Kathy Wakile

After months of waiting, Season 5 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey finally started up again last Sunday, and even though it wasn’t one of the show’s better episodes, we were just glad to see the Jersey bunch back in action.

Luckily, Bravo and the show’s producers are similarly excited by the Jersey antics, and network executive Shari Levine doesn’t foresee the show......

It's a question that haunts us and keeps us up at night: How much of reality TV is actually real and how much is subtly coordinated by the network powers? According to Bravo executive Shari Levine, when it comes to The Real Housewives of New Jersey, the spunky East Coast women are not about to cater to anyone.

"This is not a group that takes gentle suggestions. They are who they are," Ms....

Teaching your teenager to drive can be very nerve-racking, especially when all your husband wants to do is make inappropriate jokes in the backseat. Don’t believe us? Just ask The Real Housewives of New Jersey star Kathy Wakile.

In the sneak peek for Season 5, Episode 2 below, Kath takes her son Joseph out for an informative spin in the family car, but she has a hard time keeping the...

A new season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey brings a new slew of witty taglines for each of our Garden State ladies. Check out the Season 5 opening credit bits below versus the old ones and judge for yourself if they are an improvement on last year's offerings.

Jacqueline Laurita

Before: "“I’m a Vegas girl. I will call your bluff."

After: "I've faced my share of challenges,...

Melissa Gorga of The Real Housewives of New Jersey is plain fed up, people. The singer and mother recently chatted with Us Weekly where she explained where she was at emotionally at the start of Season 5, listing all of the things that had pushed her to the edge.

"I was fed up with trying. I was fed up of being set up," she sighed. The set-up she's referring to is the infamous Season 4...