"The Real Housewives of D.C." reality television series is now officially in development, according to Bravo network. The program to feature selected women across the Washington area (not necessarily from the District itself) would be the latest in a franchise of "Real Housewives" programs that have spanned from Orange County, California to New York City.
The spinoff program PR officially promises to feature "personalities who are among Washington D.C.'s influential players, cultural connoisseurs, fashion sophisticates and philanthropic leaders – the people who rub elbows with the most prominent people in the country and easily move in the city's diverse political and social circles."
Of course, the appeal of the Housewives franchise for viewers is generally not so uplifting. Instead, the franchise tends to focus on the foibles, eccentricities and general cattiness of affluent women, working or not, and their respective relationships in the depicted locales.
It now seems obvious that the earlier casting call for "powerful D.C. divas" was made with the "Real Housewives" franchise in mind. Though I'm loathe to dismiss all reality television, one would hope that most Washington, D.C. area women would know enough to shy away from this particular spotlight.
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