WASHINGTON (Army News Service, July 2, 2008) — Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the USO of Metropolitan Washington rolled out the red carpet Tuesday for wounded warriors, real Army wives and the cast and crew of Lifetime channel’s “Army Wives” for an exclusive screening of the drama series.

The event was held in the old Red Cross building at Walter Reed.

The show, which airs Sundays at 10 p.m., with encores on Mondays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 11 p.m., follows the lives of four Army wives, their Families and an “Army husband” whose wife is in the Army. The show is based on the non-fiction book “Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage” by Tanya Biank.

Col. Bruce Haselden, garrison commander at Walter Reed, praised “Army Wives” for showing how Families are impacted by the service of their loved ones to the nation.

“[It shows] that servicemembers have Families who are concerned about them whether they are deployed or at home,” Haselden said.

He added that last year, the Army rededicated itself to supporting Army Families with the signings of Army Family Covenants at military installations worldwide, and a commitment to dedicate more resources to Family programs.
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To kick off the July 4th week and festivities, the Lifetime hit drama series Army Wives will host a red carpet event plus an advanced screening of an upcoming episode to recognize and honor the inspiration behind the show, the true-to-life army wives. The event, which will take place at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on July 1, is scheduled to begin with a red carpet ceremony, immediately followed by the reception and screening.

The attendees include several Army Wives cast member, including Sally Pressman, Tanya Biank, author of the book that inspired the show, senior representatives from the military and their families, Lee Woodruff, wife of ABC anchor Bob Woodruff who was injured in Iraq, representatives from military aid organizations, and the guests of honor, real army wives and their families.
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Red carpet and advance premiere of an upcoming episode to celebrate REAL Army
wives and their families

To kick-off the July 4th week and honor America’s servicemen and women and their families, the cast of Lifetime’s hit show “Army Wives” is inviting real Army Wives, Wounded Warriors and military servicemembers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to join them for a red carpet event and the advance premiere of an upcoming episode of cable’s number one drama of the year.

WHO: Attendees include:
— Select cast members including Sally Pressman;
— Tanya Biank, northern Virginia resident and author of “Army
Wives,” the book that inspired the show (will also be doing a
book signing at the event);
— Senior military representatives and their families;
— Lee Woodruff, author of In an Instant and wife of ABC News
anchor Bob Woodruff, who was injured in Iraq;
— Real Army Wives and their families, as well as wives
representing other military branches; and
— Representatives from the USO and more than a dozen military aid
organizations.
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Lifetime’s Hit Series Posts Double-Digit Ratings Growth Versus Prior Season

By Larry Barrett — Multichannel News, 6/24/2008 1:58:00 PM

Army Wives continues to give Lifetime executives something to salute. Sunday’s episode of the most successful series in the network’s 24-year history was the evening’s most-watched cable drama among women and posted a household rating of 3.4.

A total of 3.75 million viewers tuned into the third episode of the series’ second season. The show has been especially popular with the ladies, recording a 25% surge in women viewers 18-49 and 27% and 29%, respectively, among women 18-24 and 18-34 compared to the third episode of its first season.

For the third-consecutive Sunday, Army Wives was the most-watched primetime basic cable program among women 18-24, 18-34, 18-49, 25-54 and among all women viewers 18 years or older.

Also, traffic to myLifetime.com has increased 55% from Season One to Season Two through the first three episodes, Lifetime officials said.

Filmed on location in Charleston, South Carolina, Army Wives stars Kim Delaney, Sally Pressman, Brigid Brannagh, Brian McNamara, Sterling K. Brown, Wendy Davis, Drew Fuller and Catherine Bell. Mark Gordon and The Mark Gordon Company’s President of Production, Deborah Spera, serve as executive producers. Nick Thiel and series creator Katherine Fugate also serve as executive producers. The series is based on the book “Under the Sabers: The Unwritten Code of Army Wives” by Tanya Biank, who serves as a consultant. Army Wives is produced by ABC Studios.

Source: multichannel.com

More problems fill the duty roster this season. In his first deployment, Trevor (Drew Fuller) takes a bullet, which opens up an ethical can of worms for the idealistic grunt. “His dilemma is that he feels he was just doing his job, but the Army needs a hero,” says Fuller. Back home, his wife, Roxy (Sally Pressman), takes a job sorting shrimp because her car needs a new motor. “There’s a military-family joke that says as soon as your husband deploys, everything he’s responsible for breaks down,” Pressman says.
And that includes their marriage. “Roxy’s going to expect that Trevor’s the same when he returns, but he won’t be.”

Read the whole article here. Careful, it may contain some spoilers!