Overview
- The franchise’s twelfth installment premiered Thursday, April 2 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, with episodes available the next day on Peacock.
- Beginning Sunday, April 5, new episodes air weekly at 9 p.m. ET, followed by next‑day streaming on Peacock.
- The season centers Alicia Carmody, Rosie DiMare, Ashley Iaconetti, Liz McGraw, Rulla Nehme Pontarelli, Kelsey Swanson and Jo‑Ellen Tiberi, with RHONJ’s Dolores Catania joining as a friend as Andy Cohen urges the newcomers to ignore online noise and stay present.
- Early reporting spotlights rumor‑driven tensions, including questions around Rulla’s marriage, Rosie’s public denial of an alleged affair, and Kelsey describing months spent alone in her boyfriend’s 16,000‑square‑foot home.
- The show leans into Rhode Island’s close‑knit culture where “everyone knows everyone” and summer, especially the Fourth of July, shapes the social calendar, which makes personal news travel fast.