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The Bad Girls Club is an American reality television that premiered on the Oxygen Network in December 2006. The show was created by Jonathan Murray and is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions (the same company that produces the reality series The Real World). The show's premise follows seven women with a number of personal, behavioral, and psychological problems — deemed "bad girls" — as they live together for four months. Cameras record their relationships and their attempts to accomplish specific goals. The fifth season began shooting in March 2010 and takes place in Miami. It is scheduled to be released August 3, 2010.[1]
In every season of the Bad Girls Club one or more girls will be asked to leave the house either by their on choice or physical fighting which then gives the producers a chance to add a new "bad girl" which arrives to the house in a day or two to replace the fellow bad girl[4].
The series is the most-watched Oxygen original series ever, averaging 595,000 P18-49, a 31% increase over season one. The show averaged 439,000 among women aged 18–49; 321,000 among women aged 18–34 and 791,000 total viewers P2+. "The Bad Girls Club" also achieved a network milestone, becoming the first Oxygen original series episode to break the one million-viewer mark.[citation needed]
The show's third season also set records for Oxygen, The premiere drew a 0.8 household rating, averaging 807,000 total viewers. Among viewers 18-49, “Girls” drew 568,000 viewers; 405,000 viewers were women 18-49 and 337,000 were women 18-34, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The show came in as the network's highest-rated season premiere ever, beating out "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood."[6]
Season four broke the record once again, after the third episode titled "No More Mr. Nice Girl" aired, the show became the network's most-watched telecast among women 18 to 34 and the most-watched non-finale program among viewers and adults 18 to 49. The show averaged a 1.35 household rating and 1.42 million total viewers, a total that included 527,000 females 18 to 34. The show also marked only the second time the NBC Universal service surpassed the seven-figure mark with that key group, when measured on a live+ same-day basis. It also pulled in some 744,000 females 18 to 49[7]
Bad Girls Road Trip is a spin-off from Oxygen's original show, The Bad Girls Club. It premiered June 12, 2007. It stars season one veterans, Zara Sprankle, Aimee Landi, and Leslie Ramsue, who tour their respective hometowns, searching for casting opportunities for Season 2 of The Bad Girls Club, as well as checking up on their former housemates.
Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too premiered on March 16, 2010 and features three former Bad Girls Club stars; Amber Meade, Sarah Michaels (both from Season 3) and Kendra James (Season 4) "trying to find the man of their dreams" out of 13 eligible bachelors. Comedian Bret Ernst host the eight one-hour episode season. There might be a Season 2, due to there being a Casting Call. .[8]
In 2007 Oxygen released a 3G mobile game based on The Bad Girls Club in partnership with Artificial Life, Inc.[21][22] The 3G game will feature 3D avatars based on the Bad Girls as well as photo-realistic locations based on the actual house.
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