As Star has reported, Real Housewives of Atlanta ratings have taken a downturn since NeNe Leakes announced that she would not be joining for season eight, but has Bravo found a sneaky way to get viewers to tune in?
What is Reality? As 'RHOA' Ratings Decline, Bravo Resorts To Fake Fights To Save The Show!
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
“This is [new executive producer] Carlos King‘s thing, he loves to push fighting!”
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
“This is [new executive producer] Carlos King‘s thing, he loves to push fighting!”
And encouraging fighting isn't the only way that King is allegedly dialing up ratings --- he's reportedly also telling the ladies to make their romantic lives more exciting for the show!
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
“This is [new executive producer] Carlos King‘s thing, he loves to push fighting!”
And encouraging fighting isn't the only way that King is allegedly dialing up ratings --- he's reportedly also telling the ladies to make their romantic lives more exciting for the show!
“Bravo told the single women, Porsha [Williams] and Kenya [Moore], that you have to have a man to stay on the show,” the source revealed. “They said if you don’t have a man on the show, you are not coming back, or you’re going to be a friend of the housewives.”
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'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
“This is [new executive producer] Carlos King‘s thing, he loves to push fighting!”
And encouraging fighting isn't the only way that King is allegedly dialing up ratings --- he's reportedly also telling the ladies to make their romantic lives more exciting for the show!
“Bravo told the single women, Porsha [Williams] and Kenya [Moore], that you have to have a man to stay on the show,” the source revealed. “They said if you don’t have a man on the show, you are not coming back, or you’re going to be a friend of the housewives.”
But while there is plenty of manufactured drama on-screen, the insider also says that the real drama is happening off camera between King and some of the housewives.
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Photo credit: Bravo
'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
“This is [new executive producer] Carlos King‘s thing, he loves to push fighting!”
And encouraging fighting isn't the only way that King is allegedly dialing up ratings --- he's reportedly also telling the ladies to make their romantic lives more exciting for the show!
“Bravo told the single women, Porsha [Williams] and Kenya [Moore], that you have to have a man to stay on the show,” the source revealed. “They said if you don’t have a man on the show, you are not coming back, or you’re going to be a friend of the housewives.”
But while there is plenty of manufactured drama on-screen, the insider also says that the real drama is happening off camera between King and some of the housewives.
The source alleged that King does not get along with Sheree Whitfield or NeNe, and he is the reason that the reality-turned-Broadway star did not come back for another season.
'RHOA' Declining Ratings -- Fake Fights After NeNe Leakes Quit
Photo credit: Bravo
In recent weeks, RHOA has experienced a ratings upswing despite a disappointing start.
But this is no accident. According to a source, producers have simply learned to give audiences what they want.
“RHOA has been getting more viewers in the last few weeks because of the constant fighting,” an insider told Radar Online.
“This is [new executive producer] Carlos King‘s thing, he loves to push fighting!”
And encouraging fighting isn't the only way that King is allegedly dialing up ratings --- he's reportedly also telling the ladies to make their romantic lives more exciting for the show!
“Bravo told the single women, Porsha [Williams] and Kenya [Moore], that you have to have a man to stay on the show,” the source revealed. “They said if you don’t have a man on the show, you are not coming back, or you’re going to be a friend of the housewives.”
But while there is plenty of manufactured drama on-screen, the insider also says that the real drama is happening off camera between King and some of the housewives.
The source alleged that King does not get along with Sheree Whitfield or NeNe, and he is the reason that the reality-turned-Broadway star did not come back for another season.
