Basketball 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.

Basketball Wives
GenreReality
Created byTom Huffman
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes113 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Seliga
  • Shaunie O'Neal
  • Pam Healey
  • Amanda Scott
  • Sean Rankine
  • Lisa Shannon
Camera setupMultiple
Running time
  • 22 minutes (2010)
  • 44 minutes (2010–present)
Production companyShed Media
Release
Original networkVH1
Picture format480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original releaseOriginal series:
April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11) – October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21)
Revived series:
April 17, 2017 (2017-04-17) –
present
Chronology
Followed byBasketball Wives LA
Related showsEv and Ocho
Shaunie's Home Court
Baller Wives
External links
Website

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. There have been two more seasons since, both also featuring this hybrid cast.[2] On January 11, 2021, it was announced that the series would return for a ninth season, which will premiere on February 9, 2021.[3]

Development

Despite not always living up to its name, "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.[4] Season 3 made its debut on May 30, 2011, with new cast member Meeka Claxton.[5] The fourth season premiered on February 20, 2012, with two new cast members, Kenya Bell and Kesha Nichols, and the departure of Claxton.[6] The fifth season premiered on August 19, 2013, with Tasha Marbury joining the cast.[7] According to a tweet from Tami Roman after the fifth season, the show was quietly, although officially, canceled at that time.[8]

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.[9] 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
See also: List of Basketball Wives cast members

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 Feby 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
See also: List of Basketball Wives cast members
Wives Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Royce Reed Main
Suzie Ketcham Main
Gloria Govan Main Friend
Jennifer Williams Main Friend 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
Friends of the wives
Cast member Seasons
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Erikka Moxam Friend
Juli Richmond Friend
Kim Russell Friend
Ashley Walker Friend
Elena Ahanzadeh Friend Guest
Keonna Green Friend
Bonnie-Jill Laflin Friend
Brandi Maxiell Friend
Aja Metoyer Friend
Cristen Metoyer Friend
Hazel Renee Friend
Saniy'yah Samaa Friend
Ogom "OG" Chijindu Friend
Cece Gutierrez Friend
Kristen Scott Friend
Feby Torres Friend
Dominique Lenard Friend
Liza Morales Friend
Nia Dorsey Friend
Noria Dorsey Friend
  1. ^ Appears in background cameo only.
  2. ^ Returns during the season finale as a guest.
  3. ^ Returns in a recurring capacity from episode thirteen onwards.

Series overview
See also: List of Basketball Wives episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
19April 11, 2010 (2010-04-11)June 20, 2010 (2010-06-20)
212December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)March 14, 2011 (2011-03-14)
312May 30, 2011 (2011-05-30)August 22, 2011 (2011-08-22)
417February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)June 12, 2012 (2012-06-12)
510August 19, 2013 (2013-08-19)October 21, 2013 (2013-10-21)
617April 17, 2017 (2017-04-17)August 14, 2017 (2017-08-14)
717May 14, 2018 (2018-05-14)September 16, 2018 (2018-09-16)
818June 19, 2019 (2019-06-19)October 16, 2019 (2019-10-16)

References
  1. Stanhope, Kate (December 7, 2009). "VH1 Gets into the Game with Basketball Wives". TV Guide. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  2. "VH1's "Basketball Wives" Returns on a New Night Beginning Wednesday, June 19". The Futon Critic. May 22, 2019.
  3. "VH1's "Basketball Wives" Set to Take Over Tuesday Nights with Season Premiere on Tuesday, February 9th at 8PM ET/PT". The Futon Critic. January 11, 2021.
  4. "The Women of "Basketball Wives" Return for a Second Season on VH1". The Futon Critic. November 18, 2010.
  5. "Summer Nights Just Got Hotter With VH1's All-New Series and Returning Favorites". The Futon Critic. April 28, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  6. "VH1 Heads Into the Fourth Season of "Basketball Wives"". The Futon Critic. December 6, 2011.
  7. "August Gets Even Hotter with the Return of VH1's Scorching Fan Favorites". The Futon Critic. July 17, 2013.
  8. "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.
  9. "Basically An All-Star Season: Evelyn, Tami, Shaunie, Jackie, and Malaysia All Return for Season Six of Basketball Wives". VH1. March 27, 2017.
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