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The Real Housewives of New York City
File:TheRealHousewivesOfNewYorkCityLogo.png
GenreReality television
Starring
  • Current housewives
  • LuAnn de Lesseps
    (season 1–5, 7–present)
  • Bethenny Frankel
    (season 1–3, 7–present)
  • Kelly Bensimon
    (season 2-4, 7-present)
  • Sonja Morgan
    (season 3–present)
  • Carole Radziwill
    (season 5–present)
  • Heather Thomson
    (season 5–present)
  • Former housewives
  • Ramona Singer
    (season 1–6)
  • Alex McCord
    (season 1–4)
  • Jill Zarin
    (season 1–4)
  • Cindy Barshop
    (season 4)
  • Aviva Drescher
    (season 5–6)
  • Kristen Taekman
    (season 6)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes104 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Pam Healey
  • Lisa Shannon
  • Megan Estrada
Camera setupMultiple
Running time41–43 minutes
Production companyShed Media
Original release
NetworkBravo
ReleaseMarch 4, 2008 (2008-03-04) –
present
Related
Bethenny Ever After

The Real Housewives of New York City (abbreviated RHONY) is an American reality television series that premiered on March 4, 2008 on Bravo. Developed as the second installment of The Real Housewives franchise, following The Real Housewives of Orange County, it has aired six seasons and focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women residing in New York City.

The series originally focused on LuAnn de Lesseps, Bethenny Frankel, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer, and Jill Zarin. Kelly Killoren Bensimon joined the program beginning in the second season, while Sonja Morgan was introduced in the third season. Frankel left the program after the third season, and was replaced by Cindy Barshop during the fourth season. Barshop, Bensimon, McCord, and Zarin departed the series at the conclusion of the fourth season; Aviva Drescher, Carole Radziwill, and Heather Thomson joined the series in their absences during the fifth season. In the sixth season, de Lesseps transitioned into supporting capacity; her original position was filled by Kristen Taekman. For the upcoming seventh season, Drescher departed the series while the original housewife Frankel is reportedly returning as a full-time cast member.[1]

Overview and casting

File:The Real Housewives of New York City season 6 cast.jpg
The Season 6 cast, from left: Thomson, Morgan, Singer, Taekman, Radziwill, and Drescher.

While in pre-production, the show was initially titled Manhattan Moms.[2] The first season premiered on March 4, 2008, and starred Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin.[3] Despite the series title, the women featured were not all housewives. Frankel and Singer owned their own businesses, McCord and Zarin had jobs outside their home. Kelly Killoren Bensimon was added to the cast for the second season, which premiered on February 17, 2009.[4] Sonja Morgan was added to the cast during the third season. On August 31, 2010, Frankel made an official announcement that she would not be returning to The Real Housewives of New York City series for its fourth season.[5] In September 2010, the fourth season began filming with Cindy Barshop as the series' newest housewife. Bravo pushed the Season 4 premiere back until April 7, 2011, and instead premiered The Real Housewives of Miami.[6]

Bravo announced in April 2012 that the show would be revamped for its fifth season and effectively fired half of its cast, letting go four of its seven housewives: Barshop, Bensimon, McCord, and Zarin. The fifth season premiered on June 4, 2012, with new cast members Aviva Drescher, Carole Radziwill, and Heather Thomson, leaving Singer and De Lesseps as the only original cast members from the first season, along with Sonja Morgan, who joined the show in its third season.[7][8]

The series was officially renewed for a sixth season on April 2, 2013.[9] Production was set to begin on May 8, 2013, but the housewives had instead gone into negotiations with Bravo regarding their salaries for the season.[10] Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Heather Thomson and Ramona Singer rejoined the series on May 9, 2013, with Aviva Drescher signing her contract on May 24, 2013.[11][12] LuAnn agreed to the new contract on May 28, 2013.[13][14] It had been speculated that Kristen Taekman would join the cast, which was later confirmed by LuAnn in an interview with Wetpaint.[15][16] It was announced in January 2014 that The Real Housewives of New York City would return for its sixth season on March 11, 2014.[17] Aviva Drescher, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Ramona Singer, Heather Thomson, and new housewife Kristen Taekman are the main housewives with LuAnn de Lesseps returning in a recurring role.

For the seventh season, sources reported that de Lesseps is returning as a main housewife, which Bravo confirmed. Morgan, Radziwill, Thomson, and Taekman will also return as main housewives. Drescher was fired which was confirmed by Bravo on October 20, 2014. [18] Singer will return as a main housewife despite reports of her demotion to friend of the housewives. [19] On October 20, 2014, Bethenny Frankel and Bravo confirmed that she would returning to the show and rounding out the cast as a main housewife for the show's seventh season. [20] This will be Frankel's first appearance on the series following her departure after season 3. Cohen noted that Jill Zarin was set to return in a guest appearance the previous season, but it "didn't work out". It is rumoured Ramona Singer and Kristen Taekman wont be returning for Season 7. [21]

Timeline of housewives

Housewives Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Current main housewives
Ramona Singer Main
LuAnn de Lesseps Main Friend Main
Bethenny Frankel Main Main
Sonja Morgan Main
Carole Radziwill Main
Heather Thomson Main
Kristen Taekman Main
Former main housewives
Alex McCord Main
Jill Zarin Main
Kelly Bensimon Main colspan="2" Template:CFriend
Cindy Barshop Main
Aviva Drescher Main
Friends of the housewives
Jennifer Gilbert [22] Friend
Dorinda Medley[23] Friend

Episodes

Main article: List of The Real Housewives of New York City episodes
The Real Housewives of New York City episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedAverage
Viewers
First airedLast aired
19March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04)May 27, 2008 (2008-05-27)1.20
215February 17, 2009 (2009-02-17)May 28, 2009 (2009-05-28)1.69
318March 4, 2010 (2010-03-04)June 24, 2010 (2010-06-24)2.00
418April 7, 2011 (2011-04-07)August 1, 2011 (2011-08-01)2.04
521June 4, 2012 (2012-06-04)October 22, 2012 (2012-10-22)1.58
623March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11)August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12)1.29
724April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07)September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)1.28
823April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06)September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)1.53
922April 5, 2017 (2017-04-05)August 30, 2017 (2017-08-30)1.50
1022April 4, 2018 (2018-04-04)September 5, 2018 (2018-09-05)1.37
1120March 6, 2019 (2019-03-06)July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)1.28
1225April 2, 2020 (2020-04-02)October 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)1.11
1318May 4, 2021 (2021-05-04)September 4, 2021 (2021-09-04)0.82
1416July 16, 2023 (2023-07-16)October 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)0.51
15TBAOctober 1, 2024 (2024-10-01)TBATBA

Facebook game

Further information: [[:See Real Housewives: The Game]]

In July 2012, Bravo released a social networking video game version of The Real Housewives of New York City titled Real Housewives: The Game. Every week after a new episode, a new story was available on the game.[24][25] It has been discontinued since October 2012.

References

  1. ^ Rayford Rubenstein, Janine (October 20, 2014). "Bethenny Frankel Is Returning to Real Housewives of New York City". People. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  2. ^ "Bravo Starts Production on New Docu-Drama 'Manhattan Moms'". The Futon Critic. September 20, 2007. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  3. ^ "Bravo Announces New Series "The Real Housewives of New York City"". The Futon Critic. January 14, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2008/07/24/kelly-bensimon-joins-season-2-of-bravos-the-real-housewives-of-new-york-city-28299/20080724bravo01/". The Futon Critic. July 24, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Bethenny Frankel Tells Us: I Quit The guy tab Real Housewives of New York!". US Weekly. August 31, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  6. ^ Gorman, Bill (February 3, 2011). "Bravo Says Bienvenido With Series Premiere Of "The Real Housewives Of Miami" On Feb 22". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  7. ^ Bibel, Sara (April 5, 2012). "Bravo's 'The Real Housewives of New York City' Gets a Facelift When Three New Ladies Join the Cast on the Monday June 4 Premiere". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  8. ^ "'Real Housewives Of New York' Season 5: Ladies Head To St. Barts". The Huffington Post. February 22, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
  9. ^ Bibel, Sara (April 2, 2013). "Bravo Greenlights 17 New and 18 Returning Unscripted Series". TV by the Numbers.
  10. ^ O'Connell, Michael (May 10, 2013). "'Real Housewives' Salary Standoff: Bravo Threatens to Cancel 'New York'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  11. ^ Patten, Dominic (May 11, 2013). "UPDATE: 'Real Housewives Of NY' Sign Bravo Contracts; Season 6 Back On". Deadline Hollywood.
  12. ^ "Aviva Drescher — Twitter Status". Twitter. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  13. ^ Nilles, Billy (May 28, 2013). "'Real Housewives' contract dispute: LuAnn de Lesseps signs deal to return to 'New York City' for Season 6". Zap2it. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
  14. ^ Diestefano, Elisa (May 27, 2013). "'Real Housewives' star LuAnn de Lesseps thinks Season 6 will 'work out'". AM New York.
  15. ^ "'Housewives' at the brink". New York Post. May 10, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2013.
  16. ^ http://allthingsrh.com/luann-de-lesseps-says-rhony-season-6-will-have-new-alliances/
  17. ^ Bibel, Sara (January 8, 2014). "'The Real Housewives of New York City' Season Six to Premiere Tuesday, March 11 on Bravo". TV by the Numbers (Press release). Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  18. ^ http://www.bravotv.com/blogs/the-dish/bethenny-frankel-is-returning-to-rhony
  19. ^ http://www.hallels.com/articles/8062/20141002/real-housewives-new-york-city-season-7-aviva-drescher-fired.htm
  20. ^ http://www.people.com/article/bethenny-frankel-returning-real-housewives
  21. ^ http://www.inquisitr.com/1559825/jill-zarin-calls-herself-a-real-housewife-after-rumors-she-isnt-returning/
  22. ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/03/new-housewife-jennifer-gi_0_n_598857.html
  23. ^ http://pagesix.com/2014/11/30/socialite-dorinda-medley-to-join-real-housewives-source/
  24. ^ "Real Housewives: The Game on Facebook | Facebook". Apps.facebook.com. Retrieved August 13, 2012.[dead link‍]
  25. ^ "'Real Housewives: The Game'". BravoTV.com. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

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