- Trading Spouses
Infobox Television
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show_name = Trading Spouses
caption = The Trading Spouses Logo
format =Reality TV
runtime = 44 minutes
creator =
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executive_producer = Chris Cowan
Jean-Michel Michenaud
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country = USA
network = FOX
first_aired =July 1 ,2004
last_aired =May 3 ,2007
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 60
website = http://www.fox.com/tradingspouses/
imdb_id = 0420460
tv_com_id = 28567"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". [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117907017?categoryid=14&cs=1 "Spouse swap a fit for Fox: Net snipes at Alphabet with "Trading Spouses"] article from "Variety"] The producers of "Wife Swap",RDF Media , claimed FOX stole their concept, [ [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04352/427976.stm "Wife Swap" sues "Trading Spouses"] article from post-gazette.com] while FOX argued that TV shows have always borrowed from one another and that FOX simply beat ABC to delivery.Fact|date=February 2007Audio clips from contestant
Marguerite Perrin appear often on the radio show "Loveline ".Comedy Central 's"Chappelle's Show " featured a sketch called "Trading Spouses" nearly a year before the Fox show aired. Despite the similarities, the sketch appears to be based on the home-decorating showTrading Spaces andDave Chappelle 's stand-up comedy.The show has completed airing its third season on
May 3 ,2007 . On February 27, 2008, FOX has announced that the they have sold the rights to "Trading Spouses" toCMT , effectively ending the series. [ [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080227cmt01 Twentieth Television Sells Family Focused Reality Series "Trading Spouses" And "Nanny 911" To CMT] from TheFutonCritic.com]References
External links
* [http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/trading-spouses/series.jhtml "Trading Spouses" CMT official website]
* [http://www.fox.com/tradingspouses/ "Trading Spouses" Fox official website] (temporarily offline)
*imdb title|id=0420460|title=Trading Spouses
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