TV3’s Dublin Housewives forced to change name

TV3's reality show Dublin Housewives has been forced to change its title to Dublin Wives after contact from American network NBC

The show, which follows the lives of a group of the capital's ladies, returned to TV3 last night under the simplified title of Dublin Wives.

According to a report in The Irish Independent, the change came after contact from NBC which owns The Real Housewives franchise. The Dublin Spire has also been removed from the Irish show's logo as it resembles the use of the Empire State Building in the New York version of the franchise.

"We did get contacted by NBC querying the name of our series and asking for a copy of our programme," a TV3 spokeswoman told the Indo, stressing that the contact with the US network was amicable. After viewing an episode of the show, NBC requested changes.

Clockwise from bottom left: Lisa Murphy, Virginia Macari, Danielle Meagher, Roz Flanagan, Jo Jordan

The franchise has been a huge hit for NBC since it premiered in 2006 as The Real Housewives of Orange County and has spawned six different versions across the US. The Hollywood Reporter says that the series is worth upwards of a half-billion dollars.

An average of 262,000 viewers tuned into each episode of Dublin Housewives during its last run in 2012. Dublin Wives continues at 9.30pm on TV3 each night this week until Thursday.

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