Basketball Wives
American television series
Basketball Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on VH1. It has aired twelve seasons, and follows the everyday lives of women romantically linked to players in the professional basketball industry. The first five seasons were filmed in Miami, Florida, and aired from April 11, 2010 until October 21, 2013. The spin-off series, Basketball Wives LA, also aired five seasons from August 29, 2011 until October 23, 2016. The original Basketball Wives was rebooted and relocated to Los Angeles, California beginning with the sixth season, which premiered on April 17, 2017. Some Basketball Wives LA cast members were combined into the original series, and subsequent seasons are considered continuous with the original series by the network.
Basketball Wives cast members that have appeared on both runs include Shaunie Henderson, Evelyn Lozada, Tami Roman, and Jennifer Williams. Basketball Wives LA cast members that were combined into the second run include Jackie Christie, Malaysia Pargo, Brooke Bailey, Brandi Maxiell, Brittish Williams, Angel Brinks, and LaTosha Duffey. The twelfth season cast featured Christie, Lozada, Maxiell, Williams, Brittany Renner, Chantel Christie-Jeffries, Denise Reann Garcia, Ming Lee, and Ty Young, with Henderson making guest appearances.
The success of Basketball Wives has led to the spin-offs Football Wives, Baseball Wives, Shaunie's Homecourt, Baller Wives and Basketball Wives Orlando.
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