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The Housewives of Punta Santiago

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The Housewives of Punta Santiago
Genre Reality television
Created by
Country of origin
No. of seasons 62 (as of 1758 AN)
Production
Production location(s) Punta Santiago, Alduria
Running time 45 minutes
Release
Original network
Original release 5.XIV.1694 AN
Chronology
Related shows

The Housewives of Punta Santiago, abbreviated HoPS, is a New Alexandrian and Natopian reality television series set in Punta Santiago, the largest city and regional capital of Alduria. The second installment of The Housewives franchise, it was commissioned after the ratings of the pilot series The Housewives of Lindström and premiered on Metropolis Television on 5.XIV.1694 AN. The series follows the personal and professional lives of an ensemble of New Alexandrian women in the city. It has aired 62 seasons as of 1758 AN; it and the Lindström series are the franchise's longest-running installments.

The series is closely associated with Christina Aguilar, who led its cast for thirty seasons before her departure in 1724 AN and returned for its sixtieth-anniversary special in 1754 AN. Three spin-off series followed recurring Punta Santiago cast members: It's Momma's House (1702 AN–1710 AN), Christina Aguilar's Funhouse (1725 AN–1729 AN), and Xtina: Redemption (1733 AN–1735 AN).

Format

In common with the wider franchise, each season assembles a cast of five to eight women; since the 1710 AN format refresh, seasons have been organized around one or two cast trips and a run of themed events, ending in a reunion special. Stannon Vertersberg hosts the reunions, as he does for the other home-market series. Cast members write their own opening-credits taglines, which change each season and are subject to producer approval. Confessional interviews are filmed separately and intercut with recorded events. Every season since the 1747 AN resumption has staged at least one charity gala.

History

Origins and the Aguilar era

A second franchise series, set in Punta Santiago, was commissioned later in 1694 AN. It premiered on Metropolis Television on 5.XIV.1694 AN with an original cast of five: Christina Aguilar, Ines Zapata, Geraldine Berthier, Fatima Al-Khamenei, and Jean Charbonnier. Aguilar led the cast for thirty seasons and left the series in 1724 AN; Metropolis Television built two spin-off series around her in the following decade. Another early cast member, Aldurian soap actress and model Mariela Lopez, received the franchise's first spin-off, It's Momma's House, in 1702 AN.

War years and resumption

The outbreak of the Fourth Euran War in 1745 AN halted the series along with the franchise's three other home-market shows; no new seasons aired in 1745 AN or 1746 AN.[1] When production resumed in 1747 AN, the post-war premieres drew record audiences.

Recent seasons

The series' sixtieth anniversary in 1754 AN was marked by Sixty Years of The Housewives, a special staged at the Lindström Opera House and broadcast simultaneously on Metropolis Television and NAT-TV. Aguilar returned to the franchise for the first time since 1735 AN and closed the special by delivering her Season 12 tagline. The broadcast drew the largest single-broadcast audience in franchise history.[2]

From 1756 AN, Metropolis Television shortened the series' episode orders, along with those of The Housewives of Parap, amid the economic troubles that followed the PBS banking crisis and deepened into the Recession of 1757. Season 61 followed Paloma Echeverría through the sale of her coastal estate in Alduria and her family's retrenchment; it became the season's most-discussed storyline and drew the show's best ratings since the post-war resumption.

Cast

The original 1694 AN cast consisted of Christina Aguilar, Ines Zapata, Geraldine Berthier, Fatima Al-Khamenei, and Jean Charbonnier. In line with franchise casting practice, later seasons mixed socialites with women from business, sport, entertainment, and public life.

Aguilar remains the series' best-known cast member; her Season 12 opening-credits line, "I don't chase the spotlight; it follows me home," is among the franchise's most-quoted taglines. Other notable cast members include Mariela Lopez, whose line "They call me Momma. Momma sees everything." preceded her three spin-off series; Valentina Fuentes, central to the show's highest-rated season; and Paloma Echeverría, whose tagline "You can have the house. The name was never for sale." accompanied her recession-era storyline.

Broadcast

Metropolis Television broadcasts the series in Nouvelle Alexandrie and NAT-TV carries it in Natopia. Reruns of the franchise air in the afternoon Dramarama block of ESB Media Tiegang.

Reception and controversies

In 1737 AN, the fraud prosecution of Valentina Fuentes's husband over his dealings with the National Orbital Development Corporation became the central storyline of the season, which drew the highest ratings in the show's history.[3] The producers kept Fuentes in the cast through the trial. She and her husband were convicted of wire fraud and bribery, and are each serving a prison sentence in Alduria.

Spin-offs

Five spin-off series trace to the show's cast, more than to any other franchise installment. It's Momma's House, centered on Mariela Lopez and set in Amapola, ran for eight seasons from 1702 AN to 1710 AN and produced two spin-offs of its own: the cooking series Momma's Table (1704 AN–1712 AN) and Lopez y Lopez (1711 AN–1714 AN), which centered on Lopez's adult sons. Two series followed Christina Aguilar after her departure: Christina Aguilar's Funhouse (1725 AN–1729 AN) and Xtina: Redemption (1733 AN–1735 AN), both set in Punta Santiago.

See also

References

  1. ^ NBC_Newsfeed/1758#CASTING BEGINS ON THE HOUSEWIVES OF CÁRDENAS, THE FRANCHISE'S FIRST CAPITAL EDITION
  2. ^ NBC_Newsfeed/1754#SIXTY YEARS OF THE HOUSEWIVES DRAWS THE LARGEST AUDIENCE IN FRANCHISE HISTORY AS AGUILAR RETURNS
  3. ^ NBC_Newsfeed/1737#REALITY STAR VALENTINA FUENTES AND HER HUSBAND CONVICTED IN ORBITAL CONTRACTS TRIAL
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