The Real Housewives of New York City

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 created by Executive Producer, Scott Dunlop. New York is the second city featured in The Real Housewives franchise. While in production for Season 1, the show was initially titled Manhattan Moms.nSeason 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 and Singer owned their own businesses, McCord and Zarin had jobs outside their home, and Frankel was not even married when production began. Kelly Killoren Bensimon, who is divorced, was added to the cast for Season 2, which premiered on February 17, 2009.nBethenny Frankel's spinoff, Bethenny Getting Married?, premiered on June 10, 2010 and features appearances by housewives Ramona Singer and Alex McCord. On August...