‘Vanderpump Rules’ Cast To Be Completely Rebooted By Bravo After Unsustainable Season 11

On November 27, 2024By Littum

After a divisive and divisive post-Scandoval Season 11, “Vanderpump Rules” will be completely reworked, Bravo announced Tuesday morning.

After hitting ratings highs during the show’s 10th season in 2023 in the wake of the cheating scandal known as Scandoval — as well as being nominated for two Emmys — “Vanderpump Rules” faced unsustainable difficulties when the cast reunited to film Season 11 in the summer of 2023 Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval, who had broken up after Madix had discovered his affair with colleague Rachel Leviss, were largely unable to film together because Madix absolutely despised Sandoval. She drew a strict line between those that were healthy for her, but proved untenable for “Vanderpump Rules,” which require unity among the cast.

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The new season of the show will start production next year and the cast will be announced at a later date.

Season 2 of “Vanderpump Rules” spinoff “The Valley” was filmed over the summer and included guest appearances from Scheana Shay and her husband Brock Davies, as well as Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz. These cast members may well move to “The Valley” permanently in Season 3, as they are IRL friends with the show’s core cast of Brittany Cartwright, Jax Taylor and Kristen Doute. Season 2 of “The Valley” will premiere next year. Madix, meanwhile, has found success outside of the show, appearing in Broadway’s “Chicago” twice, hosting “Love Island” for the Peacock and with her West Hollywood sandwich shop Something About Her, which she co-owns with “Vanderpump Rules” cast member Katie Maloney.

The new cast of “Vanderpump Rules” will include employees of executive producer Lisa Vanderpump’s existing restaurants, which is how the original show began in 2013 when it was an offshoot of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” According to Bravo’s official announcement today, “Under the watchful eye of Lisa Vanderpump, West Hollywood mainstay SUR — and now TomTom — welcomes the next batch of servers, hosts and bartenders filled with plenty of drama, situations and frenemies.”

“What a thrill it is to build on the legacy of this series by doing it all over again,” said Alex Baskin, executive producer for 32 Flavors. “With great appreciation for the original group and their iconic run, we can’t wait for audiences to watch a dynamic new group of colleagues and friends make their way through life together.”

In recent years, Bravo has proven unafraid to reboot shows that aren’t working. After a disastrous 13th season of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” Bravo reworked the show from the ground up with mixed results. “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” may also be in such a treatment since the cast could no longer be in the same room together at the end of its latest season, but the network is taking its time to find a way forward with that show .

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