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It's a girl fight on 'The Real Housewives of New York City' (Thu., 10PM ET on Bravo). Yes, this probably isn't very surprising news. After all, the entire point of the show is to let us watch girl fights. But on the latest episode, an exceptionally nasty argument broke out between Bethenny Frankel and Ramona Singer. It was some high-level cattiness.

Watch the video after the jump.

Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times are Eastern). All shows mentioned are new, except where otherwise noted.

8:00 to 9:00

• ABC: 'FlashForward'
• CBS: 'Survivor'
• The CW: 'The Vampire Diaries'
• FOX: The 100th episode of 'Bones'
• History: 'Modern Marvels' -- The history of soft drinks

9:00 to 10:00

• CBS: 'CSI'
• The CW: 'Supernatural'
• FOX: 'Fringe'
• A&E: 'The First 48'
• TLC: 'Police Women of Maricopa County'

10:00 to 11:00

• CBS: 'The Mentalist'
• NBC: Recently renewed 'The Marriage Ref'
• A&E: 'Fugitive Chronicles'
• Bravo: 'The Real Housewives of New York City' (aka: 'The Bethany and Jill Show')
• Food: 'Ace of Cakes'
• Lifetime: 'Project Runway'
• MTV: 'Randy Jackson Presents: America's Best Dance Crew'
• Showtime: 'Gina Yashere: Skinny Bitch'
• TLC: 'LA Ink'

Midnight

• Comedy Central: 'The Sarah Silverman Program' and 'Important Things With Demetri Martin'

Check your local TV listings for more information.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

Ramona Singer of 'The Real Housewives of New York City' agreed to see how the other half lives by trading lives with a regular mom for a single day on 'The Rachael Ray Show' (weekdays, syndicated).

Singer struggled with a fold-out couch, cleaned using a hand vac, made a yucky face while scrubbing a toilet, and walked two dogs for extra money in the snow. Meanwhile, the regular woman, who is a single mother of two working two jobs, enjoyed a pampered day of bliss at the spa.

Watch the video after the jump.

In anticipation of the new season of 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey,' the restaurateurs in the Franklin Lakes vicinity have decided to anchor all dining tables to the floor like McDonald's and Burger King. That way, Teresa can't be doing any table-flipping unless she's wearing a cape with a giant 'S' in red and has an aversion to Kryptonite.

No seriously -- and table-flipping is hardly that -- those Jersey women are coming back. Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey' returns Monday, May 3 at 10 PM ET. And unlike some editions of the 'Real Housewives,' all the principals are part of the action.

The last time we saw Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin of 'The Real Housewives of New York City' at the show's second season reunion, they confessed they would kick off cast mate Kelly Bensimon if given the chance.

They didn't get their wish.

Inside TV recently bumped into Kelly and her two daughters backstage at the Z100 Jingle Ball concert in Madison Square Garden. Bensimon revealed to us that she was there filming scenes for the show's third season finale.

Watch out, Manhattan, because the cutthroat world of being rich on TV just got a little more crowded, as Bravo has announced two new cast additions to their hit reality series 'The Real Housewives of New York City'.

According to the network's press release, 'The Real Housewives of New York City', which follows the lives of a number of the city's social elite, will be adding Sonja Morgan and Jennifer Gilbert to the upcoming third season, which will debut next year.

BF is nobody's BFF these days... or so it seems. Just days after Bravo announced that three reality stars were getting spinoffs of their own, one of them has made news again. Bethenny Frankel is out of The Real Housewives of New York York City and Sonja Morgan has been added.

Now, this could be as simple as Bethenny is moving on to star in her own show as was announced. However, there are rumors that in the few episodes she's done for the new season of Real Housewives, Bethenny has been feuding with the other ladies.

American Idol's choice of Ellen DeGeneres as a judge replacement threw everyone for a loop, even schlubs like me who don't watch the show.

It's not that she's not talented, successful or funny. It's just an odd choice, putting a comedian on the show that takes its goal of crushing losers' dreams on live television so seriously. It would evoke the same reaction from me if they picked Andrew "Dice" Clay as the new judge, if the Diceman was talented, successful or funny.

And besides, why do they need humor and comedy on such an otherwise serious show? There are lots of humorless, vapid and downright boring shows that are crying out for comedic interjection.

It's taken a real housewife to call it like it is. One of the Real Housewives of New York, Bethenny Frankel tweeted about Rachel Zoe and how ridiculous her Bravo show is. I can't imagine the network is happy about the shot across shows, but Bethenny is completely right. The Rachel Zoe Project is one of the worst reality shows I've seen in a long time and Zoe is way over the top.

On Monday, Frankel took to Twitter to pose the question, "Wondering if I'm the only one who can't get over the self-important nonsense that is Rachel Zoe. Wow."

You're not alone, BF. In just a few episodes, Rachel has revealed herself to be completely self-involved, horrible to work for, obsessed with frippery, and possessed of a vocabulary that would make a Valley Girl sound like William F. Buckley.

The way I see it, Bethenny Frankel was the star of The Real Housewives of New York City ... even though she wasn't a housewife. What was she doing on the show in the first place? Anyway, she was the most dynamic of the group and with her interests in fashion, food and partying, she had the most to offer viewers. The powers that be have seen what I did because Bethenny Frankel is getting her own Bravo show.

Starting this fall, Bethenny will be front and center in a new show called Skinny & the City. As you'd expect, she will not be coming back to The Real Housewives of New York City -- however, she might not be the only one out because rumor has it that the ladies have all been looking for a substantial pay raise.

Bravo renews 'The Real Housewives of New York City,' Kathy Griffin will roast Joan Rivers, 'American Idol' wants Paula back and more of today's TV headlines.

You know, I have to tip my cap -- yes, I'm wearing one -- to Bravo. It seems to me that everything NBC does wrong with their programming, the NBC Universal cable net Bravo does right. Case in point is this new innovation, if you want to call it that, the lost footage episode.

Suddenly, out of nowhere really, Bravo has been stretching their unscripted, reality shows by adding an extra show labeled The Lost Footage. The Real Housewives of New York City was the first I caught, but soon after there was Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List Lost Footage. Coming up is one on The Real Housewives of Orange County.

Remember that Barbra Streisand-Donna Summer disco duet, "Enough Is Enough"? That's what came to mind when I read that Bravo is planning another edition of The Real Housewives, this time D.C. Is there any end to Bravo's lack of innovation? Are there no new ideas out there that they have to spin out more housewives. How real they are remains debatable, if you ask me.

Don't get me wrong. I've actually watched The Real Housewives of Orange County, as well as the New York City ladies and even the newest creation, those Jersey girls, The Real Housewives of New Jersey. The latter, in fact, are a hoot if you can get past the similarities to Carmela Soprano that imbue the entire series. I keep expecting Tony or Uncle Junior to pop up at one of their parties.

'Rescue Me'
(10PM, FX)
Only Tommy Gavin could hatch a plan as bizarre – and bizarrely effective – as this.

When he finds out Colleen and Bart (aka "Black Shawn") plan to get married, he decides the best way to break them up is to complicate their relationship by encouraging his daughter to have sex.

Elsewhere in what is proving to be one of the show's funniest, best seasons, Franco and Mike butt heads over their differing viewpoints on 9/11, Mike – who seems oddly smarter, for the most part, this season – gets a new idea for a theme bar, Tommy meets Sheila's new therapist and Sean meets up with the creepiest back doctor ever.

The ladies of The Real Housewives of New York City are, needless to say, a colorful bunch. The Bravo franchise seems to have hit its stride, with each cast of Housewives providing their own flavor. But in comparison to Orange County and Atlanta, the ladies of New York seem especially weird. Perhaps it's apropos to their all living in a city with crazy people at every corner, but whatever the case may be, these gals are bonkers.

Sure, the show may just be a well-delivered product of sneaky producers and menacing editors, but somebody's doing something right in bringing out the bizarre nuances of Jill, LuAnn, Alex, Ramona, and Bethenny - although she, of the whipsmart one-liners and catchphrases, seems to be the crowd favorite (judging by ... conversations I've had with people).