Baddies (season 1)
The first season of Baddies, officially titled Baddies ATL, aired on the Zeus Network from May 16, 2021, to August 22, 2021, and is filmed in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
| Baddies | |
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| Season 1 | |
 Cover used by Zeus (Left to right) Sidney, Judi, Christina, Tanisha, Natalie, Sarah, Seven and Janelle | |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Zeus Network |
| Original release | May 16 – August 22, 2021 |
| Season chronology | |
The season focuses on the original Bad Girls of reality television; Seven Craft, Judi Jackson, Natalie Nunn, Sarah Oliver, Christina Salgado, Janelle Shanks,Tanisha Thomas and Newbie Sidney Starr. Mehgan James is also featured in a recurring capacity. The season consisted of 12 episodes, including a two-part reunion special hosted by Tamar Braxton and Jason Lee.[2]
This was the final season for Craft, Jackson, Shanks and Thomas. This was also the final season for Oliver and Starr as full-time cast members.
Production and crew
Talks for a potential reboot of the Bad Girls Club came about in early 2019 when Natalie Nunn announced that a reunion special was in the works. The reunion was initially developed for release on the platform, OnlyFans. In December 2020, six former Bad Girls Club cast members, including Nunn, Oliver and Salgado; appeared together on an episode of The Conversation to confront their issues surrounding the OnlyFans project.
After the final episode of The Conversation special aired, it was announced that the Baddies series was in production. On February 14, 2021, Zeus Network released a teaser trailer for Baddies ATL, which saw eight former Bad Girls Club cast members from various seasons reunite.[3] The entire season was filmed in a mansion in Atlanta.
Cast
Casting
In February 2021, Zeus confirmed season 1 would premiere in May 2021 with Natalie Nunn and Tanisha Thomas leading the Baddies series alongside Seven Craft, Judi Jackson, Sarah Oliver, Christina Salgado, Janelle Shanks and Sidney Starr.[4] It was also announced that Mehgan James would join as a supporting cast member.
| Main Cast | Age | Reality or Original season | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanisha Thomas | 35 | Bad Girls Club 2: Los Angeles | Brooklyn, New York |
| Natalie Nunn | 36 | Bad Girls Club 4: Los Angeles | Concord, California |
| Judith Jackson | 32 | Bad Girls Club 7: New Orleans | Olympia Fields, Illinois |
| Christina Salgado | 31 | Bad Girls Club 9: Mexico | Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Janelle Shanks | 30 | Bad Girls Club 11: Miami | Houston, Texas |
| Sarah Oliver | 36 | Bad Girls Club 11: Miami | Riverdale, Georgia |
| Seven Craft | 26 | Bad Girls Club 17: East Meets West | Fort Washington, Maryland |
| Sidney Starr | 32 | Love & Hip Hop 9: New York | Chicago, Illinois |
| Supporting Cast | Age | Reality or Original season | Hometown |
| Mehgan James | 31 | Bad Girls Club 9: Mexico | Texas City, Texas |
Cast duration
| Baddie | Episodes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Natalie | Featured | |||||||||
| Sarah | Featured | |||||||||
| Seven | Featured | |||||||||
| Christina | Featured | |||||||||
| Janelle | Featured | |||||||||
| Sidney | Featured | |||||||||
| Tanisha | Featured | |||||||||
| Judi | Featured | Left | Appeared[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
| Supporting cast members | ||||||||||
| Mehgan | Supporting[lower-alpha 2] | |||||||||
Reunion
The final episode was followed by a two-part reunion special, hosted by Tamar Braxton and Jason Lee, which was released on August 15, 2021, and August 22, 2021. Oliver chose not to attend the taping due to ongoing conflict with her cast members, with the reunion special focusing on the audio recordings she released of Nunn on the day of filming.
| Viewer's Left | HOSTS | Viewer's Right | |||||||
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| Sidney Starr | Seven Craft | Christina Salgado | Tanisha Thomas | Tamar Braxton | Jason Lee | Natalie Nunn | Judi Jackson | Janelle Shanks | Mehgan James |
- Judi appears at Sidney’s birthday party, and is later mentioned to have left the house to care for her dog.
- Mehgan visits Sidney at the house before her birthday party.
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Reunited And It Feels So...BAD" | May 16, 2021 |
| 2 | 2 | "Now You See Me, Now You Don't" | May 23, 2021 |
| 3 | 3 | "Sit Down or Throw Down" | May 30, 2021 |
| 4 | 4 | "Let's Get To The Bag" | June 6, 2021 |
| 5 | 5 | "It's About to Go Down" | June 13, 2021 |
| 6 | 6 | "Even Baddies Need A Break" | June 20, 2021 |
| 7 | 7 | "You and All Yo BULL" | June 27, 2021 |
| 8 | 8 | "SURPRISE!" | July 11, 2021 |
| 9 | 9 | "It's Time for the TWERKULATOR!" | July 18, 2021 |
| 10 | 10 | "All Bad Things Come to An End" | July 25, 2021 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Reunion Part 1" | August 15, 2021 |
| 12 | 12 | "The Reunion Part 2" | August 22, 2021 |
References
- "Baddies". Zeus Network. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- "Baddies ATL | Teaser". Zeus.
- "Baddies ATL Teaser Trailer". Zeus.
- Benoit, Kevin. "[FIRST LOOK] Bad Girls Club Veterans Coming To New Series 'Baddies: ATL'". Parle. Retrieved May 22, 2023.