Sweet Magnolias is an American romantic drama streaming television series, developed by Sheryl J. Anderson and based on the Sweet Magnolias novels.
Let’s find out more about the series!
- Sweet Magnolias is an American romantic drama streaming television series.
- It was developed by Sheryl J. Anderson.
- It is based on the Sweet Magnolias novels by Sherryl Woods.
- It stars JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Brooke Elliott, Heather Headley and Jamie Lynn Spears.
- The series premiered on Netflix on May 19, 2020.
- In July 2020, the series was renewed for a second season.
- The second season is scheduled to premiere on February 4, 2022.
- The second will have 10 episodes.
- Sweet Magnolias follows “three South Carolina women, best friends since childhood, as they shepherd each other through the complexities of romance, career, and family.”
- On September 27, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes.
- The series was based on the Sweet Magnolias book series by Sherryl Woods and executive producers were expected to include Woods, Sheryl J. Anderson, and Dan Paulson. Anderson was also set to serve as the series’ showrunner.
- Production companies involved with the series were slated to consist of Daniel L. Paulson Production
- Norman Buckley directed six of the episodes.
- He served as co-executive producer.
- On July 23, 2020, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.
- On May 20, 2019, Monica Potter, Brooke Elliott, and Heather Headley were announced as the leads.
- On July 1, 2019, it was reported that Chris Klein, Jamie Lynn Spears, and Justin Bruening had joined the cast as series regulars.
- On August 1, 2019, JoAnna Garcia Swisher was cast as Maddie Townsend, replacing Potter who was originally cast as the lead
- On May 4, 2021, Dion Johnstone and Brandon Quinn were promoted to series regulars for second season.
- Principal photography for the series began on July 8, 2019 in Covington, Georgia.
- The second season began filming in April 2021 and wrapped up in July 2021.
- Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 78% based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 6.17/10.
- The show is filmed in Covington, Georgia. This is the same location used for Mystic Falls in Vampire Diaries
- Jamie Lynn Spears’s first acting role since the series finale of Zoey 101 (2005), twelve years prior.
- Shares some filming locations with The Vampire Diaries (2009).
- In this show, JoAnna Garcia Swisher portrays a woman whose husband leaves her for another woman. In “Reba” she played the daughter of a woman in the same position.
- Additionally, both men are doctors (family practitioner in “Sweet Magnolias,” dentist in “Reba”) who leave their wives for a subordinate coworker (nurse and dental hygienist respectively). And the affairs in both shows result in a pregnancy.
- In addition to the similarities to “Reba” previously mentioned, in that show, JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s character was the oldest of three children, two girls & a boy. Here, she plays the mother of three, two boys & a girl.
- The show is filmed in Covington, Georgia which has been used as the setting for Vampire Diaries’ Mystic Falls and as the principal filming location as a stand in for Sparta, Mississippi in the 1988 TV series In the Heat of the Night.
- In addition to the similarities to “Reba” previously mentioned, in that show, JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s character was the oldest of three children, two girls & a boy. Here, she plays the mother of three, two boys & a girl.
Got anything to add?