Fandango Enters Scripted Programming With 'Bad Girls Club' Reunion

Bad Girls Club is back. Fandango, the online ticket seller that has now become a free, ad-supported streamer, is making its first move into scripted programming with a reunion featuring stars of the Oxygen reality series. The move comes for Versant Media, which owns Fandango […]

Fandango, the online ticket seller-turned-free, ad-supported streamer, is moving into original programming for the first time, lining up its first project, a reunion featuring the stars of the reality series Oxygen.

The move makes sense for Versant Media, which owns Fandango as well as the Oxygen brand, which has focused on true crime in recent years.

Bad Girls Club: Unfinished Business is a two-part reunion special hosted by Tanisha Thomas, who co-starred in the second season of the series that debuted in 2006.

The special reunites Season 7's Bad Girls, including Stassi Townsend, Shelley Hickman, Judy Jackson, Tiara Hodge, Angie Castillo and Priscilla Menella. Watch on Deadline

Season 7 was chosen because it is the most watched season of the series on the Fandango platform.

Thomas brings the women back together to revisit some of the franchise's most iconic struggles and encounters. Each episode brings the women face-to-face to share their side of the story and uncover what really happened. The group tackles old tensions and determines whether these chapters can finally be closed, or whether some rivalries are simply too deep to be left in the past.

The special is produced by Bunim/Murray Productions, which produced the original series, which ran for 17 seasons and ended in 2017. Thomas executive produces alongside Julie Pizzi, Steve Ezell and Brad Tieman. It will be released later this year.

Fandango is the latest streamer to get into the reunion special business. Roku recently launched Laguna Beach: The Reunion.

"As we continue to grow Fandango's free ad-supported streaming service, we want to offer programming that fans love, and Bad Girls Club consistently over-profiles our viewers," said Val Borland, President of Entertainment, Versant. "We're excited to bring these unforgettable women back into fans' living rooms and give longtime viewers a front row seat as they relive the moments that made this franchise so iconic."

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