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The Real Housewives Join Forces With Ghost Hunters, Investigate Something Other Than Their Closets for Once

A press release from SyFy has been making the rounds on the TV blog circuit lately, which reports that a few of Bravo's Real Housewives of Atlanta cast members will be teaming up with Ghost Hunters for an episode airing this fall.

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Los Angeles, California – July 30, 2010 – Ghost Hunters, Syfy’s hugely successful reality series, has announced a trio of special guest investigators. Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Sheree Whitfield, NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak are on the case at the historic Rhodes Hall in Atlanta, GA as they join Jason, Grant and the rest of the team for an unforgettable investigation. The episode is slated to air on Syfy this fall.

Since the series debuted in 2004, viewers have flocked to Syfy on Wednesday nights at 9pm to catch the latest hair-raising cases from the files of TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society), led by Rhode Island plumbers Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. The first half of season six (airing spring 2010), averaged a 1.9 Household rating, 2.6 million total viewers, 1.6 million Adults 18-49 and 1.6 million Adults 25-54. Its spin-off series, Ghost Hunters International and Ghost Hunters Academy, have continued to cement the Ghost Hunters brand as the top paranormal franchise in cable.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta is an up-close and personal look at fabulous women from Atlanta’s social elite as they juggle their burgeoning careers and busy home lives with the whirl of the south’s hottest city. These driven and ambitious women prove that they’re not just “housewives,” but entrepreneurs, doting mothers and feisty southern women.

Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International and Ghost Hunters Academy are produced in association with Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Films and Television (Dirty Jobs, The Ultimate Fighter, My Fair Wedding). Piligian and Thomas Thayer, along with Rob Katz and Alan David, serve as executive producers.

Syfy is a media destination for imagination-based entertainment. With year round acclaimed original series, events, blockbuster movies, classic science fiction and fantasy programming, a dynamic Web site (www.Syfy.com), and a portfolio of adjacent business (Syfy Ventures), Syfy is a passport to limitless possibilities. Originally launched in 1992 as Sci Fi Channel, and currently in 96 million homes, Syfy is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies.

It is a rather obvious ratings stunt by SyFy and Bravo’s parent company, NBC Universal, but I couldn’t help but get the teeniest bit excited when I heard the news. I’ll be the first to admit that my penchant for bad TV is a sick habit, and even when my serious interest in the paranormal is compromised by my affinity for fake drama, I’m not even going pretend that I won’t be watching. The truth is I can’t wait to see the housewives running around the investigation in heels, getting scared out of their weaves. I just hope that any spirits they may encounter will know better than to pick a fight with these drama queens on camera, which would only boost the ratings.  If that happens, I have a feeling we'll I'll be watching a season of Real Housewives of Haunted Mansions sooner rather than later.  Not that I'd mind, of course.