July 20, 2011

VH1 has announced that it has renewed freshman series Single Ladies for a second season, expected to premiere in 2012. The show is getting set to air its first-season finale on August 8.

"Our viewers have fallen for ‘Single Ladies’ and its honest, modern take on love, female friendship and dating," said VH1 Executive Vice President of Original Programming & Production, Jeff Olde, in a press release. "We’re extremely pleased to give the audience another great season of the series they love."

Single Ladies is the network's first hour-long scripted series and has fared well over its first eight episodes. The comedic drama has been averaging 2.8 million total viewers (premiere + first encore) on Monday nights.

(Source: TV by the Numbers)