A new report insists that Bravo has NOT officially decided to reboot RHOA yet after rumors of a complete overhaul circulated online earlier this week.
Bravo is considering rebooting the Real Housewives of Atlanta, but Page Six denies reports that a complete overhaul of the franchise is already in the works.
“Nothing official has been decided,” a source tells Page Six. The source adds that recent rumors are being attributed to “fan feedback” and nothing more official.
“I only watched 2 episodes of #RHOA idk I’m not into it like I [used] to. It needs a re-cast. Some of the cast has the same storylines!! (sigh) never thought I would get bored of #RHOA, but yeah,” one fan tweeted.
Another fan tweeted: “Bravo needs to listen to the fans before we tune out. Recast #rhoa Sanya [Richards-Ross] Courtney [Rhodes] gotta go.. we wanna see rich black women doing their thing, not boring women with dry storylines trying to start fake beefs to get a peach.”
Bravo is listening to fan feedback, and producers have been having “conversations” with the RHOA cast.
Producers have engaged in “some outreach locally in Atlanta” to scout potential new cast members. A second source says that the reboot is the “worst-kept secret in town” and that the network has been allegedly searching for new cast members over the “last two months.”
“They haven’t found any famous people of note that want to be on the reboot, and if they can’t find any famous people that want to be on the show, then they can’t reboot the entire show,” the source says.
However, the first source shuts down the second source’s claim, noting the RHOA season 15 reunion “hasn’t even aired” yet. The source insists that there are “no delays” when it comes to casting: “[It’s] all just conversations.”
Meanwhile, a separate source told Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday that “a major shakeup is coming” to RHOA. The current RHOA cast, which includes Kandi Burruss, Kenya Moore, Drew Sidora, Shereé Whitfield, Marlo Hampton, and Sanya Richards-Ross, have been warned to “expect a big change.”
“They hinted at a reboot like ‘New York’ got, but it also could be moving forward with only a couple of the current stars,” a source told ET. “The cast is on edge about their future and has no idea where the network plans to go. Although their ratings are still strong, the network is listening to fans and their desire for a change.”
Love B Scott was the first to report that an RHOA reboot is in the works.
Part one of the Real Housewives of Atlanta season 15 reunion airs on Sunday.