Paramount Network (currently Spike) and Paramount Television have tapped Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver to pen First Wives Club, a half-hour TV series based on the 1996 Paramount Pictures movie.

A First Wives Club reboot was originally developed and picked up to pilot by TV Land last year with a different writer. While the network passed on the pilot, the project was kept alive and moved to Paramount Network for redevelopment. Paramount Network, slated to debut Jan. 18 as Viacom’s leading scripted cable brand, also took in newly picked up TV Land series Heathers and American Woman, which will be part of the network’s inaugural slate. This marks Par Network’s first collaboration with sibling production company Par Television.

The First Wives Club series, like the film, which starred Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn, will be based on New York City. It will follow a group of women...