You know it’s her time: “Vanderpump Rules” has officially been nominated for its first Emmy Award.
After an impressive tenth season that attracted record ratings For the series and Bravo in general, the Lisa Vanderpump-directed series has been named one of five nominees for Unstructured Reality. It competes against “Deadliest Catch,” “Life Below Zero,” “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked,” and “Welcome To Wrexham.”
When news broke during the show’s tenth season broadcast that co-stars Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix had split amid Sandoval’s ongoing affair with co-star Raquel Leviss, cameras quickly rolled to capture the consequences. The fight so changed the friendships of the Los Angeles-based cast of “Vanderpump Rules” that Leviss obtained a restraining order against her former best friend and co-star Scheana Shay for an alleged hit-and-run that took place when the affair was revealed.
“I can be a pusher, I’m not a puncher,” Shay explained on Variety’s “Making a Scene.” Andy Cohen and executive producer Alex Baskin also revealed to Variety how exhausting it was to continue production amid the contentious state of the cast after the matter was revealed.
Without a doubt, #Scandoval may not have been the best day in the life of this cast, but it did put the spotlight on the Bravo series, accumulating quite impressive ratings.
The first reunion episode of season 10 drew 4.6 million viewers taking into account Live + 3 Nielsen ratings, on-demand viewing and airing on Peacock, making it the most watched Bravo episode on nine years old and the most watched episode of “Vanderpump Rules.” ever. The entire season drew an average of 11.4 million viewers with more than 115 million hours watched to date and on Live + 3.
