| The Real Housewives of New Jersey | |
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Genre |
Reality |
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Current Housewives |
Teresa Giuidice (Seasons 1-) Dina Manzo (Seasons 1-2, 6-) Melissa Gorga (Seasons 3-) Teresa Aprea (Season 6-) Nicole Napolitano (Season 6-) Amber Marchese (Season 6-) __________________________ |
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Former Housewives |
Danielle Staub (Seasons 1-2) Caroline Manzo (Seasons 1-5) Jacqueline Laurita (Seasons 1-5) Kathy Wakile (Seasons 3-5) |
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Country of Origin |
United States |
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Original Language(s) |
English |
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No. of Seasons |
6 |
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No. of Episodes |
99 |
The Real Housewives of New Jersey is an American reality television series that debuted on May 12, 2009 and airs on Bravo. It is the network's fourth installation of the Real Housewives franchise. RHONJ chronicles the lives of five women in and around several communities in northern New Jersey.
Production
The Real Housewives of New Jersey was first announced when Bravo released its 2008-2009 programming on April 15, 2008.[3] It was later announced that the series would debut on May 12, 2009, with Caroline Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Teresa Giudice, Dina Manzo, and Danielle Staub as the cast. For the first time in the franchise, the series followed housewives who are related to one another: sisters Caroline and Dina were married to brothers Albert and Tommy Manzo, and Jacqueline Laurita is married to Caroline and Dina's brother, Chris Laurita.[4] Dina and Tommy Manzo would later end up divorced.[5][6] With the first season averaging 2.55 million total viewers, Bravo announced the renewal of the second season on October 6, 2009.[7] The second season premiered on May 3, 2010, with Dina Manzo departing the series after the seventh episode of the season.[8]
The third season renewal was announced on August 31, 2010.[9] It was later revealed on September 7, 2010, that Danielle Staub would not returning to the show.[10] Season 3 premiered on May 16, 2011, with a 90-minute episode as well as new housewives Melissa Gorga and Kathy Wakile.[11] The third season delivered the highest rated season premiere in the network's history and the highest rated season premiere in The Real Housewives franchise[12] but was later surpassed by The Real Housewives of Atlanta. After season 3, The Real Housewives of New Jersey was the only The Real Housewives series within the franchise that features a main cast who are all married until The Real Housewives of Miami also met the criteria starting with its third season. Season 4 was announced on June 7, 2011,[13] with the fourth season premiering on April 22, 2012.[14] All of the Season 3 housewives returned.[14] Bravo announced that the fifth season would premiere June 2, 2013, with the season four cast returning.[15][16][17] Kim DePaola[18] and Jennifer Dalton have joined as "friends of the housewives".
Housewives History
| Seasons | ||||||||||||||
| Housewives | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||
| Current | ||||||||||||||
| Teresa Giudice | Main | |||||||||||||
| Melissa Gorga | Main | |||||||||||||
| Dina Manzo | Main | Main | ||||||||||||
| Teresa Aprea | Main | |||||||||||||
| Nicole Napolitano | Main | |||||||||||||
| Amber Marchese | ||||||||||||||
| Former | ||||||||||||||
| Kathy Wakile | Main | Recurring | ||||||||||||
| Caroline Manzo | Main | |||||||||||||
| Jacqueline Laurita | Main | Guest | ||||||||||||
| Danielle Staub | Main | |||||||||||||
| Friends | ||||||||||||||
| Kim DePaola | ||||||||||||||
| Kim Granatell | ||||||||||||||
| Vitoria Gotti | ||||||||||||||
| Jennifer Dalton | ||||||||||||||
| Penny Drossos | ||||||||||||||
| Housewives | Seasons | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Current | |||||||
| Teresa Giudice | Main | ||||||
| Dina Manzo | Main | Cameo | Main | ||||
| Melissa Gorga | Main | ||||||
| Amber Marchese | Main | ||||||
| Nicole Mauriello | Main | ||||||
| Teresa Aprea | Main | ||||||
| Kathy Wakile | Main | Recurring | |||||
| Former | |||||||
| Kathy Wakile | Main | Recurring | |||||
| Jacqueline Laurita | Main | Guest | |||||
| Caroline Manzo | |||||||
| Danielle Staub | Main | ||||||
| Friends | |||||||
| Kim DePaola | Guest | Recurring | |||||
| Kim Grantell | Guest | ||||||
| Victoria Gotti | Guest | ||||||
| Jennifer Dalton | Guest | ||||||
| Penny Drossos | Guest | ||||||
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale | Reunion | |
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| 1 | 10 | May 12, 2009 | June 18, 2009 | June 23, 2009 June 25, 2009 | |
| 2 | 18 | May 3, 2010 | August 23, 2010 | August 30, 2010 September 6, 2010 | |
| 3 | 21 | May 16, 2011 | October 9, 2011 | October 16, 2011 October 23, 2011 | |
| 4 | 24 | April 22, 2012 | September 23, 2012 | September 30, 2012 October 7, 2012 October 14, 2012 | |
| 5 | TBA | June 2, 2013[66] | TBA | TBA | |