Football Wives

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show_name = Football Wives


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genre = Drama
creator = Marco Pennette
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starring = Lucy Lawless
Kiele Sanchez
Gabrielle Union
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country = USA
language = English
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producer = Chris Brancato
executive_producer = Maureen Chadwick
Eileen Gallagher
Marco Pennette
Bert Salke
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runtime = 42 mins. (approx)
network = ABC
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related = "Footballers' Wives"
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"Football Wives" is a television pilot developed for U.S. television network ABC, which would have aired in the fall 2007 season had it been picked up for a series order. The show is based on the successful British television series "Footballers' Wives" (though it features American football rather than the British original's association football), and follows the dramatic private lives of the players from the fictional NFL team the Orlando Stingrays. The pilot was written by Marco Pennette and directed by Bryan Singer.

Though ABC did not pick up "Football Wives" when the network announced its 2007-2008 line-up on May 15 2007, a June 28 2007 article in the "The Hollywood Reporter" reported that production company ABC Studios had extended its options on the show's cast, and suggested the possibility that the network might have still been interested in the series. [http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-footballwivesstillalive,0,2633414.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines "ABC's "Football Wives" Still Alive: Studio extends options on drama pilot's cast". Zap2it.com] June 28 2007.] The "Reporter" also speculated that "Football Wives" had a chance for pickup by another network, with NBC and FOX reportedly interested. "Football Wives" was one of at least six pilots turned down by ABC, and reportedly "tested very well with women and only so so for the men." [ [http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/primetime-pilot-panic-handicapping/ "Primetime Pilot Panic: Hot Handicapping" - Nikki Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com] Posted May 3 2007.]

NFL controversy

A number of websites, including the British media website "Digital Spy", speculated that "Football Wives" was not picked up due to potential conflicts with the National Football League. [Welsh, James. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a46602/abc-drops-us-footballers-wives.html "ABC drops US "Footballers' Wives"."] DigitalSpy.co.uk. May 15 2007. It should be noted that the article erroneously notes that ABC also carries NFL games, which actually left the network after the 2005-2006 season to instead air on ESPN, also owned by The Walt Disney Company.] ABC's sister network ESPN carries "Monday Night Football", and itself dropped a similar series called "Playmakers" after an 11-episode run in 2003.

Cast and characters

The pilot's cast includes: [ [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=football_wives Shows A-Z: "Football Wives" on ABC - TheFutonCritic.com] ]
* Gabrielle Union as Chardonnay Lane
* Brian J. White as Kyle Jameson
* Lucy Lawless as Tanya Austin
* Kiele Sanchez as Donna Reynolds
* Eddie Cibrian as Jason Austin
* Ving Rhames as Frank Wallingford
* James Van Der Beek as Brian Reynolds
* Arielle Kebbel as Nicole Holt
* Holly Robinson-Peete as Jackie Jameson
* Christopher McDaniel as Sal Biagi
* Annette Chavez as Yolanda
* Sarah Rafferty as Kelly Cooper
* Kelly Monaco as Ruby Munroe
* Joel Michaely as Simon Sills
* Spencer Garrett as Coach Hicks

External links

*imdb title|id=0925237|title=Football Wives

References