The Real Housewives of New York City is an American reality television program on the Bravo cable TV network, a spin-off of the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Orange County. New York is the second city featured in The Real Housewives franchise. While in production for Season 1, the show was tentatively titled Manhattan Moms. Season 1 premiered on March 4, 2008 and starred Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer and Jill Zarin. Despite the series title, the women featured were not all housewives. Frankel was unmarried and had her own business; McCord, Singer, and... Zarin all had jobs outside the home; and Singer owned her own business. Kelly Killoren Bensimon was added to the cast for Season 2, which premiered on February 17, 2009. Bethenny Frankel's spinoff, Bethenny Getting Married?, premiered on June 10, 2010 and features appearances by housewives Ramona Singer and Alex McCord. 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. In September 2010, Season 4 began filming with Cindy Barshop as the series' newest "housewife".
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| On the air: | March 4, 2008 |
| Number of seasons: | 4 |
| Network: | Bravo |