Real L Word Picked Up for Season Three, Ilene Chaiken Still Hates Us

Posted byLaneia

on November 3, 2011

In fear-affirming, almost incomprehensible news, Showtime has renewed The Real L Word for a THIRD SEASON! Season Three, you guys. There will be a Season Three.

Ilene Chaiken, the show's creator and archenemy to all things honest and positive, tries to justify her/its persistent existence on your teevee screen in this way:

"[...] we think it's time to throw down and invite the women of New York to join in and demonstrate the claims they've lobbed at us these past few years -- that New York's women have something more to say about lesbian life, something that isn't being said by our Los Angeles ladies."

She also adds a bell-ringing, "Bring it on, Brooklyn!" just for good measure.

The show will "revolve around new East Coast cast members" but will include Los Angeles "fan favorites" like Whitney! Special guest stars are also anticipated, which means someone on that team must be a genie, predicting what will naturally unfold this year while cameras happen to be around.

It's not really fair to challenge NYC lesbiqueers to have something more to say about lesbian life than the LA ladies did, considering the LA ladies probably had a shit ton of things to say about lesbian life, it just all landed neatly on the cutting room floor. So anyway, we're super excited to see how Chaiken & Co. will manipulate the activities and mannerisms of a new group of young women in order to appeal to the lowest common denominator/men. They've clearly got this down to a science!

How do you feel about this news? If you're in NYC, do you want to be a part of the madness? DOES THIS SHIT EVER END.

93 responses to “Real L Word Picked Up for Season Three, Ilene Chaiken Still Hates Us”

Christine (member)
November 3, 2011 at 11:25 am Permalink Reply Report user

ummm what?

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1. Brittani (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 10:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  So you won’t be at the open call? Damn it.
  
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Kayla
November 3, 2011 at 11:25 am Permalink Reply

I’m excited for the opportunity to be able to read more of your recaps

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Oz
November 3, 2011 at 11:25 am Permalink Reply

Oh. Dear. Lord. We have been holding out covering this ridic show on our website for 2 yrs now…We may have to actually give in now and cover this crap…SHIIIIT!

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Nina (member)
November 3, 2011 at 11:28 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m telling ya, it’s all an excuse to use Romi’s rap as the new theme song.

If they want a New York angle, why not GO TO NYC and set this season there, rather than get 3 or 4 of them to come to LA?

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d_stapes
November 3, 2011 at 11:29 am Permalink Reply

The only reason this excites me is the recaps. They make the show worth watching.

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21jax
November 3, 2011 at 11:29 am Permalink Reply

This is really bizarre to me. Im in Canada and all my circle of lesfriends were MAD into The L Word when it was airing. I’ve never seen this show you are writing about and not one of my friends or acquaintances in the les world have ever mentioned this show. Perhaps Eileen should do a real L Word but with Canadian dykes. Maybe once the rest of the les world sees the rights and freedoms we have here it will inspire even more political activity to force your govts to give you the same freedoms and rights as the average Canadian human being. Just a thought. Hugs to all chicks!

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1. Oz
  November 3, 2011 at 11:32 am Permalink Reply
  
  You’ve probs never seen or heard of this show because its CRAP with a capital CR!
  
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  1. 21jax
    November 3, 2011 at 11:53 am Permalink Reply
    
    haha….too funny oz. yeah, seriously, up here in the great north it’s a big HUH?
    
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2. Emily (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 12:52 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  omg please no do not bring this to canada
  
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  1. 21Jax
    November 3, 2011 at 1:12 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Apparently it is here in Canada. I’ve been asking my friends and one of them said yup, she’s watched it. Once.
    
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    1. Emily (member)
      November 3, 2011 at 9:41 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      i mean don’t actually film episodes in canada
      
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  2. Carolyn (member)
    November 3, 2011 at 4:13 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    please no times infinity. Also no one needs to see The Real L Word: GTA Edition.
    
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    1. dagensfisk (member)
      November 4, 2011 at 5:09 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      oh god please no. this AND rob ford? would spell the end of this city. FOR REALZ.
      
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    2. Melody (member)
      November 6, 2011 at 9:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user
      
      I kind of want to see The Real L Word: GTA Edition, in a masochistic sort of way.
      
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AG (member)
November 3, 2011 at 11:51 am Permalink Reply Report user

I’m both excited for Riese’s recaps, and worried what this will do to her mental state.

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1. Lina (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 2:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yes!why isn’t IFC thinking of her well-being?
  
  also I would have expected these important news to be reported by riese (her being the one tilting at windmills and all) but she is probs already drunk.
  
  I’m just glad that the chance of this show making its way over the ocean to my TV is pretty slim.
  
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  1. riese (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 12:06 am Permalink Reply
    
    haha i made laneia write it so i could finish writing about occupy oakland and glee, neither of which i’ve yet to complete! i did pick out the photographs, however, and write one of the paragraphs. It’s a shorter paragraph. We’re really close, Laneia and I.
    
    Actually last year when it was announced I was out, and I was like, how fast can you guys get a post together — to Sarah and Laneia — and I made them do it. So this year I thought it would be a fun throwback. Except then I remembered that nobody is paying that much attention! Nobody at all! Just me! Anyhow, this post made me LOL.
    
    I feel like someone said something about my mental state that i was gonna respond to
    
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2. fitforafemme (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 8:45 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Yeah, maybe it can be a control year and we’ll see whether or not it gets renewed for a 4th season without Autostraddle making it happen.
  
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Evidux (member)
November 3, 2011 at 11:52 am Permalink Reply Report user

Actually can’t wait. Not for the show, but for the recaps. Riese recaps and associated drinking games. For the motherfucking win.

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1. Luccia
  November 3, 2011 at 11:56 am Permalink Reply
  
  YES
  
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2. alice (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 5:17 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  YES! THIS.
  
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fitforafemme (member)
November 3, 2011 at 11:57 am Permalink Reply Report user

MOAR WHITNEY.

But seriously, why?!

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1. alice (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 5:22 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Not gonna lie, the real l word is kind of ridiculous, but I think Whitney is hot. Kind of ashamed of that. It’s the whole dread locks, facial piercings, tough guy attitude more than anything. As a person, not so much. But damm the dreads get me every time!
  
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  1. fitforafemme (member)
    November 3, 2011 at 8:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    You should be ashamed. Shame on you! JK, whatever floats your boat, even if they are Whitney’s creamed corn-soaked tentacles.
    
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  2. Lina (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 5:44 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Her head looks like the stuff you empty out of a vacuum cleaner bag.
    
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Vanessa (member)
November 3, 2011 at 11:59 am Permalink Reply Report user

It’s becoming evident that Ilene should be paying AS, not hating on it, because the only reason we all even tolerate this bullshit is because of Riese’s recaps. I don’t understand why IFC is so dumb. RIESE IS THE REASON YOU ARE STILL KICKING, ILENE. JESUS.

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1. riese (member)
  November 4, 2011 at 12:07 am Permalink Reply
  
  i think ilene chaiken is the 1% and it’d be a smart move for her to give us $300,000
  
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  1. Carrie (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 3:55 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    You’re amazing. I’m sitting in my room cooped up with a cold and now I have chicken soup on my laptop from giggling.
    
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KayBee
November 3, 2011 at 12:14 pm Permalink Reply

I feel like this post (and the ensuing craptastic television that I will undoubtedly watch and which will later make my soul cry) pairs nicely with Rachel’s team pick for today, “In Defense of Cheap Wine”.

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1. Mary (member)
  November 4, 2011 at 9:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  this is true. cheap wine is an excellent pairing with trlw
  
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Sarah Croce (member)
November 3, 2011 at 12:27 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Dear the World,

REALLY??!?

Sincerely,
Disappointed

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S
November 3, 2011 at 12:29 pm Permalink Reply

I hope the subway rats chew on all the camera equipment and render the show un-produceable. Stay away from my city, Ilene.

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Ash (member)
November 3, 2011 at 12:37 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I still have yet so watch this tripe but…

WHHHHHHHHHHHY.

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Intern Grace (member)
November 3, 2011 at 12:39 pm Permalink Reply

I hate everything.

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1. Lauren (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 6:47 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  There’s no hate button anymore, so just know that by liking your post I am hating everything with you.
  And also by writing it here.
  
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Willis (member)
November 3, 2011 at 12:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I have never watched this show, but I really enjoyed the adorable kitten licking the faucet. Now I must go out and find a stray kitten to bring home and love and cuddle with. That is all.

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DR
November 3, 2011 at 1:14 pm Permalink Reply

Maybe the third time is the charm

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1. Laneia (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 1:41 pm Permalink Reply
  
  this is also my hope. if nothing else, the scenery in NYC is slightly more compelling.
  
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2. Bren (member)
  November 9, 2011 at 9:16 am Permalink Reply
  
  Or third strike and they’re out.
  
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Brianna (member)
November 3, 2011 at 1:46 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’m sick of reading about this shit. Is IFC old enough to retire yet?

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1. Fiona (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 4:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Retire? She deserves an ending along the lines of Jenny Schecter.
  
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  1. Lina (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 5:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    but not like drowning in a nice pool like bette and tina’s…more like in one at dinah shore.
    
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    1. KatSprat (member)
      November 7, 2011 at 7:33 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      If this ruins my Wednesdays at a certain beloved Brooklyn dive, I’ll take care of it in a certain beloved nearby canal.
      
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      1. KatSprat (member)
        November 7, 2011 at 7:35 am Permalink Reply Report user
        
        PS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: JK THOUGH HAHAHAHA
        
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Mari (member)
November 3, 2011 at 1:59 pm Permalink Reply Report user

please g-d no D:

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Carmen SanDiego (member)
November 3, 2011 at 2:55 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Why? Is there a monopoly going on here? Is Ilene Chaiken the only person that can produce a show about lesbians?
but YAY Recaps!

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Meg
November 3, 2011 at 3:05 pm Permalink Reply

I CAN’T EVEN

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Sweet (member)
November 3, 2011 at 3:23 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I think the whole “this is the real new york” angle that will SURELY be a part of this will make it just that much more hilarious.

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vending machine
November 3, 2011 at 3:39 pm Permalink Reply

This article was written by Laneia because Riese is too busy sticking her head in the oven.

I just can’t.

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1. Laneia (member)
  November 3, 2011 at 6:13 pm Permalink Reply
  
  this this
  
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  1. fitforafemme (member)
    November 3, 2011 at 8:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user
    
    I know, I think when/if this happens Riese will definitely need a gay neighborhood watch.
    
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cancellous (member)
November 3, 2011 at 3:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

i was pretty sure when i clicked on this post that it was gonna be a prank/fake news kind of post. while it looks like it isn’t, i’m still gonna operate under that assumption. good one, autostraddle!

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Dani (member)
November 3, 2011 at 4:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

*smh* What even? Can we at least get Marissa back with more screen time?

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hmhr (member)
November 3, 2011 at 4:23 pm Permalink Reply Report user

“throw down” (!)

(!!!!!!!!)

like I mean, how does this show even make money?

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Wendy
November 3, 2011 at 4:40 pm Permalink Reply

I don’t think that Ilene Chaiken still hates us. It’s just that she’s a terrible writer/producer.
Lest we forget the phenomenon of Jersey Shore? I’m just surprised that this show is actually profitable.

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1. riese (member)
  November 7, 2011 at 12:46 am Permalink Reply
  
  making reality tv shows is HELLA CHEAP. like ridiculous cheap. compared to “fiction” tv. i don’t know how it is for trlw, but most reality shows these days are paid so heavily by advertisers who do product placement in the shows that many networks don’t have to spend a dime to get reality shows made. i knew this would happen ’cause there’s really no reason for them to cancel it besides “caring about humanity,” and i mean, hello. they get to maintain like, 100,000 or so lesbian subscribers who didn’t cancel after TLW, a lot of website hits, and a fun late-night sex show (a la big brother after dark, also on showtime), and good brand extension opportunities with the cast. so ta-DA!
  
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however (member)
November 3, 2011 at 5:04 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I feel sorry that Riese will have to recap those for us. Really, I mean, you don’t have to do it. They make me laugh, but I care more about your mental health than my merriment.

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DPreezy (member)
November 3, 2011 at 5:54 pm Permalink Reply Report user

This show is crappola. It doesn’t represent us accurately, and it is a terrible model for young lesbians and bisexual women.

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1. Florence
  November 3, 2011 at 6:27 pm Permalink Reply
  
  ? it’s called the Real “L” word.
  
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  1. Intern Grace (member)
    November 3, 2011 at 6:39 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Indeed it is.
    
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2. Dee (member)
  November 4, 2011 at 6:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  AGREED! My girlfriend’s immediate reaction to this, after a disgusted sigh, was “Wow…I wonder how bad they’ll make us look this season!?” pondering how this got picked up for another season, I decided it’s because the availability of free girl on girl action on tv for young men to beat off to is quite limited….must be a niché market. Fuck you and your fuckery, IFC!
  
  Riese’s decals are the only good thing about this!! Well, that and the reasons to drink ourselves stupid
  
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  1. Dee (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 6:13 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Um, no autocorrect, I did not mean decals. Recaps is really the word I was looking for!
    
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Maria (member)
November 3, 2011 at 6:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user

my first reaction to this was “RUN! RUN! RUUUN!”

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Florence
November 3, 2011 at 6:21 pm Permalink Reply

i like this.

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bra
November 3, 2011 at 6:36 pm Permalink Reply

*is speechless*

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kd15 (member)
November 3, 2011 at 6:39 pm Permalink Reply Report user

well, there’s another excuse not to sign up Showtime

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Yvonne
November 3, 2011 at 7:47 pm Permalink Reply

I really don’t give a fuck about Whitney but would like to see more Kelsey pls kthxbye.

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bookbound (member)
November 3, 2011 at 7:55 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I think there are better uses for whatever ungodly sum of money Ilene fuckin’ Chaiken is getting for the making of this nonsense. I think among those uses are:
1) throwing the money down an abandoned mine shaft
2) giving it to Kim Kardashian to fund another wedding
3) handing all of that money to me so I can pay my bills and student loans, AND write a screenplay about actual, real lesbians (and bisexual and queer and trans* folks because they don’t exist in LA, maybe?) and probably piss off fewer people along the way.

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Raksha (member)
November 3, 2011 at 9:06 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I was going to get my friend a subscription to a Whiskey of the Month Club as a gift for ChristmaHanuKwanzaaRohatsuYule, but I’m thinking I should send it to Riese instead.

Weren’t the ratings on this show terrible? How is this shit still on the air, yet shows like Firefly (no, I’m still not over it) don’t even get a full season?

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1. bra
  November 3, 2011 at 10:07 pm Permalink Reply
  
  I figured it out through research and non-sober meditation that…
  
  SHE GAINS IMMORTALITY BY DRINKING THE BLOOD OF INNOCENTS!
  
  I mean how else this fuckery can continue HOW ELSE!?!
  
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  1. Intern Grace (member)
    November 3, 2011 at 10:49 pm Permalink Reply
    
    Riese or Ilene? Because I don’t know about Ilene, but I think this is probably true of Riese.
    
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    1. Intern Grace (member)
      November 3, 2011 at 10:49 pm Permalink Reply
      
      And by “blood of innocents” I mean a shit ton of alcohol.
      
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      1. bra
        November 3, 2011 at 11:45 pm Permalink Reply
        
        I was referring to IFC.
        
        As for Riese I’m thinking straight up alcohol too, lol!
        
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  2. Raksha (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 2:18 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Truly, there is no other explanation. Someone get Buffy on the phone!
    
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magiclovemuffin (member)
November 3, 2011 at 9:30 pm Permalink Reply Report user

When will IFC go away?

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Beth (member)
November 3, 2011 at 9:58 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I was away all summer and couldn’t watch Season 2…I recently tried to watch it On Demand, but it’s like, really really bad. So I didn’t finish it. That being said, I’m really excited for Season 3 only because we get more recaps Riese

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Gabby (member)
November 3, 2011 at 10:53 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Season one, Fantastic, more than anything it was entertaining. Season 2 was such TV shit I couldn’t stand it, everyone was wayyyy too whiny. But nobody can say those steamy shower scenes and others were not fun to watch for both seasons ;D haha.
I am looking forward for more of those.

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Digger (member)
November 4, 2011 at 3:35 am Permalink Reply Report user

I have a straight coworker who watches this show (yeah..a guy..shocking!) and actually thinks this is a representation of my life outside of work..Can I sue IFC? I want to sue IFC..I realize it’s a frivolous suit but my only other option would be to beat her with one of the many empty wine bottles I’ve drained in this shows wake

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1. Dee (member)
  November 4, 2011 at 5:58 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Frivolous or not, I say go for it. Maybe we could get together and call it a class action suit against the defamation of our collective characters! I’m starting to wonder how the rest of New Jersey feels about the fuckery that MTV touts as reality in their world. ::cringe:: Now I feel really badfor lesbians in NJ…I’ve never been there, but I have a feeling they are double screwed!
  
  Gross.
  
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  1. Digger (member)
    November 4, 2011 at 6:08 am Permalink Reply Report user
    
    Speaking as a NJ lesbian, I’ve often wondered what folks think we’re growing here in the Garden State besides a bounty of freaks
    
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    1. Dee (member)
      November 4, 2011 at 6:15 am Permalink Reply Report user
      
      I can’t even imagine! Hopefully it’s a copious amount of pot to help you deal with the widely accepted defamation of your beautiful state!
      
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Anjiken
November 4, 2011 at 6:49 am Permalink Reply

I like the show)) bring it to Europe)

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1. Xanadu
  November 7, 2011 at 5:12 pm Permalink Reply
  
  I also like the show, but the lesbians can’t get over this Ilene hangup..
  
  I’ll continue to think for myself
  
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Danielle (member)
November 4, 2011 at 7:59 am Permalink Reply Report user

OMG that kitten picture is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha

I actually thought the real L word was hillarious in season 2. I think I just love train wreck TV… like a guilty pleasure. lol

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lee
November 4, 2011 at 8:32 pm Permalink Reply

Ilene Chaiken go away!!!!!!!please don’t do this ,,please!!

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Aim (member)
November 4, 2011 at 8:42 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I think Unicorn Plan-it recaps need to be a bigger thing than all the other recaps combined.

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Claire (member)
November 4, 2011 at 10:18 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I have a conspiracy theory that maybe Ilene Fucking Chaiken the Satanlord is operating under the impression that since straight cisgender men rule this country by pandering to them she’s turning the queer community into something more socially acceptable which will somehow translate into something positive instead of the shitfest of misrepresentation it is.
Fuck social acceptability.

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1. bra (member)
  November 4, 2011 at 10:41 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  this.
  
  i think i had mind sex with this comment.
  
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Sadie
November 5, 2011 at 7:05 pm Permalink Reply

How in the heavenly hell of misguided lesbians is this show still on? Seriously, HOW?! I don’t get it, WHAT IS HAPPENING. I FULLY BELIEVE THIS IS A PROPAGANDA BY A MAGICAL STONED UNICORN RIDING CHEAP WINE DRINKING LESBIAN LEPRECHAUN WHO’S MAKING POTS OF GOLD OUT OF THIS SOUL CRUSHING ADDICTION INDUCING TRAIN WRECK OF A SHOW.

*rocks back and forth in the corner*

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LBizzle (member)
November 5, 2011 at 9:56 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I think Unicorn Planet needs to make a parody prediction of Season 3. That would be…AMAZING.

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Deleting this soon! (member)
November 6, 2011 at 1:43 pm Permalink Reply Report user

OH no, I don’t think us “lesbians” are this complicated, my god! Season Three better be realistic! Bring back lesbians with some sense, we need better representation.

“THIS IS CRAZY.” – you are so right!

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Robert
November 10, 2011 at 4:54 am Permalink Reply

IFC needs to go away. The Real L Word is just boring crap now. I know that crap sells these days. My goodness. Does balance ring a bell with Ilene?

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