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- 2009
- TV-14
- Bravo
- 2009
- TV-14
- Bravo
Summary The popular Bravo franchise is back, and this time it's in New Jersey! Get ready to see how five of Jersey's most affluent ladies live. Broadcast History: "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" premiered on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 10:00pm (ET). Season 2 premiered on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 10:00pm (ET).
- 2009
- TV-14
- Bravo
- 2009
- TV-14
- Bravo
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
14 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: May 12, 2009
66
Where to Watch
Summary The popular Bravo franchise is back, and this time it's in New Jersey! Get ready to see how five of Jersey's most affluent ladies live. Broadcast History: "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" premiered on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 10:00pm (ET). Season 2 premiered on Monday, May 3, 2010 at 10:00pm (ET).
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
25% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
25% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
The 90-minute premiere sets up what could be a very good--by which I mean crassly turbulent--season 3. [23 May 2011, p.41]
On its lacquered surface, New Jersey is The Sopranos with five variations on Adriana. But dig a bit under these women’s verbal clichés and you glimpse lives that are rooted in an earthier, more clear-eyed view of the world than the other Housewives series.
Housewives of New Jersey is more farcical, less phony and a lot more fun.
Playing to the cameras, even many elements that feel slightly staged (including convenient intra-housewife feuding) prove nearly irresistible, again reminding us that horrible people you'd never want to associate with are often the spice of reality. This show puts the Bada-Bing in Bravo.
This is always a diverting junk, but if these women actually become preoccupied with preserving their dignity, the jig is up. [30 Apr 2012, p.36]
Suffice it to say that Bravo has found yet another group of not-very-appealing women to represent their gender and, more broadly speaking, the lifestyle of the heterosexual cheeseball.
Appalling or phony--one conclusion must be true, and either one underscores the fundamental question about these Real Housewives shows: Why would anyone want to watch them?
Production Company:
- Sirens Media
Initial Release Date: May 12, 2009
Number of seasons: 14 Seasons
Rating: TV-14
Genres:
Awards
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 3 Nominations
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
TV Guide Awards
• 1 Nomination
