27 June 2007
Casting News
Barbara Eden to guest on Army Wives!
Barbara Eden to Appear on Army Wives
On Army Wives, Barbara Eden will once again be married to a man
in uniform. As first reported in the Ausiello Report vodcast,
the I Dream of Jeannie star will play Victoria Grayson on the
Aug. 12 episode. Along with her husband General Hugh Grayson
(Robert Forster), she arrives on post to check up on things. No
belly buttons this time around. It doesn’t hurt that the
Lifetime show’s creator Katherine Fugate happens to be Eden’s
niece.
Fugate also has plans for an old friend from the days she was
a writer on Xena: Warrior Princess. “I want to write a
two-parter for Renee O'Connor (Xena’s bosom buddy Gabrielle) for
the second season,” Fugate says. “We’ve stayed friends; she gave
me my baby shower.” -
Source TV Guide
Many thanks to LB for the news
Ratings are SOARING!
"Army Wives" Continues Rating Success:
"Army Wives," the highest-rated series in Lifetime's 23-year
history, demolished its own records set just last week, soaring
to season-high ratings in P2+, households, W18-49 and W25-54
during its week four Sunday, June 24 10 p.m. (ET/PT) telecast.
The year's top-rated new cable drama among W18-49, "Army Wives"
averaged 3.9 million P2+ and a 3.2 household rating, while
scoring a 2.8 among W18-49 and a 3.1 among W25-54.**
Armed with a battalion of critical acclaim, "Army Wives" also
became the first major network cable drama in five years to
increase its audience in Week Four compared to Week One.
Building upon the success of "Army Wives," Lifetime's bold
summer strategy of debuting three new dramas for the same night
in the same season continues on Sunday, July 15 when "Side Order
of Life" and "State of Mind" premiere at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) and 9
p.m. (ET/PT), respectively.
23 June 2007
New Articles
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Lifetime turns to new series as lifeline
Variety - USA
"Army Wives" is just one prong in Daniels' aggressive summer
strategy to remake the stale Lifetime brand into something
younger and more buzzworthy. ...
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Author : Lifetime Television
Earthtimes.org - USA
NEW YORK, June 19 -- Quickly becoming a water cooler series,
Lifetime Television's critically acclaimed smash hit
"Army Wives," far and away the top-rated ...
- TV
Show 'Army Wives' Leave SC?
WCSC - Charleston,SC,USA
Producers of the
Lifetime television show 'Army
Wives,' which is filmed here in Charleston, are
threatening to pack up their cameras and leave the state. ...
Ratings
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Nielsen cable ratings for the week ending June 17
4. SpongeBob: The Movie (Nickelodeon) 5. WWE
Monday Night RAW - 8pm (USA) 6. SpongeBob: The Movie
(Nickelodeon) 7. SpongeBob SquarePants (Nickelodeon) 8. Army Wives (Lifetime) 9. SpongeBob SquarePants
(Nickelodeon) ...
18 June 2007
Screencaptures
- Mesh has added screencaptures from the second
episode "After
Birth"
14 June 2007
New Videos
Katherine Fugate has updated her site with three new
videos:
- Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell on Thursday's EXTRA
- Army Wives Promo from Lifetime Television
- Kim Delaney on Good Morning America
Click here to download all three video clips
New Articles
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LA Weekly - 13 June 2007 The women of Army Wives and Fight
Girls The strong, not-so-silent types. When you’re
a female-centric network like Lifetime, coming up with fresh
plot twists for strong women is your particular challenge.
How about giving birth to twins on a pool table in a bar,
aided only by a few friends? This happened at the end of the
first episode of the new hourlong series Army Wives, a
tightly woven, watchable melodrama that connects an eclectic
but friendly bunch of women through maybe the only thing
they could possibly have in common: being married to the
military.
Read more
13 June 2007
AW Ratings....
Lifetime's 'Wives' Nets Over 3 Mil. Viewers
Lifetime recruited another big audience with the second
installment of its new drama series Army Wives, which retained
the lion’s share of its premiere audience, delivering 3.27
million total viewers Sunday night at 10 p.m., according to
Nielsen Media Research data. Wives also served up 1.19 million
women 18-49, roughly the same demo number it hit with the June 3
series opener. The first in a clutch of three new Sunday
night dramas set to debut on Lifetime this season, Wives reached
a record 3.47 million total viewers a week ago, topping the
premiere of Missing, which drew some 3.3 million viewers in
2003. Wives, which stars Kim Delaney and Catherine Bell, will be
joined by Side Order of Life and State of Mind beginning July
15.
Source
New Articles
ET
Online 8 June 2007 Catherine Bell and Kim Delaney are in the
Army Now
Former "JAG" star CATHERINE BELL and "NYPD Blue" star
KIM DELANEY return to series television in "Army Wives,"
airing Sunday nights at 10 p.m. on Lifetime TV.
The series explores the people and the relationships of those
left behind when their spouses go to war, including all of the
cliques, friendships and problems of the women -- and one man --
who wait and worry. On "Army Wives," the group comes together
because of its common bond...read
more
11 June 2007
Video Clips
8 June 2007
Screencaptures
- Mesh has created some amazing screencaptures for the
first episode "A
Tribe is Born".
New Video Section
- Added video section
- Added E News 7 June 2007 mini interviews with
Catherine and Kim -
many thanks to LB for the clip
New Promo / Ad Images
- Gloria was in Times Square and she found a poster of
AW -
check it out here
many thank to Gloria for the image
5 June 2007
Zap2it reports that AW was a ratings winner!
"Army Wives," meanwhile, brought in 3.5 million viewers
for Lifetime on Sunday -- the best premiere for an original
series in the network's history. (The previous record of 3.3
million belonged to "Missing" in 2003.) It also did well
among the female viewers Lifetime targets; its women 18-49
rating was the tops on all of cable in the time period and
Lifetime's best in that hour since early 2004. Among women
18-34 it did better than anything in the timeslot since May
2002.
The series stars Kim Delaney ("NYPD Blue"), Catherine Bell
("JAG"), Sally Pressman and Brigid Brannagh as wives of
soldiers living on an Army post in South Carolina.
The Broadcasting & Cable site also reports on the
ratings for the show
Lifetime's Army averaged 3.47 million total
viewers from 10 to 11 p.m., with 1.18 million of them
females 18-49 and 1.2 million females 25-54, according
to Nielsen Media Research. That's more than twice the
network's primetime average in May - 1.29 million total
viewers in prime during May - and put Lifetime back in
the top-five most-viewed cable networks for the week. It
also gave Lifetime the top-rated, ad-supported
cable show with women 18-49 for the hour. Lifetime lead
into Army with the premiere of the Kirstie
Alley-starring original movie Write & Wrong,
which averaged 2.62 million viewers and 723,000 women
18-49.
Army got a big marketing push as the first
scripted drama fully developed under programming chief
Susanne Daniels. That no doubt helped propel it ahead of
the last two scripted series launched by the women's
network - the hastily developed Angela's Eyes
(which premiered to 2.65 million viewers and
680,000 females 18-49 in July, 2006) and the acquired
drama Blood Ties (1.64 million total viewers
and 507,000 women 18-49 for its March, 2007 premiere).
4 June 2007
Articles
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'Army Wives,' ambition amid the suds
Media Life Magazine - USA
Even more surprising is that it's airing on Lifetime, a
network best known for stories of women in jeopardy.
Fear not. "Wives" is ultimately a pretty ...
31 May 2007
Video
Interviews
Articles / Reviews
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Hollywood Reporter 31 May 2007 - Army Wives - Bottom
Line: This look at the ups and downs of military lives
and wives earns a medal of valor.
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Lifetime marches into summer with 'Army Wives' For The
Associated Press May 31, 2007 Denise Sherwood tugs
on her necklace as she watches her husband board the
bus. There are no tears, but her sullen look reveals her
fears as the Army major embarks on a three-month tour of
duty in the Middle East. It's an all too familiar scene
around the country these days — and one played out in
the pilot episode of the new Lifetime ensemble drama,
"Army Wives," about the lives of the women — and one man
— left behind when their soldier spouses go off to war.
Read more Premiering June 3 (10 p.m. EDT), the
13-episode series is billed as one of the biggest summer
launches in the history of the female-focused cable
channel.
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Lifetime enlists 'Army Wives' Gannett News Service 29
May 2007 As the big network dramas settle into
reruns, cable shows are ready to move in. Meet Army
Wives, opening Sunday on Lifetime. It's from the Grey's
Anatomy producers with similar elements — big cast,
tense work, humor and a chain of command.
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A Sneak Peek at "Army Wives" May 31, 2007|Andi
The television series Army Wives will debut on June 3 at
10:00 EST on Lifetime. The series is based on the book,
Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives by
Tanya Biank. "Real" Army wives have been buzzing about
this for a few months. Will Army Wives be a sensational,
Hollywood portrayal of life as an Army wife, or will it
be pretty close to the real thing? I had the opportunity
to view the first episode of Army Wives, and it's too
early to make a definitive judgment, but after viewing
the DVD four times, as of now, my answer is... yes, and
yes.
Read more of the review
30 May 2007
Katherine Fugate's series "Army Wives" has it's debut on
Lifetime on 3 June - may it rate it's socks off. It's a very
good show and congratulations to Katherine and the rest of
the team.
New Articles
Many thanks to Pat for the scans
28 May 2007
Cast Biographies:
- Drew Fuller (Trevor LeBlanc)
- Catherine Bell (Denise Sherwood)
- Sally Pressman (Roxy LeBlanc)
- Brigid Brannagh (Pamela Moran)
- Brian McNamara (Colonel Michael Holden)
Images
26 May 2007
Articles
Scans
22 May 2007
Exclusive opportunity for TV Guide readers. Be one of the
first to see the series premiere of Lifetime's Army Wives. Watch the premiere episode FREE at
your local Landmark Theatre before it airs on television.
The locations are: Atlanta, Chicago or Philadelphia
Click here for more info -
Many thanks to Pat for the
news
Promos & Adverts
21 May 2007
Watch Premiere Episode
Photos
20 May 2007
News...
Catherine Bell, Kim Delaney and the rest of the cast of
"Army Wives" recently broke from filming in Charleston,
South Carolina to meet nearly two dozen military families
involved with Operation Homefront for an all-day picnic and
event where Lifetime created and distributed care packages
for their deployed loved ones. Operation Homefront is a
national non-profit organization which provides emergency
support and morale to U.S. military troops and their
families and also operates CinCHouse.com, the largest online
community of military wives and women in uniform.
A 10 minute film of the "Wives on the Homefront" event,
featuring footage, family biographies and interviews with
the cast of "Army Wives," will air exclusively on
LifetimeTV.com beginning on June 3, with shorter segments on
Lifetime throughout the Memorial Day weekend.
Articles
18 May 2007
Welcome to the brand new
AUSXIP Army Wives News & Multimedia fan site. Army Wives is
the new show that will premiere on Lifetime on 3 June 2007.
It has a great cast that includes Catherine Bell and Kim
Delaney.
A very familiar name to
many Xena fans is Katherine Fugate who is
the Creator and Executive Producer of the show. This is going to be a fantastic show and the
pieces are there for some great storytelling.
Tune in on Lifetime at 3
June 2007!
Win a Trip To Los Angeles
The
following is from the Lifetime Army Wives Official Site
Want to win a trip for two to sunny Los Angeles? Then
enter our Five Star Army Wives Experience Sweepstakes for
your chance to win this fabulous trip and attend an
exclusive screening and cocktail reception for the season
finale of "Army Wives." You'll also meet the author Tanya
Biank, who wrote the book the series is based on.
And be sure to tune in for all the drama on Lifetime's new
original series "Army Wives," premiering Sunday, June 3 at
10 pm et/pt.
