Baddies (TV series)
Baddies is a reality television franchise produced by Natalie Nunn and Tanisha Thomas as a spin-off of Oxygen's "Bad Girls Club" series. It premiered on May 16, 2021 on the Zeus Network. It is also a follow-up to the two-part special of "The Conversation" episode "The Bad Girls Of Reality TV", which aired on December 6, 2020 and December 13, 2020. Section::::"Baddies ATL" (2021). Development. Talks for a potential reboot of the "Bad Girls Club" came about in early 2020 when Natalie Nunn announced that a reunion special was in the works. The  reunion initially included Nunn, Gabrielle Victor, Danielle Victor, Christina Salgado, Erika Jordan, Raquel "Rocky" Santiago, Shannon Sarich, Sarah Oliver, and Jada Cacchilli. The plan also included Tanisha Thomas, despite production disputes with Nunn. The conversations for the reboot, however, created potential for a release on the adult platform OnlyFans, where the girls would release uncut, uncensored material for a particular price. Polls for which girl to join the series were created exclusively for OnlyFans' account. Eventually, bad girls Gabrielle, Danielle, and Erika announced that they would not continue on with the reboot after alleging that Nunn and the other veterans  were scamming the Bad Girls Club fans and those who subscribed already to the OnlyFans account. Once the four backed out, Tiana Small replaced the four and the girls appeared together to produce material for their OnlyFans. However, the material received criticism from devoted Bad Girls Club fans who felt like the fights and drama among the girls was staged. With the OnlyFans material, the bad girls returned to reality TV after featuring on a special episode of Zeus' "The Conversation", produced by Ray J and Princess Love. The episode special included Natalie, Christina, Rocky, Sarah, Jada, and Shannon in  the episode confronting their issues that were, presumably, from the OnlyFans material. The two-part special also included a physical altercation between Natalie and Jada and arguments among the girls. Similar to the OnlyFans material, the two-part episode from Zeus received poor criticism from fans who found disappointment in most of the fan-favorites like Christina. Others believed that the drama was staged and forced. On February 14, 2021, Zeus Network released a teaser trailer for the series. A second teaser was released on March 28, 2021; revealing a premiere date set for May 2021. Filming of the first  season took place for two weeks in February 2021. The reunion was hosted by singer Tamar Braxton and Jason Lee. A second season was announced and began production in April 2022 in Los Angeles, California. A male equivalent version of the show titled "Bad Boys: LA" was announced in November 2021 by the Zeus Network.