REAL Housewives of Atlanta fans have demanded Nene Leakes and Porsha Williams return to the show after a significant drop in the ratings.
Currently in its 15th season, RHOA has seen some of the lowest ratings this season compared to previous years.
Real Housewives of Atlanta fans demanded NeNe Leakes return to the show after ratings have plummeted
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Real Housewives of Atlanta fans demanded NeNe Leakes return to the show after ratings have plummetedCredit: Getty
Fans also want to see Porsha Williams return to RHOA to help save the show
Fans also want to see Porsha Williams return to RHOA to help save the showCredit: Getty
Fans are blaming the ratings drop on the casting this season – which is the same from last season – and not having OG NeNe, 55, and fan favorite Porsha, 42.
This season includes stars Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore, Shereé Whitfield, Drew Sidora, Marlo Hampton and Sanya Richards-Ross.
The last episode’s ratings for RHOA, which aired on August 6, was 777,000 viewers and drew a 0.28 rating in the key 18-49 demographic.
The season premiered on May 7 with 834,000 viewers and reached an all-time low on May 28 with 657,000 viewers.
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In comparison, when NeNe was on the show – she last appeared in season 12 – her season hit a high of 2,008,000 viewers and a 0.73 demo rating.
When Porsha was still a full-time cast member on the show in season 13, the season hit of high of 1,434,000 million viewers in February 2021.
Last season, RHOA only saw over one million viewers in eight of the 20 episodes that aired in 2022.
Porsha made the “difficult decision” to leave the Bravo show after 10 years in September 2021.
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She told her fans it was “finally time to begin my next chapter” as she was planning her wedding to Simon Guobadia.
Prior to this, NeNe called it quits in September 2020 after 12 years on the show due to “tearful and emotional” contract negotiations.
REAL TALK
Fans voiced their opinions about the current cast and demanded producer Andy Cohen bring back NeNe and Porsha.
One person tweeted: “Nene and Porsha will bring the ratings all the way up.”
Another wrote: “The RHOA is boring! So it’s obvious who the queen OG Nene is and Andy knows it too. That franchise needs a clean out and recast.”
“I need Kenya and Porsha back together on our TV ASAP as a dynamic duo with their baby girls,” someone else commented.
A fourth Twitter user said: “RHOA is a nostalgic show, we don’t want newbies. We want all the OGs and veterans from season 7 that brought in millions of viewers. I don’t know why they ever touched that cast.”
Finally, a fifth user shared: “I know it won’t happen… but the only way to save RHOA ratings is to bring back Nene, Phaedra [Parks], & Porsha. They can’t be replaced.”
NENE SPEAKS OUT
NeNe addressed speculation she would return to the show after believing the franchise is “tumbling down.”
During an interview on Carlos King’s podcast Reality with the King earlier this month, NeNe told the reality TV producer: “If I had to go back it will be 100 percent for the fans.
“The check is not a bad check although I think my check should be bigger.”
In early July, she gave a similar answer when asked by TMZ.
“I would come back for the fans because the fans are the ones that love me, love to see me in that position. I would do anything for them,” she revealed at the time.
The OG had previously sued Bravo and Andy in April 2022 after accusing the network of “ignoring” alleged racism.
However, in August of that year, The U.S. Sun broke the news that NeNe dropped the lawsuit after exclusively obtaining court documents.
NeNe and Bravo had filed a joint dismissal without prejudice, meaning she can re-open the case in the future.
UNEXPECTED GUEST APPEARANCES
Throughout this season, fans watched as Kim Zolciak and Cynthia Bailey made unexpected appearances in separate episodes.
Kim – who filed to divorce her husband Kroy in May and then called it off – is “not in talks with Bravo for a comeback,” a source told The U.S. Sun.
Cynthia, for her part, also is “not interested in returning
