RHORI Sneak Peak: Closer to airtime, Real Housewives of Rhode Island (VIDEO)

Coming soon!

The Real Housewives of Rhode Island has said its debut date – Thursday, April 2nd.

From Bravo:  “Welcome to the Ocean State. It may be America’s smallest, but don’t be fooled because the drama is wicked wild. Who is behind the rumors surrounding Rulla Nehme Pontarelli’s husband’s affairs and is it true? Will Alicia Carmody get her big fairytale moment? Will Jo-Ellen Tiberi have the relationship with her mother that she’s always wanted? Watch the premiere of The Real Housewives of Rhode Island on Thursday, April 2 at 9pm ET on Bravo and streaming next day on Peacock”.

Announced cast now confirmed:

Alicia Carmody

Rosie DiMare

Ashley Iaconetti

Liz McGraw

Rulla Nehme Pontarelli

Kelsey Swanson

Jo-Ellen Tiberi

Dolores Catania

Bravo has built a small empire out of dinner fights and confessionals – remember (because we know) – don’t believe everything you see – credit fanciful editing and usually nasty social media for giving small storylines – legs (as they say in the biz).

In the United States there are 11 (12) franchises – and 32 internationally. Most are still on-air.

U.S. Real Housewives shows

1. The Real Housewives of Orange County

2. The Real Housewives of New York City

3. The Real Housewives of Atlanta

4. The Real Housewives of New Jersey

5. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

6. The Real Housewives of Miami

7. The Real Housewives of Potomac

8. The Real Housewives of Dallas (ended)

9. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City

10. The Real Housewives of Dubai

11. The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C. (ended)

12. The Real Housewives of Rhode Island – coming, April, 2026

👉 Total U.S. franchises ever: 11
👉 Currently airing U.S. franchises: 9

International Real Housewives franchises

• UK (Cheshire, London)

• Canada (Toronto, Vancouver)

• Australia (Melbourne, Sydney)

• South Africa (Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town)

• Europe (Amsterdam, Athens)

• Africa, Middle East, Latin America

Let’s hope Rhode Island will be kind to these ladies who have opened their lives to such a critiquing audience. From what we know, they are professional, educated, accomplished women, most with families with children. In a state as small as Rhode Island, with 2-3 degrees of separation (not the normal 6), odds are each one of us knows – at least one!