Bravo is expanding its long-running reality empire with a brand-new addition that promises tight-knit relationships, deep-rooted history and plenty of drama. Set in a small but socially charged corner of the U.S., the upcoming series, which will be a part of the Real Housewives universe, arrives with glossy cast photos, a full teaser and a confirmed premiere date. The network is clearly betting big on this fresh chapter of its flagship franchise.<\/p>\n
The Real Housewives of Rhode Island unveils teaser, photos and release date<\/p>\n
Bravo is officially expanding the Real Housewives universe with The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, locking in a premiere for Thursday, April 2 at 9 p.m. ET. After the debut, the series will follow a diffrent scehdule, arriving on Sunday nights starting April 5, keeping the same prime-time slot. To kick off the buzz, the network also shared the first trailer<\/a> and cast photos, offering an early look at the drama, alliances, and ego clashes to come (via Deadline<\/a>).<\/p>\n The freshman cast features seven new faces ready to stir things up. This includes, Alicia Carmody, Rosie DiMare, Kelsey Swanson, Ashley Iaconetti, Liz McGraw, Rulla Nehme Pontarelli, and Jo-Ellen Tiberi. <\/p>\n Rounding out the season with a crossover moment, Real Housewives of New Jersey favorite Dolores Catania appears in as a \u201cfriend of,\u201d giving the new franchise a direct line to the larger Bravo-verse.<\/p>\n The new series comes from Evolution Media, part of Amazon MGM Studios, with a stacked producing team behind it. Lucilla D\u2019Agostino, Jen McClure-Metz, Joseph Ferraro, and Barry Poznick serve as executive producers, joined by Bianca Barnes-Williams, James Brangert, Deanna Markoff, and David Mills. And of course, Andy Cohen is back as executive producer.<\/p>\n Set against the backdrop of Rhode Island, aka the Ocean State, the show dives into a world where everyone knows everyone, and history runs deep. These women share long-standing friendships, strong loyalties, and plenty of secrets that don\u2019t stay hidden for long.<\/p>\n As tensions rise, the drama spills into glamorous trips that push relationships to the edge. One major moment unfolds at Newport\u2019s exclusive Seaview Terrace, a grand Gilded Age mansion that becomes the scene of serious shake-ups. A getaway to Block Island also turns explosive when two couples throw shades at each other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bravo is expanding its long-running reality empire with a brand-new addition that promises tight-knit relationships, deep-rooted history and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,5033,61,60,15170,82302,282],"class_list":["post-283772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-the-real-housewives","tag-the-real-housewives-of-rhode-island","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}