Reality TV has wicked mob wives, wicked hip-hop love triangles, wicked crazy Bostonians and now, courtesy of Lifetime, "Pretty Wicked Moms." It debuts June 4 for nine episodes.
The premise: ultra-competitive Atlanta mothers try to one up each other in what Lifetime dubs in its press release: "a raging, raucous mommy war."
I'm not clear if they are saying they are "pretty" in both a visual sense and a relative sense that they aren't "truly " wicked, just "pretty" wicked.
But the press release uses other phrases and words such as "plotting and scheming," "feisty," "mischief" and "outrageous."
Our fine city is represented this time around by the following six women, descriptives courtesy of Lifetime's publicity department:
Emily: The Queen Bee – A self-made business woman with a two-year-old daughter, Amzie, who serves as ring leader of this group of competitive mothers.
Nicole N.: The Doggy Mom – Emily’s partner-in-crime and co-clique conspirator whose “child” is her Shitzu dog, Summer.
Miranda: TheSouthern Belle – A rigid stay-at-home mom who oversees her two-year-old son Ledger’s strict schedule down to the very. last. minute.
Nicole B.: The Alpha Mom – Health conscious and meticulous in what she feeds her one-year-old daughter, McKinley, Nicole B. often challenges Emily’s and Nicole N.’s mischievous plans.
Meredith: The Newbie – Recently moved to Atlanta with her husband and three-year-old daughter, Addison, Meredith’s good heart and innocence lead her to strive for acceptance from the other moms.
Marci: The Divorcee – The most affluent, and shrewdest mom of the clique, Marci is raising three kids on her own after 23 years of marriage, bringing a different point-of-view to motherhood and the clique as they live life in the fast lane.
Atlanta has about 15 reality shows in production now. The two most popular ones are VH1's "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta" and Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." But there are others cut from the same cloth. Bravo is doing well with its crew of Atlanta doctors and doctors' wives on "Married to Medicine." TV One has its own Atlanta crew returning for season two Wednesday called "R&B Divas," and Style just wrapped season one of "Big Rich Atlanta." TLC's "The Sisterhood," featuring a group of metro Atlanta preacher's wives, failed to gain much of an audience and won't be back again.
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