The Real Housewives of Atlanta season 12

The twelfth season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, an American reality television series, is broadcast on Bravo and it premiered on November 3, 2019, and is primarily filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Its executive producers are Steven Weinstock, Glenda Hersh, Lauren Eskelin, Lorraine Haughton-Lawson, Luke Neslage, Glenda Cox, Joye Chin, and Andy Cohen.

The Real Housewives of Atlanta focuses on the lives of NeNe Leakes, Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, Kenya Moore, Porsha Williams and Eva Marcille.

This season marked the final appearance of NeNe Leakes, and the final regular appearance of Eva Marcille.

Cast
For the twelfth season, all the cast from the previous season, with the exception of Shamari DeVoe, returned to the series, with Kenya Moore returning to the show after a one-season absence. Marlo Hampton and Tanya Sam appeared again as friends of the cast. In addition to this, Yovanna Momplasir and Shamea Morton made multiple guest appearances throughout the season

Cast duration

 * Notes
 * Key: = featured in this episode
 * Key: = not featured in this episode
 * Key: = leaves the show
 * Key: = returns to the show

Taglines

 * Kenya: "I was gone with the wind, but now I'm back and twice as fabulous."
 * Eva: "I'm living my dreams, not above my means."
 * Porsha: "This phoenix has risen, and I'm saying bye, ashes!"
 * Cynthia: "The only time that I look back is to see how far I've come."
 * Kandi: "Don't check for me unless you got a cheque for me."
 * NeNe: "I’m on a spiritual journey and still traveling first class."

Production
The season's reunion special was scheduled to be filmed on March 19, 2020. However, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Andy Cohen confirmed the reunion filming was postponed to a later date. The reunion was filmed virtually on April 23, 2020, marking the first time a Bravo show has filmed a reunion show using remote production techniques.