The Real Housewives

Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise will reach a milestone with the debut of The Real Housewives of Orange County: its 100th main cast member.

Sesame Street released a three-part parody of The Real Housewives called The Real Grouches of Sesame Street. It doesn’t work. I’m a grouch.

The Real Housewives of New York City returns tonight, following a series-high scene last season that began with Bethenny revealing Tom’s betrayal to LuAnn.

Bravo announced the return of The Real Housewives of New York City today and released the “this season on” trailer that highlights all of the spectacular and absolutely pointless drama.

Among the highlights: Sonja Morgan claiming she was allergic to a man’s sperm; more Tom drama, including Bethenney crying; Bethenney jumping naked into a pool, and she’s only blurred out Naked and Afraid-style (i.e. there’s a full moon); and a cameo by early season cast member Jill Zarin, who hasn’t been on the show in years.

Former Bravo executive and current celebrity Andy Cohen appeared at the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday to talk about his late-night Bravo show, which had “an official name change” and is now Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, which if you ask me sounds less like a name change and more like an ego stroke. In any… continue reading

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump talks candidly about the Bravo show, and explains why she decided to stay instead of quitting.

Who decides which star of each The Real Housewives season gets center billing in the show’s opening title sequence? And how is it filmed? Answers.

Media reports insisting that Amiyah Scott would become the first transgender woman cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta appear to be overstated, at least as of now. She is a model who describes herself on Twitter as “Transgender Model. Makeup Guru. Weaveologist. Mermaid. Goddess.” Amiyah “will join the cast next season,” TMZ reported late… continue reading

NeNe Leakes is leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta, saying she has another prime-time TV show in the works. She’s been on the Bravo series for seven seasons and was the only original cast member still on RHOA. During that time, she did The Celebrity Apprentice and Dancing with the Stars, and was also on… continue reading

March 21, 2006 is the day the first episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County aired on Bravo. How innocent we were back then, before nearly 100 percent of Bravo’s programming became series copied and pasted from the show’s template. March 21, 2006, was, coincidentally and amazingly, also the same day the very first… continue reading

The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast members Teresa and Joe Giudice are going to prison, but first they spent hours with Bravo’s Andy Cohen for a special that aired last night and concludes Thursday. In March, the couple plead guilty to bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud despite having previously insisted upon their innocence. Just over a… continue reading