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By Melissa Camacho
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Tame reality show mixes friendship and real estate.
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Bethenny & Fredrik
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What's the Story?
BETHENNY & FREDRIK is a reality series that follows the relationship between reality celeb Bethenny Frankel and Million Dollar Listing real estate pro Fredrik Eklund. The best friends are trying to build a property-flipping business together. While Bethenny has experience renovating a home from start to finish, Frederik has the experience necessary for making decisions that will allow him to sell a property at top dollar. There's a lot of money to be made, but the two soon realize that successfully mixing friendship and business isn't easy.
Is It Any Good?
This conventional reality series relies on all the expected conflicts the Bravo unscripted franchise is known for: friendship fraught with fights. While Bethenny Frankel brings a more frugal, common-sense approach to the business, Fredrik Eklund showcases his flair for selling high-market properties. As a result, the interactions between them range from humorous to tense.
As with any flipping series, it's always fun to see the finished project. But the bickering between the two gets tiresome, as do the endless trials and tribulations that come with figuring out how to run a business together. It's fine if you like this sort of thing, but Bethenny & Fredrik doesn't offer anything new or exciting to make it worth tuning into if you're not.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the benefits and problems that arise when friends go into business together. Do you think it's a good idea?
Why do you think these two stars of other series got their own reality show? What is it that makes Bethenny & Fredrik entertaining?
TV Details
- Premiere date : February 6, 2018
- Cast : Bethenny Frankel , Fredrik Eklund
- Network : Bravo
- Genre : Reality TV
- TV rating :
- Last updated : September 26, 2022
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