Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga and Dolores Catania are returning to The Real Housewives of New Jersey for season 15.
The three longtime Housewives are the only castmembers who starred in season 14 that Bravo has confirmed are rejoining the series in full-time capacity for the upcoming installment.
Confirmation of their return also comes after an almost two-year pause in production on the series. The latest episode of RHONJ, the disastrous season 14 finale, aired in August 2024, with no official news about the show being announced since then.
Teresa, Melissa and Dolores will be joined by a slate of fresh faces, who have not been announced yet, marking a mini RHONJ revamp. Production on the upcoming installment will begin filming later this spring.
In the year since RHONJ‘s absence from the network, Bravo boss Andy Cohen has given only updates on the series’ status, though no official announcements have been made until Tuesday.
The New Jersey-based Real Housewives franchise went on a hiatus after a disjointed 14th season, with the cast completely divided by the show’s final episode. Bravo forgoed a season 14 reunion due to the distance among the cast, which included Giudice, Gorga, Catania, Margaret Josephs, Jennifer Aydin, Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda, plus non-fulltime castmembers Jackie Goldschneider and Jennifer Fessler.
Teresa has starred on RHONJ throughout its full 14-season run on Bravo; Melissa, Teresa’s sister-in-law, joined the series during season three in 2011; and Dolores joined the full-time cast in season seven.
Tabloids have since suggested that the New Jersey-based Real Housewives series was planning to undergo a mini cast exodus, with the news seemingly confirming suspicions.
In the time since RHONJ‘s 14th season, Teresa and Melissa’s families have reconciled; Melissa appeared on Wife Swap: The Real Housewives Edition; Dolores won season three of The Traitors; and Teresa filmed for Bravo’s upcoming Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th, the upcoming series in celebration of the franchise’s landmark 20th anniversary.
Dolores will additionally be featured on the franchise’s latest extension, The Real Housewives of Rhode Island, as a friend-of the main cast. The new series will premiere on Bravo on April 2.
When discussing her return to the network for Wife Swap, Melissa told The Hollywood Reporter she was “ready to go back” to RHONJ.
“I will say I appreciated the two years to be able to focus a little bit more on my projects and my businesses, but I’m ready to go back. I’m ready,” Gorga said. “I had a breather. I’m ready to go back to work whenever they want me.”
More to come.
