Bravos The Real Housewives of OC ladies gossip about new OC housewife Lydia McLaughlin. Catch #RHOC every Monday at 8/7c. The Real Housewives of Orange County is an American reality documentary television program on Bravo, set in Orange County, California. It was the first The Real Housewives program in the series. The series is a voyeuristic look into the wealthy lives of these housewives, as they shop, get plastic surgery, gossip, fight and live lavishly. The financial crisis, the beginning of which coincided almost exactly with the first seasons broadcast, has since trimmed the housewives lifestyles with job losses, evictions, mortgage defaults, foreclosures, and marital stress—all recorded in progressive seasons of the show.