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"AIR DATE THURSDAY 3/4\r\nAs viewers of this durable franchise know full well, being a Real Housewife isn&amp;#x2019;t all champagne and caviar. And that&amp;apos;s a good thing. The juicy season-three opener with the NYC contingent -- funny Bethenny Frankel, ditzy Ramona Singer, geeky Alex McCord, mouthy Jill Zarin and snooty Countess LuAnn de Lesseps -- features ritzy outings, frivolous gossip and wild confrontations.\r\nThe sniping starts in petty doses: During a boozy yacht party in the Hamptons, Zarin blasts the fiftysomething Singer for wearing a skimpy bikini and crying too much. Then the backbiting really kicks in. Much of the sizzle belongs to Frankel, who, since last season, has dumped BFF Zarin (&amp;quot;She&amp;#x2019;s grabby&amp;quot;) and fallen for a cute but conservative new guy. No shrinking violet, she takes down de Lesseps (&amp;quot;You&amp;apos;re fake!&amp;quot;) and, later, scandal queen Kelly Killoren Bensimon (&amp;quot;You&amp;#x2019;re crazy!&amp;quot;) in deliciously riveting scenes. Is it any wonder this woman, who&amp;apos;s now pregnant, is getting a spinoff? (Bravo, 11 P.M.)\r\n-- JOHN GRIFITHS"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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