The Real Housewives of Washington D.C.: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

Bravo | Season Premiere Date: August 5, 2010

Starring: Andy Cohen, Michaele Salahi, Lynda Erkiletian

Summary: Bravo's latest Housewives franchise expands to the nation's capitol with five housewives, including Michaele Salahi, who caused a national security scare when she and her husband crashed a party at the White House.

Genre(s): Drama, Reality, Game Show

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E11. Reunion, Part 2
Air Date: October 21, 2010
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S1:E10. Reunion, Part 1
Air Date: October 14, 2010
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S1:E9. Party Politics
Air Date: October 7, 2010

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Valerie Kellogg

The Housewives evolve. Yes, watch what happens, if only for the richer plot lines, smarter dialogue and more pressing matters of the day. Read full review

Paige Wiser

The show promises to raise a number of real issues, from race relations to gay marriage. You probably wouldn't vote these women into political office, but they do seem to be above hair weave-pulling. Good for you? I wouldn't go that far. But despite its best efforts, "Real Housewives of D.C." is educational TV. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

The Washington housewives, in short, look and sound a lot like their predecessors in New Jersey, New York, Atlanta and Orange County, Calif., and they fit into the same caricatured roles. It's the setting--and the surreal blend of reality-show characters and button-down Washington--that gives this soap opera more of a kick. Read full review

Mark A. Perigard

The Salahis are the attraction here. Judging from the season teaser, the show will spend the entire season building up to the infamous dinner-crashing scene, to which the Bravo cameras appear to had access. Remember, a fame whore needs your attention to survive. Look away now. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Housewives D.C. offers neither a portrait of Washington insider society, to which its stars have no access, or even an unvarnished look at any person's real life. People are more complicated than this, and (for much of the day) more normal--what in this context would be called "boring." Read full review

Tom Gliatto

Sorry, this one doesn't cick. [9 Aug 2010, p.35]

Brian Lowry

It's a particularly galling group--one that, alas, will probably reward Bravo's misdemeanors in aiding and abetting this sorry exercise.

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DeeH.

Aug 8, 2010

Boring, too much like the others restaurant/party cat fights and fake wealth. I'm a Washingtonian not at all reflective of real movers and shakers of DC high profile society women.

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MarcDoyle

Aug 13, 2010

Yes, I'm a reality TV fiend - it's good to have on the TV when doing mindless tasks. You hear the yapping without having to look at the TV much. But this series? Extremely thin. Almost as thin as the WH Crasher herself. I will say that the political argument between the ladies wasYes, I'm a reality TV fiend - it's good to have on the TV when doing mindless tasks. You hear the yapping without having to look at the TV much. But this series? Extremely thin. Almost as thin as the WH Crasher herself. I will say that the political argument between the ladies was uncharacteristically restrained for Washington. They saved the backbiting for the private camera moments. So is that cowardice? Tact? Probably a bit of each. OK, maybe there is a bit more to this than I at first suggested. But not as "juicy" as Orange County, NY, or NJ - not that I watched those!! (much)… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: August 5, 2010
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  S1:E11. Reunion, Part 2
  Air Date: October 21, 2010
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  S1:E10. Reunion, Part 1
  Air Date: October 14, 2010
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  S1:E9. Party Politics
  Air Date: October 7, 2010
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  S1:E8. Nation Building
  Air Date: September 30, 2010
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  S1:E7. Perception Gap
  Air Date: September 23, 2010
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  S1:E7. By the Book
  Air Date: September 23, 2010
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  S1:E6. Securing Homeland
  Air Date: September 16, 2010
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  S1:E5. Special Interests
  Air Date: September 9, 2010
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  S1:E4. The Grape Stomp of Wrath
  Air Date: August 26, 2010
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  S1:E3. Foreign Relations
  Air Date: August 19, 2010
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  S1:E2. Disloyal To The Party
  Air Date: August 12, 2010
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  S1:E1. Welcome To The District
  Air Date: August 5, 2010