GCB[1] (also known as Good Christian Bitches and Good Christian Belles) is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Robert Harling, produced by Darren Star, and starring Kristin Chenoweth, Leslie Bibb, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, Marisol Nichols, and Annie Potts.
The series centers on a recently widowed and financially ruined woman who moves her family back to the upscale Dallas-area town where she grew up.
The series follows Amanda Vaughn, former high-school "Queen Bitch" and recently widowed mother of two, who returns to her hometown of Highland Park, Texas, an enclave of Dallas.
Formerly rich, Amanda lost everything when her husband was exposed as stealing billions of dollars from investors and died in a car crash with his mistress.
She meets the former schoolmates she used to mock: Carlene Cockburn, the new "Queen Bitch"; Sharon Peacham, who was beautiful in high school and is now heavy and insecure and does the bulk of Carlene's bidding; glamorous business mogul Cricket Caruth-Reilly, whose husband, Blake, is gay; and Heather Cruz, a powerful Dallas real-estate agent.
[23] On March 14, 2011, it was announced that Kristin Chenoweth had landed the lead role of Carlene Cockburn, the GCBs' queen bee.
"[37] New York City councilor Peter Vallone, Jr. called for a boycott of GCB claiming the series is "yet another outrageous attack on the Christian faith."
In Brazil and Latin America, it will air under its second working title Good Christian Belles on Canal Sony.
[43] In October 2019, it was confirmed that the reboot of the original series had been dropped, though The CW briefly considered a new concept with the same title, targeting a younger audience by focusing on a high school girl.
[44] Most of the music heard on the show is available for purchase at the iTunes Store and went on sale every week consecutively, on the same day episodes aired.
The entire soundtrack is available as individual singles on iTunes and Amazon, except "Can't Behave" by Brett Eldredge;[45] none of Jeff Beal's original score from the show is included.