Daytime Divas Post-Mortem: What Would Season 2 Look Like?
VH1’s Daytime Divas ended its first season with a bang, a mic drop and a pair of handcuffs.
TVLine interviewed showrunners Mike Chessler and Chris Alberghini about the biggest twists in the season finale, as well as where the series would go in a potential Season Two.
Here are a few interesting excerpts from the interview:
You left us on a hell of a cliffhanger, considering a second season isn’t confirmed.
CHESSLER | Yes, we wanted to end on a big cliffhanger! It’s a fun, soapy show, and we’re obviously hoping there will be another season. Otherwise, we’re stuck on the cliff!
Have you heard anything?
ALBERGHINI | It’s still being discussed. There are big fans of the show, so we’ll just hope for the best.
How do you think Maxine would fare in prison?
ALBERGHINI | Well, Maxine’s a very dominant and controlling presence. She’s also very resourceful, and I think it’d be interesting to see a woman like that in prison, where her resources and access and influences are limited — at least initially. It’d be fun to see what she could make out of that situation. Not that we’re basing her on this, but I’d love to see how Martha Stewart’s first few days were.
As for Shawn, I’m no lawyer, but if he ends up coming clean about the murder, won’t they both end up behind bars?
CHESSLER | Maxine is a master manipulator. She’s very well-connected, and she’s always finding ways to get the end result she wants. I think there’s definitely some legal peril for both of them, but I also think Maxine is probably one step ahead of everything.
ALBERGHINI | We’re all very interested in Shawn and Maxine’s relationship. I’m interested in showing the complexity of it. What other secrets do they have? What else has one covered up for the other? Mother-son relationships can be just as complicated as mother-daughter relationships, so we’d like to explore that more.
Are Maxine and Mo actually “good” now?
ALBERGHINI | I would say they’ve reached a “friendly” détente. Each has gained a little more respect for the other. Each has been humbled by the other. And I think they feed off of each other. They improve their own game based on the other’s actions.
Last question, and this one’s really bugging me: Is anyone going to find out that Ramona’s been stealing from the set?
ALBERGHINI | No, we’re saving that for Season 2. [Laughs]
That’s a wrap for Season 1. And as always… lunch is on us.
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— Daytime Divas (@DaytimeDivas) August 1, 2017
VH1’s Hit the Floor Season Finale Surges in Ratings
VH1’s Hit the Floor had 2.4 million total viewers (1.1 million in the key 18-49 demo) tune in for its second season finale (surging surging 26 and 38%).
Nearly 2.5 million viewers tuned in to find out the answer to the season-long mystery: Who. Killed. Olivia? Was the identity of the killer a surprise to you?
H/T: TV by the Numbers
In related news: You can expect much more Hit the Floor in 2015. VH1 announced two weeks ago that the soapy basketball drama will be returning for a third season. Hit the Floor‘s season two was the number one ad-supported cable scripted drama among women 18-49.
VH1 scores just before the buzzer, proudly picking up its hit scripted series Hit The Floor for a third season of drama on and off the court.
The series has pulled impressive ratings during the first two seasons, finishing as the #1 new scripted series of the summer on cable among Adults 18-49 in its debut season and currently ranking as the #1 ad-supported scripted drama on cable among women 18-49. Season 2 of Hit the Floor was a magnet for fans on social platforms, consistently ranking amongst the Top 10 most social shows on TV Monday nights on Twitter.
“Hit The Floor delivered again with fantastic ratings and social media engagement in season two, especially among women,” said Susan Levison, EVP of Original Programming & Production for VH1. “We look forward to seeing what kind of trouble the Devil Girls will get into next season.”
The cast for season two includes: Dean Cain, Kimberly Elise, Taylour Paige, Logan Browning, Valery Ortiz, Katherine Bailess, Jonathan McDaniel, McKinley Freeman, Rob Riley, Adam Senn, Brent Antonello, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe and Don Stark.
H/T: VH1
Centric Revives VH1’s Recently Canceled Single Ladies
In late February, VH1 announced the cancellation of the fan favorite romantic dramedy series Single Ladies. Single Ladies was VH1’s first hour-long scripted series.
We’ve been proud to deliver three seasons of the drama, romance and style that engaged viewers in each episode of Single Ladies. Although we’ve decided not to move forward with another season, we hope to work again with the talented cast, creatives and producers as well as our partners at Flavor Unit Entertainment in the near future. We also thank the show’s fans for their support since the premiere in 2011.
Fans of Keisha, April and Raquel can rejoice! Less than two months later, the BET-owned network Centric has picked it up for a fourth season. The renewal is part of a new deal inked between the network and Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment, which produces Single Ladies.
H/T: TVLine