{"id":740516,"date":"2026-07-03T08:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740516\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:24:12","slug":"bravos-frances-berwick-on-celebrating-20-years-of-the-real-housewives-the-future-of-summer-house-spinoff-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740516\/","title":{"rendered":"Bravo’s Frances Berwick On Celebrating 20 Years Of ‘The Real Housewives’ & The Future Of ‘Summer House’ Spinoff ‘In The City’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFrances Berwick<\/a>, Chairman, Bravo<\/a> & Peacock Unscripted, has been there from the start of\u00a0The Real Housewives\u00a0franchise, which is celebrating 20 years with Season 20 of the show that started it all,\u00a0The Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the premiere of RHOC Season 20, Berwick shared her thoughts on being part of such a momentous event<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cJust feels incredibly gratifying and fun and joyous,\u201d she told Deadline. \u201cThe fact that it\u2019s still making people really happy to watch the show, that they love being part of this Real Housewives community, it just makes you feel good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Berwick, going back to 2006, when RHOC originally premiered on Bravo, they knew they had produced something special after the first season ended.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe viewership had gone up with every episode,\u201d she recalled. \u201cWe were like, \u2018Oh my God\u2026 we\u2019re going to do a Season 2.\u2019 We had not thought that we would be franchising it, and it was only really as we started to see other casts like \u2018Manhattan Moms\u2019 that we thought this could be a\u00a0Real Housewives\u00a0show too. They don\u2019t have to be housewives. This is sort of like a modern interpretation of what a Real Housewife is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cManhattan Moms\u201d would eventually be known as\u00a0The Real Housewives of New York City,\u00a0and Berwick recalled the debate on whether extending\u00a0The Real Housewives\u00a0franchise as if the show wasn\u2019t good, \u201cIt could damage The\u00a0Real Housewives of Orange County.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe were quite thoughtful about it, but then it felt like this could be a good thing,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd since Orange County had resonated, perhaps this was a good way to sort of attract a different audience rather than the same audience and expand it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRight after RHONY, Berwick said that \u201caround the same time we saw the cast for Atlanta\u201d and they \u201cfell in love with them,\u201d adding, \u201cUltimately, it was all about the cast. There were so many women who had amazing stories to tell who had these incredible bonds and friendships and were going through all sorts of life challenges and dealing with different things in their life. It just felt like a natural extension.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Real Housewives franchise is not going anywhere anytime soon. Earlier this year, Bravo extended the franchise once again with The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, which quickly earned a second season following strong viewership. As for the OG of the franchise, Berwick says, \u201cWhen you see Season 20, you\u2019ll feel like you know this can last a while because it\u2019s such a combination of\u2026 We have a new addition to the cast with Carmela Garcia, and we have Vicki [Gunvalson], who is in Season 1, and then many of the others who\u2019ve joined us in between, and there are still fresh stories and fresh relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile speaking with Berwick, we couldn\u2019t let her go before getting some insight on the future of the Summer House spinoff, In the City<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cUsually we wait till we finish the season,\u201d Berwick said on the possibility of a Season 2 renewal for In the City. \u201cWe\u2019re not that far off from the end of the season, and we\u2019ve got the Watch What Happens Live reunions, so we\u2019re excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Frances Berwick talk Real Housewives in the video below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frances Berwick, Chairman, Bravo & Peacock Unscripted, has been there from the start of\u00a0The Real Housewives\u00a0franchise, which is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[603,88,318307,267786,604,602,92],"class_list":["post-740516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bravo","tag-entertainment","tag-frances-berwick","tag-in-the-city","tag-reality-tv","tag-the-real-housewives-of-orange-county","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=740516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/740516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=740516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=740516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=740516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}