Basketball Wives season 8
| Basketball Wives | |
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| Original network | VH1 |
| Original release | June 19, 2019 |
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The eighth season of the reality television series Basketball Wives premiered on VH1 on June 19, 2019.[1] The season was primarily filmed in Los Angeles, California. It was executively produced by Mark Seliga, Pam Healey, Shaunie O'Neal, Amanda Scott, and Sean Rankine.
The show 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".
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.[2] Season 3 made its debut on May 30, 2011, with new cast member Meeka Claxton.[3] The fourth season premiered on February 20, 2012, with two new cast members, Kenya Bell and Kesha Nichols and the departure of Claxton.[4] The fifth season premiered on August 19, 2013, with Tasha Marbury joining the cast.[5] According to a tweet from Tami Roman, the show has been quietly though officially cancelled.[6]
On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced that the series would be returning after nearly four years off-air on April 17th, with Evelyn Lozada, Shaunie O'Neal, Tami Roman, Jackie Christie and Malaysia Pargo returning to the franchise.[7]
Cast
Main cast
- Malaysia Pargo: Ex-Wife of Jannero Pargo
- Jackie Christie: Wife of Doug Christie
- Jennifer Williams: Ex-Wife of Eric Williams
- Tami Roman: Ex-Wife of Kenny Anderson
- Evelyn Lozada: Ex-Fiancée of Carl Crawford
- Shaunie O'Neal: Ex-Wife of Shaquille O’Neal
Recurring cast
- Kristen Scott: Wife of Thomas Scott
- CeCe Gutierrez: Fiance’ of Byron Scott
- Ogum Chijindu: Girlfriend of Kwame Alexander
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | 1 | "Season Premiere" | June 19, 2019 | 0.97[8] |
| 97 | 2 | "Episode 2" | June 26, 2019 | 0.99 |
| 98 | 3 | "Episode 3" | July 3, 2019 | N/A |
| 99 | 4 | "Episode 4" | July 10, 2019 | N/A |
References
- ^ Stanhope, Kate (December 7, 2009). "VH1 Gets into the Game with Basketball Wives". TV Guide. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ "The Women of "Basketball Wives" Return for a Second Season on VH1". The Futon Critic. November 18, 2010.
- ^ "Summer Nights Just Got Hotter With VH1's All-New Series and Returning Favorites". The Futon Critic. April 28, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ "VH1 Heads Into the Fourth Season of "Basketball Wives"". The Futon Critic. December 6, 2011.
- ^ "August Gets Even Hotter with the Return of VH1's Scorching Fan Favorites". The Futon Critic. July 17, 2013.
- ^ "Tami Roman confirmed 'Basketball Wives' cancellation? It has been confirmed by vh1 and Shaunie O'Neal that the Miami Wives will return with an all new revamped cast and one original member". July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Basically An All-Star Season: Evelyn, Tami, Shaunie, Jackie, and Malaysia All Return for Season Six of Basketball Wives". VH1. March 27, 2017.
- ^ Metcalf, Mitch (June 20, 2019). "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Wednesday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 6.19.2019". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved May 15, 2019.