"Girlfriends" (2000)TV series 2000-????

Creator:

Mara Brock Akil

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

11 September 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A look at the lives, loves, and losses of four different women, Toni (Jones), Maya (Brooks), Lynn (White), and Joan (Ross).

Plot Keywords:

Stylish

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 7 wins & 36 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 31	9:30 PM	CW	Adapt to Adopt	#8.11
Mon. Sept. 1	9:00 AM	BET	Bad Timing	#1.14

Cast

Reginald C. Hayes	...	William Jerome Dent / ... (55 episodes, 2000-2007)
Tracee Ellis Ross	...	Joan Clayton / ... (41 episodes, 2000-2007)
Persia White	...	Lynn Searcy / ... (40 episodes, 2000-2007)
Golden Brooks	...	Maya Wilkes / ... (39 episodes, 2000-2007)
Khalil Kain	...	Darnell Wilkes / ... (39 episodes, 2001-2007)
Keesha Sharp	...	Monica / ... (36 episodes, 2002-2007)
Jill Marie Jones	...	Toni Childs / ... (31 episodes, 2000-2006)
Jason Pace	...	Dr. Todd Garrett / ... (30 episodes, 2002-2006)
Tanner Scott Richards	...	Jabari Wilkes (28 episodes, 2000-2006)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

CBS Paramount Network Television

Trivia:

After the sixth season, the show was picked up by The CW because UPN merged with The WB to form The CW.

Quotes:

Darnell Wilkes: We're just not clicking the way we used to.
Maya Wilkes: Maybe we should pray about it.
Darnell Wilkes: What?
Maya Wilkes: A family that prays together, stays together.
Darnell Wilkes: All right, you pray, I'm going to bed.
Maya Wilkes: Baby, be angry at me. Don't be angry at the Lord.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V)

The sista version of Sex In The City

When I first saw this show when it premiered in the fall of 2000,the first thing that came through my mind was this..."Could this be another Living Single"? and it came to me as though it wasn't but to make a long speech short I thought it was a very well written and well acted show. It made not have the spunk of "Living Single",but the full charmastic charm and wit of HBO's "Sex In The City" and it shows. The minute I saw this show I was immediately hooked.`The show did have some flaws in its first season,but as the second season progressed,it improved totally. This concerns three well educated sistas living and working in L.A. as we explore there ups and downs on relationships and etc. As for the characters themselves are a trip and each week they can't figured out why they can't keep in man in company let alone dissect him in pieces. First off,you have Joan(Tracee Ellis Ross)who is always interfearing in somebody else's concerns as well as her own and can't keep a man in check. One episode in particular shows how Joan gets a taste of her own medicine here in which she talks down to a guy she loves but he walks out on her after she says something pathetic in front of him. Second, the golddigger Toni(Jill Jones)who is always dead broke but is always high class,but is always begging a guy for attention especially when it comes to money or in other cases stealing someone else's guy for her own greedy self,but is dead broke and she is part country too. Third, miss ghetto fabulous equals attitude Maya(Golden Brooks) who is married to Darnell(Khalil Khan)and has a 8 year old and has martial problems but she is also cheating on her husband with another guy behind his back and sometimes is the leader of the girl group and the one with the most common sense some of the time. Finally,the freeloader and sometimes lazy as hell Lynn(Persia White)who is a lot like Lisa Bonet who always talks down to a guy but will sleep with anyone she claims with and like Toni also wants attention for her own selfish greed,but also she has a hatred for guys and is the bisexual part of the group(One episode dealt with Lynn coming to terms with her own sexuality when one of the girls catches her in bed with another lover---a woman!)...Lynn is a vagabond and will make a home whenever she fits. These inconsistencies in their personalitites make the characters come alive and it makes the show very watchable as we see girls go through the motions each week. The casting is excellent here and it comes to my attention that the only brother on the show (Reginald Hayes) is just a joke in between the girls,but he does help them out in tight situations. Let's hope that UPN keeps this one for several seasons,because its one of the many shows the many sides of women working together through good times and bad. Not to be missed.