Why Women Kill

American dark comedy-drama web television series
TVSeries television_series Q59697220
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Summary

Why Women Kill is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Marc Cherry[3]
  • Composer: Mateo Messina[4], Steve Jablonsky[5]
  • Genre: LGBT-related television series[6], comedy drama[7], black comedy[8], anthology series[9], crime television series[10], drama television series[11]
  • Cast member: Lucy Liu[12], Ginnifer Goodwin[13], Kirby Howell-Baptiste[14], Alexandra Daddario[15], Sam Jaeger[16], Sadie Calvano[17], Jack Davenport[18], Reid Scott[19]
  • Production company: Imagine Television Studios[20], Imagine Entertainment[21], CBS Studios[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[23]
  • Original broadcaster: Paramount+[24]
  • Country of origin: United States[25]
  • Has part(s): Why Women Kill, season 1[26], Why Women Kill, season 2[27]
  • Start time: August 15, 2019[28]
  • End time: July 29, 2021[29]
  • Distributed by: Paramount+[30]
  • Official website: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/why-women-kill/[31]
  • Theme music: L-O-V-E[32]
  • Number of episodes: 20[33]
  • Executive producer: Marc Cherry[34], Brian Grazer[35], Francie Calfo[36], Marc Webb[37], David Warren[38], Curtis Kheel[39]
  • Title: Why Women Kill[40]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 2.35:1[41], 2.39:1[42]
  • Number of seasons: 2[43]
  • Narrator: Jack Davenport[44]
  • Camera setup: single-camera setup[45]
  • P14813: 195839[46]
  • P14821: 9054904[47]

Why It Matters

Why Women Kill has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 195839
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  2. 18w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com drama id → whywomenkill
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  3. 22w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → United States
    Lumiere film id → 169081, 314532
    Distributed by → Paramount+
    Production company → Imagine Television Studios, Imagine Entertainment, CBS Studios
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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