Army Wives is a US television drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, their families and an "army husband" whose wife is in the army.
[Reuters Television News] The series premiered on
Lifetime Television on
June 3,
2007. The show had the largest series premiere in Lifetime's 23 year history, and the largest viewership in the 10:00PM to 11:00PM time slot since December for Lifetime.
The show is based on the non-fiction book—originally titled
Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives by
Tanya Biank.
Army Wives was been picked up for a second season. The second season premiered on Lifetime in the United States on Sunday, June 8, 2008, and had 19 episodes.
The series began airing in
Ireland on Monday,
October 15,
2007 on
TG4 (in English) and in
New Zealand on Thursday,
June 19,
2008 on
TV2, the series also aires on the
South African network
M-Net[1].
On March 14, 2008,
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment announced a DVD release.
Army Wives: The Complete First Season — a three-disc set including all 13 original episodes and exclusive bonus features including an un-aired storyline, deleted scenes, outtakes,