The music video that opens ABC’s new show “Sovereigns” goes maybe a little overboard. Every individual from the Nasty Girls — Naomi, also known as Xplicit Lyrics (Brandy); Valeria, otherwise known as Butter Pecan (Nadine Velazquez); Jill, otherwise known as Da Thrill (Naturi Naughton); and Brianna, also known as Professor Sex (Eve) — swaggers out of a consuming manor, across the bow of a lavish yacht, and through a tune line of half-naked artists without missing a stage. Coordinated by Tim Story, whose ’90s list of qualifications flaunts recordings for Tyrese, ‘N Sync and Ginuwine, the video for “Dreadful Girl” knows what it needs to do to inspire recollections of the particular window in hip-jump history it’s attempting to catch.

In a critical contrast from Peacock’s cursorily comparative satire “Girls5eva,” the track “Sovereigns” presents here isn’t mocking its particular sort. Every one of the ladies’ rap stanzas is sharp and particular, clarifying their ability as the two people and a strutting aggregate. So when the show gets 20 years after the gathering’s separation and very quickly figures out how to make them the Nasty Girls 2.0, the speed with which they embrace the get-together isn’t totally unimaginable. Obviously they’d need to return together. Whatever occurred previously, they were simply excessively acceptable not to offer it one more opportunity.

As coordinated by Story and composed by maker Zahir McGhee (“Scandal”), the pilot scene of “Sovereigns” is proficient, sensational and captivating without feeling overstuffed, which is an accomplishment given its many meeting plotlines. In that regard, as well, the center acting foursome of “Sovereigns” carry urgent ability and character to a series that, given the pilot’s on the other hand true and cleanser nearby tones, will definitely request that they contribute something else to each scene. Naughton, entrusted with exemplifying both the grandiose lady earlier known as Da Thrill and her meeker present-day manifestation, is a prompt champion. Cognac and Velazquez ground their innately more sensational characters, while Eve discovers pockets of humor regardless of how unpleasant things may be going for hers. And keeping in mind that Velazquez and Naughton stand their ground through the real melodic numbers, it’s truly unique to watch performers like Brandy and Eve let free in the manner no one but they can.

It’s justifiable that the primary scene of “Sovereigns” would focus on it to sort through its reality past the Nasty Girls themselves, presenting obstructions and additionally partners in their previous administrator (Taylor Selé), Brianna’s bamboozling spouse (RonReaco Lee) and the up and coming rapper who makes their rebound conceivable (Pepi Sonuga). Considering how convincing the group of four is all alone, however, these superfluous components of the pilot obviously are additionally its most underbaked

It’s altogether conceivable that “Sovereigns” could yield to its more sensational motivations and take off the rails sooner rather than later. But at the same time it’s reassuring to watch less difficult scenes — like the one where the entertainers exchange free-form bars that mirror the real factors of their lives as more experienced 40-year-elderly people ladies — and feel like “Sovereigns” gets what as of now separates it.