The Real Housewives of New York City
Lifestyle realityUnscripted lives, homes and work observed.This show: 9/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 8/10Big city lifeThe metropolis itself as a character.This show: 7/10Chaotic energyLoud, frenetic and gleefully anarchic.This show: 7/10
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The Real Housewives of New York City Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | ||
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| S1 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | |||||||||||
| S3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | ||||||||
| S4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.5 | ||||||||
| S5 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.6 | |||||
| S6 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |||
| S7 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.1 | ||
| S8 | 8.2 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 | |||
| S9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | ||||
| S10 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | ||||
| S11 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | ||||||
| S12 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.8 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 5.9 | |
| S13 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 5.9 | ||||||||
| S14 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.0 | ||||||||||
| S15 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | |||||||||
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About
"Wealth, wine, and spectacular public meltdowns"
A rotating group of wealthy New York women navigate friendships, business ventures, marriages, and increasingly public feuds while cameras follow their dinners, vacations, and blowout arguments. The appeal is pure schadenfreude and spectacle: sharp one-liners, sudden alliance shifts, and moments of genuine chaos that become instant cultural touchstones. It is not deep television, but it is compulsively watchable trash, especially once you learn the players' histories and grudges. Pacing is loose and repetitive across a season, built for casual dipping in rather than binge-worthy plotting.
Watch it for
the unscripted-feeling chaos when alliances shift mid-dinner-party and nobody backs down.
Maybe skip if
you need likable leads or a show that isn't built on manufactured conflict and repetition.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12008
6.944296h 36m
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Season 22009
7.56541511h 13m
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Season 32010
7.97871813h 29m
Two fresh faces, Sonja and Jennifer, join the housewives as they navigate family commitments, high-powered careers and upper-crust society.
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Season 42011
7.36821814h 8m
The luxury-loving ladies return for another season as they bid farewell to new mom Bethenny Frankel and welcome spa maven Cindy Barshop.
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Season 52012
8.08032115h 32m
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Season 62014
7.87572316h 45m
Season six sees the return of Aviva Drescher, Sonja Morgan, Carole Radziwill, Ramona Singer, and Heather Thompson, who are joined by model and businesswoman Kristen Taekman as they navigate their hectic lifestyles of jam-packed social calendars, careers, relationships, children and the hustle and bustle of city living. Also returning in a recurring role this season is Countess LuAnn de Lesseps.
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Season 72015
8.28352417h 55m
Park Avenue Penthouse Apartment. Check. Couture Cocktail Dress. Check. Designer Diaper Bag. Check. When you're a Manhattan Housewife, your shopping list may be just a little different. Get ready for the newest housewives as they maneuver the world of high-class nightlife, high-profile jobs and high-price nannies - in high heels. Living large in the Big Apple has never looked so good.
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Season 82016
8.27492316h 29m
In season eight, the name of the game is change as the ladies face betrayal, crumbling marriages, new love and endless wild nights.
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Season 92017
8.07582316h 16m
In season nine, Bethenny's life is coming back together now that she is finally divorced—but a feud with Ramona threatens her peace. Meanwhile, age is nothing but a number as Ramona’s dating and teaching the other ladies how to pick up men. After taking some heat for living in Bethenny’s shadow, Carole makes a strong effort to build her relationship with the other women, leading to some surprising connections. Tension between Dorinda and Sonja is at an all-time high, with Sonja making accusations about Dorinda’s personal life. Sonja is caught in a love triangle and must decide whether to go with the man who moves her heart or the man who moves her other parts. And new housewife Tinsley Mortimer, still reeling from a shocking run-in with the law, returns to the Big Apple, where it all began for her. Tinsley's ready to start her next chapter, but will the girl who once had it all get it all back again?
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Season 102018
8.37682215h 46m
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Season 112019
7.96342014h 20m
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Season 122020
7.47312616h 51m
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Season 132021
6.4608194h 40m
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Season 142023
6.0610167h 54m
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Season 152024
6.2420173h 12m
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Season 16
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Cast
Ramona Singer Self
Luann de Lesseps Self
Sonja Morgan Self
Bethenny Frankel Self
Dorinda Medley Self
Carole Radziwill Self
Heather Thomson Self
Tinsley Mortimer Self
Jill Zarin Self
Mario Singer Self
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