Basketball Wives LA

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Basketball Wives LA
Genre Reality
Created byTom Huffman
Starring
  • Kimsha Artest
  • Jackie Christie
  • Gloria Govan
  • Laura Govan
  • Draya Michele
  • Malaysia Pargo
  • Imani Showalter
  • Tanya Williams
  • Brooke Bailey
  • Sundy Carter
  • Brandi Maxiell
  • Brittish Williams
  • Mehgan James
  • Shaunie O'Neal
  • Angel Brinks
  • LaTosha Duffey
  • Angel Love
  • Tami Roman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes70 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Shaunie O'Neal
  • Steven Weinstock
  • Glenda Hersh
  • Lauren Eskelin
  • Lorraine Haughton-Lawson
  • Julie "Bob" Lombardi
  • Paula Arnada
  • Jennifer Aguirre
  • Kenny Loeliger-Myers
  • Mark Seliga
  • Alissa Horowitz
  • Yessica Garcia
  • Katie Sole
Camera setup Multiple
Running time42 to 44 minutes
Production company
Original release
Network VH1
ReleaseAugust 29, 2011 (2011-08-29) 
October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)
ReleaseOctober 9, 2023 (2023-10-09) 
present (present)
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Basketball Wives LA is an American reality television series on VH1. It chronicles the everyday lives of women romantically linked to men in the professional basketball industry, based in Los Angeles, California. Developed as the second installment of the Basketball Wives franchise, the series premiered on August 29, 2011; and ran for five seasons until October 23, 2016.

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On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced that Basketball Wives would be revived for a sixth season, with its setting relocated to Los Angeles, effectively combining the casts of both the original series and its spinoff. [1] Subsequent seasons have also featured this hybrid cast. [2]

Overview and casting

Seasons 1–2

On June 20, 2011, VH1 announced that they had expanded the franchise to Los Angeles. [3] The announced cast for Basketball Wives LA included Kimsha Artest, wife of Ron Artest, Gloria Govan and her sister Laura Govan, Jackie Christie, wife of Doug Christie, and Imani Showalter, ex-fiancée of Stephen Jackson. Malaysia Pargo, wife of Jannero Pargo, and Draya Michele, a model and aspiring actress with a history of dating basketball players, were announced as cast members a month later. [4] Tanya Williams, wife of Jayson Williams, would also appear, however, was quickly phased out of the show along with Kimsha Artest, who admittedly stopped showing up for filming because of the "shenanigans and drama". [5] The series premiered on August 29, 2011, to 1.81 million viewers. [6]

The show was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 10, 2012, [7] attracting 1.82 million viewers. [8] Imani Showalter quit the show and moved back to New York, [9] and was replaced by Brooke Bailey, girlfriend of Vernon Macklin. Adiz "Bambi" Benson, Malaysia's friend and an aspiring rapper, appeared in a supporting role.

Season 3

Following the cancellation of the original Basketball Wives, executive producer Shaunie O'Neal announced that the cast of Basketball Wives LA would be retooled for season three. [10] Filming began in August 2013, with new members British Williams, fiancée of Lorenzo Gordon, Brandi Maxiell, wife of Jason Maxiell, and Sundy Carter, mother of Larry Hughes's daughter. [10] Gloria and Laura Govan confirmed their exit, [11] as did Brooke Bailey. [12] [13] The third-season premiere acquired 1.95 million viewers, the show's highest-rated at the time. [14] This season is also the first and only of the series to reach over 2 million viewers for six consecutive weeks.

Seasons 4–5

Season four began production in November 2014 and wrapped in April 2015. The season premiered on July 12, 2015, to 1.90 million viewers, moving from Monday to Sunday nights. [15] Shaunie O'Neal and Bad Girls Club 's Mehgan James joined the cast, with Tyreke Evans's ex-girlfriend Angel Brinks, Eddy Curry's wife Patrice Curry, and Tami Roman appearing in supporting roles. [16]

On September 23, 2015, the show was renewed for a fifth season. [17] Filming began in January 2016 and wrapped in June, with Draya Michele and Mehgan James departing from the show. They were replaced by Tami Roman and Angel Brinks, who were promoted to the main cast, and new cast members LaTosha Duffey, fiancée of Iman Shokuohizadeh, and Angel Love, girlfriend of DeJuan Blair. [18] It premiered on July 17, 2016, to 1.58 million viewers and a 0.5 in the adults 18–49 rating demographic, making it the lowest rated premiere for the series. [19] It was followed by the spin-off, Shaunie's Home Court, starring Shaunie O'Neal, which aired on VH1 for two seasons. [20]

On March 27, 2017, VH1 announced that the original Basketball Wives would be renewed for a sixth season after nearly four years off the air, however, would be relocated to Los Angeles and feature a hybrid cast from the Miami-based series and its Los Angeles-based spin-off. The revival of the sixth season premiered on April 17, 2017.

Cast timeline

Main cast members
Cast memberSeasons
1 2 3 4 5
Kimsha Artest Main [lower-alpha 1]
Jackie Christie Main
Gloria Govan Main
Laura Govan Main Guest
Draya Michele Main
Malaysia Pargo Main
Imani Showalter Main Guest
Tanya Williams Main [lower-alpha 2]
Brooke Bailey Main Guest
Sundy Carter Guest Main Guest
Brandi Maxiell Main
Brittish Williams Main
Mehgan James Main
Shaunie O'Neal Main
Angel Brinks Friend Main
LaTosha Duffey Main
Angel Love Main
Tami Roman Friend Main
Friends of the wives
Bambi Benson Friend
Chantel Christie Guest Friend Guest
Patrice Curry Friend
  1. Appears in 1 episode only.
  2. Appears in 2 episodes only.

Series overview

Basketball Wives LA episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedAverage
Viewers
(millions)
First airedLast aired
1 14August 29, 2011 (2011-08-29)November 28, 2011 (2011-11-28)1.70
2 16September 10, 2012 (2012-09-10)December 17, 2012 (2012-12-17)1.75
3 11February 17, 2014 (2014-02-17)April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)2.06
4 13July 12, 2015 (2015-07-12)October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)1.43
5 16July 17, 2016 (2016-07-17)October 23, 2016 (2016-10-23)1.37

Specials

Basketball Wives LA Overtime Special

On October 31, 2011, Tami Roman hosted a half-hour Basketball Wives LA overtime special in which she sat down with Jackie Christie and Laura Govan about the change of tide in episode ten and what it may mean to the ladies in the final episodes of the first season. [21]

Notes

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