Bad Girls Club (abbreviated BGC) is a 2006 American reality television series created by Jonathan Murray[1] for the Oxygen network in the United States.

Bad Girls Club aired on at least seven networks in other countries: Sky Living in the United Kingdom and Ireland, MTV in Australia, New Zealand and Russia, RTL 5 in the Netherlands, TV11 in Sweden, SIC Radical in Portugal, Velvet in the Philippines, and Channel [V] in Southeast Asia.

[5] In February 2017, the series' future was put in limbo with the network's announcement that it would convert to a true crime programming format, which was instituted in July 2017.

Of the series' future, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Lifestyle Networks president Frances Berwick said, "Bad Girls Club, at this stage, I don't see it on Oxygen linear," suggesting that it could air in a non-linear media form.

The cast of season two were given mandatory nonprofit jobs to help them build a work ethic and experience the stabilizing effect of being interdependent with others, for example in teamwork and commitment, to equip them for success in later life.

[citation needed] If cast members engage in violence or break other rules, they are considered for eviction under the show's policy, which is enforced by the producers.

[9] On August 3, 2010, during the OxygenLive TV recap episode, the show combined Facebook and Twitter with a live broadcast.

[16] In January 2011, Oxygen released OxygenLive!, an online talk show hosted by Tanisha Thomas, one of the bad girls of season two.

[21] Mary Mitchell of Sun Times stated that the show was "hazardous to the female psyche" and wrote, "Just like some teens try to emulate rappers in their dress and behavior, the same is true for 'bad girls'."

She also commented that the show gives a "distorted picture" of how to live the good life, calling the cast "wannabes" who are "sleeping in a mansion they can't pay for".

Mitchell believes that most people know the cast are living "a bogus lifestyle", and assesses the message of the Bad Girls Club as "disturbing".

"[24] Mary Chase Breedlove of Reflector objected that "there are several TV programs devoted to acting as trashy and mean as possible ('Bad Girls' Club, ' ...)".

[26] Kris De Leon of BuddyTV described the show as "crude, rude and pointless, but sort of addictive to some people.

[12] He said that Bad Girls Club "arrived a little late in this game, on a channel lacking the kind of exposure or public footprint to qualify the show even as the stuff guilty pleasures are made of".

Lowry believed that the show "loses" and that Oxygen attracts viewers who generally get drunk at bars and make a scene.

He also suggested that "maybe it's time to "BAG" these bad-attitude girls and beat a hasty retreat back to the real world".

[12] Anita Gates of The New York Times referred to Bad Girls Club as "a great argument for bringing back programming with actors".

Gates concluded by suggesting that Bad Girls Club is the on-location equivalent of The Jerry Springer Show.

[29] During "Off The Wall", the first episode of the fourth season, Natalie Nunn told Annie Andersen that Chris Brown was at a night club she wanted to attend, and asked Anderson if she was a fan.

[33][34] Shortly before the end of the reunion, Nunn said that she did not condone domestic violence and apologized if her comment had enraged fans and people who had been victims of it.

"[35] During the episode "The Wicked Witch Of Key West", a stranger at a bar offered to buy drinks for Kristen Guinane and Christina Marie Hopkins.

[35] After season five wrapped, Catya Washington was sentenced to jail for possession of a concealed weapon and illegal use of drugs.

[36][37] During season six production, residents of Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, complained that noise levels and swearing were unbearable and inappropriate for them and their children to listen to during the night.

She claimed that Townsend had placed her personal belongings into a garbage bag, telling her "she needed to leave the house", and that the incident had escalated into a fight.

[18][19][20] The twelfth season of the Bad Girls Club sparked a debate with The Village Board of Trustees of Highland Park, Illinois, who argued against filming the series in the Chicago North Shore suburb.

The third season aired on December 5, 2011, with Thomas as host once more, and Kori Koether, Sydney Steinfeldt, and Judi Jai as cast members.

The series has the girls divided into two teams, put to the test every week in an array of physical and mental challenges.

[56] A webshow Baddies ATL, produced by former cast members Tanisha Thomas and Natalie Nunn, is set to air in 2021 consisting of former Bad girls.