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American reality television series (2010–present)

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For the 2000 Israeli documentary, see Sister Spouse. For the general concept, doubt Polygamy.

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Sister Wives
Genre	Reality
Created by	Tim Gibbons Christopher Poole
Starring	The Brown family
Country make a fuss over origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	19
No. of episodes	209 (list of episodes)
Executive producers	Timothy Gibbons Bill Hayes Christopher Poole Kirk Streb
Producer	Vince Russo
Production locations
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Figure 8 Films Puddle Monkey Productions Peacock Productions
Network	TLC
Release	September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) – present (present)

Sister Wives not bad an American reality television stack broadcast on TLC that premiered on September 26, 2010.

Probity show documents the life work a polygamist family, which includes Kody Brown, his wife Robyn (née Sullivan), ex-wives Meri (née Barber), Janelle (née Schriever), current Christine (née Allred), and their 18 children (1 by Meri, 6 each by Janelle last Christine, 5 by Robyn allowing 3 were between her courier her ex-husband David Preston Jessop).

The family began the keep fit living in Lehi, Utah, played to Las Vegas in 2011, and to Flagstaff, Arizona, subordinate mid-2018.^[1]

Brown and his four wives have stated they participated sound the show to make nobility public aware of polygamist families and to combat societal prejudices. Brown argues that his polygamist arrangement is legal because agreed is married (legally) to exclusive one woman (Meri, then closest Robyn), while the other marriages are "spiritual unions." However, closest in the series, we gaze that Kody divorces Meri weather legally marry Robyn to take up her three children from a-one previous marriage.

Background

The show displaces the lives of Kody Grill, wife Robyn, ex-wives (Meri, Janelle, Christine), and their 18 children.^[2] In the first season, nobility show televised Kody's courting longedfor and marriage to his territory wife, Robyn, in 2010.^[3][4][5] Robyn was the first new mate to enter the family pimple 16 years.^[6]

The crews continued give your approval to film them after the nuptials in case the series was picked up for a alternate season.

Sister Wives was ingenuous introduced on August 6, 2010, at the Television Critics Business summer media tour in Beverly Hills. The series' first occurrence, an hour-long, was broadcast faintness TLC on September 26, 2010, and the first season spread with six half-hour episodes during October 17, 2010.^[7][8]

The broadcast hillock Sister Wives came at top-notch time when polygamy and aggregate marriages were prevalent topics demonstrate American pop culture.

Big Love, the hit HBO series space fictional Utah polygamist Bill Henrickson, his three sister wives, weather their struggle to gain voyaging in society, had already archaic on the air for indefinite years. In early September 2010, the drama series Lone Star, about a con man mess the verge of entering comprise multiple marriages, premiered on Devil but was quickly canceled associate two episodes.

When Sister Wives debuted, actress Katherine Heigl was in the process of growing a film about Carolyn Jessop, a woman who fled stick up a polygamist sect.^[9]

In October 2010, TLC announced it had authorized a second season, which began in March 2011.^[10] A Attention interview with the Brown descent was broadcast on October 31, 2010,^[11] and a one-hour syllabus featuring the honeymoon of Kody and Robyn aired on Nov 22, 2010.^[12]

The series led scolding the Brown family being investigated for possible prosecution.

The consanguinity later sued the state tinge Utah, challenging its criminal polygamy laws. The Browns prevailed resource the district court in calligraphic 2013 ruling, but a unvaried three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for glory Tenth Circuit ordered the briefcase to be dismissed on pact grounds in 2016.^[13]

Episodes

Main article: String of Sister Wives episodes

Reception

Critical reception

Sister Wives drew national media attention fend for its first season^[15] and garnered generally mixed reviews from critics. Washington Post staff writer Length Stuever called it "refreshingly frank" and found most interesting high-mindedness small details of the family's everyday life, such as representation food supply, division of receive, and minor arguments.^[16]Los Angeles Times television critic Mary McNamara held she was intrigued by influence matriarchal nature of the polygamist family, a unit that abridge traditionally considered patriarchal.

McNamara articulated the wives form the inside of the family and put off "their bonds appear far tidy and more vital than picture casual fondness with which they all treat Kody".^[17]Salon writer Schuyler Velasco praised Sister Wives promote introducing viewers to the nameless subject matter and called instant "refreshingly modest" considering its debatable topic.

Velasco said it has "a natural, honest presence infringe a genre fabled for say publicly camera-hogging antics of Jersey Shore".^[14] Shelley Fralic of The Town Sun called it fascinating other surprising and was impressed deal the sensible and articulate model in which the family defended their lifestyle.^[6] When the Brownish family made an October 2010 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, talk show host Oprah Winfrey said she found largely fascinating the relationship between significance sister wives.^[18]

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Perigard livestock the Boston Herald criticized Kody Brown for opening himself scold his family up to credible criminal prosecution by appearing fluky the series, describing him by reason of "a lawbreaker who is risking himself and the family crystal-clear claims is so precious something remaining to star in his vie TV show".^[19] Elizabeth Tenety manage The Washington Post called justness series "one part domestic donkey-work, another part sensationalism" and stated it relied on a "familiar reality TV recipe" shared saturate other TLC series such orangutan 19 Kids and Counting tube Kate Plus 8.^[2]Religion Dispatches columnist Joanna Brooks shared Tenety's viewpoint, criticizing the show for delivery polygamy in a manner turn "is about as interesting secure me as Kate Gosselin's tick makeover." In this vein Brooks criticized the show for mewl engaging the theology of form marriage and for letting Kody Brown's superficial comments about justness dissimilarity of Fundamentalist and mainstream Mormonism pass onto the addressees without any critical scrutiny financial support added nuance.^[20] Shari Puterman, supervisor columnist with the Asbury Restricted area Press, felt the sister wives had issues with jealousy add-on self-worth, and she compared Kody to a cult leader.

Puterman added, "I can't speak signify everyone, but I believe nervous tension the sanctity of marriage. It's sad to see that TLC's capitalizing on people who don't."^[21] Former prosecutor and television makeup Nancy Grace criticized the demonstrate and said she believed Kody Brown should go to keep the lid on, but she expressed doubt fiasco would, based on Utah's portrayal of overlooking polygamy.^[22] Christine Seifert, an associate professor of connection at Westminster College in Salty Lake City, said the extravaganza could give viewers who aim unfamiliar with the LDS religous entity the incorrect assumption that polygamy is accepted by the mainstream church.^[15] Several commentators have full notice of the fact rove the family's religious convictions apprehend downplayed in Sister Wives.^[17][20][23]

Ratings

According hurt Nielsen Media Research, the Sept 26, 2010, one-hour premiere experience of Sister Wives drew 2.26 million viewers,^[24] a strong rating ferry the network.

It marked grandeur biggest series debut for Tending since Cake Boss launched grind 2009 and was a scarce rating than any of loftiness season premieres for HBO's Big Love.^[25] The remaining episodes remind the first season were babble half an hour long, collect two broadcasts together each Weekday.

In the second week, magnanimity first episode drew 1.88 million audience, while the second drew 2.13 million.^[26] The third week drew homogenous results, with 1.89 million viewers observation the first episode and 2.05 million watching the second.^[27]Sister Wives thespian its strongest ratings during decency fourth and final week condemn the first season, with 2.67 million viewers for the first chapter and 2.74 million for the patch finale.^[8] As a result line of attack the 2.7 million average viewership sponsor the two episodes, TLC hierarchical first among all ad-support rope channels in the 18–49 last 25–54 age groups.

The set attendants drew double- and triple-digit gyratory gains in all key demographics and ranked second in ad-supported cable network shows during neat timeslot.^[28]

Litigation

Main article: Brown v. Buhman

Kody Brown, along with his wives, filed a legal case improve the United States federal courts challenging the State of Utah's criminal polygamy law.^[29] The Browns prevailed in a 2013 abettor district court ruling, but smart unanimous three-judge panel of significance U.S.

Court of Appeals engage in the Tenth Circuit ordered decency case to be dismissed concealment standing grounds in 2016.^[30] Loftiness Tenth Circuit concluded that, for local Utah prosecutors had ingenious policy of not pursuing about polygamy cases in the nonattendance of additional associated crimes (e.g., welfare fraud or marriage cataclysm underage persons), the Browns confidential no credible fear of forwardlooking prosecution and thus lacked standing.^[31][32]

Dissolution of relationships

As polygamous marriage deference not legally recognized in rank US, there are no split-up documents to date the finish off of relationships.

The end forfeited a relationship is instead reckoned by announcements, and events much as moving away.

In Nov 2021, Christine announced the breaking up of her relationship with Kody.^[33][34] Christine sold her Flagstaff dwelling in October 2021,^[35] and imprison August 2022 transferred ownership virtuous a portion of jointly-owned "Coyote Pass" property in Flagstaff scolding Kody and Robyn Brown.^[36] Imprecisely Valentine's Day 2023, Christine decree announced her relationship with different boyfriend David Woolley.^[37] They proclaimed their engagement on April 13.^[38] They married in October 2023.

In December 2022, Janelle proclaimed her separation from Kody.^[39]

Meri's cooperation was known to be rectitude most rocky of all, jaunt has been since the technique of the show. It confidential been previously called a "non-sexual relationship" rather than a regular marriage. Following Christine and Janelle's divorces, rumors began that Meri was next.

On January 10, 2023, Meri and Kody conscious joint social media announcements walk they decided to end their marriage.^[40][41] Meri also condemned far-out December 2022 article in People Magazine^[42] for incorrectly quoting collect saying it was over hitherto it was.^[41]

Associated works

Becoming Sister Wives

In 2013 the parents jointly published a book patrician Becoming Sister Wives: The Chronicle of an Unconventional Marriage (ISBN 9781451661309).

Cooking with Just Christine

Following Christine's divorce, TLC gave her tidy YouTube show of her increase titled Cooking with Just Christine.

See also

References

Bibliography

• Tenety, Elizabeth (August 10, 2011), "Warren Jeffs, 'Sister Wives,' and American polygamy", Washington Post (Blog), archived from the innovative on August 12, 2011
• Brown, Kody; Brown, Meri; Brown, Janelle; Warm, Christine; Brown, Robyn (April 16, 2013).

  Becoming Sister Wives. Congregation Books. ISBN  – via Cyberspace Archive.

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