Army Wives
| Army Wives | |
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Catherine Bell, Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, and Wendy Davis as the seasons 1-5 Army Wives female cast
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| Created by | Katherine Fugate |
| Based on | Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives by Tanya Biank |
| Directed by | John T. Kretchmer |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Marc Fantini Steffan Fantini |
| Composer(s) | Scott Gordon Marc Fantini Steffan Fantini |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 117 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Mark Gordon Marshall Persinger Jeff Melvoin Katherine Fugate Dee Johnson Harry V. Bring Nick Thiel Deborah Spera Karen Maser Debra Fordham |
| Producer(s) | Cynthia Cohen Karen Maser John E. Pogue Alex Shevchenko Barbara D'Alessandro T.J. Brady Rasheed Newson John E. Pogue Karen Maser |
| Location(s) | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Editor(s) | Briana London Susan K. Weiler Sharon Silverman Chris Peppe Alan Cody Kurt Courtland Peter B. Ellis Lauren A. Schaffer Christopher Cooke Susan Vaill Meghan Robertson |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
ABC Studios The Mark Gordon Company |
| Distributor |
Buena Vista Home Entertainment Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Lifetime |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | June 3, 2007 – June 9, 2013 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Army Wives is an American drama television series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families. The series premiered on Lifetime on June 3, 2007. The show had the largest series premiere in Lifetime's 23-year history, and the largest viewership in the 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm time slot since December 2007 for Lifetime. It received favorable reviews and several award nominations, and won five ASCAP Awards and one Gracie Allen Award.
On September 21, 2012, the show was picked up for a thirteen-episode seventh season to air in 2013. In November 2012, it was confirmed that season 6 main cast members Catherine Bell, Wendy Davis, Terry Serpico, Brian McNamara, Kelli Williams, Alyssa Diaz, and Joseph Julian Soria would return as regulars. Kim Delaney's character, who did not appear in the final episodes of the sixth season, was written out. Season seven premiered in the United States on March 10, 2013, at 9 pm Eastern on Lifetime, and concluded on June 9, 2013.
On September 24, 2013, Lifetime canceled the series after seven seasons. The network confirmed a two-hour retrospective special with cast members to celebrate the series that aired on March 16, 2014.
Based on the non-fiction book originally titled Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives, by Tanya Biank, the series is set at fictional Fort Marshall, at the old Charleston Naval Base, in North Charleston, South Carolina, home to the also fictional 23rd Airborne Division, a component unit of the XVII Airborne Corps. The show itself is filmed in various locations such as the Charleston Air Force Base (now Charleston Field) and the sound stage off Dorchester Road in the City of North Charleston. Some scenes have been shot in and around the City of Charleston. In Season 5 the 23rd is disbanded and the 32nd Airborne Division becomes the new resident unit, having moved to Fort Marshall from the fictional Fort Hope. The 23rd Airborne Division, XVII Airborne Corps and Fort Marshall are presumably based on the actual 82nd Airborne Division,XVIII Airborne Corps based at Fort Bragg, home of the airborne divisions and the United States Army Special Operations Command. In Season 7 Fort Marshall was merged with an Air Force base, mirroring the mergers of several Army posts with nearby Air Force bases as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Mercer Army Medical Center is the fictional hospital on post where some of the characters worked.
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