Army Wives is a US television drama series about a woman who marries a soldier and moves her family onto a US Army post, where she becomes friends with other women and men whose spouses are in the Army. 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 bookâoriginally titled Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage by Tanya Biank. Army Wives has been picked up for a second season. According to Catherine Bell's official website next season will consist of 19 episodes. The series begins airing in Ireland on Monday, October 15, 2007 on TG4 (in English).
The army has its code... the wives have their own.
