Sister Wives

This article is about the reality television series. For the 2000 Israeli documentary, see Sister Wife. For the general concept, see Polygamy.
"Kody Brown" redirects here. Not to be confused with Cody Brown.

Sister Wives
GenreReality
Created by
  • Tim Gibbons
  • Christopher Poole
StarringThe Brown family
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons19
No. of episodes209 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Timothy Gibbons
  • Bill Hayes
  • Christopher Poole
  • Kirk Streb
ProducerVince Russo
Production locations
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
  • Figure 8 Films
  • Puddle Monkey Productions
Original release
NetworkTLC
ReleaseSeptember 26, 2010 (2010-09-26) –
present (present)
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Sister Wives is an American reality television series broadcast on TLC that premiered on September 26, 2010. The show documents the life of a polygamist family, which includes Kody Brown, his wife Robyn (née Sullivan), ex-wives Meri (née Barber), Janelle (née Schriever), and Christine (née Allred), and their 18 children (1 by Meri, 6 by both Janelle and Christine, 5 by Robyn although 3 were between her and her ex-husband David Preston Jessop). The family began the series living in Lehi, Utah, moved to Las Vegas in 2011, and to Flagstaff, Arizona, in mid-2018.[1]

Brown and his four wives have stated they participated in the show to make the public aware of polygamist families and to combat societal prejudices. Brown argues that his polygamist arrangement is legal because he is married (legally) to only one woman (Meri, then later Robyn), while the other marriages are "spiritual unions".

  1. ^ Wittenberg, Alexandra (August 2018). "#5 – Aug. 01: TLC's 'Sister Wives' have moved to Flagstaff, for real(ity)". Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved February 4, 2019.