Is miami the most underrated ‘Real Housewives’ Franchise? NBCU UNSCRIPTED EXEC AND EP WEIGH IN

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WHEN IT MOVES TO The Real HousewivesMiami is bravo’s hidden gem.

After Kicking Off Its First Season in 2011, The Show Was Brough To a Halt in 2013, Until The Series Was Successful Rebooted In 2021. Eight Years Off The Air, Peacock Gave The Real Housewives of Miami A New Life with A Long-Overdue Fourth Season.

After Two Years Running on the NBCUNIVERSAL STREAMER, Rhom Returned to Bravo in Late 2023, WHERE SEASON SEVEN IS CURRENTLY AIRING ON BRAVO Weekly. Miami have everythingness Viewers Could Ask for Out of a Real Housewives Franchise, But There’s a notable Lack of Presence and Admiration for the Franchise Compared to It Sister Series’.

In Season Seven, Alexia Nepla is Grappling with Her Third Divorce. Lisa hochstein is reeling from the loss of her Father. Julia Lemigova Recently Adopted Twins with Her Wife, Martina Navratilova. Lara pippin is navigating a messy breakup with Michael Jordan’s Son. Stephanie Shojae is a First-Time Housewife. Guerdy Abraira Is Learning How To Live Life Afterling and Beating Cancer.

There’s No Shortage of Drama from The Main Cast, and that Doesn’t Even ‘Even Include the “Friends of” The Houseweds (Women Showcied In Lesser, non “Full-Ti, Inki-T The Show) De Moura and Marysol Patton.

Through the First Six Episodes of Season Seven, Ratings Are Up 14 Percent On A Comparable Basis to Season SIX. Still, The Show Is Widely Considired “Underrated,” A Sentiment Fans Have Brough Up that Executive Producer Matt Anderson Understans.

“I THINK THAT THE FAN ENGGIGENT COMEMENT OF THIS SHOW IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE I THINK They Feel in a Way Responsible for Bringing It Back, [fans] Want to Make Sure Everything Is Being Done for It, ”Anderson Tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I Like The Conversation, Because WHEN PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT IT, THERE’S more awareness about the show.”

IT’s HARD TO PINPOINT WHAT HAS LED TO Miami‘s “undeerrated” status, especialy region of the Series is undeniably entertaining. Below, in Separate Edited Conversations, Anderson (Ep and Founder of Purveyors of Pop) and Kathleen French “Underdeg” reputation, Season Seven’s Physical ALTERCATION BETWEEN ABRAIRA AND LEMIGOVA AND WHICH LATIN POP STAR SHOULD Join of the Cast.

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WHEN Rhom Initially Got Rebooted Four Years Ago, Did You Ever Anticipate that It Wound Get Such A Great Reception From Fans and Successful Stay On Air As A Once “Pasyed” bravo show?

French Absolutely. We have Done Bravocon [since] 2019, and anytime in any bravocon [that] Real Housewives of Miami WAS MENIFED, THE AUDIENCE Wuld GO Nuts. There was Such a fan fever for this show and it ner Died. The quest and was asked All the Time Was, “WHEN Are You Going to Reboot Miami? ” We Knew there was An Appetite for the Viewers to See this Show Again.

Anderson I mean, we did it. Now, there are more episodes of the reboot than there is [of] The Original. Once We Crossed That Thrashold, It Was Like, Wow, We Are On the Other Side of That Equationwhochh is pretty amazing, because rebooting is a hard things to do. We’ve Seen It Attempted Time and Time Again. I would Say We Always Knew The Audence Wanted It, Because There Was A Very Loud Contingency During the Interim Period of Fans Constantly Tweeting, Asking, Wondering Whene. Miami is.

Miami is the pioneer of this New Bravo Trend WHERE Shows Are Rebooting Half or Most of A Cast, and Sticking with A FEW OG Players. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS TREEN HAS REALLY CAUGHT WIND IN THE BRAVOSPHERE?

Anderson HAVING THAT BASELINE FROM Legacy Characters Based Into A Reboot is An Important Piece to the Equation, Because You Want To Give [fans] Something that is familiar to them. Because We Were Off The Air for Seven Years, SO Much Had Happy in the Lives of Our Ogs. They’ve ExperienCed Divorce, Death, Marriages, and Mean Really Big Life-Canying Things. That was a realy key piece in the successful reboot of it. And THEN BRINGING IN THE NEW Characters Is Also An Opportunity to Say, What Does A New 2.0 Housewives mean? What Could That Be? And WHEN WE WEER LOOKING AT TESE INCREDIBLE WOMEN, LIKE DR Nicole Martin, She Felt Like A Very 2.0 Housewife. She was a doctor, she have her own career. She was coming to the table with an interesting Husband and wealth and a beautyify House, but she have her own thing going. Same Thing with Guerdy. She was an Event Planner, She Her Own Successful Career Prior to Being on the Show. And THEN WHEN WE BROUGHT JULIA ON, AS An LGBTQ Company – We’re Actual the only Lgbtq Company Doing Housewives – For Us, We’re Like, “What Could Be the Different Thing We’re Doing?” And bringing in the first Married Lesbian Housewife Felt Significant and Felt Important, Because We’ve Seen SomeExual Women, But We Hadn’t Seen Felt. In bringing in new people, they all had to repressent What Could Be Different About Housewives Going Into the Future.

Another Unique Element About Miami Is This Ongoing Use of “Friends of” the Housewives. Marysol, Adriana and Kiki Are So Integral to this Group, Whos Different from Other Franchises, Who SomeTimes Swap Out “Friends” Every Year. WHY DO YOU THINK THIS TRIO FITS SO Well on the Show in the “Friend of” Status?

French We have friends on Beverly Hills as well that are core to the show. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT The CAST MEMBER THEMSELVES IS Comfortable With. In some cashes, they may have children in the house that that they want, or their own personal life. Like Jennifer Tilly, Her Boyfriend, Phil [Laak]is not interested in being on the show. WHEN YOU HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, IT CAN DETERMINE How and WHEN YOU SHOT WITH A CAST MEMBER. But it dosn’t mean they’re not as vital and important. I just depends on how [and] What they’re comfortable with, and how we follow their lead.

Anderson We Call Them “Super Friends,” because they are. They do interviews, they go on every trip, they’re almost at every casual event. I think that’s a little bit of ord of Secret to the Show, is their inherent integration and the Dedication from the audience about the friends. I love it, because there’s a Lot of Talk of, Like, “Give Her Her MOJITO! GIVE MARYSOL HER MOJITO! GIVE KIKI Her MOJITO And What’s Funny to me is it dosn’t the really affect their Viewing Experience, Because It’s the Same Percentage that see it. There is of the good friend [in other franchises]. I Think Kathy Hilton is a Great “Friend of,” I Think Jennifer Tilly Is A Great “Friend of,” but they’re utilized a little Differently than. Miami.

Miami is arguable one of the most Dynamic, Drama-Field Modern Real Housewives that bravo have, but there are still fans that thank that the shown is undeerrated. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT Miami HAS this reptation of being undertrated Compared to Other Real Housewives Franchises?

Anderson IT’s A Good Question. I THINK THAT The fan engagement with this show in Particular, Because i Think They Feel in A Way Responsible for Bringing It Back, [fans] Want To Make Sure Everything Is Being Done For It. And so -the Amount of Engagement, WHETHER IT’S [fans saying] We Should have all these promos and everything, bravo is doing the Same Amount of Promo for Our Show. But I Like the Conversation Around It, Because WHEN THERE’S The CONVERSATION AROUND IT, PEOPLE START TALKING ABOUT IT AND THERE’S MORE AWARD AWARD ABOUT THE SHOW, TO HONEST WITH YOU. SO, I DON’T MIND IT. And there is someting about being the UnderDog that gives you a chance to exceed Those Expectations, WHICH I Feel Like this Season Does. And so some people talk about it, they’re like, “Oh My God, the Wit or The Humor, the Amount of Luxury,” there’s a Lot of Dialogue About that online

From the Outside Looking in, It Appears Like the Marketing Rollut Varies by Franchise. There’s Been This Conversation Amongst Fans That A Miami houswife wasn’t feturered on Watch what happles live Durying The Premiere, and It Feels Like the Marketing Strategy For Miami might be lacking compared to Other Franchises, Like Beverly Hills or the new New York. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS AND DO YOU AGREE COP THAT?

French The reason kind of wasn’t a houswife on Watch what happles live is that it was on hiatus during the premiere week. Andy Did A Throw to It From [the] Watch what happles live Couch The Week Before, [saying]“Be Sure and Tune in Next Week to Miami‘s premiere. ” SO it was a strategy, it was a reality. LOVE.

Do you agree with this sentiment that have had raised by fans that Miami is underrated?

French Well, I Think We Have to Build Momentum. I Think The Show Is Back, We’ve Had Longer Hiatus Times Between Seasons, It’s Now Getting Into a Regular [schedule] o Seeing A New Season Every Year Now, [and] I Think That’s Important for Fan Viewership. But Even Thought We’ve Had the Show on the Air [for] A FEW YEARS, There Still Was A Fairly Long Hiatus Period, SO IT’S ALMOST AS IF WE’RE REBOOTING A New Series. And the momentum every season is buying on itlf. It’s Been A Strong, Steady Build, But I ALMOST LOOK AT LIKE We’re Building on a New Franchise.

One of the Key Pieces of Season Seven’s Story Is this Breakdown of Julia and Guerdy’s Friendship. We have another pretty uncomfortable moment this season whoe julia threw a DRINK ON GUERDY. WHEN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION LIKE THIS OCCURS ON The Real HousewivesHow does Production Navigate WHEN TO STEP IN?

French We have a strong code of respect in the workplace here. We Respect it at Bravo, We Expert All Our Production Companies to And Also Our Cast Members. There’s Were Strong Conversations with Julia Afterwards. If you saw Watch what happles live [on July 30]she said Openly and Honestly that isn’t a day that goes by that she doesn’t regret having made that that choice. She have apologized to Guerdy, she’s apologized to the Production Company. I Believ Her WHEN SHE SAYS she REGRETS HAVING DONE THAT, SO We Take It Very Seriously. We Definitely Have Conversations with Our Cast Members. We don’t want to see that Occur again in the fronture, and we expert them to do the right thing and take responsability and apologize.

Anderson As Soon as Something Like That Happy, We Gotta Step in, Because We Don’t Support Any Kind of Physical AlterCations on the Show. I Just Not a Place That Show Needs To Go. We don’t need it. THESE Are Dynamic, Intelligent, Very Witty Women that Canse Usea Words in Arguments. We STOP IT IMMEDIATELY. As Soon as It Happy, My Producer Called Me, and The FIRST THING I SAID IS, “if Guerdy Doesn’t Want to Be Anymore, Release Her for The Evening.” The first thing is to try to make sure people feel safe in a situation. And the Next Day, We Have A Lot of Conversations. I Personally Called Julia, I Called Guerdy to Sort of Figure Out, from Their Perspectives, What Happened, [and] What is the Best Path to Move Forward. Because You Want To Make Sure that Evelyone Feels Okay About Continuing to Shoot the Show, Because the Show Is Only As Good As the Cast Involvement. We Can’t Make People Show Up to A Place That’s They Want to Show Up To, Ultimately, And You Want the We To Be, So that Give The Best Versions.

Were you shocked that most of the Cast Was more up about guerdy sharing her text messages with Julia, as OPPOSED TO JULIA THROWING A DRINK ON GUERDY?

French I’m not sure that i saw it quite that way. I Thought they Were a Little More Stunned in the Moment WHEN The DRINK THROWING HAPPENED, AND I THINK THAT IT WAS A DIFFERENT SET Circumstans with Guerdy. I MEAN, SHE WAS ON A STAGE MAKING A Presentation, SO I THINK They WERE ABLE TO REACT A LITTLE BIT more IN REAL TIME. I Think There Was A Little Bit of A SHOCK REACTION WHEN WHE AT MARYSOL’S WEDDING PARTY.

Anderson There’s been some dialogue about that after that episode aired. This is an Edited Show, so we can’t show every reaction and everything things happers. CERTAINLY THERE WERE PEOPLE ON THE CAST WHO WERE NOT Thrilled About the Water Throwing, and They Expressed That To Julia, [but] Not everything Always Makes It Onto Air. Could there have been more of that? Possibly, Maybe the Audence Could have been Happier with that, you just Can’T predict what the audience reaction is going to be, what they want more of. And that’s a Great Thing for the Reunion to Tackle [which films Thursday]. There Was Definitely a Feeling that Didn’t Love the Water Throwing, But Everyone Was All in the Same Place at the Same Time with the text Thing. And The Further You Get Into [the] Season, The Longer They Under Sort of that Microscope of Doing HousewivesAnd I Think The Relations Tend to Start to Amplify, Because It Is Real Life, But It Is Kind of A Social Experiment at the Same Time Living Your Life on Camera. I do think that their immediate to the text messages was cereinly more visceral at that Point, but they were sort of running the marathon a Little bit Longer at that point.

Ahead of Season Seven, Dr. Nicole Left The Show, But She Recently Made a Cameo. On that episode, Guerdy asked what she have needed to do for her to return, and she said that is “tbd.” Is The Door Open for Her Potential Return After this Season and Have Those Conversations Happened?

Anderson I Could have Run Into Scene and Gave Guerdy a High Five After She Asked Her That Question. I’M LIKE, “THAT IS WHAT The AUDIENCE WANTS[[Laughs]. ” It Was Such A Great Way of Putting The Question and I Loved The Way Nicole Answered IT. [her husband] Anthony [Lopez]“Everyone Really Loved the Way the Scene Turned Out.” And Her Answer is Always the Same, She’s Like, “Never Say Never.” Shea Really Was Going Through A Personal Thing, and She Decides to Leave on Her [own]but there is Always a door Open for Dr. Nicole. But It Comes Down to if She Wants to Do It or Not.

We Also Have the New Edition of Stephanie This Season. She have a very, Very Loose Connection to Nicole Because She Previoously Dated her Husband, Anthony. WHY WAS SHE A PERFERT NEW Addition to Come Into this Tight-Knit Group of Women?

French I love the idea of having someone on The Real Housewives of Miami Who’s in the real estate business, because real estate is a big things in miami, and i think that she repressents it well. And she was such a great fit with the Cast. I mean, she Fit Right in. She’s self-admittedly not a “Girl’s Girl,” but is interesting to watch her, over the Course of the Season, Recognize and and Want to be Girlfriends. And, to Tell You The Truth, My Associate, Pamela Gimenez, and [I]we didn’T Know that Stephanie Had Dated Anthony Until Weeks Into the Process. So that wasn’t part of the Master Plan, but miami is a Small Town.

Anderson Well, that’s A Big Decision, Because the Dynamic Had Been Locked in for Three Seasons, SO Bringing in A New Element Is Always An Interesting Thing To. I was was realy thrilled [about] The New Dynamic and Ideas and Thought that Stephanie Brough to the Table. But It’s Always a Risk. You don’r if they’re going to click, and Stephanie is a very bold voice. Her Storyline This Season, She Talks About not Having A Lot of Female Friends. And so -initially, [that] Gave US A LITTLE BIT OF A PAUSE, LIKE, Oh, is she going to integrate? I mean, the essence of a[[Real] Housewives Show is that it is a friend Group. We Got on the Phone with Her, and It Was Very, In My Mind, 50/50, Whtcher She Wuld be a Fit, But She Was So Funny and So Charming. I was like like, Oh, She’s Gonna Be Great.

The Whole News of Her News, or Data Point, of Her Having Dated Anthony Didn’t Even Condn to Us Us Usecond or Third Conversation Whe’d ALREADY DECIDED WEA. And, you know, on [the] Surface, It Looks Like, “OH My God. They Were Like, Nicole’s Up and Stephanie’s In, and He Dated Stephanie, and She’s Kind of Her Replacement.” That washa Never the trajectTory of that, that was just kind of a happy acident. And is Funny, Because I SAW Nicole and Anthony this Week, and I Just Asked Him What He Thought, [and] He’s Like, “I Think She’s Really Great for the Show.”

WHAT DO YOU HOPE LIES IN THE FUTURE FOR The Real Housewives of Miami?

French I’m with you – i think[[Rhom]is a little bit of the Unsung hero on the Housewives Franchise Right Now. I Just Want to See Viewers Find It, Become Fans and Love The Show As Much As We Do, Because We Just Think It’s Spectacular. We Love the Cast, We Love Miami As A Backdrop. It’s Multicultural; These women are from all over the world. I love that women are bilingual; They Speak Spanish and English on the Show. There’s so Many Things about it [that] you’re not going to see in any of the other Housewives Franchises. And I Want the Popularity to Grow. I Think It’s a Great Series for Us.

Anderson Well, I have a many hopes, but the first and most obvioses would be that we go on for many, Many Seasons. THESE WOMEN HAVE MANY more Stories and Diamonds to Give US. A more Specific Hope would be and would love to get a latin pop Star onto the show. There’s A Big Music Community in Miami, and It Wound Be Fun to Get A Big Latin Pop Star On[[Rhom]. WHEN I WAS A FREELANCE SHOWRUNNER FOR Real Housewives of Atlanta Season Two, and They Let Me Into the Casting Process and Showed Me All the Tapes, and I SAW Kandi Burruss, I Was Like, “We Have to Get Kandi!” There was Such A Big R & B Music Scene there that [Kandi’s casting] would repressent a vertical of atlanta that had not be cappied yet for Real Housewives of Atlanta. And I Always Think About That, Because You Have to Service The City As Well As the Individual Characters Within IT. It Gives It Uniques Between Each Different ITHATION IN THE FRANCHISE. SO, A LOT LIKE AtlantaFOR MiamiI would love to see a latin pop Star. That would be my hope, so stay tuned.

Do you have anybody’s specification in mind?

Anderson I would love to get shakira. How Amazing would that be? There was a rumor that started about that, and i was was like, I love this rumor. “Shakira, Shakira,” let’s do it! She have a house down there, she’s beautify, she’s dynamic, she’s at an interesting Point in her life, Howa Amazing wold that be? And you know what i love about The Real Housewives Miami is that there is a very strong latin througline through it, and i THINK that’s Important to the Show. And’s Also This Next Generation Latin American, Which They Call Themselves the 200 Percenters, WHERE they THINK OF THEMSELVES AS 100 Percent Latin, But ALSO 100 PERCENT AMERICAN. I THINK THAT Wuld be Really Interesting to Get Like A Global Latin Pop Star That Apps in the Same Way.

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