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Girlfriends
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Title card
Format Sitcom
Created by Mara Brock Akil
Starring Tracee Ellis Ross
Golden Brooks
Persia White
Reggie Hayes
Jill Marie Jones
(2000—2006)
Khalil Kain
(2001—2008)
Keesha Sharp
(2002-2004, 2006—2008)
Opening theme Performed by:
Angie Stone
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 8
No. of episodes 172 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Mara Brock Akil
Kelsey Grammer
Location(s) Los Angeles
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) CBS Paramount Network Television
Akill Productions
Grammnet Productions
Happy Camper Productions
Distributor CBS Paramount Domestic Television
Broadcast
Original channel UPN (2000-2006)
The CW (2006-2008)
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Original run September 11, 2000 (2000-09-11) – February 11, 2008 (2008-02-11)
Chronology
Related shows The Game

Girlfriends is an American sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000 on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008. The final episode aired on February 11, 2008. The theme song to Girlfriends is sung by R&B musician Angie Stone. The show was created by Mara Brock Akil and produced by Kelsey Grammer and CBS Paramount Network Television (Paramount Network Television for the first six seasons).

When Girlfriends returned in fall 2007 for its eighth season in the same time slot, it became the longest-running live-action sitcom on network television at the time, as well as one of the highest-rated scripted shows on television among African American adults and women 18-34, including its spin-off The Game.[1]

Contents

Overview

The series debuted on UPN on September 11, 2000. After airing several years on the network at 9/8c on Mondays, The CW moved Girlfriends to Sundays at 8/7c. On October 9, 2006, Girlfriends, along with The CW's other African American programs, moved back to Mondays. It aired in its original time slot.[2]

When UPN was still airing new episodes of Girlfriends, the network began airing reruns on a weekday basis. When the show moved to The CW network after UPN conglomerated together with The WB network, My Network TV, which was created to take over UPN's former channel affiliate, picked up the rights to air the reruns of Girlfriends for a while and was discontinued. WE tv, a cable network currently has exclusive rights to airing extremely limited rerun episodes and imposed restrictions to not allow any broadcast television networks in the U.S. from buying the rights to air the reruns again.

Premise and pilot episode

The show's original premise centered around the lives of four African American women in Los Angeles, California. When production began, it featured Tracee Ellis Ross as Joan Clayton and Golden Brooks as Maya Wilkes, Persia White as Lynn Searcy and Jill Marie Jones as Toni Childs.

Characters

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Minor characters

  • Jabari Darnell Wilkes: (played by: Seasons 1-6 Tanner Scott Richards, season 7-8 Kendré Berry) is Maya and Darnell's son. He was born when Maya was only sixteen years old. A running gag in the series is Toni's habit of mispronouncing his name by calling him names such as Jumanji, Gymboree, Jujube, Jacuzzi, Djibuti, Jabooboo, Jafifi, Jamiroquai, Jimmy Crack Corn, Jungle Jim, Juwanna Mann, Jeep Cherokee, Jolly Rancher and Jam On It. Toni has said his name correctly only twice. He was depicted to be a sweet innocent child but once he entered his teen years he seemed to be a little more rebellious and dimwitted.[citation needed]
  • Jeanette Woods: (played by Charmin Lee) is Maya's no-nonsense mother who won't hesitate to put a switch to her adult daughter. She babysat Jabari while he was younger, and also rented out her garage for Lynn and her then- boyfriend Vosco to live after Joan kicked her out of her house. She initially took an instant dislike to Joan's "siddity" behavior towards Maya's style (also labeling Joan as "classist" and "egregious" as Maya does), but eventually grew to accept her. She and Maya also butt heads when she decides to sell her home to move in with her boyfriend Earl (whom Maya doesn't like). Jeanette was seen throughout Seasons 1 - 7.
  • Ronnie: (played by Lamont Johnson) is Maya's cousin and hair stylist. In the series he helped sell her semi-biographical book "Oh Hell Yes!" He owns two beauty salons called Situations and Situations Deux. He is last seen at the ending of season 7 as Aaron proposed to Joan.
  • Peaches: (played by Shawn Harrison) plays Ronnie's boyfriend. He is a hair stylist at Situations and had a short stint as Joan's assistant and temporary confidante after Maya goes to work as William's secretary after William becomes Senior Partner. Peaches is last seen at the ending of season 7 as Aaron proposes to Joan.
  • Davis Hamilton: (played by Randy J. Goodwin) owner and operator of the girls' favorite restaurant/hangout spot, 847 (Season 1). He and Joan flirted with each other, and almost went away for a romantic weekend while both were involved with other people. However, during Season 4, in the aftermath of Joan's breakup with Brock, she runs into Davis at a movie theater. She learns that Davis had lost the restaurant and also ended his relationship with his fiancee'. They talk about how they missed the opportunity to start a relationship, and ultimately decide to just remain friends.

Guest appearances

Cast departures and changes

Jill Marie Jones left the show at the end of Season 6. Akil stated, "I would love for her (Jones) to come back, but Jill doesn't want to return. I don't know 100% why she made this decision. She didn't tell me. All she said when we talked was that she felt it was time for her to move on. The door is not closed. We've asked her to come back and have offered different ways for her to return. But I completely wish her well. There's no drama involved." The show will now deal with Toni's loss through Joan's struggles.

In a December 2007 interview with Wilson Morales, he asked Jill if she thought the character Toni had run her course. JMJ responded:

“ No, I think if Toni came back and when I say no, I say it because there are brilliant writers on ‘Girlfriends’. There is so much more that you can do. For me and my career, my contract was up after six seasons and there's a whole film world that I wanted to experience and that's what I’ve been doing. I think if Toni came back to the show, there would be so much more to write and much more to bring. That's a testament to how great Mara and the rest of the writers are.[3] I wish them all well and I still watch the show.[4] ”

Richard T. Jones was featured in an early episode, which set up the premise that Aaron, a National Guard member, was called to Iraq. When AOL Black Voices columnist Jawn Murray asked Akil if "Ross' character Joan will be dumped again?" Akil responded: "Who's to say I'm getting rid of [the] Richard T. Jones [character]? Don't underestimate me!"[5]

Episode list

Main article: List of Girlfriends episodes

Special episodes

# Airdate Title Overview
0 Unaired Pilot Joan Clayton is at the great peak of her life. She is almost 30, is almost junior partner at her law firm, and has a great friend circle. She hires a sassy urban woman named Maya Wilkes as her assistant, and has had a friendship with one of her colleagues, William, for over three months. But Joan is going crazy that she hasn't had a man for a year and her plan was to be married by now. Her friends, egotistical Toni Childs and lazy 27-year-old college student Lynn have to cheer her up and get her a man with the help of Maya, whom Toni calls "ghetto."
57 January 7, 2003 Howdy Partner* Joan and William vie for a senior partner position, and are shocked when the firm instead brings in an outsider, Sharon Upton Farley (Anne-Marie Johnson). They plan to demonstrate their outrage by walking out, but only one of them follows through with it. Meanwhile, Lynn and Maya help Toni deal with her fears after Todd asks her to take an HIV test.
133 April 17, 2006 The Game Joan's cousin, an aspiring med student, wants to give up her future for a pro athlete. (The backdoor pilot episode for a "Girlfriends" spinoff).

* This episode aired on a Tuesday night in an attempt to boost ratings for the new sitcom Abby, which was making its first airing on its regular night.

Other details

Spin-off

A 2006 episode of Girlfriends entitled "The Game" featured guest star Tia Mowry as Joan's cousin Melanie Barnett, an aspiring medical student, who wants to give up her future to follow her professional athlete boyfriend to San Diego. That episode was the launching pad for The Game, a spin-off series which currently cancelled by The CW television network.It is speculated that BET will pick up the series for a 4th season but they said "We are currently in negotiations" to pick up The Game for a fourth season. The only hold-up at this point comes from CBS Paramount Network TV, which would need to release the rights to the series to cable. "The licensing issues are very complicated".

U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Girlfriends on UPN and The CW.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season Network Season premiere Season finale TV season Ranking Viewers (in millions)
1st UPN September 11, 2000 May 14, 2001 2000–2001 #136 4.0[6]
2nd September 10, 2001 May 20, 2002 2001–2002 #129 4.2[7]
3rd September 23, 2002 May 19, 2003 2002–2003 #133 4.0[8]
4th September 15, 2003 May 24, 2004 2003–2004 #128 3.6[9]
5th September 20, 2004 May 23, 2005 2004–2005 #129 3.4[10]
6th September 19, 2005 May 8, 2006 2005–2006 #135 3.4[11]
7th CW October 1, 2006 May 7, 2007 2006–2007 #138 2.5[12]
8th October 1, 2007 February 11, 2008 2007–2008 #150 2.1[13]

Cancellation

The final two episodes recorded before the 2007-2008 Writers Guild strike aired back-to-back on Monday, February 11 at 9/8c. However, this was not a 2-part episode. The timeslot was planned to be moved to Sundays due to the writer's strike and the returning of The CW's reality series.[14] On February 13, 2008, it was announced by a The CW representative that a proper series finale would not be done because it would be too expensive. The announcement confirms that the show has now been canceled.[15] A retrospective episode was to air on The CW Network to conclude the 8-year series. However, the characters' storylines wouldn’t get any kind of resolution but at least the sitcom would have a series finale. This is no longer going to happen. The network offered the actors half of their usual episodic salary to take part, but the actors collectively turned them down.[16]

Awards

Year Award Category Recipient
2005 Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Mara Brock Akil, Mark Alton Brown, Veronica Chambers, Tim Edwards, Karin Gist, Dee LaDuke, Regina Y. Hicks, Kevin Marburger, Michele Marburger, Prentice Penny, and Shauna Robinson
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Tracee Ellis Ross
2005 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Reginald C. Hayes
2006
2007 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Reginald C. Hayes
Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Tracee Ellis Ross
2009 Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Tracee Ellis Ross

DVD releases

Season Releases
The First Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 Episodes*
  • 4-Disc Set
  • 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 7 Hrs., 51 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Rating:
    • Mature Theme
    • Language May Offend

* NOTE: Some music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
February 27, 2007
The Second Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 Episodes*
  • 3-Disc Set
  • 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 7 Hrs., 50 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Rating:
    • Mature Theme
  • We All Fall Down:
    • A Closer Look at Trick Or Truth?
  • Creating the Show
  • Getting the Girls Together
  • Episode guide

* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Some music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
October 9, 2007
The Third Season
Set details Special features
  • 25 Episodes*
  • 4-Disc Set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 8 Hrs., 43 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • It's What You Wear That Counts
  • Here Comes the Bride:
    • An Invitation Inside the Wedding

* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Some music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
February 12, 2008
The Fourth Season
Set details Special features
  • 24 Episodes*
  • 3-Disc Set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 8 Hrs., 23 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Bonus Episode of Caillou on PBS Kids - Telling Time on O'Clock and Super WHY! on PBS Kids - Dr. Dolittle

* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
July 29, 2008
The Fifth Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 Episodes*
  • 3-Disc Set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 7 Hrs., 18 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)

* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Some music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
October 28, 2008
The Sixth Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 Episodes*
  • 3-Disc Set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 7 Hrs., 30 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Includes the Backdoor pilot of The Game

* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Some music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
February 24, 2009
The Seventh Season
Set details Special features
  • 22 Episodes*
  • 3-Disc Set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 7 Hrs., 30 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
    • Closed Caption
  • Mara Brock Akil comments on:
    • I Want My Baby Back
    • Hot For Preacher
    • Time to Man Up
    • Willie Or Won't He III: This Time It's Personal
    • What Had Happened Was...

* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
October 13, 2009[17]
The Final Season
Set details Special features
  • 13 Episodes*
  • 2-Disc Set
  • 1.78:1 Aspect Ratio
  • 4 Hrs., 31 Min.
  • Languages:
    • English (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
    • English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)


* NOTE: Some episodes may be edited from their original network versions. Music has been changed for this home entertainment version.
Release date
 United States (Region 1)
January 19, 2010[18]

(c)2009 Paramount Home Entertainment Inc. Girlfriends (c)2000-2001 CBS Studios Inc.

U.S. broadcast history

  • UPN - Mondays @ 9:30 p.m./8:30C (2000–2001)
  • UPN / The CW - Mondays - 9:00 p.m./8:00C (2002–2008)
  • The CW - Sundays (2 Weeks) - 8:00 p.m./7:00C (2006)
    • The CW - Sundays (February 10) - 9:00 p.m./8:00C (2008)
      • The CW - Sundays - 9:30 p.m./8:30C (2008)

Worldwide broadcast information/Syndication

Soundtrack

Girlfriends: The Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Various artists
Released May 26, 2008
Genre Soundtrack
Length 48:09
Label Koch Records
Producer Larry Robinson

Track listing

  1. Erykah Badu - "Vibrate On" (4:14)
  2. Jill Scott - "Golden" (3:52)
  3. Angie Stone - "Wish I Didn't Miss You" (4:32)
  4. Corinne Bailey Rae - "Put Your Records On" (3:35)
  5. Algebra - "I Know" (3:57)
  6. Amy Winehouse - "Stronger Than Me" (3:42)
  7. Estelle - "All Comes Back to You" (3:22)
  8. Chrisette Michele - "Girl Respect Yourself" (3:44)
  9. Chaka Khan - "Disrepectful" [Feat. Mary J. Blige] (4:46)
  10. India.Arie - "I Am Not My Hair" (3:48)
  11. Dre - "Soulmate" (4:22)
  12. Persia White - "Choices" (2:47)

References

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Quotes

Up to date as of January 14, 2010

From Wikiquote


[Dorbell rings] Toni [pregnant]: If that's you mama it's open, if not, i've got a gun

Toni: Im actually looking forward to the visit. I don't know if it's because i'm pregnant, but i could actually use a little mommy and me time.

Joan: We are still talking about the same Veretta Childs who embarasses you by wearing a polyester pant-suit and asking for the early-bird special at Spago right?

Toni: Yea, i know it's odd but i feel like being babied before i have this baby. Of course... Veretta never was a story time, tucking in momma, being narcasistic, crazy drunk and all. Aw mamma, good times.

Todd: You spent $2500 on shoes?

Toni: Boots, Todd. I'm not crazy.

Maya: [Maya is accusing Darnell of cheating on her with his co-worker at the airport] Joan said she saw you down at the airport with some woman.

Darnell: And if Joan had stayed there she would have seen me down there with a lot of women... that didn't come out right.

Joan: My mother always said, "When love runs out on you, God sends you love's equivalent... or better."

Toni: I thought she said, "When you run out of love's lubricant, use butter."

Joan: What?

Toni: What? Your momma does mumble. And we both know she's a freak.

Darnell: We're just not clicking the way we used to.

Maya: Maybe we should pray about it.

Darnell: What?

Maya: A family that prays together, stays together.

Darnell: All right, you pray, I'm going to bed.

Maya: Baby, be angry at me. Don't be angry at the Lord.

[reciting a poem to make the girls forgive him for something he did]

William: This Charlie can't fly without his angels.

Toni: [on converting to Judaism] I'm already on standby for heaven as it is. I'm not straying from the path I've chosen.

Maya: Thanks for watching my little man, Toni.

Toni: No problem. Jamal is a very wise young man.

Maya: For the last time Toni, his name is Jabari.

Toni: But he looks like a Jamal.

Toni: [referring to Maya's son Jabari] I'm waiting, Ju ju bee.

Toni: [referring to Maya's son Jabari] We all love Gymboree.

Toni: Where's my phone sheet?

Shelby Girard: On your zip disk.

Toni: Nuh-uh, I don't zip-a-dee-do that. I want my phone sheet on paper.

Shelby: Has Enron taught you nothing?

Toni: Shelby, I want my employees to show some initiative but only when I tell them to.

Maya Wilkes: See, Joan, I told you. Actors aren't smart... and they steal... Winona Ryder... I rest my case.

Maya Wilkes: [recounting story of Jabari as a newborn] Let's just say LA Transit gets a bad rap. Because they do return lost items.

Toni Childs: You left Jingle-Jangle on the bus?

Maya Wilkes: No! I left Jingle-Jangle at the bus stop.

Toni: Maya, how'd you get so smart?

Maya: Oh, girl, I'm an authoress. I gots to know stuff.

Toni: I guess you don't "gots" to know grammar.

Maya: At least I didn't miss my baby's first doctor's appointment!

Toni: At least I didn't leave my baby on the bus!

Maya: Bus *stop*! Get it right, bitch.

Toni: Hey, Jolly Rancher

Jabari: It's *Jabari*!

Toni: Why is he yelling at me in gibberish?

Julie Fageaux: So... lunch?

Maya: Yeah.

Julie Fageaux: Soho?

Maya: I said yeah, bitch!

Julie: Okay, you know what I'm just trying to do my job, I'm trying to meet your needs. I love your book and I don't know why you feel the need to come in and attack me.

Maya: What did I do to you?

Julie: You called me a bitch.

Maya: You called me a ho!

Julie: OK... Soho is a neighborhood.

Maya: Jabari, I said get up and take out the trash now.

Jabari: [mumbling] What, are your legs broke?

Maya: No, but your ass is about to be!

Maya: [Talking to Toni] Kiss is a noun and a verb, so you can either give my ass a kiss or kiss my ass!

Maya: [to Lynn]If you keep eating my Christmas cookies,I will slap you into a silent night!

Joan: It looks like he got this stuff from the side of the road.

Lynn: Hey! That's where I got my loveseat!

Lynn: So, Maya asked you to be on her panel too Toni? Toni: Did you not hear me say a panel of *successful* black women? Lynn: Hmm, i wonder why she didn't ask me. Toni: Did you not hear me say a panel of *successful* black women? Lynn: So what am I? The loser who has nothing to say? Toni: If you wanna sugarcoat it.

Lynn: [to Donna upon seeing how Joan & William act when planning a Cinco de Mayo celebration] Oh my God, I think this calls for a diabetic coma; hand me your creme brulee!

Tammy (Kelly Rowland): I'd rather intern at a smaller, agency, where i could really be mentored by someone.

Toni: So now you're asking me for a job?

Tammy: Unpaid.

Toni: Even though I said don't come to this seminar asking me for a job?

Tammy: You also said don't take 'no' for an answer. Look, I can do this. I'm smart, I'm resourceful, and I'll be damned if I'm goin back to Bakersfield

Toni: Okay, so you're showin a house it has creaky floors.

Tammy: Original hardwoods.

Toni: Unpermitted addition?

Tammy: Bonus room

Toni: Rats in the walls?

Tammy: Perfect for cat-lovers

Toni: There is no internship at Coldwell Banker is there?

Tammy: Not for me.

Toni: See, you can't play me, cause I will always catch you. And if my mother calls?

Tammy: You're out of the country.

Toni: Be at my office at 9!

Toni: (shakes hands with Tammy and walks away while giving her a shifty look)

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