Trading Spouses
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| Format | Reality TV |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 59 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 44 minutes |
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| Original channel | FOX |
| Original run | July 1, 2004 – May 3, 2007 |
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Trading Spouses, often advertised as Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, is a FOX reality show in which two families, usually of different social classes, swap wives or husbands for a week. Each family is awarded $50,000, with the stipulation that the guest mother decides how her host family must spend the money. The title of the show is a play on the title of the television program Trading Spaces.
The show shares a very similar format to the Channel 4 United Kingdom (and subsequent ABC remake) program Wife Swap. In 2004, ABC showcased their upcoming Wife Swap show including projections of its popularity. Weeks before the show's debut, FOX introduced Trading Spouses.[1] The producers of Wife Swap, RDF Media, claimed FOX stole their concept,[2] while FOX argued that TV shows have always borrowed from one another and that FOX simply beat ABC to delivery.[citation needed]
The show completed airing its third season on May 3, 2007. On February 27, 2008, FOX announced that it had sold the rights to Trading Spouses to CMT, effectively ending the series.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Spouse swap a fit for Fox: Net snipes at Alphabet with Trading Spouses" article from Variety
- ^ "Wife Swap sues Trading Spouses" article from post-gazette.com
- ^ Twentieth Television Sells Family Focused Reality Series "Trading Spouses" And "Nanny 911" To CMT from TheFutonCritic.com
[edit] External links
- Official website at CMT.com
- Trading Spouses at the Internet Movie Database
- Trading Spouses at TV.com
