The Governor's Wife

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The Governor's Wife
Genre Reality
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Brent Montgomery
  • David George
  • Devon Graham
  • Dominick Pupa
  • Drew Tappon
  • Shaun Sanghani
  • Will Nothacker
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original network A&E
Original releaseOctober 27 (2013-10-27) 
November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)

The Governor's Wife is an American reality television series that premiered on October 27, 2013, and aired on A&E. [1] It chronicled the lives of former Louisiana governor, Edwin Edwards, his third wife Trina Edwards and their family. [2] Trina Edwards was approached by producer about doing a reality show shortly after she and Edwin married on July 30, 2011. [3] The former governor was not long out of federal prison, where he served 8 and a half years for bribery and extortion. [3]

Contents

Cast

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesSeason PremiereSeason Finale
1 8October 27, 2013November 10, 2013

Season 1 (2013)

No.TitleOriginal air dateProduction codeU.S. viewers
(million)
1"Happy Birthday, Mr. Governor"October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)1001.24 [9]
2"If At First You Don't Succeed..."October 27, 2013 (2013-10-27)101N/A
3"It's My Party"November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)1021.00 [10]
4"Edwin's Will"November 3, 2013 (2013-11-03)103N/A
5"21st Century Dad"November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)104N/A
6"Family Feud"November 10, 2013 (2013-11-10)105N/A
7"Supermodel/Model Citizen"November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)106N/A
8"Oh Baby!"November 17, 2013 (2013-11-17)107N/A

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