My Five Wives

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My Five Wives
Genre Reality
StarringThe Williams family
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes21
Production
Production locations Salt Lake City, Utah
Camera setup Multiple
Running time42 minutes
Release
Original network TLC
Original releaseMarch 9 (2014-03-09) 
December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)

My Five Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC that began airing in 2013. [1] The show documents the life of a polygamist family, which includes wife Paulie Caroline, her husband, their four other wives, and their 25 children. [2] The family began the series living in an undisclosed city outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, due to fear of prosecution for polygamy. Towns shown in the show are Payson, Spanish Fork, and Provo. The five wives in order of marriage are: Paulie, Robyn, Rosemary, Nonie, and Rhonda.

Contents

Cast

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 10March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11)
2 10October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)

Season 1 (2014)

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
11"Stuck In The Middle With You..And You..And You..."March 9, 2014 (2014-03-09)N/A
22"Turkeys and Ticking Clocks"March 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)N/A
33"While Brady's Away, The Wives Will Play"March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)N/A
44"Have Yourself A Merry Williams Christmas"March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30)N/A
55"The Birds And The Bees & Everything In-Between"April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)2.05 [3]
66"Wanna Know A Secret?"April 13, 2014 (2014-04-13)N/A
77"We'll Be There For You"April 20, 2014 (2014-04-20)N/A
88"Love Is All We Need"April 27, 2014 (2014-04-27)N/A
99"You Asked, Brady And The Wives Answer"May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04)N/A
1010"Tell All"May 11, 2014 (2014-05-11)N/A

Season 2 (2014)

No.
overall
No. in
series
TitleOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
111"Mending A Marriage"October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19)N/A
212"The Dating Lottery"October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26)N/A
313"An Extended Family RSVP"November 2, 2014 (2014-11-02)N/A
414"Bonds of Sisterhood"November 9, 2014 (2014-11-09)N/A
515"Williams Family Road Trip - Seattle or Bust!"November 16, 2014 (2014-11-16)N/A
616"Home Sweet Seattle?"November 23, 2014 (2014-11-23)N/A
717"Breaking Old Habits"November 30, 2014 (2014-11-30)N/A
818"How Much is Too Much?"December 7, 2014 (2014-12-07)N/A
919"What Happens in Vegas..."December 14, 2014 (2014-12-14)N/A
1020"In the End, We're in this Together"December 21, 2014 (2014-12-21)N/A

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