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THE MOMENT:

One and Done: The Real Housewives of D.C. Came and Went in a Single Whirlwind Season 15 Years Ago

Adding politics to the wine guzzling, fights and one-liners of its top franchise, Bravo elected The Real Housewives of D.C. on Aug. 5, 2010 — and infamously, it became the only installment to get just one season. The short stint can be placed at the feet of the cast’s Michaele Salahi and then-husband Tareq, who crashed a White House state dinner in 2009 and made headlines before a single episode had aired. “There was no way [the show] could go forward with Michaele, because she was such a liability, or without her, because how do you replace that?” costar Mary Amons tells Us. “It left us in the ditch.”

WHO WAS INVOLVED

Bravo had recruited an elevated group of power players for Housewives’ fifth round. In addition to Salahi and philanthropist Amons, the cast included model agency president Lynda Erkiletian, D.C. Realtor Stacie Scott Turner and