The Real Housewives of Atlanta is an American reality television series that debuted October 7, 2008,[1] and airs on Bravo.[2] It is the third installment of The Real Housewives franchise with a peach serving as a symbol for the series, as the state of Georgia is a renowned peach growing area and one of the well-known streets in Atlanta is known as Peachtree Street. The Real Housewives of Atlanta is one of the highest-rated installments of the franchise as well as one of the most-watched series on the Bravo network. The series' upcoming sixteenth season will chronicle seven women in Atlanta— Phaedra Parks, Porsha Williams, Drew Sidora, Brittany Eady, Kelli Ferrell, Shamea Morton Mwangi and Angela Oakley —as they balance their personal and business lives, along with their social circle.
Former cast members featured over the previous seasons are: NeNe Leakes (1-7, 10-12), DeShawn Snow (1), Shereé Whitfield (1-4, 9-10, 14-15), Lisa Wu (1-2), Kim Zolciak-Biermann (1-5), Kandi Burruss (2-15), Cynthia Bailey (3-13), Kenya Moore (5-10, 12-15), Claudia Jordan (7), Kim Fields (8), Eva Marcille (11-12), Shamari DeVoe (11), Marlo Hampton (14-15) and Sanya Richards-Ross (14-15).
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 1. NeNe Leakes, DeShawn Snow, Shereé Whitfield, Lisa Wu, and Kim Zolciak-Biermann are introduced as series regulars.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 2. Snow departed as a series regular. Kandi Burruss joined the cast.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 3. Wu departed as a series regular. Cynthia Bailey and Phaedra Parks joined the cast.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 4. Marlo Hampton served in a recurring capacity.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 5. Whitfield departed as a series regular. Zolciak-Biermann departed as a series regular after episode 6. Kenya Moore and Porsha Williams (then Stewart) joined the cast.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 6.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 7. Williams departed as a series regular, whilst serving in a recurring capacity. Claudia Jordan joined the cast. Demetria McKinney also served in a recurring capacity.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 8. Leakes and Jordan departed as series regulars. Williams rejoined the cast as a series regular. Kim Fields joined the cast. Whitfield and Shamea Morton Mwangi served in recurring capacities.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 9. Fields departed as a series regular. Whitfield rejoined the cast as a series regular.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 10. Parks departed as a series regular. Leakes rejoined the cast as a series regular. Zolciak-Biermann, Hampton and Eva Marcille served in recurring capacities.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 11. Whitfield and Moore departed as series regulars. Marcille and Shamari DeVoe joined the cast. Hampton and Tanya Sam served in recurring capacities.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 12. DeVoe departed as a series regular. Moore rejoined the cast as a series regular. Hampton and Sam served in recurring capacities.
See main article: The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 13. Leakes and Marcille departed as series regulars. Drew Sidora joined the cast. Hampton, Sam and LaToya Ali served in recurring capacities.
See main article: article and The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 14. Bailey and Williams departed as series regulars. Whitfield rejoined the cast as a series regular. Hampton and Sanya Richards-Ross joined the cast. Monyetta Shaw-Carter served in a recurring capacity.
See main article: article and The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 15. Shaw-Carter and Courtney Rhodes served in recurring capacities.
Whitfield, Burruss, Hampton and Richards-Ross departed as series regulars. Williams rejoined the cast as a series regular. Morton Mwangi, Kelli Ferrell, Brittany Eady and Angela Oakley joined the cast. Bailey returned in a recurring capacity. Moore initially returned but departed during filming. Parks rejoined the cast as a series regular during midseason.
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