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Genre | Reality television |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 59 |
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Running time | 41–43 minutes |
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Original network | Bravo |
Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | March 24, 2013 | – present
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Married to Medicine is an American reality television series which premiered on March 24, 2013, on Bravo and was created by Mariah Huq. The series chronicles the lives of seven women in Atlanta medical community with three of the women being doctors themselves while the others are doctors' wives. It shows the group as they balance their social circles, careers, and families.
Toya Bush-Harris, Mariah Huq, Quad Webb-Lunceford, Jacqueline Walters, Kari Wells, and Simone Whitmore composed the first season cast. Lisa Nicole Cloud and Heavenly Kimes joined the series beginning with the second season after the departure of Wells, while Huq departed after the second season.
Bravo has renewed the show for a third season and fourth season.
The network announced a spin-off show entitled Married to Medicine: Houston, which premiered on November 11, 2016.
In November 2012, Bravo announced the series green-light of Married to Medicine. The network detailed the series by stating, "Married to Medicine follows a group of successful and educated women, including doctors and wives of doctors, who are connected to the world of medicine in Atlanta." By February 2013, the first season cast was revealed with Toya Bush-Harris, Mariah Huq, Quad Webb-Lunceford, Jacqueline Walters, Kari Wells, and Simone Whitmore starring in the series. At the time of its debut, Married to Medicine held the title of highest-rated series premiere since Bethenny Getting Married? in 2010 and the most watched non-spinoff series premiere in the network's history. The milestone was later surpassed in January 2014 by Blood, Sweat and Heels. The first season delivered over 1 million viewers in the 18-49 viewership demographic and 1.8 million total viewers, making it the network's highest-rated non-franchise/non-spin-off freshman series since Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
The production of the second season began the first week of September 2013. It premiered on April 6, 2014, with Toya Bush-Harris, Mariah Huq, Quad Webb-Lunceford, Jacqueline Walters, and Simone Whitmore reprising their roles while Lisa Nicole Cloud and Heavenly Kimes joined in the second season. Wells transitioned into a guest starring role for the second and third season.