Bravo extends one of its reality shows into a franchise tonight with the 11 p.m. ET debut of The Real Housewives of New York City.
Like its Orange County, Calif., counterpart, the show follows a group of women--Alex, Bethenny, Jill, LuAnn, and Ramona--who Bravo calls "an elite and powerful set of New York socialites" who have to "juggle their careers and home lives with busy calendars packed with charity fund-raising galas, the social whirl of the Hamptons, and interviews for...