The BET streaming service, BET+, has given out a second season to First Wives Club, starring Ryan Michelle Bathe, Jill Scott, and Michelle Buteau.
The First Wives Club helped launch BET’s new streaming service as one of two original scripted series available at the platform’s September 19 rollout. The series, hailing from Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver, is based on the Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, and Goldie Hawn movie of the same name.
The series is set in New York City and follows Ari (Bathe), Bree (Buteau) and Hazel (Scott), who band together after their marriages fall apart and find strength in their sisterhood — and of course a little revenge. The show also stars RonReaco Lee, Malik Yoba and Mark Tallman.
The series went through quite the development phase on its road to BET+. The show originated at TV Land before migrating to Paramount Network, then moving to sibling BET and eventually launching on BET+. The series is also significant because the first season was predominantly written and directed by female filmmakers including Jamie Babbit, Anu Valia, Ryan Case, Alison Brown, Leila Cohan-Miccio, Stella Meghie, Rachelle R. Williams, Yvette Foy, and Sam Bailey.
