s hosts long before Jay Leno butted his chin in. [ Deadline ]

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