'Real Housewives' leaves viewers desperate for Wisteria Lane.(Suburban Living)(TV/Radio)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January, 2007

Byline: Ted Cox Reality is for people who can't handle TV, and there's no better proof of that than the Bravo reality series "The Real Housewives of Orange County." Welcome to the O.C., bub. Prepare to be bored to death. "Real Housewives" actually begins its second season at 9 p.m. today on the once-proud arts channel Bravo, which has increasingly relied on reality since being bought up by the NBC Universal conglomerate.

Yet it seems to be running on the fumes of the first season, when Jo was breaking up with her fiance, Slade, who then took up with Lauri. Jo and Lauri are both back this season, as are Vicki and Jeana and even Slade, for those keeping score at home. Yet, while the show hints at the old Peyton Place shenanigans in tonight's season...