How to Watch Baddies in Order: the Definitive Franchise Timeline Explained
By James H. Sterling
The origins of the franchise stem directly from the vacuum left when Oxygen canceled Bad Girls Club in 2017. Natalie Nunn, who established herself as the undisputed villain of that series during its fourth season in 2009, recognized an unserved audience craving unrestrained reality television without network censors. Traditional broadcast networks faced mounting pressure from advertisers to sanitize reality programming. Nunn bypassed traditional broadcast standards entirely by partnering with Lemuel Plummer, the founder and CEO of Zeus Network.
Zeus launched in 2018 as a direct-to-consumer video-on-demand platform charging a monthly subscription fee, liberating producers from corporate sponsorship constraints. Nunn took on dual roles as primary talent and executive producer. Her vision was straightforward: assemble established reality personalities, place them on luxury tour buses, book club appearances across major metropolitan markets, and film the volatile results. The subscription model transformed fan engagement into immediate recurring revenue, allowing the network to invest heavily in expansive production crews, private jets, and regional casting calls that draw thousands of hopefuls.
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
