The third season of The Real Housewives of New York City, an American reality television series, is broadcast on Bravo. It aired March 4, 2010 until June 24, 2010, and is primarily filmed in New York City, New York. Its executive producers are Andrew Hoegl, Barrie Bernstein, Lisa Shannon, Pam Healy and Andy Cohen. The Real Housewives of New York City focuses on the lives of Bethenny Frankel, LuAnn de Lesseps, Alex McCord, Ramona Singer, Jill Zarin, Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Sonja Morgan. It consists of 18 episodes. This season marked the first departure of original housewife Bethenny Frankel. She eventually returned for the show's 7th season. Production and crew The Real Housewives of New York was a continued success for the network with season two averaging 1.88 million total viewers as well as being Bravo's most visited web page in 2009 with over 46 million total page views. In July 2009, the series was renewed for a third season with production beginning November later that year. The premiere date for season three of The Real Housewives of New York City was revealed in January 2010 and the cast the following month. The season premiere "New Alliances" was aired on March 4, 2010, while the fourteenth episode "Rebuked, Reunited, Renewed" served as the season finale, and was aired on June 3, 2010. It was followed by a three-part reunion that aired on June 10, June 14 and June 14, 2010 and a "Lost Footage" episode on June 24, 2010, which marked the conclusion of the season. Andrew Hoegl, Barrie Bernstein, Lisa Shannon, Pam Healy and Andy Cohen are recognized as the series' executive producers; it is produced by Ricochet and is distributed by Shed Media. After the airing of the first part of the reunion on June 10, 2010, The first spin-off to The Real Housewives of New York City season three, titled Bethenny Getting Married?, premiered on Bravo, starring Frankel, Jason Hoppy and Julie Plake. The series documented Frankel as she prepares her life for two of life's biggest milestones: a wedding and a baby, simultaneously. Frankel prepares for motherhood and marries Hoppy, while maintaining her career as an author and natural foods chef with the help of her assistant, Plake. The series premiere was marked as the highest viewing figure in the network's history but was later surpassed by Married to Medicine in March 2013. Upon the series