Wife Swap on ABC

[2004, TV Show]

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Women swap husbands, kids and homes for 10 days to gauge the effect of changes on both families and the lessons learned. Confident that the Brit hit-inspired concept would be successful, ABC, months before the show's premiere, cooked up `companion' specials that exchanged husbands, bosses and even vacations. Equally sure of the success was Fox, which launched a quickie rip-off titled `Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.'

Network Upfronts Day 2: Surviving With the CW | The Biz | 5/14/2008
In one of those last-minute instances that occur in a network scheduling session, someone at the CW decided to change the title from one of its new series from How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls to Surviving the Filthy Rich. Perhaps the CW has survival on its mind. As the struggling network served drinks before unveiling its new schedule to advertisers on Tuesday (thank you!), industry types were wondering out loud if the CW would be around a year from now.That being said, the network appears to be... read more
ABC to Keep on Dancing, Renews Five Unscripted Shows | Today's News: Our Take | 2/28/2008
Stars better keep those Dancing shoes shined, and wives better be wary: ABC announced its renewal of five unscripted shows, including Dancing with the Stars. Along with DWTS, the net said Thursday that it's bringing back Wife Swap, Supernanny, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and America's Funniest Home Videos — for its 19th season (!). Conspicuously absent from the list was that Dancing-like newbie Dance Wars, which never quite got moving. Don't worry about the mate-seekers being left out... read more
You and ABC's Wife Swap: A Perfect Match? | TVGuide.com's Strike Recovery Guide | 1/22/2008
The when: Wednesdays at 8 pm/ET, on ABC.Why watch?: By swapping the matriarchs of two diametrically dissimilar families, this unscripted "social experiment" teaches us the importance of loving the one you're with — and learning from the one you least expect to. Families with opposing values get in the ring together as messy moms get paired with anal-retentives and free-spirits pair with straight-lacers, all while camera crews follow every squabble. Upon arrival, the mothers must get used... read more
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Reno 911’s Finest Are on the JobThese guys bring a whole new meaning to the phrase “to serve and protect.” The cracked-out officers of Washoe County Sheriff's Department keep us laughing non-stop (especially the sexually ambiguous Lieutenant who has a thing for wearing short-shorts). And good news for you, a whole new season of new episodes begins tonight on Comedy Central. Hey, they must be doing something right if they got a movie deal out of it. Watch it now! | More online... read more
Mountaineers Win Big, Fox Wins Even Bigger | Today's News: Our Take | 1/4/2008
Although Wednesday's Fiesta Bowl was a blowout, a blowout is exactly what Fox execs threw over the Nielsens for the game: a 4.3 rating in adults 18-49. ABC came in second for the night with the return of Wife Swap and back-to-back episodes of Supernanny. NBC was third, with the season premiere of (the sorta-new and definitely improved) Law & Order improving on its Deal or No Deal lead-in. Also of note, CBS' second-season run of Power of 10 looked weak with an 18-49 rating of only 1.7, and... read more
Game Plan, Olsen Twins and More News Briefs | Today's News: Our Take | 12/19/2007
USA Network has grabbed basic-cable dibs on the big-screen hit The Game Plan, to air in October 2009.... Lifetime has picked up rerun rights to ABC's Wife Swap, to start unspooling October '08.... Aaron McGruder has inked a deal with the comedy site Super Deluxe to create The Super Rumble Mixshow, a live-action series chockablock with the Boondocks creator's racially charged humor.... WE TV on Jan. 4 premieres Ugliest House on the Block, a six-episode home makeover series... about my neighbor?... read more
August 6, 2007: Rush/Rios-Bolman | Wife Swap Show Blog | 8/7/2007
Oh, how I’ve missed the eccentric families of Wife Swap. Their general wackiness can cure any case of the Monday blues. That said, let’s start with Sheila Rush, an avid dog lover, whose husband, Ray, and son, Tyler, felt that they came last in Sheila’s set of priorities. For Sheila, her six dogs are her entire world. She doesn’t want friends because she wants to have more time with her dogs. She makes her husband sleep in the downstairs guest room, while the dogs sleep with... read more
May 28, 2007: Silver/Pitney | Wife Swap Show Blog | 5/29/2007
I had a few problems with Ashley Pitney. One, she had this whole theory that real men shouldn't tap dance. Gene Kelly tap danced. So did Fred Astaire. Both were men. Neither one was really a "girly man." Men can tap dance or do ballet. But Ashley seemed to be against that. She wanted her boys to play sports and be tough men. She said dancing was for little girls in tutus, which bothered me. Because both boys and girls can dance, play sports, do whatever. Ashley Pitney seemed to have a very... read more
ABC Announces Its Fall Schedule | First Look: Hottest Fall TV | 5/15/2007
Scheduled to debut next season are four new comedy entries — Carpoolers, Cavemen, Miss/Guided and Sam I Am; along with seven new drama series — Big Shots, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies and Women's Murder Club. Oprah's Big Give is also slated to debut.In addition to the new series, ABC previously announced season renewals for Brothers & Sisters, Men in Trees, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Boston Legal, Jimmy... read more
April 27, 2007: Browne/Robinson | Wife Swap Show Blog | 4/28/2007
Finally, we have a new episode of Wife Swap. Yes, it seems to be that ABC has moved it to Friday nights, but hopefully that’s only temporary. At least we have a new episode. And I have to say, I wasn’t disappointed by these quirky families. I’ve missed seeing the families each week, getting a glimpse into their lives and witnessing how they react to drastic differences from what they’re used to in their households. It’s entertaining and calming to me, for some reason,... read more
Mid-season Madness: Where Will It End? | Roush Dispatch | 4/3/2007
You could get whiplash trying to keep track of shows’ comings and goings during a network mid-season as chaotic and badly managed as this one is turning out to be. Some thoughts about the latest news, much of which surfaced in the trades and some of which has yet to be confirmed by the networks:First, the no-brainer: 7th Heaven is officially being laid to rest. Again. The family-friendly drama, which was brought back from cancellation a year ago when the new CW decided it needed to launch... read more
Grimes/West: March 12, 2007 | Wife Swap Show Blog | 3/13/2007
I was a little nervous about the Grimes family when I saw them making that answering-machine message — “We’re not in Japan, but we’ll get back to you as soon as we can,” or something like that. I don’t mind musical answering-machine messages, but it was something about Lori Grimes’ eyes. Her eyes were always wide open and she was always smiling and happy. I know that smiley, happy people exist in the world, but those eyes of hers made me nervous. It was a... read more
March 5, 2007: Ridgely/Carrao | Wife Swap Show Blog | 3/6/2007
So, let’s talk about this explosive table meeting. I’d heard whisperings about the explosive scene and seen the frantic previews, but I had never seen this episode until the repeat tonight. I’m still trying to figure out what caused it. First, Kim Carrao leaves the house because cowboy Randy Ridgely is being belligerent. On the way to the table meeting, Randy’s gearing up to fight Kim’s husband Louis. They get to the table meeting. Kim talks first. She accuses Randy of... read more
February 26, 2007: Hamilton/Lowe | Wife Swap Show Blog | 2/27/2007
This is the second episode in a row in which we’ve had some kind of meat-related contention between the families. Tonight’s meat of choice was deer. And I never thought I’d have to put these words down, but a main issue of the episode was deer urine. While initially I was kind of grossed out/weirded out by a family that together bottled deer pee, I have to say I enjoyed them more than the Hamiltons, the family of pampered princesses. I would never bottle deer pee or eat deer... read more
February 19, 2007: Haigwood/Hess-Webb | Wife Swap Show Blog | 2/20/2007
It's been a while since I’ve said “ew!” so many times while watching a TV show. My face kept cringing every time I saw the Haigwoods eating raw chicken or raw meat. When I think of raw diets, I think more along the lines of consuming raw vegetables. But raw chicken and other meat? Do people really eat that? It just doesn’t seem safe to me. The raw eggs didn’t bother me so much, although I was surprised that the son, Lee Haigwood, ate 12 raw eggs a day. I guess it’s... read more
February 12, 2007: Meeks/Hoover | Wife Swap Show Blog | 2/13/2007
Is it me, or is this show seeming to follow a pattern of throwing together faith followers and non-faith followers? Every week, there’s been some kind of spirituality divide, and it’s usually been a really wide divide, not just minor differences driving a wedge between them. It usually causes a big blow-up, loads of drama and some moaning about preaching and morality. I always get the feeling that nothing really changed, but why should it when it’s about something as intrinsic as... read more
February 5, 2007: Starling / Sweany-Ernst | Wife Swap Show Blog | 2/6/2007
I’ll be the first to say it: I don’t know much at all about nature worship. I try to keep an open mind about things. If someone wants to worship a tree, I don’t see anything wrong with that. I’ll try to figure it out, yes, but sometimes you just have to give up and let people be. The Sweaney-Ernst family is one of those families I could easily roll my eyes at for their oddness. I could react like Stephanie Starling did to the idea of a fairy tree and talking to vegetables... read more
January 29, 2007: Bimonte/Hubbard | Wife Swap Show Blog | 1/30/2007
When I first saw Nicole Bimonte, I didn’t think she was 12 years old. She looked a lot older. And she acted like a complete brat. She didn’t have any rules, so, of course, she was raising hell, being immature and throwing fits. She jumped up and down on her floor, causing the chandelier in the kitchen to shake. She was monstrous - and I’m sure this was the point of showing the various scenes of her. I don’t know what it’d be like to be around her 24/7. I wouldn’t... read more
Reality Bites: ABC Thinks Its Nanny Is Still Super | Today's News: Our Take | 1/26/2007
ABC has granted early pickups to not one or two but three reality series: America's Funniest Home Videos, which will return for an 18th season of dogs sniffing crotches, and Supernanny and Wife Swap, both of which are currently in their third cycles. read more
January 22, 2007: Koopman/Early | Wife Swap Show Blog | 1/23/2007
So, I have to say that for a second I really did think that Dani Koopman was going to walk out on Stephen at the table meeting. I was kind of expecting it. The previews kept alluding to this, and I honestly thought that it would happen. I didn’t understand why, of course, because it seemed to escalate without warning. Dani’s personality seemed erratic, as if she could just walk out on her husband. In the beginning, she did make the announcement to the audience that she was done making... read more

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Premise: Women swap husbands, kids and homes for 10 days to gauge the effect of changes on both families and the lessons learned. Confident that the Brit hit-inspired concept would be successful, ABC, months before the show's premiere, cooked up `companion' specials that exchanged husbands, bosses and even vacations. Equally sure of the success was Fox, which launched a quickie rip-off titled `Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy.'

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