Underplayed Gems

Trading Spouses (2004)

Trading Spouses poster
Genre
reality television
Country
United States
Length
3 seasons, 59 episodes
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

The series swaps mothers or fathers between two families with different backgrounds for one week. Both families get $50,000 and the guest parent decides how the host family must spend their share.

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What happens

Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy is an American reality television series broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). The series ran for three seasons from July 20, 2004, to May 5, 2007. Each episode of Trading Spouses followed two families, often of different cultural or social backgrounds, who swapped mothers or fathers for a week. Both families were awarded $50,000, with the stipulation that the guest mother decides how her host family must spend the money. The show shares a very similar format to Wife Swap (and its American remake). In 2004, ABC showcased their upcoming Wife Swap show including projections of its popularity. Weeks before the show's debut, Fox introduced Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy. The producers of Wife Swap, RDF Media, claimed Fox stole their concept. 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: Meet Your New Mommy to CMT, effectively ending the series. In 2005, Trading Spouses was one of several television programs cited in a class-action lawsuit filed by the Writers Guild of America concerning labor law violations. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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