Big Surprise: I’ve Acquired a New Addiction

(Okay, so I lied. There is no Part Two of Two. Or maybe there was, but there isn’t anymore! Moving on.)

MyNetworkTV (don’t ask me where this channel came from) has created a monster, or rather two separate monsters right behind each other six nights a week. Both are telenovela-style serials that have me twitching for my next hit.

Fashion House is my favorite of the two guilty pleasures. Bo Derek, Morgan Fairchild, the modeling industry; need I say more?! Derek is the fabulous Maria Gianni (Versace, what?!) and Derek is her archrival. Maria’s son, Luke (the incredibly delicious Taylor Kinney), finds new meaning in his art after hooking up with the superhot Michelle (Natalie Martinez), an aspiring fashion designer who is a brand new addition to the Gianni fold.


I would call it Melrose Place on crack with a splash of Dynasty and a twist of Red Shoe Diaries. It’s good stuff.

Desire, the less intriguing of the two novelas, is about a hot guy escaping to California with his other hot brother and his clueless mother after sleeping with a mob boss’s daughter. Blowing up the family’s restaurant in Jersey wasn’t sufficient, and the mobster is set on killing the douche-bag that is Louis (Nate Haden). Meanwhile, there’s this whole love triangle including Louis, Alex (the understated, yet sexier, of the two played by Zach Silva) & Andrea, the daughter of the restaurant mogul the boys find themselves working for due to their mother’s connection with one of the restaurant managers. Yes, it’s complicated.

Let’s face it, I can’t resist a good primetime soap opera. At least not until next week when I and the rest of the free world are inundated with the new fall television season. All I have to say to my DVR is, YOU BETTER WERK!