Basketball Wives
| Basketball Wives | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Tom Huffman |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 113 (list of episodes) |
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| Camera setup | Multiple |
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| Production company | True Entertainment |
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| Network | VH1 |
| Release | Original series: April 11, 2010 – October 21, 2013 Revived series: April 17, 2017 – Present |
| Related | |
| Ev and Ocho Shaunie's Home Court Baller Wives | |
Basketball Wives is an American reality television series that premiered April 11, 2010 on VH1.[1] It chronicles the lives of a group of women who are the wives, fiancées and girlfriends, or have been romantically linked, to those in the professional basketball industry.
For the first five seasons, the show was filmed in Miami, Florida. A Los Angeles-based spinoff, Basketball Wives LA, premiered on August 29, 2011. After a five-year hiatus, the original series returned for a sixth season on April 17, 2017, with its setting relocated to Los Angeles, effectively combining the casts of both the original series and its spinoff.
On May 22, 2019, VH1 announced the eighth season would premiere on June 19, 2019.[2]
Development
Basketball Wives debuted on April 11, 2010, with 30-minute episodes. The second season premiered on December 12, 2010, with expanded 60-minute episodes and featured new cast member Tami Roman.[3] Season 3 made its debut on May 30, 2011, with new cast member Meeka Claxton.[4] The fourth season premiered on February 20, 2012, with two new cast members, Kenya Bell and Kesha Nichols, and the departure of Claxton.[5] The fifth season premiered on August 19, 2013, with Tasha Marbury joining the cast.[6] According to a tweet from Tami Roman after the fifth season, the show was quietly, although officially, canceled at that time.[7]
On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced that on April 17 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.[8] 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 halfway through filming the sixth season, as did Jennifer Williams, who was a cast member on the show from seasons 1–4.
Series synopsis
Overview and casting
The series stars former dancer Royce Reed, Michael Olowokandi's ex-girlfriend Suzie Ketcham, Matt Barnes' fiancée Gloria Govan, Eric Williams' wife Jennifer Williams, Antoine Walker's ex-fiancée Evelyn Lozada, and Shaquille O'Neal's ex-wife Shaunie O'Neal. Erika Moxam joined the supporting cast.
All cast members returned for a second season, with Tami Roman, ex-wife of Kenny Anderson. With the demotion of Govan to the supporting cast alongside Ashley Walker, Juli Richmond and Kim Russell
All main cast members from the previous season returned for a third season. With Meeka Claxton wife of Speedy Claxton added to the main cast. Eric Williams is promoted to supporting cast member
With the exception of Claxton, all main cast members from the previous season returned for season 4, including Kesha Nichols and Kenya Bell.
The cast underwent a major change for the first time in the show's history for season 5, with only Ketcham, Roman, Lozada, and O'Neal returning from last season's main cast. They were joined by Tasha Marbury, wife of Stephon Marbury. Bell was demoted to the supporting cast.
The cast underwent another major change for season 6, with only Roman, Lozada, and O'Neal returning from previous season's main cast. They were joined by Jackie Christie wife of Doug Christie and Malaysia Pargo ex-wife of Jannero Pargo. With Bonnie-Jill Laflin first and only female scout, Sisters Aja and Christen Metoyer, Keonna Green girlfriend of Nick Young, Elena Ahanzadeh, Brandi Maxiell wife of Jason Maxiell, Saniy'yah Samaa celebrity stylist, Hazel Renee, and former main cast member Jennifer Williams.
Kristen Scott (wife of former league coach Thomas Scott), CeCe Gutierrez (girlfriend of former Los Angeles Lakers player and coach Byron Scott), and professional athlete Ogom “OG” Chijindu (girlfriend of basketball player Kwame Alexander) joined the cast starting Season 7.
All cast members from the seventh season returned for season 8. Newcomer Febe Torres (ex-girlfriend of Lance Stephenson) was also added to season 8. Roman departed the show halfway through the season and made her final appearance in the thirteenth episode, citing other career opportunities as her reason for leaving the show.
Timeline of main cast members
| Wives | Seasons | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Royce Reed | Main | ||||||||
| Suzie Ketcham | Main | ||||||||
| Gloria Govan | Main | Recurring | |||||||
| Jennifer Williams | Main | Recurring | Main | ||||||
| Evelyn Lozada | Main | ||||||||
| Shaunie O'Neal | Main | ||||||||
| Tami Roman | Main | ||||||||
| Meeka Claxton | Main | ||||||||
| Kesha Nichols | Main | ||||||||
| Kenya Bell | Main | Guest | |||||||
| Tasha Marbury | Main | ||||||||
| Jackie Christie | Main | ||||||||
| Malaysia Pargo | Main | ||||||||
Series overview
| Series | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| Basketball Wives (Miami) | 1 | 9 | April 11, 2010 | June 20, 2010 | |
| 2 | 12 | December 12, 2010 | March 14, 2011 | ||
| 3 | 12 | May 30, 2011 | August 22, 2011 | ||
| 4 | 17 | February 20, 2012 | June 12, 2012 | ||
| 5 | 10 | August 19, 2013 | October 21, 2013 | ||
| Basketball Wives LA / Basketball Wives | 1 | 14 | August 29, 2011 | November 28, 2011 | |
| 2 | 16 | September 10, 2012 | December 17, 2012 | ||
| 3 | 11 | February 17, 2014 | April 28, 2014 | ||
| 4 | 13 | July 12, 2015 | October 11, 2015 | ||
| 5 | 16 | July 17, 2016 | October 23, 2016 | ||
| 6 | 17 | April 17, 2017 | August 14, 2017 | ||
| 7 | 17 | May 14, 2018 | September 16, 2018 | ||
| 8 | 18 | June 19, 2019 | October 16, 2019 | ||
| 9 | 7 | February 9, 2021 | March 23, 2021 | ||
| 10 | 26 | 13 | May 16, 2022 | August 1, 2022 | |
| 13 | February 13, 2023 | May 8, 2023 | |||
| 11 | 26 | 13 | October 9, 2023 | January 15, 2024 | |
| 13 | July 1, 2024 | September 23, 2024 | |||
| Basketball Wives Orlando | 1 | 12 | October 9, 2023 | January 8, 2024 | |
References
- ^ Stanhope, Kate (December 7, 2009). "VH1 Gets into the Game with Basketball Wives". TV Guide. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ "VH1's "Basketball Wives" Returns on a New Night Beginning Wednesday, June 19". The Futon Critic. May 22, 2019.
- ^ "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". s2smagazine. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31.
- ^ "Basically An All-Star Season: Evelyn, Tami, Shaunie, Jackie, and Malaysia All Return for Season Six of Basketball Wives". VH1. March 27, 2017.