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‘The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ Star Whitney Leavitt Gets Her Own Reality Show On Hulu
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Hulu has greenlit a new, untitled reality series starring and produced by Whitney Leavitt, six months after she announced her departure from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The show will follow Leavitt and her family as they manage her growing fame and career ambitions while prioritising family.
Leavitt appeared in the original series’ fifth season and will not return for its next 20 episodes. Since leaving, she finished sixth on season 34 of Dancing with the Stars and made her feature film debut in the holiday romantic comedy All for Love. She is also due back on Broadway next month in Just in Time; the new series is produced by Jeff Jenkins Productions, 3BMG and Leavitt Media House.
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In short
- Hulu has ordered a Whitney Leavitt reality series.
- The show will follow her family and career.
- Leavitt left Mormon Wives after its fifth season.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago The latest report specifies that Leavitt left The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives in May after its fifth season and will miss the next 20 episodes; it also places her new series within Hulu’s broader expansion of the franchise.
- 1 hour ago Hulu gave the go-ahead to a new reality series led and produced by Whitney Leavitt, following her and her family as she balances rising fame and career plans with family life.
Full account
Whitney Leavitt is set to lead and produce an untitled reality series for Hulu, six months after announcing that she would leave The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. The new programme has been greenlit by the Disney-owned streamer and will follow Leavitt and her family as she manages new public attention and pursues career ambitions, according to Deadline. The report says the series will place family life at its centre.
The show is being made by Jeff Jenkins Productions, 3BMG and Leavitt Media House. Leavitt and her husband, Conner, are among its executive producers, alongside Jeff Jenkins, Russell Jay-Staglik, Amanda Weinstein, Brandon Beck, Ross Weintraub and Reinout Oerlemans. The Hollywood Reporter also confirms Leavitt and Conner’s involvement as executive producers, but its account does not list the other producers or provide the programme’s premise in the same detail.
Leavitt appeared in the first five seasons of Mormon Wives and announced her departure in May. Deadline says she will not feature in future seasons, after the series received an order for 20 further episodes. Since then, she has continued to build a profile beyond the show: both reports note her appearance on the 34th season of Dancing with the Stars and her Broadway role in Chicago. Deadline says she finished sixth on the dance competition with Mark Ballas; THR highlights the Broadway role as a record-setting turn.
The reports also describe different recent and forthcoming projects. Deadline says Leavitt made her feature-film debut in the holiday romantic comedy All for Love and will return to Broadway next month in Just in Time. THR identifies the film as All for Christmas, says it is due on Netflix on 24 November, and reports that Leavitt has been announced for Peacock’s The Traitors. It also notes that Conner competed on Dancing with the Stars’ 35th season. THR says Leavitt confirmed the Hulu series on Instagram with a post addressing online speculation; in an interview earlier in the year, she said she was open to continuing in reality television as her career developed.
Hulu is also extending the Mormon Wives franchise with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County, which Deadline says is due to premiere on 12 November. That outlet lists several of its cast members, including Jen Affleck, Bobbi Althoff and Aspyn Ovard. The new Leavitt-led series gives the streamer another programme connected to the franchise, while putting the focus on her household and work outside the original ensemble.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
Deadline gives the production companies, a fuller executive-producer list and a description of the new series’ focus on Leavitt’s family and ambitions. THR confirms the show and the couple’s executive-producer roles but leaves out those details.
The outlets give different titles for Leavitt’s holiday film: Deadline calls it All for Love, while THR calls it All for Christmas and gives a Netflix release date of 24 November. The supplied reports do not resolve the discrepancy.
Deadline reports that Leavitt will return to Broadway in Just in Time next month and provides her Dancing with the Stars placing. THR instead emphasises her expected appearance on The Traitors and mentions Conner’s participation in the following season of Dancing with the Stars.
Deadline covers the upcoming Orange County spin-off and its reported 12 November premiere. THR focuses more on Leavitt’s Instagram confirmation and her earlier comments about staying in reality television.
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Originally published by Deadline as “‘The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ Star Whitney Leavitt Gets Her Own Reality Show On Hulu”.