Girlfriends (2000)
TVPG
Sitcom
Black women from different walks of life face tests and triumphs together, from dating to divorce and friends to family to relationships, learning about true friendship in the process.
Cast & Crew
Tracee Ellis Ross Joan Clayton
Golden Brooks Maya Wilkes
Persia White Lynn Searcry
Reggie Hayes William Dent
Jill Marie Jones Antoinette 'Toni' Marie Childress Garrett
Kelsey Grammer Executive Producer
Rudy Hornish Executive Producer
Dee LaDuke Executive Producer
Mark Alton Brown Executive Producer
Mara Brock Akil Executive Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Saturday, April 4
Friends, Colleagues, Brothers
Season 1 • Episode 16
Joan battles a "boys club" mentality when her law firm hires Christopher Darden.
Saturday, April 4
The Declaration of Lynndependence
Season 1 • Episode 17
Joan and Toni urge Lynn to stop freeloading; William encourages Yvonne to hang out with the girls.
Sunday, April 5
Diss-regard
Season 1 • Episode 18
Joan is forced to choose between a date with boyfriend Sean and being with Maya before her surgery.
Sunday, April 5
A Kiss Before Lying
Season 1 • Episode 19
Jealous Sean demands that Joan stop patronizing Davis' restaurant.
Monday, April 6
If You Can't Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Boonies
Season 7 • Episode 6
Maya discovers Jabari has been skipping school and plagiarized a writing assignment.
Monday, April 6
Everybody Hates Monica
Season 7 • Episode 5
Joan learns that Maya and Lynn did not tell her about a recent outing with Toni.
Monday, April 6
Just Joan
Season 7 • Episode 7
Maya challenges Joan to empower herself, accept her single life and go out to a restaurant alone.
Monday, April 6
Karaokee-Dokee
Season 7 • Episode 8
Joan and Maya discover that Lynn is singing for money on the street and at a karaoke bar.
Monday, April 6
The Burning ... Monologues
Season 1 • Episode 20
Sean has not yet said that he loves Joan; Toni catches a venereal disease when she cheats on Greg.
Monday, April 6
Loose Lips Sink Relationships
Season 1 • Episode 21
Joan reveals to Toni's boyfriend that Toni has accepted a marriage proposal from another man.
Tuesday, April 7
He Had a Dream
Season 7 • Episode 9
Maya struggles with the responsibility of owning a home and taking care of Jabari.
Tuesday, April 7
I'll Have a Blue Line Christmas
Season 7 • Episode 10
Aaron thinks something will go wrong on her date with a teacher.
Tuesday, April 7
I Want My Baby Back
Season 7 • Episode 12
Maya fears that Jabari is growing up too fast when she sees him interact with a young girl.
Tuesday, April 7
Hot for Preacher
Season 7 • Episode 13
Lynn has qualms about dating a guy she met at a club when she discovers he is a Baptist minister.
Tuesday, April 7
Jamaic-Up?
Season 1 • Episode 22
While in Jamaica, Toni discovers that Joan is responsible for her breakup with Greg.
Tuesday, April 7
The Fallout
Season 2 • Episode 1
Joan struggles with Toni's attempted seduction of her boyfriend.
Wednesday, April 8
Wrong Side of the Tracks
Season 7 • Episode 11
Big Boi tells Lynn that he will not be able to use her music.
Wednesday, April 8
Time to Man Up
Season 7 • Episode 14
Joan discovers that her new boyfriend does not believe in celebrating Valentine's Day.
Wednesday, April 8
Willie He or Won't He III: This Time It's Personal
Season 7 • Episode 15
Monica wonders if she should end her marriage to William when he reveals doubts about marrying her.
Wednesday, April 8
What Had Happened Was ...
Season 7 • Episode 16
After Aaron and Joan run into one of his ex-girlfriends, they discuss their past relationships.
Wednesday, April 8
Just Say No
Season 2 • Episode 2
Joan doesn't follow her therapist's warnings; Lynn's new boyfriend moves into Joan's house.
Wednesday, April 8
A Full Court Conspiracy
Season 2 • Episode 3
Joan and William are selected to lead the defense on a racism trial.
Thursday, April 9
Church Lady
Season 7 • Episode 17
Lynn continues her work at the church after ending her affair with Eldon.
Thursday, April 9
Operation Does She Yield
Season 7 • Episode 18
Maya, Joan and Lynn go to Chicago to persuade Monica to get back together with William.
Thursday, April 9
A Dingo Ate My Dream House
Season 7 • Episode 19
Monica learns to adjust to life without the help of her family's wealth.
Thursday, April 9
A House Divided
Season 7 • Episode 20
Lynn's boyfriend faces a hard decision when he finds himself at odds with the members of the church.
Thursday, April 9
Untreatable
Season 2 • Episode 4
The girls go on a shopping spree that creates marital tension between Maya and Darnell.
Thursday, April 9
Buh-Bye
Season 2 • Episode 5
Toni violates a trust when she tells Joan's boss an intimate secret about Joan.
Friday, April 10
To Be Determined
Season 7 • Episode 21
Joan gets a long-awaited marriage proposal; Maya and Darnell find their dream house.
Friday, April 10
It's Been Determined
Season 7 • Episode 22
Joan runs into her old boyfriend Brock, who tells her he made a mistake.
Friday, April 10
Range of Emotions
Season 8 • Episode 1
Joan's fiance is unhappy when she spends money without first discussing it with him.
Friday, April 10
Baghdad, My Bad
Season 8 • Episode 2
Joan kidnaps Aaron and takes him to Mexico to prevent him from going to Iraq.
Friday, April 10
Willie or Won't He
Season 2 • Episode 6
Joan suggests that William and Yvonne move in together to test their domestic compatibility.
Friday, April 10
Trick or Truth?
Season 2 • Episode 7
Toni searches for divine inspiration after she learns she was not invited to Joan's Halloween party.
Saturday, April 11
Joan's Birthday Suit
Season 2 • Episode 8
Joan celebrates her 30th birthday and spends a day on a nude beach.
Saturday, April 11
Maya Takes a Stan
Season 2 • Episode 9
Maya falls for a handsome stranger; William seeks a best man for his wedding.
Saturday, April 11
Joan's Birthday Suit
Season 2 • Episode 8
Joan celebrates her 30th birthday and spends a day on a nude beach.
Saturday, April 11
Maya Takes a Stan
Season 2 • Episode 9
Maya falls for a handsome stranger; William seeks a best man for his wedding.
Sunday, April 12
Mom's the Word
Season 2 • Episode 10
Joan and Toni visit a popular singles bar looking for new companions.
Sunday, April 12
You Better Watch Out
Season 2 • Episode 11
Maya gets an expensive watch for Christmas from the wrong man.
Monday, April 13
Where Did Lynn-digo?
Season 8 • Episode 3
Lynn finds herself with conflicting performance engagements; Joan hears strange noises.
Monday, April 13
Losing It
Season 8 • Episode 4
Maya has writer's block and cannot complete her book, then learns that her pregnancy is at risk.
Monday, April 13
Good Grief
Season 8 • Episode 5
Maya accuses Darnell of blaming her for the miscarriage; Monica and William have a dinner party.
Monday, April 13
Spree to Be Free
Season 8 • Episode 6
Joan decides retail therapy will help Maya recover from the loss of her baby.
Monday, April 13
I Have a Dream House
Season 2 • Episode 12
Joan lobbies her law firm to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Monday, April 13
Sister, Sistah
Season 2 • Episode 13
Lynn's white sister thinks she is being playful when she utters a racial epithet.
Tuesday, April 14
Snap Back
Season 8 • Episode 7
Darnell learns that Maya is taking pills to cope with the loss of her baby.
Tuesday, April 14
Save the Last Dance
Season 8 • Episode 8
Joan, Maya and William join Lynn for a night on the town at a new club.
Tuesday, April 14
R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Find Out What It Means to William
Season 8 • Episode 9
William considers leaving the firm when he starts to feel that he is not respected.
Tuesday, April 14
Deck the Halls With Bags and Folly
Season 8 • Episode 10
Joan joins a support group and decides to raise money for the group to throw a holiday party.
Tuesday, April 14
Willie or Won't He, Part II: The Last Chapter
Season 2 • Episode 14
Yvonne learns that William has not informed his mother of their coming wedding.
Tuesday, April 14
Can't Stan Ya!
Season 2 • Episode 15
Growing feelings for Stan force Maya to choose between him and her husband.
Wednesday, April 15
Adapt to Adopt
Season 8 • Episode 11
Maya and Darnell romanticize the idea of adopting, until they attend a neighborhood group.
Wednesday, April 15
What's Black A-Lackin'?
Season 8 • Episode 12
Lynn gets upset that her record label is pushing back the release date of her album.
Wednesday, April 15
Stand and Deliver
Season 8 • Episode 13
Joan goes to the school where Aaron taught to read a letter he sent to the students.
Wednesday, April 15
Toe Sucking
Season 1 • Episode 1
Four black women from different walks of life form intense friendships.
Wednesday, April 15
Take Me Out After the Ballgame
Season 2 • Episode 16
After the law firm's young mail clerk seduces Joan, she tries to keep the fling a secret.
Wednesday, April 15
Childs in Charge
Season 2 • Episode 17
When a successful real-estate tycoon challenges Toni, she plans to open her own business.
Thursday, April 16
One Night Stand?
Season 1 • Episode 2
Foregoing celibacy for a night of passion, Joan unknowingly sets her sights on an engaged man.
Thursday, April 16
Hip-Ocracy
Season 1 • Episode 4
Although Maya disapproves, Joan, Toni and Lynn search for love on the Internet.
Thursday, April 16
I Pity the Fool
Season 1 • Episode 5
Joan has trouble breaking up with Marcus, so her friends try to do it for her.
Thursday, April 16
Girlfrenzy
Season 1 • Episode 3
Joan looks on as Toni and the others get in a brawl outside a nightclub.
Thursday, April 16
The Taming of the Realtess
Season 2 • Episode 18
Toni struggles to arrange a flashy grand opening for her real-estate business.
Thursday, April 16
X Does Not Mark the Spot
Season 2 • Episode 19
Joan accidentally takes Ecstasy while at a hot dance club with her new beau.
Friday, April 17
The Importance of Being Frank
Season 1 • Episode 11
Joan thinks she has found the perfect man until his wife visits.
Friday, April 17
Everything Fishy Ain't Fish
Season 1 • Episode 7
Joan sees Maya's husband with another woman; Toni dates a white mayoral candidate.
Friday, April 17
Never a Bridesmaid
Season 1 • Episode 10
When Maya and her husband decide to renew their vows, Joan begins to plan an over-the-top wedding.
Friday, April 17
The Remains of the Date
Season 1 • Episode 6
Joan lures William to a mausoleum on Halloween after convincing him that his date is dead.
Friday, April 17
Just Dessert
Season 2 • Episode 21
Lynn and William move in together and console each other after their recent breakups.
Friday, April 17
Into the Woods
Season 2 • Episode 22
Joan's ex-boyfriend returns to town with a startling announcement.
Saturday, April 18
Coming to Terms
Season 3 • Episode 1
Joan invites her friends' ex-boyfriends to a party in an attempt to meet the perfect mate.
Saturday, April 18
Getting Our Act Together
Season 3 • Episode 2
Maya convinces Darnell to attend a marriage counseling session; William competes with Joan.
Saturday, April 18
Coming to Terms
Season 3 • Episode 1
Joan invites her friends' ex-boyfriends to a party in an attempt to meet the perfect mate.
Saturday, April 18
Getting Our Act Together
Season 3 • Episode 2
Maya convinces Darnell to attend a marriage counseling session; William competes with Joan.
Sunday, April 19
Secrets and Eyes
Season 3 • Episode 3
Toni struggles to hold on to her youth following a surprise party; William seeks a one-night stand.
Sunday, April 19
Star Craving Mad
Season 3 • Episode 4
Joan gets into a scuffle with a handsome celebrity over a treadmill at the gym.
Monday, April 20
Fried Turkey
Season 1 • Episode 9
Things look up on Thanksgiving Day when Joan sees Kelsey Grammer.
Monday, April 20
Pregnant Pause
Season 1 • Episode 8
Joan thinks she may be pregnant; Lynn reminisces about her teenage years.
Monday, April 20
The List
Season 1 • Episode 12
The friends each make a list of what they want in a lover and put it under their pillows.
Monday, April 20
They've Gotta Have It
Season 1 • Episode 13
Joan is puzzled by her boyfriend Sean's lack of interest in sex; Yvonne reveals a secret.
Monday, April 20
Don't Leave Me a Loan
Season 3 • Episode 5
When Lynn learns her debt may cost her parents their retirement dream, she decides to mend her ways.
Monday, April 20
Invasion of the Gold Digger
Season 3 • Episode 6
William's friends denounce his money-grubbing girlfriend; Toni has a date with her plastic surgeon.
Tuesday, April 21
Bad Timing
Season 1 • Episode 14
Davis makes a romantic gesture to Joan; Greg surprises Toni with a unique St. Valentine's Day gift.
Tuesday, April 21
Old Dog
Season 1 • Episode 15
Joan's romance fizzles; Maya consults a gynecologist regarding her difficulty in conceiving a child.
Tuesday, April 21
Friends, Colleagues, Brothers
Season 1 • Episode 16
Joan battles a "boys club" mentality when her law firm hires Christopher Darden.
Tuesday, April 21
The Declaration of Lynndependence
Season 1 • Episode 17
Joan and Toni urge Lynn to stop freeloading; William encourages Yvonne to hang out with the girls.
Tuesday, April 21
Blinded by the Lights
Season 3 • Episode 7
Joan must keep to the shadows while attending a movie premiere.
Tuesday, April 21
Handling Baggage
Season 3 • Episode 8
Maya makes a last ditch effort to save her marriage after hearing Darnell is seeing another woman.
Wednesday, April 22
Diss-regard
Season 1 • Episode 18
Joan is forced to choose between a date with boyfriend Sean and being with Maya before her surgery.
Wednesday, April 22
A Kiss Before Lying
Season 1 • Episode 19
Jealous Sean demands that Joan stop patronizing Davis' restaurant.
Wednesday, April 22
The Burning ... Monologues
Season 1 • Episode 20
Sean has not yet said that he loves Joan; Toni catches a venereal disease when she cheats on Greg.
Wednesday, April 22
Loose Lips Sink Relationships
Season 1 • Episode 21
Joan reveals to Toni's boyfriend that Toni has accepted a marriage proposal from another man.
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