<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.bravotv.com/the-real-housewives-of-orange-county </Td> </Tr> <P> The Real Housewives of Orange County (abbreviated RHOC) is an American reality television series that premiered on March 21, 2006, on Bravo . It is currently in its twelfth season and focuses on the personal and professional lives of several women residing in Orange County, California . </P> <P> The series originally focused on Kimberly Bryant, Jo De La Rosa, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, and Lauri Waring (now Peterson). The current line - up consists of Gunvalson, Tamra Judge, Lydia McLaughlin, Shannon Beador, Meghan King Edmonds, Kelly Dodd and Peggy Sulahian . Of the original housewives, Bryant and De La Rosa left after the first and second seasons, respectively, while Peterson stopped filming during production of the fourth season and Keough left after the sixth season commenced . The remaining housewives joined in later seasons: Barney (now Judge) in the third, McLaughlin in the eighth before returning in the twelfth, Beador in the ninth, Edmonds in the tenth, Dodd in the eleventh, and Sulahian in the twelfth . Other housewives include Tammy Knickerbocker (season 2--3), Quinn Fry (season 3), Gretchen Rossi (season 4--8), Lynne Curtin (season 4--5), Alexis Bellino (season 5--8), Peggy Tanous (season 6), Heather Dubrow (season 7--11), and Lizzie Rovsek (season 9). </P>

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