Overview
- Season 12 debuted December 2 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo, with episodes streaming the next day on Peacock.
- The new cast features current SUR employees Venus Binkley, Jason Cohen, Shayne Davis, Chris Hahn, Angelica Jensen, Marcus Johnson, Audrey Lingle, Natalie Maguire, Demy Selem and Kim Suarez.
- In the premiere, Vanderpump details rising costs and local restaurant closures, saying SUR has survived but has not been thriving.
- Surveillance footage shows Marcus Johnson and Jason Cohen drinking during a shift, drawing criticism from partner Nathalie Pouille Zapata and leading to immediate discipline.
- Producers frame the season as a return to the restaurant’s day‑to‑day after the original group fractured post‑Scandoval, with manager Peter Madrigal providing continuity and some newcomers having incidental ties to past cast members.