Ahead of the increasingly imminent Season 15 premiere of Real Housewives Of New York City, the producers at Bravo have unveiled the cast’s taglines for the season — and fans have opinions already.
In the reality TV landscape, Real Housewives Of New York City (or simply RHONY) has a long and established legacy.
It wasn’t the first Real Housewives franchise – that honor goes to Real Housewives Of Orange County – but it was the very next franchise Bravo built after RHOC’s success.
Like the city around which RHONY revolves, the show had big energy, and its “OG” cast produced some luminaries in the genre (like Bethenny Frankel) — but the show was “rebooted” back in 2022.
Real Housewives taglines are a big part of the culture around the franchise, and they are typically chosen to shape the audience’s perception of the personality to whom the tagline belongs.
RHONY’s original core cast remains iconic, the standard against which newcomers are judged, and fans are weighing in on the franchise’s new taglines.
Bravo Just Revealed The New RHONY Taglines
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Season 15 of Real Housewives Of New York City premieres on October 1.
The timing of the RHONY premiere alone is a bold move for Bravo, as it’s going head-to-head with the vice presidential debate — which will preempt Dancing With The Stars this week.
After Bravo shared the new taglines, Vulture “fact-checked” them, based on each RHONY cast member’s time on the show and the references involved.
Regarding Jenna’s tagline, the outlet decreed:
This is both the best tagline of the year and undoubtedly ‘True.’
Over on Reddit, fans reacted to the RHONY taglines on r/BravoRealHousewives and r/RHDiscussion, both hubs for discussing the franchises.
The latter thread was titled “Real Housewives of New York City Season 15 Awful Taglines,” suggesting fans weren’t embracing the new cast or their vibes all that quickly.
The person who submitted the thread also commented, objecting to the fact that Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City didn’t get new taglines, while RHONY did:
Another commenter had similar complaints, and opined the taglines matched RHONY’s current energy:
A third simply mused: “[The new RHONY taglines] sound like [they] were written by AI.”
On the other thread, one fan said “Jenna’s put me to sleep,” and another also brought it back to RHOSLC:
Where are SLC taglines!?
Not all fans were entirely underwhelmed, and one offered praise, however faint:
A person commenting on @queensofbravo’s tweet about the new RHONY taglines functionally summarized the most common fan sentiment: “These ladies are so f***** corny. God, just bring back our OGs already.”