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The Real Housewives of D.C.

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The Real Housewives of D.C.
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersAbby Greensfelder[1][2]
Sean Gallagher[1]
Rich Calderone[1]
Production locationsWashington, D.C., United States
Running timeApprox. 44 minutes
(excluding commercials)
Production companyHalf Yard Productions LLC[2]
Original release
NetworkBravo

The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C. is a reality television program scheduled to appear on the Bravo network sometime in 2010. It will be the network's fifth installation of The Real Housewives of... series, following The Real Housewives of Orange County, The Real Housewives of New York City, The Real Housewives of Atlanta, The Real Housewives of New Jersey.[3][4][5]

2009 White House gatecrash incident

Michaele and Tareq Salahi (center and right), who were under consideration to appear as contestants on The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C., met U.S. President Barack Obama after attending a White House event uninvited.

Michaele and Tareq Salahi, a Virginia couple under consideration to be contestants on The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C., entered the White House and greeted President Barack Obama during a On November 24, 2009, receiving line for 400 invited guests. Three days later, the United States Secret Service publicly stated the Salahi couple were not invited to the event and, although went through magnetometers and other levels of screening, should have been prohibited from the event altogether. Bravo producers said they had been filming the Salahis before the dinner, but were told the couple were invited. Bravo said in November it would not be determined for "several months" whether the Salahis would be selected for the series.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Weisman, Joy (2009-10-06). "Bravo's "Housewives" to hit D.C." Variety. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  2. ^ a b Nycz-Conner, Jennifer (2009-10-08). "Possible final cast of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Washington, D.C." coming into focus". Washington Business Journal. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  3. ^ "The Real Housewives of DC". Pop Tower.
  4. ^ Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger. "'Housewives' Won't Come Clean". Washington Post.
  5. ^ Helene Cooper, Janie Lorber, and Brian Stelter (2009-11-26). "Network Cameras Followed White House Crashers".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Stelter, Brian; Cooper, Helene (2009-11-27). "Uninvited Pair Met Obama; Secret Service Offers Apology". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-11-28.