Hayu FanFest Courtesy of Tufayel Ahmed
The Real Housewives franchise is heading across the pond with Real Housewives of London.
It was announced that The Real Housewives of London is coming to Hayu, an international all-reality SVOD streaming service from NBCUniversal, during the first ever Hayu FanFest in London on Saturday, October 26. The sold-out event featured panels with Real Housewives cast members Lisa Barlow, Sutton Stracke, Jessel Taank, Ashley Darby and host Andy Cohen.
Real Housewives of London was announced during Hayu FanFest following Cohen’s panel, and a video of the announcement was shared by the streamer via Instagram Story, which was met with excited cheers from a crowd of many Housewives fans.
Bravo aired a similar series called Ladies of London in 2014 that ran for three seasons and documented the lives of British socialites and American women who moved to London. However, RHOL is Hayu’s first original series and is produced by Monkey, the same company behind British reality series Made in Chelsea.
The Real Housewives of London is set to premiere in late 2025, though a precise premiere date has not been disclosed. The series will air exclusively on Hayu. Cast members for the upcoming Housewives installment have not yet been announced.
“Tonight’s announcement of The Real Housewives of London is Hayu’s first-ever commission of an original series and yet another key milestone in the growth story of our all-reality streaming service,” Hendrik McDermott, managing director of Hayu and EMEA Networks and international direct-to-consumer at NBCUniversal, said in a statement per Variety.
“It makes sense that such an iconic location in the U.K. — a core Hayu market — would feature into our strategy to further amplify our offering with original content that super-serves loyal fans,” McDermott continued. “We look forward to being the exclusive home of this latest installment in the wildly popular The Real Housewives franchise.”
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The Housewives franchise has gone international before, with other overseas installments including Athens, Amsterdam, Rome, Melbourne, Munich and more. The Real Housewives of Cheshire is the longest-running international Housewives series with 17 seasons.
“We are delighted to bring fans The Real Housewives of London thanks to the new U.K. commission with Hayu,” Helen Kruger Bratt, managing director of Monkey, added. “Hayu is the ideal destination for this well-loved reality series and will give audiences direct access to all the drama of this new set of British Housewives. This is the 30th international iteration of the iconic Housewives format, and it’s safe to say, the audience will not be disappointed!”