The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige

2023 television primetime talk show

Mary J. Blige
Ashaunna K. Ayars
Nicole Jackson
Lisa Erspamer
Jordan Davis
John Davis
Connie Orlando
Angela Aguilera

Production companies

Blue Butterfly Productions
Davis Entertainment
Lisa Erspamer Entertainment

Original releaseNetworkBETReleaseMarch 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) –
present (present)

The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige is an American primetime talk show series, hosted by singer and actress Mary J. Blige, that premiered on March 1, 2023, on BET.

Production

On December 16, 2022, the series was in development by BET.^[1]^[2] On February 15, 2023, it was announced that the talk show would premiere on March 1, 2023.^[3]

Due to COVID and higher production costs in New York City, the show took an unfortunate turn and was removed from BET Networks.

Episodes

No.	Title ^[4]^[5]	Original air date ^[4]^[5]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Sex, Love & Situationships"	March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01)	0.48^[6]
Guests: Taraji P. Henson and Yung Miami
2	"One-on-one with Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson"	March 8, 2023 (2023-03-08)	0.48^[7]
Guests: 50 Cent

References

^ "Academy Award-Nominated and Grammy Award-Winning Artist, Actor, Producer and Entrepreneur Mary J. Blige's Production Company Blue Butterfly Signs First Look Deal in Non-Scripted with BET" (Press release). BET. December 16, 2022. Retrieved February 20, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
^ Cordero, Rosy (December 16, 2022). "Mary J. Blige Strikes Wide-Ranging Deal With BET Via Her Blue Butterfly Banner, Sets Talk Show The Wine Down". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^ ""The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige" Adds Award-Winning Rapper, Entrepreneur, Actor, and Producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson to the Growing Roster of A-List Guests in BET's Much-Anticipated Television Event" (Press release). BET. February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 20, 2023 – via The Futon Critic.
^ ^a ^b "WINE DOWN WITH MARY J. BLIGE, THE (BET)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "The Wine Down With Mary J. Blige – Season 1 Listings". Zap2It. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
^ Salem, Mitch (March 2, 2023). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 3.1.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
^ Metcalf, Mitch (March 9, 2023). "SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 3.8.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved March 17, 2023.

External links

The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige at IMDb

BET original programming

Current

The Oval (since 2019)
Sistas (since 2019)
Tyler Perry's Assisted Living (since 2020)
After Happily Ever After (since 2022)
Black + Iconic (since 2023)
America in Black (since 2023)
The Wine Down with Mary J. Blige (since 2023)
Ms. Pat Settles It (since 2023)

Former

1980s and 1990s debuts	Bobby Jones Gospel (1980–2016) Black College Football (1981–2005) Video Soul (1981–96) Video Vibrations (1984–97) Midnight Love (1985–2005) Video LP (1985–93) Rap City (1989–2008) Teen Summit (1989–2002) Screen Scene (1990–97) Planet Groove (1996–99) ABL on BET (1996–98) Cita's World (1999–2003)
2000s debuts	106 & Park (2000–14) BET.com Countdown (2001–06) BET: Uncut (2001–06) Access Granted (2001–09) BET's Top 25 (2001–08) The Center (2003–07) Hey Monie! (2003) College Hill (2004–09) BET Style (2004–06) Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is (2006–08) Hotwyred (2006–07) The Black Carpet (2006–08) The 5ive (2007) Take the Cake (2007) Baldwin Hills (2007–09) Sunday Best (2007–21) Iron Ring (2008) The Deal (2008–10) Brothers to Brutha (2008) Harlem Heights (2009) Tiny and Toya (2009–10) The Mo'Nique Show (2009–11)
2010s debuts	The Michael Vick Project (2010) The Family Crews (2010–11) Let's Stay Together (2011–14) The Game (2011–15) Black Panther (2011) Reed Between the Lines (2011) Keyshia & Daniel: Family First (2012) Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–16) Second Generation Wayans (2013) Being Mary Jane (2013–19) Just Keke (2014) Nellyville (2014–15) Roc Nation Sports Live Boxing (2015) The Book of Negroes (2015) Keyshia Cole: All In (2015) Punk'd (2015) Zoe Ever After (2016) Chasing Destiny (2016) Criminals at Work (2016) The New Edition Story (2017) Madiba (2017) The Quad (2017–18) Time: The Kalief Browder Story (2017) Rebel (2017) 50 Central (2017) The Comedy Get Down (2017) The Rundown with Robin Thede (2017–18) Hit the Floor (2018) In Contempt (2018) The Grand Hustle (2018) The Family Business (2018–19) Boomerang (2019–20) American Soul (2019–20) Games People Play (2019–21)
2020s debuts	Twenties (2020–21) Boiling Point (2021) Disrupt & Dismantle (2021) BET Presents: The Encore (2021) Klutch Academy (2021) The Murder Inc Story (2022) Haus of Vicious (2022) Tales (2017—2022) Welcome to Rap City (2023) Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2006—2023)