The Real Housewives

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The Real Housewives
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Created byScott Dunlop
Original workThe Real Housewives of Orange County
OwnerNBCUniversal
Years2006–present
Films and television
Television series
Miscellaneous
Country of originUnited States

The Real Housewives is an international reality television franchise that consists of 11 series in the United States and 21 international series. Most of the series document the lives of a group of affluent women (only some of whom are actual housewives) residing in a certain city. The American series have mostly been broadcast on the Bravo network. The franchise began with The Real Housewives of Orange County, which premiered on March 21, 2006. That show was inspired by several soap operas, most notably Desperate Housewives; the franchise has sometimes been referred to as a "docu-soap". Of the international series, the longest-running is The Real Housewives of Cheshire, which has aired 14 seasons so far.

The American series have led to a large number of spin-off series; the most successful of these, Vanderpump Rules, has itself had a number of spin-offs.

History[]

"From Peyton Place to Desperate Housewives, viewers have been riveted by the fictionalized versions of such lifestyles on television. Now, here is a series that depicts real-life 'desperate' housewives with an authentic look at their compelling day-to-day drama."

—A press release by Bravo, describing the concept of The Real Housewives of Orange County.[1]

The Real Housewives was first announced as one of six reality television series ordered by the American television channel Bravo in May 2005.[2] It was inspired by scripted soap operas including Desperate Housewives and Peyton Place, and would document the lives of upper-class women who "lead glamorous lives in a picturesque Southern California gated community where the average home has a $1.6 million price tag and residents include CEOs and retired professional athletes."[1] The series was announced as The Real Housewives of Orange County in January 2006, and premiered on March 21 of the same year.[1]

In September 2007, Bravo started the production for the series Manhattan Moms, which would "[follow] an eclectic group of Gotham socialites and their families."[3] The series was later retitled as The Real Housewives of New York City in January 2008, becoming the first spin-off from The Real Housewives franchise. It premiered on March 4, 2008.[4] The second spin-off The Real Housewives of Atlanta was announced in June, and premiered on October 7.[5][6] The third spin-off The Real Housewives of New Jersey was announced in May 2008 (before the announcement of the Atlanta series),[7] and premiered a year later, on May 12, 2009.[8] The Real Housewives of D.C. was announced in October 2009[9] and premiered on August 5, 2010. It ended on October 21, 2010, after one season,[10] becoming the first series in the franchise to be canceled; its cancellation came after one of the show's cast members, Michaele Salahi, and her husband caused controversy by successfully entering the White House uninvited for a state dinner while being filmed for the show.[11] The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was announced in March 2010 and premiered on October 14, 2010.[12][13] In March 2010, Bravo ordered a series titled Miami Social Club, which would serve as a reconstruction of the series Miami Social.[14] The series was later re-titled to The Real Housewives of Miami. It premiered on February 22, 2011, and ended on November 4, 2013, after three seasons.[15][16]

In November 2015, Bravo announced two new The Real Housewives series, The Real Housewives of Potomac and The Real Housewives of Dallas.[17] Prior to being announced, The Real Housewives of Potomac was initially titled Potomac Ensemble during its early production.[18] It premiered on January 17, 2016.[19] While The Real Housewives of Dallas had originally been titled Ladies of Dallas during its early production, a potential spin-off series to Ladies of London.[20] The series premiered on April 11, 2016.[21]

In November 2019, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City was announced.[22] It premiered on November 11, 2020.[23] That same month Andy Cohen, executive producer of Bravo's The Real Housewives series, confirmed that he was trying to get the streaming service Peacock to pick up The Real Housewives of Miami for a fourth season.[24] In February 2021, it was confirmed that The Real Housewives of Miami would be rebooted on Peacock.[25] On August 17, 2021, Bravo announced that they had no plans to immediately renew The Real Housewives of Dallas for a sixth season, placing it on an indefinite hiatus.

On November 1, 2021, Andy Cohen announced that the next installment of the franchise will be The Real Housewives of Dubai, set to debut in 2022.

Format and recurring elements[]

Each series focuses on the lives and social dynamics of a core group of around five to seven women in a particular city or geographic area. Cast members are typically relatively wealthy, middle-aged women. Scenes may depict cast members' family lives, their business ventures, and especially their social interactions with one another. Individual scenes may feature any combination of cast members (including solo scenes), though producers aim to include at least one "tent-pole" event per episode, which brings together the full cast.[26] A single season typically consists of around 25 episodes.[27]

The franchise has been described as a "docu-soap"— a hybrid of the reality TV and soap opera genres.[28] The shows are not scripted, but field producers often intervene to steer the direction of conversations or inflame conflicts.[29]

Opening credits and taglines[]

A portion of the opening credits for the ninth season of The Real Housewives of New York City, showing the taglines of Luann de Lesseps, Tinsley Mortimer, and Bethenny Frankel. In the cast lineup at the end of the credits, the women hold golden apples (in reference to the "Big Apple" epithet of New York City), with Frankel occupying the center position.

A highly recognizable and frequently parodied feature of the franchise is its opening credits, which feature clips and green screen footage of each housewife in turn, with each housewife delivering a "tagline"—a short quip alluding to some aspect of their personality or story.[30] For example, for season 6 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Lisa Vanderpump, who runs a dog rescue organization, used the tagline "I'm passionate about dogs, just not crazy about bitches". Housewives record several taglines for a given season, some of which may be written by the housewife herself and some by producers, with the network having final say on which one is used.[31]

The credits end with a title card showing a lineup of all the cast holding in their outstretched hands an object related to the show's location.[32] For example, the housewives of Orange County hold oranges, the cast of Atlanta hold peaches, and the women of Beverly Hills hold oversized diamonds. This began as an allusion to the opening credits of Desperate Housewives, which featured the show's main actresses holding apples, and the each object is often used as a symbolic reference for being a cast member on each respective show — for example, if a long-time guest on a franchise is finally cast to appear full time, her cast mates may say she has "finally earned her peach." The housewife in the center of the cast shot is generally chosen to be the cast member who had the greatest impact on the season.[32]

Reunion episodes[]

Each season of a Real Housewives program ends with a "reunion", in which the cast members convene to discuss the events of the season. The reunion is generally filmed after most of the season has aired, and the women have had a chance to view the season's episodes.[33] Reunions are filmed in a single day over the course of around ten hours, but are generally edited into two or three one-hour episodes.[34] Cast members are seated on couches on either side of a host (Andy Cohen, in the case of the American editions) who asks the cast questions (sometimes viewer-submitted) about the events of the season. Housewives generally dress formally, in evening or cocktail dresses, for reunions.

The final episode of the first season of The Real Housewives of Orange County, the franchise's original incarnation, diverged from the now-standard reunion format; it lacked a host, and the women dressed casually and cordially reminisced over the course of a single episode, set in the backyard of one of the women. The reunion for the second season, then titled "Real Housewives Confess: A Watch What Happens Special", was the first to feature Andy Cohen as host, and to use the talk show-like format which subsequent reunions would adopt.[33]

Production[]

Each Real Housewives program is made by a different production company, though some are responsible for more than one show. For example, Evolution Media produces both The Real Housewives of Orange County and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.[27] A season is shot on location over the course of around four to six months. The typical field crew for a show consists of three production crews of around ten people, including one lead producer, several camera crew, and a sound technician. Small scenes, such as those centered on just one or two housewives, are shot by a single production crew, whereas multiple crews will cover larger events involving most of the cast.[35]

The postproduction process of putting episodes together takes around ten to twelve weeks, and begins near the end of filming. Estimates for the amount of raw footage recorded per hour-long episode have ranged from 40 to 85 hours.[36]

Casting[]

While early seasons occasionally made use of open casting calls, potential housewives are more typically referred by existing cast members or invited to interview by casting agents as a result of their research into the city's social circles. Candidates must pass through three stages: a phone interview with a casting director, a video interview, and finally a filmed home visit, simulating the process of filming a scene for the show.[37]

Contracts[]

The compensation of Real Housewives cast members has been the subject of some speculation. In his book about the Housewives franchise, writer Brian Moylan estimates that, as of 2021, a cast member would receive around $60,000 for her first season, increasing year over year up to a cap of around 300 to 500 thousand dollars. Certain "star" cast members have been rumored to be paid figures in the low millions, such as NeNe Leakes, and Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Lisa Vanderpump of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and Tamra Judge of The Real Housewives of Orange County.[38] In the early years of the franchise, cast members were paid considerably less, with Real Housewives of New York City cast member Bethenny Frankel stating that she was paid $7,250 for her appearance on the show's first season in 2008.[39]

A notable provision of housewives' contracts is the so-called "Bethenny clause", which states that Bravo receives 10% of the sale price of any business a cast member starts while on the show, provided that it sells for more than 1 million dollars.[40] The colloquial name for the clause is in reference to Bethenny Frankel, who sold her Skinnygirl cocktail line in 2011 for a reported $120 million.[39]

Confessional interviews[]

Like many reality television shows, the Real Housewives franchise makes use of confessional interviews, in which scenes are interspersed with "talking head" commentary from the cast members. Confessional interviews were originally filmed at the housewives' homes, but are now mostly shot on a soundstage in front of a green screen, with an image of the cast member's home composited behind them. Interviews are filmed periodically during and after the filming of a season, sometimes over the course of a full day, and involve the women responding to questions from an off-screen producer.[41] Over the years, cast members have adopted increasingly elaborate hair, makeup, and fashions for confessional interviews, and may spend between 45 minutes and three hours before filming in order to prepare their looks with the help of hair and makeup artists.[42] Each cast member typically has three different confessional looks for a season, which may need to be reproduced in multiple interview sessions for the sake of continuity.[42] Confessional looks must be approved in advance by producers and the network.[41]

Potential additional locations[]

On December 2, 2016, Cohen spoke on the future of the franchise, saying if there were to be a new installment to the franchise, it could potentially be set in Nashville. Cohen also stated that an All Star edition of the franchise would serve as an end-goal if ratings began to drop.[43] Later in December 2016, during an interview with Harry Connick Jr., Cohen stated that they look for cities with strong personalities, and agreed that New Orleans fits that criterion.[44][45]

Cities where Cohen and other producers began the casting process but ultimately decided not to create a series include Chicago, Greenwich, Houston and San Francisco.[46]

Criticism[]

Feminist leader Gloria Steinem has vociferously criticized the "Housewives" franchise for "presenting women as rich, pampered, dependent and hateful towards each other."[47] Steinem summed up her dislike of the show in 2013:

"It is women, all dressed up and inflated and plastic surgeried and false bosomed and incredible amount of money spent, not getting along with each other. Fighting with each other. It is a minstrel show for women. I don't believe it, I have to say. I feel like it's manufactured, that the fights between them are manufactured and they're supposed to go after each other in a kind of conflicting way."[48]

Others have criticized the show for its promotion of conspicuous consumption.[49] The franchise is often analyzed through a lens of feminist political economy, and how the show "creates rich women as objects of cultural derision, well-heeled jesters in a populist court."[50]

The New York Times ran an article in October 2019 criticizing how the casts of the different Housewives franchises appear "segregated" by skin color.[51] Author Tracie Egan Morrissey pointed to Potomac and Atlanta for their almost entirely African American casts, while the other iterations, such as Beverly Hills, Orange County, Dallas, New York, and New Jersey, are overwhelmingly white and have featured few women of color. Real Housewives of New York did not have an African-American cast member until 2021; while the addition of Kary Brittingham to Dallas in 2019 marked the show's first Hispanic cast member. Beverly Hills, with the exception of Season 4's Joyce Giraud, featured "a racially homogeneous cast throughout its run", until the addition of Garcelle Beauvais in 2019.[51]

List of shows[]

Bravo has aired 10 American installments of the Real Housewives franchise, beginning with The Real Housewives of Orange County in 2006. It has also licensed the brand to networks outside the United States, giving rise to more than a dozen international installments. Bravo has also aired a number of specials and spin-offs centered on specific housewives, with the longest-running being Don't Be Tardy (following the family life of Kim Zolciak of The Real Housewives of Atlanta), and Vanderpump Rules (which follows the staff of restaurants owned by Lisa Vanderpump of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills). In November 2021, The Real Housewives of Dubai was announced as Bravo's first original international installment of the franchise.

Installments originated in the United States[]

Installments of The Real Housewives that originated in the United States
Series Abbrev. Location Network Series premiere Series finale No. of
seasons 		Ref.
The Real Housewives of Orange County RHOC  California Bravo March 21, 2006 (2006-03-21) N/A 16 [52]
The Real Housewives of New York City RHONY  New York March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04) N/A 13 [53]
The Real Housewives of Atlanta RHOA  Georgia October 7, 2008 (2008-10-07) N/A 14 [54]
The Real Housewives of New Jersey RHONJ  New Jersey May 12, 2009 (2009-05-12) N/A 12 [55]
The Real Housewives of D.C. RHODC  District of Columbia August 5, 2010 (2010-08-05) October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21) 1 [56]
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills RHOBH  California October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14) N/A 11 [57]
The Real Housewives of Miami RHOM  Florida Bravo (season 1–3)
Peacock (season 4) 		February 22, 2011 (2011-02-22) N/A 4 [25]
The Real Housewives of Potomac RHOP  Maryland Bravo January 17, 2016 (2016-01-17) N/A 6 [58]
The Real Housewives of Dallas RHOD  Texas April 11, 2016 (2016-04-11) N/A 5 [59]
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City RHOSLC  Utah November 11, 2020 (2020-11-11) N/A 2 [22]
The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip RHUGT United States Various Peacock November 16, 2021 (2021-11-16) N/A 2 [60]
The Real Housewives of Dubai RHODubai United Arab Emirates Dubai Bravo 2022 (2022) N/A 1 [61]

Installments originated internationally[]

Installments of The Real Housewives that originated internationally
Series Country Network Series premiere Series finale No. of
seasons
The Real Housewives of Melbourne  Australia Arena (series 1–4)
FOX Arena (series 5) 		February 23, 2014 (2014-02-23) N/A 5
The Real Housewives of Sydney Arena February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) May 14, 2017 (2017-05-14) 1
The Real Housewives of Vancouver  Canada Slice April 4, 2012 (2012-04-04) April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09) 2
The Real Housewives of Toronto March 7, 2017 (2017-03-07) May 9, 2017 (2017-05-09) 1
Me'usharot  Israel Channel 10 October 24, 2011 (2011-10-24) July 24, 2013 (2013-07-24) 3
Forsidefruer  Denmark TV3 March 8, 2017 N/A 10
Dublin Wives  Ireland TV3 May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28) January 10, 2013 (2013-01-10) 2
Les Vraies Housewives  France NT1 March 18, 2013 (2013-03-18) April 1, 2013 (2013-04-01) 1
The Real Housewives of Athens  Greece ANT1 March 4, 2011 (2011-03-04) May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27) 1
Feleségek luxuskivitelben  Hungary Viasat 3 September 25, 2017 (2017-09-25) N/A 4
The Real Housewives di Napoli  Italy Real Time January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24) N/A 2
Mulheres Ricas  Brazil Band January 2, 2012 (2012-01-02) March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11) 2
The Real Housewives of Nairobi  Kenya TBA TBA N/A 1
The Real Housewives Slovenija: Vražje dame  Slovenia Planet TV October 2, 2021 (2021-10-02) N/A 1
The Real Housewives of Auckland  New Zealand Bravo August 22, 2016 (2016-08-22) October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18) 1
The Real Housewives of Lagos  Nigeria Showmax Spring 2022 N/A 1
The Real Housewives of Johannesburg  South Africa 1Magic August 3, 2018 (2018-08-03) N/A 2
The Real Housewives of Durban Showmax January 29, 2021 (2021-01-29) N/A 1
The Real Housewives of Bangkok  Thailand TBA TBA N/A 1
The Real Housewives of Cheshire  United Kingdom ITVBe January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12) N/A 14
The Real Housewives of Jersey  Jersey December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28) N/A 2

Spin-offs[]

Spin-offs of The Real Housewives
  • Series
  • (Parent installment)
 Recipient(s) Series premiere Series finale No. of
seasons 		Ref.
Jo De La Rosa July 21, 2008 (2008-07-21) September 8, 2008 (2008-09-08) 1 [62]
Bethenny Frankel June 10, 2010 (2010-06-10) May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28) 3 [63]
Albie and Chris Manzo May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30) July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10) 1 [64][65]
Kim Zolciak April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26) December 29, 2020 (2020-12-29) 8 [66]
Elsa Patton September 17, 2012 (2012-09-17) 1 [67][68]
Kandi Burruss April 9, 2013 (2013-04-09) May 26, 2013 (2013-05-26) 1 [69][70]
Lisa Vanderpump January 7, 2013 (2013-01-07) N/A 9 [71]
Tamra Barney September 2, 2013 (2013-09-02) September 16, 2013 (2013-09-16) 1 [72]
NeNe Leakes September 17, 2013 (2013-09-17) October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27) 1 [73]
Kandi Burruss June 1, 2014 (2014-06-01) July 6, 2014 (2014-07-06) 1 [74]
Caroline Manzo October 5, 2014 (2014-10-05) October 30, 2016 (2016-10-30) 3 [75]
Kandi Burruss May 17, 2015 (2015-05-17) June 7, 2015 (2015-06-07) 1 [76]
Teresa Giudice October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11) October 25, 2015 (2015-10-25) 1 [77]
Lisa Vanderpump November 6, 2015 (2015-11-06) March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14) 1 [78]
  • Xscape: Still Kickin' It
  • (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
 Kandi Burruss November 5, 2017 (2017-11-05) November 26, 2017 (2017-11-26) 1 [79]
Bethenny Frankel February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06) March 20, 2018 (2018-03-20) 1 [80]
  • Kandi Koated Nights
  • (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
 Kandi Burruss July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01) July 15, 2018 (2018-07-15) 1 [81]
  • Porsha's Having a Baby
  • (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
 Porsha Williams April 28, 2019 (2019-04-28) May 12, 2019 (2019-05-12) 1 [82]
Lisa Vanderpump June 9, 2021 (2021-06-09) N/A 1
  • Porsha's Family Matters
  • (The Real Housewives of Atlanta)
 Porsha Williams November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28) N/A 1

Syndication[]

The first four series entered weekday broadcast syndication in the majority of United States markets on September 13, 2010, with episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County.[83][84] The Real Housewives of Atlanta started airing episodes in the syndicated time slot on October 25, 2010; The Real Housewives of New York City on November 29, 2010; and The Real Housewives of New Jersey on January 17, 2011. More episodes of Orange County and an encore of Atlanta finished off the season.

Parodies[]

Since the conception of the series, The Real Housewives franchise has been parodied in television, film, theatre and online media.

TV series[]

  • The Real Husbands of Hollywood is a BET parody series created by Kevin Hart that premiered at the 2012 BET Awards show.[85] It ran for five seasons, from 2013 to 2016.
  • The Hotwives is a parody series that ran for two seasons, from 2014 to 2015, on the video streaming website Hulu. The first season was set in Orlando, Florida, while the second was set in Las Vegas.[86]
  • In Kenya, a parody of The Real Housewives began airing in July 2014, titled Real Househelps of Kawangware.[87][88] The series was added to the South African mobile streaming service ShowMax in October 2016.[89]

Film[]

Theatre[]

  • The series was parodied in August 2012 by the musical The Real Drunk Housewives of the San Fernando Valley, which featured Rachel Reilly.[92][93]
  • The musical parody The Real Housewives of Walnut Creek ran in April and May 2014 at Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California. The musical was created by Molly Bell, who also starred, and was presented by the Center REPertory.[94][95] In April 2016, the musical was restaged as Real Housewives of Toluca Lake at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, California.[96]
  • In the United Kingdom, the theater production The Real Hoosewives - Fae Glesga ran from September 10 to September 14, 2014, at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow.[97]
  • From January to May, 2016, a performance titled The Realish Housewives: A Parody toured cities across the United States. Each performance was titled "The Realish Housewives of [the city they performed in]".[98][99]
  • From July 16 to September 12, 2016, a parody theater piece called Housewives of Secaucus, a Suburban Travesty was shown in New Jersey and New York across several venues. The show also parodied reality television series Jersey Shore and Mob Wives[100]
  • In October 2016, a musical titled The Real Wicked Witches of Halloween Hills was performed over 2 nights on October 29 and October 30, at Westchester Broadway Theatre and Emelin Theatre in New York. The musical is a family-friendly Halloween take on The Real Housewives franchise.[101]

Web series[]

  • The 2009 online series The unReal Housewives of Kansas City had seven episodes in all. It was directed by Jon Davis, and starred Michelle Davidson, Meagan Flynn, Erin McGrane, Tasha Smith and Jennifer Plas. Davidson, Flynn and Plas also served as writers for the series.[102][103][104]
  • The Real Housewives of South Boston is a YouTube parody series created by Lucia Aniello and Paul W. Downs in October 2011.[105][106]
  • Real Housewives of Benning Road is a YouTube parody series created Brooks and Amon Williams of Hardhead Films. The series aired for 3 seasons between 2013 and 2014.[107][108]
  • Nerdist aired The Real Housewives of Horror, from October 29 to December 4, 2014. The series is written and created by Brea Grant, who also stars in the series, and is a mash-up of the horror movie genre and The Real Housewives franchise.[109]
  • On April 12, 2015, former Big Brother contestant Wil Hueser released a video titled The Real Housewives of Louisville on his YouTube channel, which went on to serve as the first season. On June 16, 2016, Hueser began airing a second season of his series. The series features Hueser parodying multiple women from Louisville, including his own mother.[110][111][112]
  • In late August 2016, Real Housewives of Christchurch began airing as an online series. The series is designed as a parody of The Real Housewives of Auckland and showcases everyday women, rather than the wealthy and polished women featured on the Auckland series.[113][114] In September 2016, cast-members of The Real Housewives of Auckland, Gilda Kirkpatrick and Anne Batley-Burton, were featured in a video meeting with the ladies of The Real Housewives of Christchurch.[115]
  • In October 2016, a web series titled The Real Houseboys of Waiheke began airing as a parody of The Real Housewives and more specifically The Real Housewives of Auckland.[116]
  • In a collaboration with Bravo, Mashable began airing an online mini-series titled The Real Housekids. It began on August 1, 2016, and featured children recreating well-known scenes from the franchise. In total four episodes were released, three featuring scenes from The Real Housewives of Atlanta and one featuring a scene from The Real Housewives of Orange County.[117][118][119]

Sketches[]

  • From 2009 to 2012, a recurring sketch titled The Real Housewives of Late Night aired on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The sketch featured the men dressing up as their wives in a parody of The Real Housewives franchise.[120][121][122]
  • On November 2, 2010, Saturday Night Live parodied The Real Housewives franchise as a whole, with a segment titled Women of SNL. The segment was stylized as though it were a reunion special, which guest starred Andy Cohen making a cameo as the host for the segment. The skit featured classic housewives moments spoofed by many women who are a part of Saturday Night Live, including Rachel Dratch, Nora Dunn, Tina Fey, Ana Gasteyer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Laraine Newman, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Molly Shannon, and Kristen Wiig.[123][124][125]
  • Saturday Night Live parodied The Real Housewives again on March 3, 2012, with a sketch called Real Housewives of Disney guest starring Lindsay Lohan as Rapunzel.[126]
  • On August 14, 2012, The Real Housekeepers of Long Island was released online as a parody of the series, created by Tyler Gildin.[127][128]
  • On October 12, 2012, a segment was published on Funny or Die titled The Real Dragwives: Very Rich. The video is a parody of a scene from The Real Housewives of Atlanta, with Latrice Royale in the role of NeNe Leakes and DiDa Ritz in the role of Sheree Whitfield.[122][129]
  • From May 24 to November 8, 2015, the Australian sketch show Open Slather frequently parodied the series with the sketch The Real Housewives of The World. The sketch featured prominent women in politics in the format of The Real Housewives. The cast included Marg Downey as Helen Clark, Gina Riley as Hillary Clinton and Magda Szubanski as Angela Merkel. In the same series, Gina Riley also played a parodied version of The Real Housewives of Melbourne cast member Gina Liano.[130][131]
  • In June 2015, Dirty Cues Productions produced the parody The Real Housewives of Westeros, combining the popular HBO show Game of Thrones with the Real Housewives franchise.[132][133]
  • On November 5, 2014, a parody titled Housewives of Narromine aired in Australia, on ABC's Indigenous sketch show, Black Comedy.[134] The skit featured back and forth comedy between two characters located in Narromine, played by Deborah Mailman and Elizabeth Wymarra.[135][136]
  • On June 16, 2016, the franchise was parodied in episode 9 in the fourth season of Inside Amy Schumer. Amy Schumer parodied The Real Housewives' reunion with Andy Cohen making a guest appearance as himself, as the host.[137]
  • In New Zealand, a parody series called Fresh Housewives of South Auckland aired on TV2 during the Saturday morning segment Fresh and was released online. It ran for eight episodes from November September 11, to November 2, 2016.[138][139][140]
  • On October 14, 2016, a parody video was released online called The Real Housewitches of Salem. The video parodied The Real Housewives as well as Hocus Pocus and Mean Girls.[141][142]
  • In January 2017, the BBC2 comedy show Revolting aired the sketch "The Real Housewives of ISIS", which featured women affiliated with the terrorist organization in the style of The Real Housewives franchise.[143][144]

Other parodies and allusions[]

  • In 2009, Amy Phillips began impersonating stars from Bravo and many other celebrities on her YouTube channel and eventually began parodying the women from The Real Housewives. Since she began, Phillips has since been endorsed by Bravo and has made several appearances on Watch What Happens Live.[145][146] In January 2016, Phillips parodied both The Real Housewives and Star Wars in Star Wars: The Housewives Awaken, during her segment Reality Checked with Amy Phillips, on SiriusXM's Radio Andy.[147]
  • The 30 Rock episodes "Queen of Jordan" (2011) and "Queen of Jordan 2: Mystery of the Phantom Pooper" (2012) were both structured as episodes of a fictional reality show called Queen of Jordan which parodied several personalities and events of The Real Housewives franchise, particularly The Real Housewives of New Jersey.[148] The 2012 episode "Idiots Are People Three!" also featured Denise Richards parodying LuAnn de Lesseps's song "Chic, C'est La Vie" as "J'adore La Piscine".[149]
  • On February 26, 2012, The Real Housewives was parodied during episode 2 of the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice, during a task sponsored by Medieval Times. Contestant and star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey Teresa Giudice recreated her table-flipping scene from The Real Housewives of New Jersey in a segment titled The Unreal Housewives of Camelot.[150][151]
  • In the 2013 film The Best Man Holiday, Melissa De Sousa's character "Shelby" is a star of the fictional reality show The Real Housewives of Westchester.[152][153]
  • In episode 9 of the fourth season of Hot in Cleveland, which aired on January 23, 2013, actress, and cast member of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Heather Dubrow guest starred as Nikki, the wife of Emmet (Alan Dale), who is trying to get on the fictional series True Housewives of Tampa St. Pete.[154][155]
  • SBS 2's The Feed parodied the franchise in August 2014, with a segment titled The Real Newsreaders Of Sydney. The segment featured Sandra Sully, Lee Lin Chin and Natalie Barr.[156]
  • On May 4, 2015, The Real Housewives was parodied during the tenth episode in the seventh season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In a mini-challenge titled Fake Housewives of RuPaul's Drag Race, the contestants were challenged to create a tagline, replicating the taglines of The Real Housewives franchise, as well as replicating plastic surgery using tape.[122][157]
  • The Real Tradies Of Melbourne is an online video released on July 29, 2015, created to promote awareness for Tradies National Health Month. The video features Shane Jacobson, as well as original The Real Housewives of Melbourne cast member Andrea Moss.[158]
  • On August 11, 2016, during an episode of Watch What Happens Live, Andy Cohen featured a segment titled The Real Housewives of Rio, inspired by the then-ongoing 2016 Summer Olympics. The segment featured current and former Olympians (like Nadia Comăneci) delivering Real Housewives-style taglines.[159]
  • On October 27, 2016, a scene from The Real Housewives of New York City, featuring Aviva Drescher throwing her prosthetic leg, was parodied by Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 during the reunion for the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars.[160][161]
  • On October 26, 2016, the We the Voters campaign released a video online titled Real Voters of the USA, which used the format of The Real Housewives franchise to display that people could discuss politics without fighting. The video featured three housewives who were portrayed by Anabelle Acosta, Charlotte McKinney and Analeigh Tipton.[162][163][164]

See also[]

  • List of The Real Housewives cast members

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