Basketball Wives (2010)

Name: Basketball Wives
Genre: Reality-TV
Rating: 3.7
Cast: Jennifer Williams, Jackie Christie

Reality-TV

Follow the extraordinary lives of a group of female best friends as they juggle the success and stresses of building businesses, battling groupies, and searching for stability in the unstable arena of being the significant other to a basketball superstar.

IMDb rating: 3.7 (840 votes)
Episode average: 6.9 +3.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 4
Streaming (US): Paramount+
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2010)

6.73 avg 8 episodes 5.7 → 7.0 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	5.7	11
2	Episode #1.2	6.7	6
3	Episode #1.3	7.0	6
4	Episode #1.4	7.0	5
5	Episode #1.5	6.6	5
6	Episode #1.6	6.8	6
7	Episode #1.7	7.0	5
8	Episode #1.8	7.0	5

Season 2 (2010)

7.20 avg 5 episodes 7.0 → 7.8 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #2.1	7.0	5
2	Episode #2.2	6.8	5
3	Episode #2.3	7.0	5
11	Episode #2.11	7.4	5
12	Reunion: Part 1	7.8	6

Season 3 (2011)

6.77 avg 3 episodes 7.7 → 5.6 42 min avg

Declining

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #3.1	7.7	10
5	Episode #3.5	7.0	6
8	Episode #3.8	5.6	5

Season 4 (2012)

6.95 avg 6 episodes 7.0 → 7.5 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #4.1	7.0	9
3	Episode #4.3	7.0	6
7	Episode #4.7	6.0	6
8	Episode #4.8	7.4	6
13	Episode #4.13	6.8	5
15	Finale	7.5	9