Bravo has gone and done it. Producers are currently casting for the newest franchise in the Real Housewives series, and they’re doing it here. From the release: “We’re tapping personalities who are among Washington D.C.’s influential players, cultural connoisseurs, fashion sophisticates and philanthropic leaders – the people who rub elbows with the most prominent people in the country and easily move in the city’s diverse political and social circles.” What I don’t get: are there actually any housewives in D.C.? Don’t the women here all work?

We received a casting call a few weeks back that might have been a first fishing expedition for D.C. Housewives, the employed version. The producers were looking for a “range of women in DC, from young up-and-comers (determined staffers, aspiring politicians, fearless journalists, and fledgling socialites) to the real powerbrokers on the Hill (commanding congresswomen, sassy socialites and dymanic divas in charge).” Too bad the D.C. Madam doesn’t live here, she’s one “dymanic” diva. Or maybe Ana Marie Cox? She’s a wife. And she doesn’t always wear pants.

But here’s my real question: What happens when the girls from Blonde Charity Mafia (which starts on the CW in a few weeks) run into the Housewives at Cafe Milano? Cougar cat fight?

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