September 11, 2007
Brian McNamara, who plays Brigadier General Michael Holden on Lifetime's Army Wives, will be featured in a horror-thriller movie next year. However, the 46-year-old New York native will not just working as an actor; he is also running operations behind the cameras as well.
In the movie Lost Signal, McNamara will be showcasing his directorial skills while working with writers, Robert Egan and Graham Silver. Onscreen, he'll be taking on the role of Carl Nasland in a thriller story based on true events.
September 3, 2007
Just as Army Wives debuted on the small screen with record-breaking numbers, so did it impress with its first season finale on August 26. The last episode of the season, "Goodbye Stranger," drew in an average of 4.1 million total viewers at its 10pm Sunday night timeslot, marking the young drama series' most-watched first-run broadcast ever.
Army Wives, a series based on Tanya Biank's Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage, follows the lives of four women and one man as they try to cope with the challenges of being soldiers' spouses. The cast includes Kim Delaney as Claudia Joy Holden, Catherine Bell as Denise Sherwood, Sally Pressman as Roxy LeBlanc, Brigid Brannagh as Pamela Moran and Sterling K. Brown as Roland Brown.
August 28, 2007
The first season of Army Wives wrapped up on Sunday, August 26, with a cliffhanger that has surely left viewers hungry for more.
Although the season finale did not end with a huge “bang,” the last scene certainly leaves a lot of room for it for the second season. The first season ended with Marilyn's (Kate Kneeland) husband, entering the Hump Bar with explosives strapped to his body. Amanda (Kim Allen) walks into the bar, and stands within a few paces of Marilyn's husband, who then squeezes the detonator. No one knows for sure what happens next, as the screen subsequently fades to white.
August 22, 2007
Lifetime is hosting a gala cast party in Los Angeles in order to celebrate the first season finale of Army Wives, the network's most successful series to date. The star-studded event will be held on Saturday, August 25, and will be attended by five real-life military spouses, all of whom participated in the show's affiliate promotion, “Lifetime's Five Star Army Wives Experience.”
The promotion, which ran in over 50 markets nationwide, has awarded the five army wives with an all-expense paid, VIP trip for two to Los Angeles, where they will get to mingle with the show's cast and crew.
August 13, 2007
After writing a number of episodes for the debut season of Army Wives, Dee Johnson has been made a full-time member of the drama series production team. Her new deal with ABC Studios has afforded her one more year on the show, and will have her serving as an executive producer/showrunner.
Johnson is the third showrunner on Army Wives. In December, Samantha Corbin-Miller (Crossing Jordan, The Practice) was named executive producer/showrunner, but a few months later, was replaced by Jeff Melvoin (Alias, Picket Fences). Now, Johnson is taking over the series for Melvoin.
August 8, 2007
Soaring ratings are not the only thing that's validating the success of Lifetime's Army Wives. Sally Pressman, actress who plays Roxy LeBlanc on the drama series, has received several flattering remarks from various callers during her interview with Tara Crooks, host of Army Wife Talk Radio.
During her interview, many supporters called in, stating how happy they are with the depiction of military life on the show and praised Pressman's realistic portrayal of her character.
August 1, 2007
Lifetime's highest-rated series Army Wives has become such a hit with real-life military spouses that a number of them from Fort Bragg convinced the network to use them as extras on the drama series.
After several e-mails and phone calls, Veronica Kirby, wife of chief warrant officer Bryan Brady, and her group of friends headed to Charleston, South Carolina in order to take part in the filming of the show's season finale. Kirby had been watching an episode of Army Wives when the idea to join the cast as an extra popped in her head.
July 29, 2007
Lifetime's drama series, Army Wives, has captured the attention of millions of viewers in the United States. It is the highest-rated series in the network's 23-year-history and has been renewed for a second season. Based on Tanya Biank's nonfiction book, Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives, the series follows the story of four military spouses and a husband stationed at a fictional post called Fort Marshall.
Among the millions who tune in every Sunday night are real-life army wives at Fort Bragg. They enjoy watching a piece of their lives being represented on the small screen, but are also the first to detect when the show exercises creative freedom with military life.