Bravo has renewed Vanderpump Rules for a 12th season, which will return with an all-new cast. The network revealed today that season 12 will featureLisa Vanderpump and a new group of “close-knit SUR-vers who are as complicatedly involved with one another as their iconic predecessors.” The new season begins production next year and a premiere date and cast will be announced later.
Additionally, Vanderpump Rules will look back at the past decade of heartbreaks, friendship rifts and scandals with a retrospective special highlighting the past 11 seasons. “What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again,” said Alex Baskin, executive producer 32 Flavors. “With profound appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can’t wait for the audience to see a dynamic new group of co-workers and friends make their way through life together.” The first spinoff from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules focuses on Lisa Vanderpump and the staff at her restaurants and bars.
The show originally followed Vanderpump and her-then staff at her West Hollywood mainstay SUR with cast members Scheana Shay, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Kristen Doute, Jax Taylor and Stassi Schroeder.
Cast over the years went on to include Tom Schwartz, Ariana Madix, James Kennedy, Lala Kent, Brittany Cartwright, among others. “The last 12 years of filming have been an extraordinary run full of laughter, tears and everything in between,” Vanderpump said. “I can’t thank enough those who have shared their lives.
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