- Football Wives
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show_name = Football Wives
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genre =Drama
creator =Marco Pennette
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starring =Lucy Lawless
Kiele Sanchez
Gabrielle Union
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country = USA
language = English
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producer =Chris Brancato
executive_producer =Maureen Chadwick Eileen Gallagher
Marco PennetteBert Salke
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runtime = 42 mins. (approx)
network = ABC
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related = "Footballers' Wives "
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imdb_id = 0925237
tv_com_id ="Football Wives" is a
television pilot developed forU.S. television network ABC, which would have aired in the fall 2007 season had it been picked up for a series order. The show is based on the successful British television series "Footballers' Wives " (though it featuresAmerican football rather than the British original'sassociation football ), and follows the dramatic private lives of the players from the fictionalNFL team the Orlando Stingrays. The pilot was written byMarco Pennette and directed byBryan Singer .Though ABC did not pick up "Football Wives" when the network announced its 2007-2008 line-up on
May 15 2007 , aJune 28 2007 article in the "The Hollywood Reporter " reported that production company ABC Studios had extended its options on the show's cast, and suggested the possibility that the network might have still been interested in the series. [http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-footballwivesstillalive,0,2633414.story?coll=zap-tv-headlines "ABC's "Football Wives" Still Alive: Studio extends options on drama pilot's cast". Zap2it.com]June 28 2007 .] The "Reporter" also speculated that "Football Wives" had a chance for pickup by another network, withNBC and FOX reportedly interested. "Football Wives" was one of at least six pilots turned down by ABC, and reportedly "tested very well with women and only so so for the men." [ [http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/primetime-pilot-panic-handicapping/ "Primetime Pilot Panic: Hot Handicapping" - Nikki Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com] PostedMay 3 2007 .]NFL controversy
A number of websites, including the British media website "
Digital Spy ", speculated that "Football Wives" was not picked up due to potential conflicts with theNational Football League . [Welsh, James. [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a46602/abc-drops-us-footballers-wives.html "ABC drops US "Footballers' Wives"."] DigitalSpy.co.uk.May 15 2007 . It should be noted that the article erroneously notes that ABC also carries NFL games, which actually left the network after the 2005-2006 season to instead air on ESPN, also owned byThe Walt Disney Company .] ABC's sister networkESPN carries "Monday Night Football ", and itself dropped a similar series called "Playmakers " after an 11-episode run in 2003.Cast and characters
External links
*imdb title|id=0925237|title=Football Wives
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