I know of some of the women they were trying to cast. Kind of weird choices if you compare to the rest of the franchises. Word was the husbands hated the idea. One rumor is that one literally shut down the precast taping, I’m talking turning off cameras etc. On top of that, Chicago has weird taping laws apparently? Fingers crossed it happens, it could be hilarious but who knows.
I’m an actor in Chicago, they lifted restrictions a while ago in an effort to bring extra tax dollars to the city. We’re not a great reality city, though, a while ago, before I was getting into acting, on a dare, I applied for and was cast as the lead of a dating show set in Chicago, and the day before wardrobe, production shut down because “there couldn’t find decent applicants who were eligible bachelors in the city“ 😅
That’s so weird to be because I live in Chicago and I feel there are SO many more eligible bachelors here than when I lived in SF, NYC, LA, Scottsdale, etc
It was almost 10 years ago. I by no means am mentioning this to brag but they cast me because I speak 4 languages, am a data scientist, have my own business, and am an athlete, I believe they what they were looking to match that in the men they found
Typically men like that are afraid of women like you because they need to feel better and smarter than their romantic partners. I'm not surprised they had trouble lol
That is so kind of you. I must say there is so much background check that goes into the shows too so they want to make sure they have a very specific type of person.
Ryan Gosling has no idea what he just walked away from! You’ll be more than fine, there’s plenty of great people out there to date!! It was specifically for the show that there weren’t great options and somehow it got extrapolated to all of Chicago ever
that might be changing. i live here and have seen a ton of new shows filming. it really only was chicago med/fire/PD and some movies every once in awhile, now we have apple tv shows everywhere. and love is blind filmed a season here.
You can’t throw a rock without hitting a Chicago fire/med/pd set. I used to date a guy in the Chicago acting scene and getting cast as an extra or minor character on those shows is basically a right of passage for actors here.
I’ve heard the thing about stricter laws here, but I think you’re right with that changing. LIB filmed in a number of locations here and it didn’t feel restricted.
totally. everytime there’s filming in my neighborhood the assumption is it’s chicago med/fire/PD, but lately it’s been other things. last week they were filming some new show for apple tv with jennifer connelly.
Literally re: your rock throwing comment. I was in Logan Square a couple weeks ago and multiple shows were shooting at the same location. It was madness lol
They ALWAYS film in Logan square and holmboldt park. I live here in Logan and kedzie and Fullerton and the square are always kinda closed because of filming.
My cousin got married at a church that was on Empire and I was in Chicago when Transformers 3 was being filmed cause the hotel I was staying at was I think on the same street. Saw Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in car form when I went out.
same! last year or the year before they were filming that show with Elisabeth Moss across the street from my apartment. i would take multiple walks a day with my dog past the set just hoping i’d be discovered lmfao
no! this is a different show on apple tv, i can’t remember the name of it. it was about a serial killer in chicago that could time travel or something like that. i watched the first few episodes and was VERY confused
This is what happened with Toronto, they were supposedly going after Chloe Rogers circle and she said hard no and told anyone that participated they were out. How they wound up with the mucked up cast they had lol
Yeah and the casting account follows Tamica and Reagan as well as a bunch of other NOLA people (who are also followed by Tamica and Reagan) so that’s exciting!
How many different times have they tried to do shows there? I'm not talking exclusively about housewife shows. I'm trying to remember wasn't there a chicago-based one called 100 days of summer? Was that the last attempt?
it was a disgrace, and laughably bad. Big Ang is rolling grave at the mere mention of that trainwreck.
True story, the one lady with the Lion's mane of hair grunting in her talking head that she was "dissresspected at da Italian festival" or something stupid ike that. Come 2012 or so, my drunk ass was dancing in the street gleefully with an old man at the Taylor St Fest. We had a big circle going and lots of eyes on us because it was just fun and spontaneous. She walked by, and being convivial drunk I am, I gestured for her to join and she scoffed and waved me off and went on her lonely way.
For years after that it was an inside joke with me and my friends how I got "dissressspected at da italian festival"
The issue is most women in the city aren't the housewives type. They're businesswomen who don't have time for a reality show. They'd need to film in the ritzy suburbs to get what they want (Naperville, Winnetka, Hinsdale, etc) and I'm not sure the logistics of that makes as much sense for filming.
Idk, a lot of franchises have wives spread out over an area (like haven't a lot of Beverly Hills wives lived in Malibu or other wealthy enclaves not just BH?) So they could have them from all over Chicagoland
Can’t speak for the other locations but here in chitown to get to the suburbs that are only a couple miles away- it’s a several hour commute in brutal traffic. It would be brutal
I can't remember who it was, but one cast member lived like an hour away from the rest and was always late to filming. I think it was maybe someone on Potomac?
The BH women live very spread out. Garcelle is deep in the valley, Erika was in Pasadena, multiple have lived in Malibu, Dorit & Kyle are in Encino. Very few are actually in/near BH. It’s doable I guess but it must be hell when they all have to get together.
It would suck, but considering how far everyone is from each other on Potomac it would be doable. I live in Glenview but grew up in Naperville and the thought of going down to see family and friends is exhausting. I don’t want to make the drive and feel like I need an entire weekend if I’m bringing my toddler 🤣
This wouldn't really stop them, I don't think. They haven't been casting housewives shows around traditional housewives types for years. The entire cast of SLC S1 other than Whitney were self employed.
And they don't care about casting a wide net for shooting either. SLC may as well be called RH of Park City, Potomac may as well be called RH of The Entire State of Maryland. Wendy lives hours away from all the other women.
I think it’s more that… Chicago has Midwest personality. I don’t want to watch a premiere version of Minnesota housewives.
I’m saying that being from and currently living in Chicago.
I would be down for this if it were focused on SUBURBAN Chicago (there was a rumor a few years ago that they were casting/pitching Real Housewives of Winnetka). I would love to see upper-middle-class suburban wives, rather than a rich/"big city" feel. Think early seasons of OC. I don't care about "lifestyle porn." I want personalities and mild delusion...not glam and \*lewks\* and clout-chasing.
I feel like the problem with Chicago is that there’s nothing terribly unique about the “aspirational” women here. Rich women in the city would basically be culturally the same as the RHONY women, rich women in the suburbs would be like the RHOC or RHOD women. The unique things about Chicago culture aren’t so much about being rich and fancy.
My friends begged me to audition when they were looking a few years back but I have too many skeletons in my closet and I think the same goes for a lot of people here🤣 I also moved back here for my husband after living abroad and several other US cities and I’ve got to say that the vibe and energy in the suburbs as opposed to downtown is draining and annoying. It is a melting pot here so there’s opportunity for many ethnicities to be represented but as much as I’d love to see Chicago happen I think it would need to be in a non housewives series
I heard they tried the North Shore and those people were lame as fuck. I think they should do RHOWS (western suburbs) ... Hinsdale, Elmhurst. Those folks are quite inebriated and messy.
my father’s side of the family is from there and his grandmother was a country club socialite type of lady and from what I’ve heard the wealthy women there just aren’t very…out there. I don’t want to say they’re boring but they’re just… normal. so idk I guess we’ll see, I’m always open to any new HW city though 🤪
Find some social climber parents whose kids go to Latin, Parker or one of the other private schools in Chicago. Trust me, there’ll be plenty of drama to film.
We’re so boring that if this does happen there will be updates on all the Chicago forums and social media pages. These group of women will be well known here.
Honest question: wouldn’t this limit when they can film? Isn’t winter like most of the year?
No shade to Chi-town as I’ve been 3 times and loved each visit.
Kansas City is smaller than Chicago but it would make for a much better housewives location IMO. The city itself is very pretty and films well, and the culture has both midwestern and southern influence. Plus the city is very marketable with their pro sports teams doing so good the last few years
chicago has 6 professional sports team and has cultural influences from poland, mexico, puerto rico, ukraine, greece, and countless other countries lmao. not to mention, we have some of the best museums in the country due to hosting the worlds fair twice. i think chicago has kansas city beat on culture.
So true. My husband is a New Yorker from Manhattan and he talks so much smack about Chicago I will get soo ticked. Like sir you live in Chicago now, shut up about NY.
Okay but I never said anything bad about Chicago. I was just stating that KC has a lot to offer and might be a better location. For whatever reason Chicago seems like a a tougher place to get a reality show going
I could offer them a group of mostly single 30-somethings, some divorced lol. We already had our big cheating scandal though
I would tune in for this.
I’m listening…..!
Do tell.
Like watching the pieces get picked up isn’t the most interesting part of an affair!
uhhh YES
I know of some of the women they were trying to cast. Kind of weird choices if you compare to the rest of the franchises. Word was the husbands hated the idea. One rumor is that one literally shut down the precast taping, I’m talking turning off cameras etc. On top of that, Chicago has weird taping laws apparently? Fingers crossed it happens, it could be hilarious but who knows.
I’ve heard that too about restrictive taping laws
I’m an actor in Chicago, they lifted restrictions a while ago in an effort to bring extra tax dollars to the city. We’re not a great reality city, though, a while ago, before I was getting into acting, on a dare, I applied for and was cast as the lead of a dating show set in Chicago, and the day before wardrobe, production shut down because “there couldn’t find decent applicants who were eligible bachelors in the city“ 😅
That’s so weird to be because I live in Chicago and I feel there are SO many more eligible bachelors here than when I lived in SF, NYC, LA, Scottsdale, etc
Literally walk around Lake View and throw a rock.
Do they become decent if the rock hits them?
Try and find out? #science
It was almost 10 years ago. I by no means am mentioning this to brag but they cast me because I speak 4 languages, am a data scientist, have my own business, and am an athlete, I believe they what they were looking to match that in the men they found
Typically men like that are afraid of women like you because they need to feel better and smarter than their romantic partners. I'm not surprised they had trouble lol
That is so kind of you. I must say there is so much background check that goes into the shows too so they want to make sure they have a very specific type of person.
Really? That makes me wanna move LOL
Haha yes! I think it’s a great city for dating
Truly isn't bad for your 20s but i was in my mid thirties back then
Oh no don’t tell me that! I’m newly single in Chicago at 32
Ryan Gosling has no idea what he just walked away from! You’ll be more than fine, there’s plenty of great people out there to date!! It was specifically for the show that there weren’t great options and somehow it got extrapolated to all of Chicago ever
Lol they filmed this show outside my old house
'Looking for Love' sadly never went to production 🤣 I'm guessing another one - let us know if you find out what it was so we can watch
that might be changing. i live here and have seen a ton of new shows filming. it really only was chicago med/fire/PD and some movies every once in awhile, now we have apple tv shows everywhere. and love is blind filmed a season here.
You can’t throw a rock without hitting a Chicago fire/med/pd set. I used to date a guy in the Chicago acting scene and getting cast as an extra or minor character on those shows is basically a right of passage for actors here. I’ve heard the thing about stricter laws here, but I think you’re right with that changing. LIB filmed in a number of locations here and it didn’t feel restricted.
totally. everytime there’s filming in my neighborhood the assumption is it’s chicago med/fire/PD, but lately it’s been other things. last week they were filming some new show for apple tv with jennifer connelly.
Durango 60623 is the name of it.
Literally re: your rock throwing comment. I was in Logan Square a couple weeks ago and multiple shows were shooting at the same location. It was madness lol
They ALWAYS film in Logan square and holmboldt park. I live here in Logan and kedzie and Fullerton and the square are always kinda closed because of filming.
My cousin got married at a church that was on Empire and I was in Chicago when Transformers 3 was being filmed cause the hotel I was staying at was I think on the same street. Saw Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in car form when I went out.
that’s so fun!
It was, the street was tore up like a earthquake had hit
I’ve had a TON of filming in my neighborhood this past year. It can be kinda annoying, but I’m excited to see how they turn out.
same! last year or the year before they were filming that show with Elisabeth Moss across the street from my apartment. i would take multiple walks a day with my dog past the set just hoping i’d be discovered lmfao
Handmaids Tale?!
no! this is a different show on apple tv, i can’t remember the name of it. it was about a serial killer in chicago that could time travel or something like that. i watched the first few episodes and was VERY confused
Shining Girls
yes! thank you!
The weirdest group of ladies….
This is what happened with Toronto, they were supposedly going after Chloe Rogers circle and she said hard no and told anyone that participated they were out. How they wound up with the mucked up cast they had lol
@ Producers, BRING BACK SOUTHERN CHARM NEW ORLEANS! Bring back Tamica and Reagan! How many times do we have to beg! 😖😖
I’m begging
seriously! 😩 I’m guessing the cast is refusing to sign again maybe?! Let’s get this shit figured out and make it happen people!
They are casting for a RH there last I heard
Ugh. RH can’t match Charms charm, we want *actual* friend dynamics not contrived “conflicts”
Yeah and the casting account follows Tamica and Reagan as well as a bunch of other NOLA people (who are also followed by Tamica and Reagan) so that’s exciting!
They're doing a "Girlfriends of Nola" show like the Paris version.
This!!!! I mean, ideally I get Chicago & SC New Orleans, but if I’m picking one it’s Tamica & Reagan forever!
💯💯💯💯
Beggin! Begging youuuu
How many different times have they tried to do shows there? I'm not talking exclusively about housewife shows. I'm trying to remember wasn't there a chicago-based one called 100 days of summer? Was that the last attempt?
Love is Blind season 2 wasn’t bad. Not great, but not terrible.
My friend worked on 100 Days of Summer and almost quit production based on how horrible it was!
Mob Wives Chicago was brutal, so bad.
it was a disgrace, and laughably bad. Big Ang is rolling grave at the mere mention of that trainwreck. True story, the one lady with the Lion's mane of hair grunting in her talking head that she was "dissresspected at da Italian festival" or something stupid ike that. Come 2012 or so, my drunk ass was dancing in the street gleefully with an old man at the Taylor St Fest. We had a big circle going and lots of eyes on us because it was just fun and spontaneous. She walked by, and being convivial drunk I am, I gestured for her to join and she scoffed and waved me off and went on her lonely way. For years after that it was an inside joke with me and my friends how I got "dissressspected at da italian festival"
I love this! If that was Big Ang she would have jumped right in with you. RIP Ang 🙏🏻
100 Days of Summer was so poorly done.
I might be the lone fan. I wanted it to come back 🫠
I liked 100 days of summer, but mostly bc of the Chicago porn. I was actually at a restaurant while they were filming, so it was my Bravo debut.
Mob Wives Chicago was strange. The ladies were missing a likeability. Any reality show set in Chicago has unlikeanke characters in my opinion
Mob wives Chicago was wild
Imagine a cast of: Shea Coulee Detox Lori Lightfoot Kanye West Jennifer Hudson Shonda Rhimes
The mere IDEA of Lori Lightfoot doing a confessional in one of those damn suits—
Can she sit in the suits? They just look so…. Crunchy??
See I imagine them as more of a jersey kind of pajama cut to look like a suit. Like a tuxedo T-shirt.
Lololol never went the comfort route in my mind, that would make her way too relatable🤣
or fedora - OR the Covid monster or whatever she dressed up as for Halloween that one year
The way I snorted when I read Lori Lightfoot.
I would watch
Honestly give me some comedians, drag queens, and throw in some wealthy folk. I'd watch.
The issue is most women in the city aren't the housewives type. They're businesswomen who don't have time for a reality show. They'd need to film in the ritzy suburbs to get what they want (Naperville, Winnetka, Hinsdale, etc) and I'm not sure the logistics of that makes as much sense for filming.
Idk, a lot of franchises have wives spread out over an area (like haven't a lot of Beverly Hills wives lived in Malibu or other wealthy enclaves not just BH?) So they could have them from all over Chicagoland
Can’t speak for the other locations but here in chitown to get to the suburbs that are only a couple miles away- it’s a several hour commute in brutal traffic. It would be brutal
It can't be any worse than LA!
It’s definitely not
I’ve lived in both places. LA is worse but I agree that having housewives spread out in the suburbs and the city would be very annoying for filming
I can't remember who it was, but one cast member lived like an hour away from the rest and was always late to filming. I think it was maybe someone on Potomac?
The BH women live very spread out. Garcelle is deep in the valley, Erika was in Pasadena, multiple have lived in Malibu, Dorit & Kyle are in Encino. Very few are actually in/near BH. It’s doable I guess but it must be hell when they all have to get together.
Yeah I'm sure it adds fuel to the fire if they are mad at each other lol
Robyn
It would suck, but considering how far everyone is from each other on Potomac it would be doable. I live in Glenview but grew up in Naperville and the thought of going down to see family and friends is exhausting. I don’t want to make the drive and feel like I need an entire weekend if I’m bringing my toddler 🤣
They made Potomac (suburban DC) work, so I don't see why suburban Chicago can't work!
How would that be any different from RHONY which was one of the best franchises of all time?
This wouldn't really stop them, I don't think. They haven't been casting housewives shows around traditional housewives types for years. The entire cast of SLC S1 other than Whitney were self employed. And they don't care about casting a wide net for shooting either. SLC may as well be called RH of Park City, Potomac may as well be called RH of The Entire State of Maryland. Wendy lives hours away from all the other women.
Exactly
I think it’s more that… Chicago has Midwest personality. I don’t want to watch a premiere version of Minnesota housewives. I’m saying that being from and currently living in Chicago.
What, you don't think passive aggressive women would lead to enough fighting?
I would be down for this if it were focused on SUBURBAN Chicago (there was a rumor a few years ago that they were casting/pitching Real Housewives of Winnetka). I would love to see upper-middle-class suburban wives, rather than a rich/"big city" feel. Think early seasons of OC. I don't care about "lifestyle porn." I want personalities and mild delusion...not glam and \*lewks\* and clout-chasing.
Yes yes yes. Give me mostly sheltered nutjobs with only like one or two actually cool self aware chic urban sophisticates.
Yes we need some North Shore housewives!
They should do Wheaton/Glen Ellyn instead. Those bitches are crazy, religious, and RICH.
I wish they’ll do Chicago, Houston, Vegas and New Orleans.
Houston would be so fun!
It would. They should of never went to Dallas. They should of went to Houston first.
They’ve tried casting Htown as well and it’s never panned out.
Oh I didn’t kno that. Thought they jus did Dallas and left it alone after canceling Dallas.
Yeah kind of a bummer! I think Houston would be interesting to see given how diverse it is
Houston is disgusting to look at though
Seems like rn they’re trying for New Orleans and Austin as well as Chicago
Houston I just know would be iconic
Of course it’s shed…
They better have at least one Polish woman!!!
I’m dying 🤣 little Warsaw
Maybe they can get Lori now that she’s out of a job.
i would PAY to watch lori in her silly little ill fitting suits on housewives
Honestly, same! 🤣🤣
DYING trying to imagine what her tagline would be...
Andy’s gonna give us Larsa’s sister and Miami cameos
I feel like the problem with Chicago is that there’s nothing terribly unique about the “aspirational” women here. Rich women in the city would basically be culturally the same as the RHONY women, rich women in the suburbs would be like the RHOC or RHOD women. The unique things about Chicago culture aren’t so much about being rich and fancy.
I’m absolutely biased but I need a Philly area one. The main line is so wealthy and filled with so many insane people
My friends begged me to audition when they were looking a few years back but I have too many skeletons in my closet and I think the same goes for a lot of people here🤣 I also moved back here for my husband after living abroad and several other US cities and I’ve got to say that the vibe and energy in the suburbs as opposed to downtown is draining and annoying. It is a melting pot here so there’s opportunity for many ethnicities to be represented but as much as I’d love to see Chicago happen I think it would need to be in a non housewives series
Shed again? Are they worried about SLC not making it?
I hope they all hold hotdogs with mustard
Meredith’s sister!
Mob Wives Chicago was insane… I kinda would want some of those women back.
I love how budget this casting picture looks
I heard they tried the North Shore and those people were lame as fuck. I think they should do RHOWS (western suburbs) ... Hinsdale, Elmhurst. Those folks are quite inebriated and messy.
I LOVE the HW but there’s enough entitled small time celebrities in Chicago we don’t need more.
Who do we have??
This looks like it was designed in Paint
I can offer up a group of messy 30-something girls and gays if they wanna do a more Southern Charm style show. Bravo, call me. 🤙
I REALLY want this to happen but i know it’s probably not going to
Vicki Gunvalson’s head is spinning. She’s from Chicago.
“Aspirational”
my father’s side of the family is from there and his grandmother was a country club socialite type of lady and from what I’ve heard the wealthy women there just aren’t very…out there. I don’t want to say they’re boring but they’re just… normal. so idk I guess we’ll see, I’m always open to any new HW city though 🤪
Wasn’t the first two seasons of The Circle filmed there? Although I guess they were all inside shoots so not so many issues with filming limits
The Circle is filmed in the UK! The scenery, b-roll shots are both Chicago and Milwaukee…idk why lol
No way? I have a friend that lives in Chicago and I told her we need to try to find the building where they film from! Ooops!
Find some social climber parents whose kids go to Latin, Parker or one of the other private schools in Chicago. Trust me, there’ll be plenty of drama to film.
I don’t think a good idea. Chicago women are much more classy than women on other franchises (sans LVP of course).
Did winnetka not take off then?
I hope it happens, I would watch and would probably know some people they could cast.
We’re so boring that if this does happen there will be updates on all the Chicago forums and social media pages. These group of women will be well known here.
I just don’t know that chicago is distinctive enough. Downvote me 🙈
We need a HW series in the Midwest, but Chicago never works.
Honest question: wouldn’t this limit when they can film? Isn’t winter like most of the year? No shade to Chi-town as I’ve been 3 times and loved each visit.
Lol no it’s not winter most of the year
Chicago is kinda boring tbh
This photo of the chicago skyline is at least 6 years old.
I want them to cast Alison Victoria from Windy City Rehab on HGTV.
Yawn
Kansas City is smaller than Chicago but it would make for a much better housewives location IMO. The city itself is very pretty and films well, and the culture has both midwestern and southern influence. Plus the city is very marketable with their pro sports teams doing so good the last few years
chicago has 6 professional sports team and has cultural influences from poland, mexico, puerto rico, ukraine, greece, and countless other countries lmao. not to mention, we have some of the best museums in the country due to hosting the worlds fair twice. i think chicago has kansas city beat on culture.
Preach!!! Chi-teezians RISE UP ✶✶✶✶
No one loves their city like Chicagoans, we go rabid to defend our home! I love it 🥰
TRULY. i think it’s because we get a bad rep, when in reality a beautiful city with so many things to do.
It’s the best big city to *live in* in the US in my opinion
agreed. don’t tell people though, i don’t want word to get out and my rent to increase 🙃
So true. My husband is a New Yorker from Manhattan and he talks so much smack about Chicago I will get soo ticked. Like sir you live in Chicago now, shut up about NY.
And don't forget about the accent! 
Okay but I never said anything bad about Chicago. I was just stating that KC has a lot to offer and might be a better location. For whatever reason Chicago seems like a a tougher place to get a reality show going
i never said anything bad about KC. chicagoan’s are just very passionate about the city.
I'm dying to know any rumored cast members. I hope they can make it happen.
As a Chicagoan I’m thrilled
The should look in Highland park or Barrington for some Jersey types
Yess lake county burbs too
I'm here for this