Basketball Wives is an American reality television series that premiered April 11, 2010 on VH1. It chronicles the lives of a group of women who are the wives and girlfriends, or have been romantically linked to, professional basketball players in the National Basketball Association, though the title of the series does not make this differentiation, solely referring to the women as "wives". For the first five seasons, the show was filmed in Miami, Florida, and beginning with season four, partially in New York City.
Basketball Wives spawned a Los Angeles-based spinoff, Basketball Wives LA, which premiered in 2011. VH1 announced the original series would return after a five year hiatus with its sixth season to premiere on April 17, 2017. The setting of the show has relocated to Los Angeles, effectively combining the casts of the original series and Basketball Wives LA.
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Production
Basketball Wives debuted on April 11, 2010, with thirty-minute episodes. The second season premiered on December 12, 2010, with expanded sixty-minute episodes and featured new cast member Tami Roman. Season 3 made its debut on May 30, 2011, with new cast member Meeka Claxton. The fourth season premiered on February 20, 2012, with two new cast members, Kenya Bell and Kesha Nichols and the departure of Claxton. The fifth season premiered on August 19, 2013, with Tasha Marbury joining the cast. According to a tweet from Tami Roman after the fifth season, the show has been quietly though officially cancelled at that time.
On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced on April 17 that the series would be returning after nearly four years off-air, with Evelyn Lozada, Shaunie O'Neal, Tami Roman, Jackie Christie and Malaysia Pargo returning to the franchise. Keonna Green, Bonnie-Jill Laflin, Cristen Metoyer and Aja Metoyer joined the cast as recurring cast members. Brandi Maxiell, Elena Ahanzadeh and Saniy'yah Samaa also joined the series as recurring cast members. Hazel Renee joined the series as a recurring cast member half way through filming the sixth season, as well as Jennifer Williams, who was a cast member on the show from seasons 1-4.
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Cast
Main
Current
- Evelyn Lozada
- Shaunie O'Neal
- Tami Roman (Season 2-present)
- Jackie Christie (Season 6-present)
- Malaysia Pargo (Season 6-present)
Former
- Royce Reed (Seasons 1-4)
- Suzie Ketcham (Seasons 1-5)
- Gloria Govan (Season 1) (recurring cast member in season 2)
- Jennifer Williams (Seasons 1-4) (recurring cast member in season 6)
- Meeka Claxton (Season 3)
- Kesha Nichols (Season 4)
- Kenya Bell (Season 4) (recurring cast member in season 5)
- Tasha Marbury (Season 5)
Recurring/Guest
Current
- Bonnie-Jill Laflin (Season 6-present)
- Saniy'yah Samaa (Season 6-present)
- Cristen Metoyer (Season 6-present)
- Hazel Renee (Season 6-present)
Former
- Erikka Moxam (Season 1)
- Eric Williams (Season 1-3)
- Ashley Walker (Season 2-3)
- Juli Richmond (Season 2)
- Kim Russel (Season 2)
- Brandi Maxiell (Season 6)
Overview
Season 1 (2010)
Season 2 (2010-2011)
Season 3 (2011)
Season 4 (2012)
Season 5 (2013)
Season 6 (2017)
Reception
The show premiered alongside the new series Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business and What Chilli Wants averaging a 1.0 in the 18-49 demographic, reaching 1.6 million total viewers. The Season 2 finale brought in 2.28 million viewers, with the third season premiere attracting 1.82 million viewers. The fifth season debut acquired 2.39 million viewers.
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