TLC picks up Atlanta-based reality show called ‘Preacher Wives’
There are “Real Housewives,” “Mob Wives,” “Basketball Wives” and even “Sister Wives.”
Next up: TLC has picked up “Preacher Wives.”
True Entertainment, which produces “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” will handle this Atlanta-based series. The press release notes that they are “outspoken ladies who work to ensure that their churches run as smooth as Southern-churned butter.”
Information is sketchy beyond that. TLC said production has not begun and a launch date has not been made though it will likely be in the fourth quarter. I’m not clear if the cast has even been set yet. Spokeswoman Laurie Goldberg declined to comment.
EW got the exclusive on this news.
TLC has ordered a new program that follows strong-willed Atlanta women with leadership roles in the city’s religious community. The women on the show manage day-to-day politics at churches, help troubled or needy congregants, and hire and fire staff. Some even step up to the pulpit to sermonize.
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February 1st, 2012
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Michelle
February 1st, 2012
1:30 pm
When will we get a life and stop all of the foolishness? Preacher Wives? Seriously?
sharon
February 1st, 2012
1:31 pm
Lol
WPJ
February 1st, 2012
1:39 pm
Blech.
posterchild
February 1st, 2012
1:41 pm
I can’t wait to see how this show displays all the diverse personalities of women in Atlanta! I’m sure that as a native Atlantan, I’ll be proud of how this show represents the city in such a magnificent life. Yay!
Seriously?
February 1st, 2012
1:41 pm
Any preacher wives who agree to take part in this show should ex-communicated! Where does this crap end?!!!
Valerie
February 1st, 2012
1:43 pm
The devil is a liar!
WPJ
February 1st, 2012
1:43 pm
@ posterchild: Such as the RHOA has done? OMG. What a farce!
posterchild
February 1st, 2012
1:45 pm
@ WPJ, I know the RHOA is all about accuracy considering most of them don’t even live in Atlanta…
pmuckle
February 1st, 2012
1:50 pm
dear God in Heaven NO!
forever21
February 1st, 2012
2:03 pm
A fool!
shirley hemphill
February 1st, 2012
2:09 pm
How about the many wives of Eddie Long?
bulldawg
February 1st, 2012
2:20 pm
STOP!
Minnie Lorde
February 1st, 2012
2:22 pm
I don’t see a problem with the show. Quite a few of them are the biggest GOLD-DIGGERS.
BreezyATL
February 1st, 2012
2:22 pm
@shirley hemphill, I think “The Many “Sons” of Eddie Long” is a more appropriate title. I’m just sayin…
just bummed
February 1st, 2012
2:22 pm
I wonder if the “Preacher Wives” will talk about the many many affairs their “Preacher Husband” has with the woman in the church. Hmmmmmm?
Quake her oats
February 1st, 2012
2:24 pm
TLC sucks
Mr. Obvious
February 1st, 2012
2:24 pm
If TLC wants a really HOT series that will draw in untold numbers viewers (especially MEN) and that will make even the bed-hopping ladies on series like “The Bachelor” blush, their executives will green-light and produce a reality series called “Preachers’ Daughters.”
Bishop Eddie Schlong
February 1st, 2012
2:29 pm
Will this series focus on what all our wives are doing while hardworking pastors like myself are busy “mentoring” young boys?
Nubianteacher
February 1st, 2012
2:34 pm
More STUPIDITY to add to the masses…when will it ever end?????
Nubianteacher
February 1st, 2012
2:34 pm
Enter your comments here
really
February 1st, 2012
2:35 pm
With special guest appearences by Juanita Bynum and NeNe Leakes….
BJ
February 1st, 2012
2:36 pm
How I miss the old days when TLC was truly The Learning Channel. Now its The Looney Channel
really
February 1st, 2012
2:37 pm
Episode 1 – Taffi Dollar and Vanessa Long go shopping at Phipps….they fight over the same dress…..
Quake her oats
February 1st, 2012
2:37 pm
Mr. Obvious
February 1st, 2012
2:24 pm
If TLC wants a really HOT series that will draw in untold numbers viewers (especially MEN) and that will make even the bed-hopping ladies on series like “The Bachelor” blush, their executives will green-light and produce a reality series called “Preachers’ Daughters.”
I’m greenlighting this
casius-caligula
February 1st, 2012
2:45 pm
I think this is a horrible idea; however, if they get Vanessa Long to sign up, I AM TOTALLY IN BABY!! I’m going to personally invite Jesus over to watch every episode with me and serve some wine and bread to snack on. I’ll be staring at his reactions all night long.
Brittnye
February 1st, 2012
2:47 pm
This is something I probably will not be supporting.
Shawn
February 1st, 2012
3:07 pm
Can wait for the cursing. Ya’ll know there is going to be drama. Count me in. Yeah I am a sucker.
Sluggo
February 1st, 2012
3:11 pm
First it was “RHOA” and now “Preacher’s Wives”.
What’s next?
Coming soon for your viewing pleasure…”Women Who Work Ponce.”
Dana
February 1st, 2012
3:29 pm
LOL @ casius-caligula
Nutmeg
February 1st, 2012
3:38 pm
Why not “Women preachers”?
punkin
February 1st, 2012
3:39 pm
This is so sad….There is nothing sacred…
iron_eagle
February 1st, 2012
3:44 pm
FAIL
skeeter
February 1st, 2012
3:48 pm
“WE” are rapidly becoming a non-MF factor in this country.
pennystar
February 1st, 2012
3:52 pm
The Preachers Wives? Really TLC? Is that all you can come up with?
skeeter
February 1st, 2012
3:56 pm
Here’s some suggestions for TLC: Dunwoody housewives @ 8:00, 9:00 central; followed by Inman Park Soccer Moms and finally, John Creek Lonely Housewifves @ 10:00
cg
February 1st, 2012
4:04 pm
Just because someone is in a church, preacher or preachers wife, doesn’t make them a Christian, any more than being in a Macdonald’s makes you a hamburger. The world has no clue who Jesus is, especially those who rule the airwaves of television and radio. Don’t fall for it Church, be aware, keep your eyes on the prize.
skeeter
February 1st, 2012
4:06 pm
that would be 7:00 central
corey
February 1st, 2012
4:10 pm
Somebody stolen my idea
seemore's mom
February 1st, 2012
4:13 pm
As my mother would say, Jesus H. Chrst, what are they doing now?
Jai
February 1st, 2012
4:13 pm
Any Preacher’s wife who signs up for this is CRAZY and shouldn’t be expected to be a leader in her church! I guarantee you, they will NEVER get anyone with class to support this mess. Trust me, it will be wives of ministers that hardly anyone knows and they are trying to make a name for themselves.
Lashawna
February 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
What is Southern-churned butter?
BigTickles
February 1st, 2012
4:18 pm
God shall NOT be mocked!
Samantha
February 1st, 2012
4:24 pm
Reality T.V. went way too far when they started “Baseball Wives”….wow..a bunch of red necks that has absolutely no class at all….they look a hott mess and they look like they all come from trailor parks….disgusting!
Samantha
February 1st, 2012
4:26 pm
Jai I totally agree with you. The only thing this show will do is water down Christianity. That is really a shame. I also believe that they will get ‘wannabe’ preacher wives to do this show. That’s crazy!
juanita trammell
February 1st, 2012
4:28 pm
THAT’S WHY WHEN I TURN MY TV ON I TURN IT TO ESPN, I RATHER LOOK AT SPORTS DRAMA. PUT SOME REAL STUFF ON TV.
Pamela
February 1st, 2012
4:29 pm
TRUST me when I say that there is NO WAY First Lady Vanessa Long will be a part of this crappy show. She has a lot of class!
Jack
February 1st, 2012
4:45 pm
Is Vanessa Long still “First Lady” of New Birth, since is no longer Eddie Long’s “first lady”?
casius-caligula
February 1st, 2012
4:50 pm
I think you all are taking this way too seriously. After all, when God gets off on Saturdays after running the universe all week, dealing with all the problems on earth and in heaven, angels trying to jack the gold bricks that pave the streets, pearls mysteriously missing off the gates on the west side, etc. Do you really think He wants to turn on His 10,000 foot HD t.v. and watch something like the news? He wants to kick back with His son and The Ghost and laugh too. Why do you think we have mega churches, the “space program”, and South Park?
Michael
February 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
I hope the rating do terrible, adn they cancel it. You already know it want be a true representation of the true Church. Father I pray that this show is cancel before it even starts in Jesus name.
GRACE
February 1st, 2012
5:33 pm
The last reality show I watched was the 1st season of RHOA. I can’t stand reality shows but I will watch Preacher Wives. Church folk are the funniest people. Bunch of hypocrites that look down on you if you not up in a church every Sunday idolizing a preacher with his own jet.
trina@atl
February 1st, 2012
5:36 pm
Enough with these reality shows. This is just too much.
bob
February 1st, 2012
5:42 pm
How about a new show about reality show producers. The inside story on how they manipulate the poor idiots in front of the camera so they can generate ratings for their network. The producers will say the public is just getting what they want, the guilty pleasure of watching people more desperate than they are, but the producers and they’re faceless networks are the real degenerates.
casius-caligula
February 1st, 2012
6:34 pm
@Michael. Is there was a show coming to the tube that would represent the “true church”, it would be more scandalous than anything on t.v. now or has ever been. “The Church” is often one of the worst representations of what God said people should be. Have you been to one lately?
JUST-WHY
February 1st, 2012
6:37 pm
THIS IS A SHAME BEFORE GOD….
WHERE DOES IT STOP????
casius-caligula
February 1st, 2012
7:04 pm
@wacked out whitey. Did you say that because you are asking us to chip in $$$ on some moving boxes, or do you need a map? Either way, Wal-Mart can supply you with boxes for free, and obviously you have access to the internet, so maps are free. You’re all set. BYE.
outspoken1
February 1st, 2012
7:10 pm
lemme guess..mo ghetto fabul1ous blk girls to complete the already defunct image if atlanta…..A $1000.00 BET THAT PREACHER LONG’S WIFE IS ON THIS SHO!
Rene
February 1st, 2012
7:28 pm
This is disgusting. I can imagine the mockery of the ministry being betrayed.
Square360
February 1st, 2012
7:39 pm
They should do a show called ‘Preacher’s Boyfriends of Atlanta’ to commemorate Eddie Wrong and the rampant undercover homosexiosity that takes place in the the black christian church. Then again, catholic bishops don’t get a pass either because as we all know they certainly enjoy their share of boy-coochie whenever they can get away with it. Guess it might explain why the most vocal anti-gay rights crusaders always ALWAYS end up being closet homosexuals themselves. Yeah I said it…
casius-caligula
February 1st, 2012
7:42 pm
@Rene I understand how you might feel Rene, but don’t you also feel that too often these days, the ministry is mocking itself? Lately, “The Church” has made the world question its sincerity and relevance. A sort of sick and sad reality show about religion is playing out in [and on] the evening news every week.
New Birf Missionary Position Church
February 1st, 2012
8:10 pm
Most Preacher Daughters I know could teach Monica Lewinsky a thing or two about pleasing a man and raising [Heck].
(Frankly, their mothers are either only marginally better in terms of morality and/or completely clueless about what their daughters do.)
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It's me God
February 2nd, 2012
9:04 am
Michael
February 1st, 2012
5:15 pm
“I hope the rating do terrible, adn they cancel it. You already know it want be a true representation of the true Church. Father I pray that this show is cancel before it even starts in Jesus name.”
Dear Michael,
I have bestowed upon you internet access so that you may go forth and study grammar so that you never write such atrocities again. Television viewership is measured by ratings not a singular rating. I’ll let the typo adn go as a minor infraction and it will only cost you one of the seven teeth you have remaining. I am looking in your brain and I know that you were searching for the contraction “won’t” as in will not. “Want” is a desire to acquire (oops the Rev. Jesse Jackson is interrupting my signal.) In the next sentence, you should have typed “Father,…” Please lay off my son’s name especially if you are not going to use the possessive form correctly. Also, he is too busy working on his resurrection to respond to such a silly prayer.
Jai
February 2nd, 2012
9:59 am
Actually, Outspoken1, I would like to take you up on that $1000 bet. If Vanessa Long wanted the spotlight, she could have easily grabbed it when she filed for divorce from Bishop Long. But, because she has children with the man, she has chosen to take the high road. I can almost guarantee you she will not be a part of this MESS. Now, if she does, then I would be VERY surprised. And by the way, I can’t afford to pay you $1000 if I lose but I’d be more than happy to supply you with a $50 gift card to your favorite restaurant!
Anita
February 2nd, 2012
10:50 am
These comments look like everyone is afraid of what the wives might tell about church members. Maybe it would be good to hear their side of it. After all, church people talk about the preachers and their families all the time.
fjohnson
February 2nd, 2012
11:29 am
You’re making a big mistake and so are the women who will take part in this. Ratings might go up but things will get bad for them all. Look at how these shows have destroyed lives. It shows so much hate that so many feed on. Death and no LIFE! WAKE UP PEOPLE!
Hooked on Ebonix
February 2nd, 2012
11:50 am
RE:
New ‘Birf’ Missionary (Position) Church
LOL !
Bronxgirl
February 2nd, 2012
12:54 pm
What’s next? “Pimp Wives”? or “The Real Baby Mama’s of Atlanta”? Come on people!
JAKE MARSHALL
February 2nd, 2012
2:20 pm
To ‘It’s Me God’. Do you have nothing better to do than to look for typos in AJC-Blogs?
Layin Hands
February 2nd, 2012
3:05 pm
What Preacher would let his wife do something like this.. He would have to be thought of as a King to get away with it.
eddie long - Tenvipo
February 2nd, 2012
7:40 pm
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Pass da (Pastor) Collection Plate
February 3rd, 2012
12:12 am
Oh, lawdy. It’s only a matter of time until they produce, “The Real Scratch-Their-Bums-And-Sniff-Their-Fingers’-Wives of _____.”
It's Me God
February 3rd, 2012
12:16 am
@ JAKE MARSHALL
February 2nd, 2012
2:20 pm
Dear Jake,
Two more thing: (1) You spelt “typos” wrong and (2) you forgot the comma between “Me” and “God”. That is it. You can go home now.
Chris
February 3rd, 2012
1:23 am
Just great. We have enough religious idiots here already. Now this show is going to try and make Atlanta look devout so more of them will have move here.
Chris
February 3rd, 2012
1:25 am
Screw religion and god. Learn to think for yourself and quit listening to what some moron tells you to think or what some dumb text says. Just another way for those in charge to control you.
Lynette
February 3rd, 2012
2:23 am
I have learn and will continue to pray for CRAZY! I will not support this foolishness. This is NOT OF GOD!!!!! HELP LORD! WE ARE TRUELY LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS!
shirley hemphill
February 3rd, 2012
11:41 am
The Man Servants of King Eddie Long
It's Me God The Real One
February 3rd, 2012
12:35 pm
It’s Me God
February 3rd, 2012
12:16 am
@ JAKE MARSHALL
February 2nd, 2012
2:20 pm
Dear Jake,
Two more thing: (1) You spelt “typos” wrong and (2) you forgot the comma between “Me” and “God”. That is it. You can go home now.
*************************************************
That was one of my back up angels.
My Dearest Jake,
Why are you so angry my son? I bestowed upon you free will to seek an education. Do not blame others for your shortcomings. Please visit your nearest library for books on grammar. Also, I know that you are really Michael. God knows all.
T Scott
February 3rd, 2012
5:28 pm
The Kindom of God is at Hand, Lord have Mercy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
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Bishop Gilyard
February 4th, 2012
12:56 am
I think this show is an awesome ida. We always honor the preacher but hardly ever his wife.
Real life of the First Lady is hard, only a few are graced with the anointing to handle it!!