# The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 16

The sixteenth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, an American reality television series, is broadcast on Bravo. It premiered on March 9, 2025. The series is primarily filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta focuses on the lives of Phaedra Parks, Porsha Williams, Drew Sidora, Brit Eady, Kelli Ferrell, Shamea Morton, and Angela Oakley, with Cynthia Bailey appearing as a friend of the housewives and Kenya Moore making guest appearances throughout the season.
The season's executive producers are Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Lorraine Haughton-Lawson, Glenda Cox, Shanae Humphrey, and Andy Cohen.

## Cast

The sixteenth season of the series features an almost entirely different cast from the show's previous season. Following the conclusion of the show's fifteenth season, cast members Kandi Burruss, Marlo Hampton, Sanya Richards-Ross, and Shereé Whitfield all departed the series. Kenya Moore and Drew Sidora were initially the only housewives from the fifteenth season slated to return. Moore eventually departed the sixteenth season midway through filming and was demoted to a guest role.
The sixteenth season of the series saw the return of Porsha Williams, who debuted in the fifth season alongside Moore and originally departed the show following the conclusion of the show's thirteenth season. Former housewife Cynthia Bailey returned as a friend of the housewives. After Moore's departure from the sixteenth season, it was announced that former cast member Phaedra Parks would also be returning to the series as a full-time housewife. Bailey and Parks both joined the series in its third season and departed after the thirteenth and ninth seasons respectively.
Shamea Morton, who has appeared in several previous seasons of the series as both a friend of and guest, was upgraded to a full-time housewife for the first time. Additionally, three new cast members were added to the show: Brit Eady, Kelli Ferrell, and Angela Oakley. Morton is a singer, dancer, and actress, Eady is an insurance agent, Ferrell is a chef and restaurant owner, and Oakley is an entrepreneur who works in real estate and tax preparation and the wife of retired NBA player Charles Oakley.

## Production

Production for the sixteenth season began in May 2024 and concluded in August 2024. In mid-June 2024, Kenya Moore was suspended from filming pending the results of an investigation by the network into an incident where she displayed sexually explicit images of fellow cast member Brit Eady at the grand opening of her hair spa. On June 25, 2024, it was announced that Moore was departing the series and would not resume filming for the remainder of the sixteenth season. Moore's role in the season was reduced to guest appearances as a result of the incident. She was later replaced by former housewife Phaedra Parks.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta is produced by Truly Original for Bravo. Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Lorraine Haughton-Lawson, Glenda Cox, Shanae Humphrey, and Andy Cohen are recognized as the series' executive producers. Kate Murphy and Saleda Bryant serve as co-executive producers.

## Episodes

The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 16 episodes :
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 321 | 1 | "Welcome Back Peaches" | March 9, 2025 (2025-03-09) | 0.72 |
| 322 | 2 | "Hot Dogs & Hot Mics" | March 16, 2025 (2025-03-16) | TBD |
| 323 | 3 | "High Notes and Cheap Shots" | March 23, 2025 (2025-03-23) | TBD |
| 324 | 4 | "The Vault" | March 30, 2025 (2025-03-30) | TBD |
| 325 | 5 | TBA | April 6, 2025 (2025-04-06) | TBD |