"Girlfriends" returns for its triumphant seventh year

"Girlfriends" returns for its triumphant seventh year, providing an open, honest exploration of the hot-button issues about family, friends, relationships and life facing women today. With fearlessness and sincerity, the show takes on universal issues that interest all women. Whether it's learning to date after divorce or balancing friendships and a new marriage, "Girlfriends" treats them all with tenderness, care and respect. At the end of the show's sixth season, Joan (Tracee Ellis Ross, "Life Support") was running her successful restaurant, the J-Spot, and living a high-profile social life by juggling boyfriends and attending hot parties, all while neglecting her friendships; Maya (Golden Brooks, "Beauty Shop") and Darnell (Khalil Kain, "Juice") contemplate moving to Florida to start his pit crew racing career; Lynn (Persia White) remained committed to focusing on her music career and William (Reggie Hayes, "Getting Personal') finally realizes he has already met the perfect woman.In 2004, "Girlfriends" received its first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in a Multi-Camera Series. The series has received NAACP Image Award nominations for four years, including a nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Tracee Ellis Ross also earned her fifth consecutive NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and received the 2005 BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Golden Brooks won the 2006 BET Comedy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and co-star Reggie Hayes earned his second NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2006, the show won a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.