Corporate Press Release Theater: Real Housewives On Verge of Outnumbering CSIs

This one came over the transom while I was writing yesterday. Bravo is "heading South"—in creative ambition as well as geographically!—with a third edition of The Real Housewives of Name of Your City That Has Dumb Rich People Here:

Expanding on the success of the original hit series, "The Real Housewives of Orange County," and the watercooler sensation, "The Real Housewives of New York City," Bravo is heading south for its newest installment, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." The seven episode series will follow five women from Atlanta's social elite — from NBA and NFL wives to sassy single moms — as they juggle their burgeoning careers and busy home lives with the whirl of the south's hottest city.

[Embarrassing executive quote that uses the word "resonated" and "Real Housewives" in the same sentence redacted.]

An up-close and personal look at life in Hotlanta, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" follows five glamorous southern belles as they balance motherhood, demanding careers and a fast-paced social calendar, and shows what life is like in the most exclusive areas of Atlanta. These driven and ambitious women prove that they're not just "housewives," but entrepreneurs, doting mothers and classy southern women. These ladies show the world what it takes to live large in some of the hottest zip codes in the south.

Did they mention that Atlanta is "hot"? You think they'll find a way to work that into the show?

As a native of the Midwest—which is apparently not good enough to get a TV show for its batty rich women or its overacting forensic scientists—I take personal offense.