The Real Housewives of Athens

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The Real Housewives of Athens
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Genre Reality television
Based on The Real Housewives
Starring
  • Ioanna Soulioti
  • Orthoula Papadakou
  • Annita Nathanail
  • Fofi Mastrokosta
  • Christina Papa
  • Joe Satratzemi Togou
Country of originGreece
Original languageGreek
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producerMarc Jansen
ProducerVasiliki Kyriakopoulou
Production location Athens
Camera setup48 minutes
Production companyBig Sun Media Solutions
Original release
Network ANT1
ReleaseMarch 4 (2011-03-04) 
May 27, 2011 (2011-05-27)

The Real Housewives of Athens (abbreviated RHOAthens) is a Greek reality television series that debuted on ANT1 on March 4, 2011, until May 27, 2011. Developed as the first international installment of the Real Housewives franchise, it aired only one season and documented the personal and professional lives of several women residing in Athens, Greece. 13 years later, the series is back in 2024 with its second season. [1]

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Overview and casting

The series chronicles the lives of six Greek women. [2] The show aired in the midst of the Greek government-debt crisis and faced criticism for its tone of luxurious living in hard economic times. [3] Writing after the show was cancelled, The New York Times commented that the show "barely lasted one season, and it doesn’t take long to see why. The Greek adaptation had a depressive undertone that might have matched the national mood, but didn’t provide viewers with a frothy escapist kick. Wealthy Greeks aren’t flaunting their lifestyles these days..." [4] The first-season cast included Ioanna Soulioti, Orthoula Papadakou, Annita Nathanail, Fofi Mastrokosta, Christina Papa, and Joe Satratzemi Togou

The series was not subsequently renewed and remained a one-season series.

Cast duration

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Notes

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