''Vanderpump Rules'' is an American
reality television
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series which has been broadcast on
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since January 7, 2013. Developed as the first
spin-off from ''
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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'', it has aired nine seasons and focuses on
Lisa Vanderpump Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
and the staff at her restaurants and bars; SUR Restaurant & Lounge, Pump Restaurant and Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar, in
West Hollywood, California
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.
The success of the show has resulted in two spin-offs; ''
Vanderpump Rules After Show
''Vanderpump Rules After Show'' is an American reality talk show that premiered on Bravo on November 16, 2015. It was developed as the first spin-off of ''Vanderpump Rules.''
Overview
''Vanderpump Rules'' features Lisa Vanderpump, one of th ...
'' and ''
Vanderpump Rules: Jax And Brittany Take Kentucky''.
Overview
''Vanderpump Rules'' follows Lisa Vanderpump and the staff at her restaurants and bars; SUR Restaurant & Lounge, Pump Restaurant and Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar, in
West Hollywood, California
West Hollywood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated in 1984, it is home to the Sunset Strip. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census, its population was 35,757. It is considered one of the most ...
, as they work on building their futures in show business and become entangled in interpersonal drama.
The show initially centered on new server Scheana and her relationships with established employees: Kristen Doute, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval, Stassi Schroeder and Jax Taylor.
Season 1
The first season aired from January 7 to March 11, 2013. The original cast consisted of
Kristen Doute, Katie Maloney, Tom Sandoval,
Stassi Schroeder
Nastassia Bianca Schroeder Clark (born June 24, 1988) is an American television personality, podcast host, fashion blogger, model and author. She is best known for appearing on Bravo's reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules'' (2013–2020). ...
,
Scheana,
Jax Taylor
Jason Michael Cauchi (born July 11, 1979), known professionally as Jax Taylor, is an American television personality, model, and actor. He was a series regular on the Bravo reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules'' (2013–2020) for eight se ...
and
Lisa Vanderpump Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
, as series regulars, with Peter Madrigal, Tom Schwartz, Mike Shay,
Laura-Leigh
Laura-Leigh Moser (born January 9, 1991) known professionally as simply Laura-Leigh, is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''The Ward (film), The Ward'' and ''We're the Millers'' and as a series regular on the TV ser ...
and Frank Herlihy, as recurring cast members. Ariana Madix made guest appearances in the season.
During the February 4, 2013,
''Watch What Happens Live!'' episode,
Andy Cohen
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Cohen is the host and executive producer of Bravo's late night talk show, '' Watch What Happens Live!'' He also has a pop culture ...
announced that there would be a reunion. The reunion was filmed on February 9, 2013.
In April 2013, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a second season.
Season 2
The second season aired from November 4, 2013 to February 25, 2014. Kristina Kelly and Ariana Madix are introduced as recurring cast members. James Kennedy made guest appearances in the season.
The season premiere features as a two-hour crossover episode with the
fourth-season premiere of ''
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
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''.
In April 2014, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a third season.
Season 3
The third season aired from November 3, 2014 to March 25, 2015.
Ariana Madix
Ariana Madix (born June 24, 1985) is an American television personality, bartender, actress, model and author. She is a cast member on the Bravo reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules''.
Early life
Madix was born on June 24, 1985, in Me ...
and Tom Schwartz are promoted to series regulars, while James Kennedy and
Vail Bloom
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are introduced as recurring cast members.
In July 2015, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a fourth season.
Season 4
The fourth season aired from November 2, 2015 to April 11, 2016. James Kennedy is promoted to a series regular, while Faith Stowers and Lala Kent are introduced as recurring cast members. In a recurring capacity, Brittany Cartwright, and Stassi Schroeder (who departed the show at the end of season three) made guest appearances in the season.
In April 2016, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a fifth season.
Season 5
The fifth season aired from November 7, 2016 to April 17, 2017. Stassi Schroeder returned as a series regular, while Brittany Cartwright is introduced as a recurring cast member. Kristina Kelly and Raquel Leviss made guest appearances in the season.
On January 9, 2017, the tenth episode "Summer House Rules" served as a cross-over preview to
''Summer House''.
In April 2017, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a sixth season.
Season 6
The sixth season aired from December 4, 2017 to May 28, 2018. Brittany Cartwright and Lala Kent are promoted to series regulars, while Billie Lee and Raquel Leviss are introduced as recurring cast members. Mike Shay, Kristina Kelly and Faith Stowers made guest appearances in the season.
In April 2018, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a seventh season.
Season 7
The seventh season aired from December 3, 2018 to May 20, 2019. Beau Clark is introduced as a recurring cast member. Kristina Kelly, Max Boyens and Dayna Kathan made guest appearances in the season.
During the season, Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd partnered with cast members Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz to open a new restaurant/bar in West Hollywood, California, Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar.
Season 8
The eighth season aired from January 7 to June 16, 2020. Beau Clark is promoted to a series regular, along with Max Boyens, Brett Caprioni and Dayna Kathan also added as series regulars, while Charli Burnett, Danica Dow and Brett Willis are introduced as recurring cast members. Randall Emmett made guest appearances in the season.
Due to the
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, the reunion was recorded virtually, on
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.
On June 9, 2020, it was announced original cast members Kristen Doute and Stassi Schroeder had been fired following accusations by former co-star Faith Stowers, who claimed that the two women filed a false police report against her for a crime she did not commit. Additionally, it was announced Max Boyens and Brett Caprioni would not return for the ninth season following past racist
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posts.
On December 4, 2020, Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright were also fired from the show.
Season 9
In December 2020, following the departures of several cast members and due to challenges associated with the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, production on season nine was put on hold 'indefinitely'.
On April 27, 2021, the network confirmed that the show would return for a ninth season as well as confirming that Lisa Vanderpump, Maloney, Sandoval, Scheana, Madix, Schwartz, Kennedy, Kent and Leviss would be returning to the show as cast members.
In April 2021, Dayna Kathan confirmed that she would not be returning for the ninth season while suggesting that production on the show was to resume in the near future.
In May 2021, production resumed for the ninth season.
The ninth season aired from September 28, 2021 to January 26, 2022. Charli Burnett and Raquel Leviss are promoted to series regulars, along with Brock Davies also added as a series regular, while Richardson Chery,
Randall Emmett
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Emmett is best known as the producer of the films '' 2 Guns'', ''Si ...
, Corey Loftus and Max Todd are introduced as recurring cast members.
In May 2022, it was announced that the show had been renewed for a tenth season.
Season 10
On December 4, 2022, Randall Emmett revealed that he will not return for the tenth season, and claimed he "never wanted to be on" the show in the first place. On December 29, 2022, Brock Davies announced that he will feature in a reduced role during the tenth season.
Current cast
Main
*
Lisa Vanderpump Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
, 2013–present
* Katie Maloney, 2013–present
* Tom Sandoval, 2013–present
*
Scheana, 2013–present
*
Ariana Madix
Ariana Madix (born June 24, 1985) is an American television personality, bartender, actress, model and author. She is a cast member on the Bravo reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules''.
Early life
Madix was born on June 24, 1985, in Me ...
, (Guest: 2013, Recurring: 2013–2014) 2014–present
* Tom Schwartz, (Recurring: 2013–2014) 2014–present
* James Kennedy, (Guest: 2013–2014, Recurring: 2014–2015) 2015–present
* Lala Kent, (Recurring: 2015–2017) 2017–present
* Charli Burnett, (Recurring: 2020) 2021–present
* Raquel Leviss, (Guest: 2016–2017, Recurring: 2017–2020) 2021–present
Recurring
* Ken Todd, 2013–present
* Guillermo Zapata, 2013–present
* Nathalie Zapata, 2013–present
* Richardson Chery, Recurring: 2021–present
* Brock Davies, 2021–present
* Corey Loftus, Recurring: 2021–present
* Max Todd, Recurring: 2021–present
Cast
Timeline of cast
Main cast
*
Lisa Vanderpump Lisa or LISA may refer to:
People
People with the mononym
* Lisa Lisa (born 1967), American actress and lead singer of the Cult Jam
* Lisa (Japanese musician, born 1974), stylized "LISA", Japanese singer and producer
* Lisa Komine (born 1978), J ...
, co-owner of SUR Restaurant & Lounge and Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar, and owner of Pump Restaurant, wife to Ken, mother of Max
* Katie Maloney, a former server at SUR
* Tom Sandoval, a former bartender at SUR, author, now Lisa and Ken's business partner at Tom Tom, in a relationship with Ariana Madix
*
Scheana, a former server at SUR, and an aspiring singer and actress, married to Brock Davies, mother of Summer
*
Ariana Madix
Ariana Madix (born June 24, 1985) is an American television personality, bartender, actress, model and author. She is a cast member on the Bravo reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules''.
Early life
Madix was born on June 24, 1985, in Me ...
, a former bartender at SUR, and an author, in a relationship with Tom Sandoval
* Tom Schwartz, a former bartender at Pump, model and actor, now Lisa and Ken's business partner at Tom Tom
* James Kennedy, a former busboy at SUR, now DJ
* Lala Kent, a former hostess at SUR, who volunteers at Vanderpump Dogs, mother of Ocean
* Charli Burnett, a server at SUR, in a relationship with Corey Loftus
* Raquel Leviss, a former server at SUR, who volunteers at Vanderpump Dogs
Recurring cast
* Ken Todd, co-owner of SUR Restaurant & Lounge and Tom Tom Restaurant & Bar, and owner of Pump Restaurant, husband to Lisa, father of Max
* Guillermo Zapata, co-owner of SUR Restaurant and Lounge, a model and actor, married to Nathalie Zapata
* Nathalie Zapata, co-owner of SUR Restaurant & Lounge, married to Guillermo Zapata
* Richardson Chery, general manager of Tom Tom
* Brock Davies, Scheana's husband, father of Summer
* Corey Loftus, Charli Burnett's boyfriend
* Max Todd, Lisa Vanderpump and Ken Todd's son
Former main cast
*
Kristen Doute, a former server at SUR
*
Stassi Schroeder
Nastassia Bianca Schroeder Clark (born June 24, 1988) is an American television personality, podcast host, fashion blogger, model and author. She is best known for appearing on Bravo's reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules'' (2013–2020). ...
, a former server at SUR, married to Beau Clark
*
Jax Taylor
Jason Michael Cauchi (born July 11, 1979), known professionally as Jax Taylor, is an American television personality, model, and actor. He was a series regular on the Bravo reality television series ''Vanderpump Rules'' (2013–2020) for eight se ...
, a former bartender at SUR, married to Brittany Cartwright
* Brittany Cartwright, a former server at SUR, married to Jax Taylor
* Max Boyens, a former general manager at Tom Tom
* Brett Caprioni, a former server at SUR and model
* Beau Clark, a casting agent, married to Stassi Schroeder
* Dayna Kathan, a former hostess at Tom Tom and a former server at SUR
Former recurring cast
* Peter Madrigal, a manager of SUR
* Mike Shay, Scheana's ex-husband
*
Laura-Leigh
Laura-Leigh Moser (born January 9, 1991) known professionally as simply Laura-Leigh, is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in the films ''The Ward (film), The Ward'' and ''We're the Millers'' and as a series regular on the TV ser ...
, a former server at SUR, and aspiring actress
* Frank Herlihy, a former bartender at SUR
* Kristina Kelly, a former server at SUR
*
Vail Bloom
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, a former hostess at SUR
* Faith Stowers, James Kennedy's friend
* Billie Lee, a former hostess at SUR
* Danica Dow, an assistant manager at SUR
* Brett Willis, a bartender at SUR
*
Randall Emmett
Randall Emmett (born March 25, 1971) is an American film producer and television personality. He is the chairman and co-founder of production company Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films.
Emmett is best known as the producer of the films '' 2 Guns'', ''Si ...
, a film producer, father of Ocean
Episodes
Broadcast history
''Vanderpump Rules'' regularly airs on
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in the United States; most episodes are approximately 43 minutes in length, and are broadcast in
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and
high definition. Since its premiere, the series has altered airing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and has been frequently shifted between 9:00 and 10:00 PM timeslots.
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