Lifetime hasn’t renewed Army Wives for a seventh season but has instead ordered 10 additional episodes for season six. The cable channel initially ordered 13 episodes last May and has now increased that number to 23 installments. Prior to this, the drama’s biggest season order has been 19 episodes.
According to Deadline, the cast and crew are currently filming the sixth season and this move will keep them in continuous production. Army Wives and Drop Dead Diva are the cable channel’s strongest shows and they understandably want to keep them going until they can launch other successful series. Last summer’s new dramas — The Protector and Against The Wall — weren’t big performers. One was cancelled and the other hasn’t been renewed yet.
The original Army Wives actors’ salaries expire at the end of the sixth season. By tacking on additional episodes, Lifetime doesn’t have to renegotiate with them to get more installments. The cable channel is supposedly offering each of the leads an increase of $10,000 per episode, far less than what they’d get if their contracts were renegotiated. The longer season will likely be broken up into two parts.
The cast and crew were expected to wrap season six by February which would have allowed the actors time to audition for new pilots. With Lifetime ordering 10 more episodes, pilot season will be long passed by the time they’re available. Sally Pressman has a holding deal with NBC that will have to be pushed back and Catherine Bell had been fielding offers from networks for new pilots.
It’s been suspected that season six is the show’s last. If that’s indeed true, Lifetime is getting as many episodes as they can out of the cast without having to renegotiate and increase their talent costs.
What do you think? Will there be a seventh season or is season six the end? How long should Army Wives go on?
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It would be ashame to cancel Army wives. This is one show that I do not miss.
It would be ashame to cancel Army wives. This is one show that I do not miss.
To end this show would be stupid!! It is a HIT and so many lives are touched by the Military this gives viewers a chance to understand their lives. Doesn’t it make sense to KEEP a successful strong show to continue rather than take a chance on something else? What a shame!! I’m not sure I will give Lifetime another chance if they let this show end!! I HATE all the reality shows or the liberal media junk on other networks, looks like Lifetime might become extinct if they follow those other networks with the stupid shows that are on… Read more »
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT CANCEL ARMY WIVES. I WANT TO SEE AT LEAST 6 MORE SEASONS!!! I want to see the babies grow up. All of them
I have been an Army wife for 34 years. I really love this show and the characters somehow bring to life true experiences that some army wives go through. Real army wives can relate to this show and I would like to see it stay on the air for as long as the actors want to continue to do the show.
They better not cancel Army Wives. Best show ever. Cancel the dumb ones. I have not miss a show from the start. Has help me understand and get through three deployments with my son. Only show that is true to life on military base and what our soldiers go through in any service. Actors are all great and they act like they are really living the life in military. Only show that helps us and Americans understand what our soldiers and families go through when they are deployed and when they come home. Rating are good so , that all… Read more »
Please do not cancel this show. It is one of the best that you have on your channel. I would not miss it for anything. If it is cancelled, I am finished with LifeTime.
There better be a seventh season…this is the best show that Lifetime has ever had.
Please keep Army Wives !
It”s THE VERY BEST show on the air!
I really hope that there will be a seventh season. It really is my favorite show. It has a depth and poingency that really touches people. I understand that sometimes actors have to move on but I truly hope that they would stay for the fans if renewal becomes a option. Either way I’ve loved the show and all the laughs, tears, shocks, and triumphs that the show and these wonderful actors have offered me!
I hope you will not cancel Army Wives. It is the best show on the air! Because it is based on the Army, if the actors are not wanting to resign, they can transfer/move, etc. which happens in real life. Give it a chance before you cancel the entire series.
Please keep Army Wives on the air! It”s a GREAT show!
Please don’t cancel this superb show!!! It’s the best thing on TV!!!
It is sad that American entertainment is based on the dollar…how much is enough? Everything depends on how much more money everyone gets. This is a great show. It provides entertainment as well as gets some soul searching, understanding and empithy thrown in. Everyone could benefit from these attributes. If stars love what they do and are proud of the material they are working with, what is enough??? It certainly doesn’t sound as if anyone is living at the poverty level. In no way am I pointing the finger at these particular stars. The name of the game seems to… Read more »
Finally a classy show with excellent acting. Now its going to get cancelled. TV is really going DOWN the tubes!