CHARLESTON-BASED REALITY TELEVISION SHOW RENEWED BY NETWORK
Bravo television has renewed Southern Charm for a second season, the network announced this week.
The Charleston, S.C.-based reality show – which stars newly minted U.S. Senate candidate Thomas Ravenel – averaged 1.3 million viewers an episode during its first season. The show’s season finale – which aired on April 24 – pulled in an impressive 1.6 million viewers.
The announcement took many in the entertainment and political arena by surprise after Ravenel indicated he was not inclined to participate in a second season – a decision which would have put the kibosh on the entire production.
What made him change his mind?
“I struggled with this decision in light of the political campaign I am undertaking,” Ravenel said in a statement. “Ultimately it came down to this: It doesn’t make sense to turn down a platform that enables you to spread your ideas to a bigger, more diverse audience. If America is ever going to turn things around, we’ve got to get rid of this notion that cookie cutter politicians with their blemish-free backgrounds are the way to go. The truth is those are the very politicians who are driving this country into a ditch. That’s never been who Thomas Ravenel is – and so owning a part of my life that doesn’t fit the typical political mold is fine by me.”
Production on the second season is slated to begin in August.
On the same day Bravo announced Southern Charm ‘s second season, Ravenel appeared before the S.C. Election Commission (SCEC) in Columbia, S.C. and submitted 17,000 signatures to appear on the November ballot for the U.S. Senate as an independent.
Ravenel is running against liberal incumbent “Republican” Lindsey Graham and State Senator Brad Hutto, a Democrat.
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WHAT A GUY!!!
So, he’s whoring out his campaign to Reality TV? Stay classy, T-Rav. Stay classy.
Boz Martin mocked his looks today on another FITS ‘thread’.
Two thoughts on that. T-Rav looks healthy to me and has anybody ever seen Boz Martin?
<——— Buz Martin. Not Photoshopped, I really do have a miniature body in comparison to my head. ;)
Actually, I only said he looks like what he is — a middle-aged, over-prividged, narcissistic man-child. Nothing in that said he's an ugly guy. He's not at all. (And on my better days, neither am I.)
He needs to include Jimmy Metts, Nikki Haley, Harvay Peeler, Danny Frazier, Randy Halfacre, Tim James, Richard Eckstrom, Bob Peeler, Bobby Harrell, Jason Amodio, Joe Owens and Bobby Harrell and some of those cheap whores and the show will be complete!
A complete embarrassment to even those few idiots left!
10 years psycho!!! Get a life
So T-Rav’s political plan is to out career politicians with reality television personalities.
“It doesn’t make sense to turn down a platform that enables you to spread [girls’ legs].”
Publicity ploy, pure and simple publicity ploy.
Will’s bromance T-Rav has expertly played this whole stupid episode in an effort to get ratings for his idiotic “reality” show. The smarmy, drug dealing, baby daddy, drunk driving (remembered it this time) cradle robbing, FEC rule violating POS is jerking our political system around all in the name of publicity for a show that nobody watches.
At some point someone needs to tell him that talking about his candidacy on his “reality” show could constitute an FEC violation.
TBG will have Fred Thompson give him a holla and ‘splain it.
It’s not a FEC violation if Lindsey and Brad are invited to appear on the show also. They don’t have to accept. It would be just dandy if they did.
Someone needs to tell his network, as well.
He probably won’t win anyway but I think it’s about time our “political system” needs jerking around. He’ll at least make it interesting.
T-Rav I got an idea for your “reality” show. Combine it with Myrtle Manor for a couple of episodes and you got a winner!
Too bad Dexter isn’t still around.
Well … to be fair, Dexter kills other killers. He doesn’t bother with entitled, coked-out, blue-blooded douches.
Yup, you’re right but I bet we could get a petition with at least 17,000 signatures asking ole Dex to make an exception.
Jonathan Farrow, Camilla Figg, Clint McKay, Norm and Rankin weren’t killers.
I seriously don’t get the notion that it’s the “cookie cutter, blemish free” politicians who are ruining this nation. Indeed, it was these same wooden, squarish, older, cookie cutter, (typically) white male politicians who won both world wars, the cold war, and put a man on the moon. Indeed, our country began to fall apart morally and ethically the most under “jazzy” Clinton, and frankly (IMHO), we’ve never recovered. As such, the T. Ravs, Wieners, Sanfords, etc. are but the heirs to Willie T. Clinton’s “it depends on what the definition of is, is” vision of America.
How’s it feel to be a whore for pennies, Will? Not that others are beyond it, but most don’t sell it for a couple cents per hit.
How’s it feel to be a whore for pennies, Will?
It beats blowing goats for a nickel a herd.
It does?
Go big or go home I always say.
You have to think that our Ol’ Sic locked in 4-5 guest appearances as the political idiot savant. Make sure your SAG membership is payed up, Will
Now the show would really spice up with some guest appearances by Sanford, Harrell, Limehouse and the rest of the gang from the low country. T-Roid could invite them all over to dinner and give them some fatherly advice.
Exactly what are these “ideas” T-Rav wants to spread to a bigger more diverse audience? Snort cocaine? Sell drugs? Father children out of wedlock? Be a convicted felon? Drive under the influence?
Steve Mungo of Mungo Homes Construction is violating Federal Law and is subject to imprisonment. He is involved in the use of illegal aliens for residential construction. Mungo must be charged, arrested, and brought before a criminal court to face punishment ….
In South Carolina, business groups also pressed for the visa and guest-worker systems to be revamped.
“Our inefficient visa programs are creating a situation where we are educating the workforce of competing nations,” claimed the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. “There’s still going to be an additional talent demand that can be filled through immigrants being able to stay here with a more effective visa program and go to work.”
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/07/14/Big-Business-Interests-Making-Amnesty-Push-in-States-Amid-Border-Crisis
Steven Mungo, the CEO of Mungo Homes, said he was “just an expert (???? … pfft!! ) on the available workforce, and it’s inadequate.” Mungo advocates for illegal aliens. His contractors use illegals and he condones it. They pay them as “sub contractors” and issue them IRS 1099s. They transport and assist these illegals with the commission of federal crimes. Mungo will be facing a criminal court judge in the not so distant future. Photos of illegals working on the construction of his homes he sells have been acquired, and mp3 recordings of his illegal alien workforce … .. .
I don’t give a shit about Mungo or any other builder but you my friend are just plain stupid. If people went to jail for “endorsing” illegal shit as opposed to committing illegal shit then you might have a point. You stated yourself that his subs hire illegal aliens. Why do you think that builders hire subs to do the work?
If you have a hard-on for one of your competitors perhaps you should learn to play the game as the rules are written as opposed to whining and trying to put a spotlight on someone who is obviously more sophisticated than yourself. You sound like you are in the 8th grade. Study up and work hard and cry less.
Like landscaping and painting and carpentry, Mexicans come in as low wage labor, learn the business, then undercut their employers for the same contracts. Mungo Home Builders will soon become Mexico Home Builders. Idiots advocating for those people to come on in for low wages will soon be out of a company.
He is involved in the use of illegal aliens for residential construction.
So, par for the course?
Glad to hear he and Katherine are coming back…may be an unconventional platform, but he’s an unconventional guy…do it your way T-Rav!
Politico: Michael “Asswipe” Bloomberg donated $250,000 to Lindsey “Pig Shit”Graham’s primary effort.
That’s snappy stuff. — a gifted wordsmith like you should think about offering for public office.
We need to thanks T-Rav for his innovations to South Carolina politics. Cutting Edge politics is one area where South Carolina leads the nation. The merger of politics and reality TV is brilliant. We have already incorporated late night comedy and infidelity as entertainment in the Sanford – Colbert election.
We can replace journalist with paparazzi and replace campaign managers with agents.
The next innovation would be to change how we elect candidates. They can all move into the Big Brother house for a network season and we vote for then by phone or online like American Idol. Each candidate will be guaranteed one chance at HOH and they can compete for HOH the remaining weeks. A final vote on the last two determines the winner.
I’ll spank the monkey to that.
That may actually be better than our current system where the votes are bought and paid for.
Got to give it to the guy he has made a cottage industry out of being a fool.
The joke’s on us folks.
Interesting concept – his “blemishes” are a positive attribute. Well then, why not quickly add say an armed robbery to the résumé? It would nicely round out the résumé which includes the cocaine conviction, DUI, out-of-wedlock child, and embarrassingly insipid TV show. By his standards he’d be the ideal candidate.
Too bad Pee Wee Gaskins is no longer with us. He could demonstrate what “blemishes” really are.
“The truth is those are the very politicians who are driving this country into a ditch. That’s never been who Thomas Ravenel is…”
So….now Thomas is referring to himself in the third person. A true sign of narcissism. Charles DeGaulle did that constantly. I refer to my photoshop spoof of the festering, pus-dripping scab on the human spirt known as “Southern Charm”
http://2big2fall3.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/will-folks-auditions-for-southern-charm-reality-show/
LoL. Profit margins do indeed make strange bedfellows.
Hey..what about that reporter dude? Did Columbia recover ok?
Aaaah, narcissism trumps maturity once again! Shocker.
I denounce my citizenship! I mean, I want to serve in the US Senate…
So sorry I let you all down on the coke thing, mistake on my part. I mean, hell no! I am a way cool libertarian and coke should be okie dokie…
I was not drunk and can’t wait to prove it! I mean, let me slide on back to NY and plead guilty on that…
I won’t be doing the smarmy reality TV gig because I am running for the Senate! I mean, wait a minute, I like being on reality TV…damn, I make this mid-life crisis thing look good…
Great post! T-Rav’s got this “I was for it before I was against it” schtick down pat. You might consider adding: “I wanna run for another state-wide office! Oh wait, a convicted felon can’t run? Make that a federal office where felons are only considered minor offendants. I’ll fit in better. And make that a double, neat!”
I read my new favorite outright lie in the Sun News today- Ravenel now claims that his promise to renounce his citizenship was “satirical.” Unfortunately for him, lots of us grabbed the screen shot and code from that silly FaceBook post before he sobered up enough to scrub it. Anyone who reads it will see it for exactly what it was- a petulant little dumbass angry about not getting his way (and mad, of course, that the US won’t let him use piles of blow to score young chics). There’s satire there, to be sure, but not in the way Ravenel claims. He’s the punch line in this joke.
You NAILED it, Mike — just as sure as T-Rav nailed his young babymamma.
Pretty sure that’s something that he did not relegate to subordinates.
Don’t tell the fucking Paulbots that this is just a publicity stunt. Their dicks haven’t been this hard since they thought they would nominate “Dr. Paul” for president.
A lot of people find that whole Southern Charm thing, disgusting. The media seems to be for Ravenel, for many reasons. One thing: they are much like him, in your self-absorption. And he helps democrats.
Anyway: MUCH BETTER synopsis of this here: http://scdigest.blogspot.com/
The write up linked is much more in line with a thoughtful response.
“‘I struggled with this decision (whether to return to ‘Southern Charm’) in light of the political campaign I am undertaking,’ Ravenel said in a statement.
‘Ultimately, it came down to this: It doesn’t make sense to turn down a platform that enables you to spread your ideas to a bigger, more diverse audience'”
Ummm …
Seeing some of the recent photos of T-Rav, is it just me or is he getting fat. Thre’s a picture over on Brad Warthen’s blog of him standing/leaning next to a table and he’s definitely got a good sized belly on him. The picture above isn’t a current photo.
I just cannot get over how people just take an opporunity to run T-Rav down. Yes, he has made mistakes but he has also served his time, made changes in his life and is still a human being and has value. Everyone commenting here should take a long look in the mirror. I don’t think you are as pretty and perfect as you think you are!