Andy Cohen Reveals Plans to Split ‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ Into 2 Shows: What We Know

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Double the apples! After a controversial season 13, Andy Cohen announced that The Real Housewives of New York City will be split into two shows.“We talked about everything.

There were people who really wanted: ‘Let’s just totally start over.’ And then there were people who were like, ‘Wait a minute, but what about this group that we’ve invested 13 years in?’ I think that’s why this is really listening to everybody,” the 53-year-old producer told Variety on Wednesday, March 23. “We have a pretty active research department at Bravo.

So I will say when research comes to the programming execs, it’s usually not that surprising given what we’re already hearing.”The most recent cast of RHONY included Luann de Lesseps, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer, Leah McSweeney and Eboni K.

Williams with Bershan Shaw in a “friend” role.“I think that we’ve put last season of RHONY under so much scrutiny and trial that I hate to rehash.