I've been reading a lot of the negative comments and I just wanted to pop out of lurkerdom to give my own thoughts on the show.
At first I just watched it to see whether the girls were actually playing for fun or whether they'd been blackmailed into it, and I was glad (and mildly surprised) to see they were all having quite a bit of fun, even Sasha. It may not have been her cup of tea, but she was pretty up for it and had her moments of newb win. This would have been a major disappointment if nobody had some genuine excitement for dice slinging. Really enjoy all the players at the table. Sadness, I don't think I've seen Mandy laughing as much as the others recently, she seems to have buckled down to being the party support tool and explainer of things (my read). Kim, Satine, and Frankie are freaking awesome, they all enjoy the game a lot and really show that. Loved the, "Die ******," from Kim in this episode, and that one episode with the mushrooms was great all around. Don't seem to see Connie as much as the others it seems, guess she's the quieter one? And Justine is a freaking awesome newbie, hope she sticks around for a while if not becoming a full fledged or recurring member.
Overall Review of the Show: It's actually pretty good and shows signs of picking up tricks to make it better (there's a better word than tricks but I can't think of it. Device that shows the table, game, player's, and mechanics from a lot of different angles??). Anyway, this new episode did some cool things with panning to character sheets, the dungeon map, and such that helped to set the scene. Really liked that, especially the squiggly character sheets with random notes and such on them. Wouldn't mind maybe seeing an episode where the group rated the DM and the last adventure, talked about what they wanted to do next, or see happen, that kinda thing. Early on there seemed to be an idea of having a real world, private time moment with two of the girls on a bed opening up outside of DM earshot or something. It kinda bored me, ymmv. Either which way, it's gone now (at least for the moment) so, props.
As far as goes the house/apartment, I like seeing people in the natural space where they're comfortable at. My apartment has gone the gamut from "museum quality" (real pretty but don't touch ANYTHING) to a grungy pit that eats your shoes if you go in the bathroom. Throwaway Idea: have you guys considered grabbing a chessex map or some such, the leatherette maps with squares or hexes for showing positioning and inking out the battle map? Works great with minis, reaper or otherwise.
And lastly, all the girls are snugglies, let no one say otherwise. And if in some unfortunate twist of circumstances their current bf should meet a tragic and mysterious end, I promise there will always be a fan in the wings to offer cuddly support (depending on current rates on air fare)