Could RHOA Suffer the Same Fate as RHONY?

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To get a sense of what ails this season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, watch the eighth episode, where the Housewives find themselves in Nashville to celebrate Porsha Williams’s birthday. The trip is intended to cement Porsha’s fêted return to the franchise that brought her success, as she holds court in front of a new cast with her patented mix of raunch and humor. But that doesn’t quite happen. In an attempt to punish new castmate Angela Oakley for bringing an uninvited guest...