Bravo is clearing up confusion regarding a rumor that the Real Housewives of New York City series would be going off the air, with no word on when it might return.
“Nothing is official. The show hasn’t been cancelled,” a Bravo spokesperson told PEOPLE Friday, May 9.
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The statement came after Page Six reported the network “decided to take RHONY off the air, with 'hopes’ to reconfigure it.”
“We’re trying to figure that show out,” an insider told the outlet earlier Friday. “We want to figure it out. We think there’s still life in it.”
Cast member Sai De Silva also responded to the rumors.
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“I just heard that RHONY is going off the air. Is that true?” she showed as a received text message in a screenshot posted to her Instagram Stories.
The photo also contained a screenshot of an article addressing the report.
“It’s just fake news,” De Silva, 44, added to the post.
Her season 14 cast members Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank, Ubah Hassan, Lizzy Savetsky and Erin Dana Lichy joined the long-running franchise in a 2023 shakeup.
Aside from the original, Real Housewives of Orange County, no other Housewives entry has run as long as the Real Housewives of New York City. The series was led by Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer and Luann de Lesseps when it premiered on March 4, 2008.
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After a tumultuous 13th season that made RHONY history for not ending with a reunion, there was a recast.
Ahead of her season 14 debut, De Silva spoke exclusively to PEOPLE in October 2022 calling the then-upcoming season "a nice fresh start."
Earlier in the year, franchise executive producer Andy Cohen told Variety, "You know that we're at a crossroads for RHONY."
"We've spent a lot of time figuring out where to go. And the plan that we've come up with, I think, is a real gift to the fans,” he told the outlet in March 2022. "This is a major casting search. We're going to be casting all over Manhattan and the boroughs.”
Season 15 of the Real Housewives of New York City finished airing in February.
