RHOA ratings drop.
Season ten of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” brought in the return of NeNe Leakes and Kim Zolciak.
Phaedra Parks was booted from the show after things got a bit too scandalous during season nine.
Porsha Williams later revealed that Phaedra was the one who told her that Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker wanted to drug her.
Andy Cohen said Phaedra had to go because none of the women wanted to film with her.
So the producers figured they would bring back NeNe and Kim, in addition to Shamea Morton and newbie Eva Marcille.
But ratings have been lukewarm.
And Kenya’s husband Marc making his debut to the show on the latest episode isn’t helping.
According to TV By The Numbers, the episode only brought in 1.67 million viewers.
This is the lowest number the series has seen since season one, if you exclude the episode that aired on the same night of the Grammys this year. That episode brought in 1.98 million viewers.
Perhaps that is why Kim doesn’t mind shading RHOA while taking some digs at NeNe.
Check out their latest Twitter exchange:
“Don’t Be Tardy” ratings also slip.
We did a little digging and NeNe was right.
“Don’t Be Tardy” has not hit a million viewers since the season five premiere. The show is now being filmed for its seventh season.
Another interesting tidbit is “Don’t Be Tardy” didn’t get somewhat of a ratings bump in season six until “Married to Medicine” moved back to Friday nights. Even then, it never amassed higher than 880,000 viewers.
With that being said, RHOA is having some stumbles as well.
On social media, many viewers have expressed that the show has been pretty dull this season.
So what do you think Bravo needs to do in order to get one of its most popular shows back on track?
Who needs to go? Who should stay?
Tell us in the comments below.
I think Kim should go and just be on her show no one watches. Bring Phaedra back because she’s the perfect villain.
They would have to fire Kandi for Phaedra to be brought back in. Kandi would not have that.
The season is just boring. Nothing is interesting about it.
Well Marlo should get a peach. Sheree and Cynthia should lose their peaches. Please don’t bring on Eva as she’s actually pretty dam boring. I would like to see two celebrities added to the cast. I’m surprised they haven’t contacted some of these R&B Divas ATL for the cast. or get Joseline. Somebody we all know and actually like
They need to get rid of Sheree and Kim. Neither does anything but annoy the viewers and I’m convinced they have been hurting the ratings too. I would love for Phaedra to return but that’s probably not going to happen. Keep Porsha. Keep NeNe. Make Cynthia part time. Keep Marlo part time. And bring in someone else who will shake things up. She can’t be scared of anyone. That’s why Eva is not working.
Kim is the reason ratings are dropping. Before the season started a lot of RHOA fans said they would not watch as long as Kim was back on the show. She’s a racist and victim playing loser that Bravo needs to stop supporting on the backs of black women. NeNe’s spinoff got over a million viewers. Kandi’s spinoff got over a million viewers. So why does Kim keep getting renewed when she needed M2M to have any sort of a tick up on her flop ratings? She would not have that kind of support from Bravo if she was black.
Kim can go.
Bring phaedra’s Lying a-s back.
Cynthia friend of the wives. (I love her but she isn’t bringing enough to the show to hold a peach imo.)
Give Eva a peach.
Shereé can be friend to the wives or she can go all together!
Oh & give Marlo a peach! Can’t stand her but she brings it!
Kim kills the ratings! She always has. Ratings didn’t see record numbers until she left the show! No one likes her personality except all five of her fans. The rest are fake accounts she and her thirsty family runs so they can appear to have a huge fan base! People don’t like Kim because she’s always coming for other people first, but plays victim when they clap back. If RHOA is so fake, why won’t she just leave and stay gone?!
Ratings will go back up once Kim is gone. Remember I said this.
Kim is a huge issue but her friend and producer Michael Beck is the real issue. He does not know what he’s doing. Carlos King annoyed me so much because he made RHOA ratchet but he knows how to piece storylines and episodes together. Beck does not!!
I think Kim should be fired and stay away this time. Especially since she thinks she’s too good to be around anyway. Sheree has worn out her welcome as well. She’s more infuriating than anything else at this point. I miss seeing the women be fabulous with money and throwing classy shade. Can we get back to that?
I’m glad this season is flopping. Now just maybe we can be done with Kim and Sheree.
Kim and Bravo lied about her getting 2 million viewers lmao
I figured they were lying because I don’t know anyone who watches Don’t Be Tardy.
Interesting that last Sunday’s episode was the lowest ratings since season 1.. especially considering how Kenya was talking slick about how the ratings had dropped bc she wasn’t on the show. Hmm ?.. Funny how she and her husband showed up and it was worse. IJS.. I guess she’s not the key to the ratings. A little humble pie ? might be good now Kenya. ?
LOL.
RHOA reached its highest ratings ever when Kenya joined the cast. So I don’t know why y’all don’t like to acknowledge that. But a lot of Kenya’s fans are not watching this season because we want Kim gone! She is trash!
They should revamp the whole cast and get new people completely. All need to be married and actually have some money.
Viewers are turned off by Kim and her victim act.
This just shows that Kenya is not the main draw she thinks she is. People don’t care about her fake husband. LOL.
If Kenya is not a main draw, then why didn’t the show get record ratings before she came on the show? This is about Kim. People are tuning out because of Kim. Even her own show is struggling. She is the common denominator.
I just don’t think Marlo needs a peach. She may be messy but she can keep stirring the pot as a friend to the show. Something about her cheapens RHOA for me. So I need her in small doses. And these ratings are really bad. At this point they are probably going to fire most of the cast. The question is who will actually be spared.
Is this why they are all dragging each other on Twitter? To get ratings back up? They need to understand this won’t work. People do not want to see Kim on RHOA. And Sheree has lost her appeal. People who loved her can’t stand her now. So Bravo should replace Kim and Sheree. Then ratings should stabilize. Eva doesn’t need to come back because she’s too afraid of the other housewives. I actually prefer Shamea over her.
Now it’s not all on Kim. Kim sucks. I don’t like her but are we going to pretend that Kandi, Cynthia, Sheree, Kenya, Eva, Shamea, Porsha and NeNe have been entertaining all season long? Marlo is the only one who brings it. So yes she deserves a peach.
Kim is always bragging about her show and lying about the ratings. If it’s so good over there, stay there and stop ruining RHOA for the rest of us.
Another factor in the reason behind the ratings dropping is those d-mn RHOA fan pages on IG and Twitter. They spill so much tea (truth & LIES) by the time the new season start everyone done lost interest because we already know all the storylines, who friends, who enemies, etc.
honestly this show has needed a revamping for a very very long time since season 7… they need to get rid of Sheree and Kim, make Eva a peach holder plus bring in maybe one or two new fresh faces younger in their 30’s mainly someone we do not know to spice it up I would love Marlo to have a peach but I just think Eva would provide better storylines as Marlo would just be keeping up mess but no substance.
Phaedra does NOT need to come back. She really made the show trashy. For people to say Marlo ruins the quality of the show but Phaedra gets some kind of pass is so weird to me. Phaedra can stay right where she is: unemployed and unbooked.
RHOA lost its appeal a while ago. At its peak, even straight men watched the show because they also had the husbands on a lot and they had much more to do with the storylines. Like that Pillow Talk season was one of the best seasons in reality TV history. Now that the husbands have gone back to their shadows and many of them are out of the picture due to divorce, the show isn’t as interesting. It’s all cat fights over dumb stuff. No substance. Nothing drawing in a large audience.
It’s time for some major shakeups.
Bring Phaedra back. She had the best one liners, best shade! Cynthia boring and so is Eva. Tired of Kandi and her dry a-s.
The housewives should be, Nene, Porsha, Phaedra, Marlo, Jennfer Williams, and Kenya. Meverybody can go!