The Real Housewives of Orange County: Season 1

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The Real Housewives Of Orange County: Gina Tells The Group She's Getting A Divorce

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Bravo | Season Premiere Date: March 21, 2006

Starring: Kimberly Bryant, Lauri Waring, Jeana Keough

Summary: The reality series follows the lives of five women living in a gated community in Orange County: Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough and Lauri Waring

Genre(s): Reality, Documentary

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E9. Reunion Episode
Air Date: May 9, 2006
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S1:E8. Episode 7
Air Date: May 2, 2006
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S1:E8. Episode 108
Air Date: May 9, 2006

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Jul 18, 2013

The obsession with appearances and materialism - from cars to houses to Botox to breast implants - makes "Housewives" a case study for everything that is shallow and pathetic about our society. Of course, that's also what makes it so entertaining. [20 Mar 2006]

Troy Patterson

Jul 18, 2013

What makes the show something better than a guilty pleasure is the way that, after introducing its subjects as borderline-reprehensible cartoons, it allows them flickers of self-awareness or shows them trying their damnedest to be terrific parents. Read full review

Tom Shales

Jul 18, 2013

A persistently diverting journey by producers and camera crews in search of the glib, the flippant and the ostensibly hip of Southern California. Read full review

Paul Brownfield

Jul 18, 2013

Highly watchable. ... The show, an obvious riff on "Desperate Housewives" and "Laguna Beach: The Real OC," is less glossily executed than those but also, for all this, trashier and more believably grotesque. [21 Mar 2006]

Rob Owen

Jul 18, 2013

Entertaining in the way the problems of the rich often are. [21 Mar 2006]

Charles McGrath

Jul 18, 2013

The show isn't entertaining, exactly — it has none of the wit or style of "Desperate Housewives." But like so much reality TV, it's both educational and grimly fascinating, and leaves you feeling much better about your own life — if for no other reason than that you would never be so stupid as to appear on a show like this. Read full review

David Bianculli

Jul 18, 2013

If you're fascinated enough by their boorish behavior to return for more, you have a stronger stomach for tacky TV, and people, than I do. [21 Mar 2006]

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drlowdon

Aug 20, 2018

As with any of these semi scripted reality shows I just don’t understand the appeal of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Why wouldn’t anyone want to watch a bunch of throughout unlikable people going about the lives trying to create as much false drama as possible!?

One of TVsAs with any of these semi scripted reality shows I just don’t understand the appeal of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Why wouldn’t anyone want to watch a bunch of throughout unlikable people going about the lives trying to create as much false drama as possible!?

One of TVs greatest mysteries is how this has lasted for eleven seasons!… Expand

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WhatAreWeDoing

Aug 11, 2014

Terrible these women aren't even mature or funny seriously they try so hard to be funny yet they fail miserably even sponge-bob season 6 is better than this don't watch this show it's TERRIBLE.

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octobersky92

Feb 1, 2012

This show is quite possibly the worst show on television. The women are fake, fugly, and they have a combined IQ of 20. This show and every other housewives show appeals to, and only to, idiots. If your looking for something good, don't watch this. Watching grass grow is way more excitingThis show is quite possibly the worst show on television. The women are fake, fugly, and they have a combined IQ of 20. This show and every other housewives show appeals to, and only to, idiots. If your looking for something good, don't watch this. Watching grass grow is way more exciting then this trash.… Expand

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  Air Date: December 1, 2021
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  Air Date: October 14, 2020
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  Air Date: August 6, 2019
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  Air Date: July 16, 2018
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  Air Date: July 10, 2017
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  Air Date: June 20, 2016
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  Air Date: June 8, 2015
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  Air Date: April 14, 2014
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  Air Date: April 1, 2013
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  Air Date: February 7, 2012
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  Air Date: March 6, 2011
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  Air Date: November 5, 2009
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  Air Date: November 25, 2008
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  Air Date: November 6, 2007
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  Air Date: January 16, 2007
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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 21, 2006
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  Air Date: May 9, 2006
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  S1:E8. Episode 7
  Air Date: May 2, 2006
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  S1:E8. Episode 108
  Air Date: May 9, 2006
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  S1:E7. Episode 6
  Air Date: April 25, 2006
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  S1:E6. Episode 5
  Air Date: April 18, 2006
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  Air Date: April 11, 2006
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  Air Date: April 18, 2006
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  Air Date: April 4, 2006
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  Air Date: March 28, 2006
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  Air Date: March 21, 2006
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  Air Date: March 28, 2006
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  Air Date: March 2, 2006
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  Air Date: March 21, 2006