Bravo Pauses 'Ladies of London' Reboot After One Season
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- Bravo has placed 'Ladies of London: The New Reign' on pause — its term of art for indefinite shelving — after the reboot ran for a single 10-episode season that premiered in March
- The reboot was conspicuously absent from Bravo's list of renewed series at the NBCUniversal upfront in May, and its yanking in the current high-pressure TV environment doesn't bode well, per the source
- The cast included Lady Emma Thynn, Martha Lady Sitwell, Mark-Francis Vandelli, Lottie Kane, Missè Beqiri, Kimi Murdoch, Myka Meier, and Margo Stilley — most of whom had known each other for years; Vandelli's inclusion as a gay man 'broke new ground'
- Critics championed the show: Kevin Fallon at The Daily Beast called it 'the best new Bravo show in years,' and the New York Times profiled Sitwell (and her magpie, Hecate)
- Hayu's separate 'Real Housewives of London' launched last fall as an original to the NBCUniversal-owned U.K. streamer, has been renewed for Season 2, and shares cast member Juliet Angus with the original 'Ladies of London' — but neither Bravo nor Peacock has re-aired it in a second window
- BBC Studios produced the reboot, with executive producers Ryan O'Dowd, Krystal Whitney, Craig Turner, Bill Fritz, and Kathleen French
Why it matters: The pause underscores Bravo's preference for indefinite shelving over outright cancellation, but a one-season exit in today's cutthroat TV market leaves 'Ladies of London' unlikely to return — even as sibling streamer Hayu's competing 'Real Housewives of London' was renewed, exposing an internal NBCUniversal mismatch between its U.K. streaming bet and its U.S. cable pivot.
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