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Basketball Wives is a reality television series that premiered on the VH1 cable television network on April 11, 2010. Created by production company Shed Media US, the series follows the lives of a group of women who have all been somehow romantically linked to professional basketball players. Despite "Wives" in the title, some of the women aren't even married. The show is filmed in Miami, Florida, and beginning with season four, partially in New York City. Season four premiered on February 20, 2012.

The series spawned a Los Angeles-based spinoff that premiered in 2011, featuring former castmember Gloria Govan.

Production

The first season made its debut April 11, 2010 and started off at 30 minutes per episode. The second season premiered with a new cast member, Tami Roman, on December 12, 2010. The episodes were also extended from 30 minutes to an hour. The third season premiered on May 30, 2011 and with a new cast member added to the show, Meeka Claxton. The fourth season premiered on February 20, 2012 at its original time 8/7c with two new cast members, Kenya Bell and Kesha Nichols and the departure of Claxton. After the fourth season, Shaunie O' Neal made major changes to the cast by firing Jennifer Williams, Royce Reed, and Kesha Nichols.

Cast

Cast

• Shaunie O'Neal (Season 1-Present), Ex-Wife of Shaquille O'Neal
• Evelyn Lozada (Season 1-resent), Ex-Fiancee of Antoine Walker
• Suzie Ketcham (Season 1-Present), Ex-Girlfriend of Michael Olowokandi
• Tami Roman (Season 2-Present), Ex-Wife of Kenny Anderson
• Kenya Bell (Season 4-Present), Wife of Charlie Bell

Former Cast Members

• Gloria Govan (Season 1-2), Wife of Matt Barnes
• Meeka Claxton (Season 3), Wife of Speedy Claxton
• Jennifer Williams (Season 1-4), Ex-Wife of Eric Williams
• Royce Reed (Season 1-4), Ex-Girlfriend of Dwight Howard
• Kesha Nichols (Season 4), Ex-Fiancee of Richard Jefferson

Cast history

Cast Members	Seasons
	1	2	3	4
	Current
Suzie Ketcham	colspan="4"
Evelyn Lozada	colspan="4"
Shaunie O'Neal	colspan="4"
Tami Roman		colspan="4"
Kenya Bell	colspan="3"	colspan="1"
	Former
Royce Reed	colspan="4"
Jennifer Williams	colspan="4"
Kesha Nichols	colspan="3"	colspan="1"
Meeka Claxton	colspan="2"	colspan="1"	colspan="1"
Gloria Govan	colspan="1"	colspan="3"

Recurring Cast History

Cast Member	Seasons
	1	2	3	4
	Current
Nia Crooks	colspan="3"	colspan="2"
	Former
Eric Williams	colspan="3"	colspan="2"
Ashley Walker		colspan="2"	colspan="2"
Gloria Govan			colspan="3"
Kim Russel			colspan="3"
Juli Richmond			colspan="3"

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale	Reunion
	1	9	April 11, 2010	May 30, 2010	June 20, 2010
	2	13	December 12, 2010	March 6, 2011	March 13, 2011 March 14, 2011
	3	12	May 30, 2011	August 8, 2011	August 15, 2011 August 22, 2011
	4	17	February 20, 2012	May 28, 2012	June 4, 2012 June 11, 2012

Ratings

The show premiered alongside the new series Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business and What Chilli Wants averaging a 1.0 in the 18-49 demo, reaching 1.6 million total viewers. Basketball Wives Season 2 finale bought in 2.281 million viewers. Basketball Wives Season 3 premiered, attracting 1.828 million viewers. Episode 8, brought in 4.568 million viewers in the initial 8 pm EST airing. Part 2 of the Basketball Wives reunion took in 2.873 million viewers on the premiere.

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