Late last month the show, a popular fixture on the Bravo TV network, was rocked by the suicide of Russell Armstrong, the estranged husband of housewife, Taylor Armstrong.
Armstrong hanged himself at home after his wife filed for divorce and during a period of financial stress. Their breakup had been expected to be a key part of the plot for season No. 2, which premiered, as planned, Monday night after some industry watchers said the show should not go on.
But the season had already been filmed, causing Bravo to tape a new opening to the season in which all the housewives in the saga about rich and pampered people in Beverly Hills gathered to talk about Armstrong's death. 'Real Housewives' opens to message: 'life goes on'
