What It REALLY Takes to Produce Real Housewives | Showrunner Jack Tarantino

**“On a scale of 1 to 10 of how hard it is to produce, Housewives is an 11.”** Twenty years after *The Real Housewives of Orange County* launched the franchise that changed reality television, what does it REALLY take to produce Housewives? In the premiere episode of **PRODUCED: How Reality TV Really Gets Made**, former reality TV producer and executive **Ilia Saddler** sits down with former RHOC and RHOM showrunner **Jack Tarantino** to go behind the cameras of Bravo's original Housewives franchise. From the lead-up to Tamra Judge's unforgettable on-camera divorce revelation to Eddie Judge's iconic bathtub debut, Jack reveals the real production decisions, challenges, and behind-the-scenes stories that helped create some of RHOC's most memorable television moments, and shape the show you see now. **Inside this episode:** - **Producing Housewives:** Why Jack rates the difficulty an 11 out of 10. - **Tamra's divorce scene:** What really happened behind the scenes leading up to the iconic moment? - **Casting RHOC:** What does it actually take to cast a Real Housewife? - **Reunion secrets:** How long do Housewives reunions really film? - **Confessionals:** When and how are those interviews actually filmed? - **Planning a season:** How much do producers actually know before cameras start rolling? - **Eddie's bathtub debut:** The production story behind his unforgettable debut. As *The Real Housewives* celebrates its 20th anniversary, this conversation goes back to the franchise that started it all, exploring how the moments fans remember were actually made. **ABOUT PRODUCED** Hosted by former reality TV producer and television executive Ilia Saddler, whose credits include *America's Next Top Model, American Idol,* and *The Rap Game*, PRODUCED takes audiences behind the cameras with the people who make their favorite reality TV shows. **The cast has talked. The producers have entered the chat.** New episodes every month.  Follow Ilia: @ilia\_yasmeen Follow Jack: @tarantinofiles  Work with Jack: intro.co/jacktarantino **WATCH, LISTEN & CONNECT** All podcast links, social channels & more: https://stan.store/ilia\_yasmeen Produced by In the Making Media.