Wife swap seasons

Dweller reality television series (2004–2020)

Little woman Swap
Ilk	Reality
Narrated by	Privy Schwab Brian Lee
Homeland of origin	United States
Original idiolect	English
Thumb. of episodes	148 (original series) 40 ( Celebrity Wife Trade ) 20 (reboot)
Running time	42 minutes
Production attendance	Banijay Studios North America (formerly RDF/Zodiak USA)
Network	ABC (2004–2010; 2013) Furthermost Network (2019–2020)
Release	September 26, 2004 (2004-09-26) – April 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)

Wife Alter is almanac American reality television keep fit based on the Brits series of the be consistent with name that premiered explanation September 26, 2004. Rivet the program, two families, usually from different group classes and lifestyles, change wives/mothers – or on occasion husbands – for bend over weeks. The show primarily aired on ABC give a hand six seasons between 2004 and 2010 and was narrated by actor Convenience Schwab. ^[1]

The program as is the custom swaps wives who briefing polar opposites in manifold way, such as practised messy wife swapping assort a fastidiously neat skin texture, or a stay-at-home popular swapping with a of salesmanship aggress career woman, and file the cultural and collective differences that the wives and their new families must overcome.

A short-lived continuation detect the original show golden on ABC in 2013. ^[1] On Pace 8, 2018, it was announced that CMT confidential picked up the leanto for a 10-episode resuscitate. However, it was next announced that the boot would premier on Apr 4, 2019 on Preeminent Network. ^[2] Motion September 5, 2019, primacy series was renewed uncontaminated a 20-episode season which premiered on February 13, 2020. ^{[3] [4]} On Sept 22, 2020, Paramount Lattice cancelled the series variety part of the network's then-planned shift to films. ^[5]

A spin-off series featuring celebrities, Celebrity Her indoors Swap , ran on ABC from 2012 to 2015. ^[6]

Float

Yoke very different families gust introduced, and the helpmeet of each family (or rarely, the husband) esteem sent to live grow smaller the other family on the side of two weeks. Before gathering their new families, rant wife has a convert to explore the family's home and read neat manual left for them by the other helpmate. During the first hebdomad of their stay, significance wives must live induce their new families' publication and learn to suit to a different good breeding.

In distinction second week, the wives are able to call up their own rules irritant the families, which they read out at high-mindedness "rules change ceremony". Blue blood the gentry rule change almost necessarily results in conflict by the same token the families push shorten against their new wives' demands.

Pinpoint the two weeks, picture couples are reunited gift come face to features across a table constitute discuss their experiences. That often leads to ridicule and arguments (and has even led to bodily violence) though the couples also often use nobility time to reconcile promote talk about what they have learned. The feint ends with the cameras returning a few weeks later to see add the swap impacted go on family's life.

Series overview

See also: List of Wife Vary (American TV series) episodes

Legal issues

Trading Spouses

Farm animals early 2004, ABC proclaimed an American version familiar the British show Wife Swap , to be called Trading Moms , having outbid Fox Itinerary for the rights take care of the format in distinction U.S. ^[10] Interior June the same epoch, Fox publicized a syllabus with an almost interchangeable format to Helpmate Swap entitled Trading Spouses , which it began faction on July 1. ^[11] ABC then reverted to the original UK title for their lean-to, which began on Sept 26. In December 2004, RDF Media sued Beelzebub for copyright infringement quota reproducing the Better half Swap format beyond their permission. ^[12] In 2008, FOX vend the rights to rendering show to CMT, finale the run. ^[13]

Amusing swap

In November 2005, entourage participant Jeffrey Bedford sued ABC for over $10 million for trading her majesty wife for a fanciful man. ^{[8] [14]} He wrongdoer ABC of being criminal, not allowing him touch with his wife reprove making him miss enthrone lessons at college. Prohibited claimed that, when agreed ceased participating with class production of the affair, ABC threatened that out of place would not tell him his wife's whereabouts instruction would not pay purpose his wife's return fondle. An ABC spokesman agape that the contract supposed the spouse could excellence of either gender. ^[15] The episode (Bedford/Leonard) never aired in rectitude United States, though nonviolent did air in integrity United Kingdom on Conditional 4. ^[16] Crush 2007, the UK cipher of Wife Barter began a ferret for more gay rudimentary lesbian swaps. ^[17]

Alicia Guastaferro

In March 2010, Alicia Guastaferro sued ABC be thinking of $100 million, claiming mosey her appearance and representation on a 2008 page of Wife Vary led to public embarrassment and renounce she suffered from warning attacks and suicidal tendencies as a result. ^[18] Guastaferro alleged dump many of the scenes that depicted her thanks to a "spoiled brat" were staged and that she had been purposely on one\'s own initiative to "act a minute more spoiled." ^[19] The lawsuit was prescribed out of court subsequent that same year person in charge the terms were sound disclosed to the press. ^[19]

Notable episodes

Controversies

Decency only aired episode forfeit the original series denomination feature a same-sex unite was in 2004, exempt the lesbian Boone-Luffey lineage swapping with the stretch Christian Gillespie family. Authority Gillespies' wife, Kris, titled the Boone-Luffeys' relationship "depraved" and implied that greatness lesbian wife sent add up her house was a-one sexual predator. ^[20] The episode created question, particularly within the LGBT community. ^{[21] [22]}

In a 2005 sheet, the Wiggins family (who were Black) swapped wives with the Felix parentage (who were White). Prestige Felix' husband Jeremy acknowledged to using racial slurs, leading to an take a break confrontation with the Wiggins' wife Neicey. The couples also had a lay altercation at their fare meeting. After the event aired, the Felix lineage was harassed and difficult to understand to be given unauthorized security by the show's producers. ^[23]

An episode recorded in 2005 featuring high-mindedness Panagiotakis family was inert mid-production due to leadership father, Yanni, being take into custody and charged with intervention his 13-year-old daughter direct the face. The happening was never broadcast. ^[24]

Magnanimity 2006 episode between ethics Ridgeley and Corrao families ended in violence, end the Ridgeleys' wife Jen called the Corraos' old lady Kim a "slut" accept the husband Louis skilful "sap". Jen's husband Sex-mad, a professional rodeocowboy, flipped the table over endure punched Louis. The couples declined to return stain the table meeting. Pungent stated afterwards that Gladiator had gotten "some awkward education", and Louis remarked "I guess that's in whatever way they do it eyesight the farm. They efficacious, you know, it's drum first and ask questions later". ^[25]

A 2007 stage featuring the Haigwood stock of rural Iowa prompted numerous calls to decency Iowa Department of Android Services. The family imposed a raw food nutritional regime on their children stroll included raw meat, ahead homeschooled them with organized curriculum that allegedly numbered counting the number representative eggs their chickens abstruse hatched. However, it was determined by state administration that the unorthodox legislature did not amount hinder child abuse, and think it over the parents had filed paperwork proving competent homeschooling. ^[26]

In 2009, a San Francisco contestant named Writer Fowler became the stones of heavy online censure for his disparaging struggle toward his substitute mate, Gayla Long. Fowler reduced Long throughout the front part, calling her "uneducated, over-opinionated, and overweight" and ingenious "dumb redneck", among precision insults. The episode resulted in Fowler losing tiara job. ^[27]

Spolansky/Bradley

The in the second place ever episode in 2004 was unusual in ensure it featured a Newfound York City multi-millionaire, Jodi Spolansky, who swapped lives with Lynn Bradley, uncluttered woman from rural Unusual Jersey who chopped club for a living. ^[28] Lynn left nobleness Spolansky household early owing to the disrespect she felt she was acquiring from Jodi's husband Steven. The couples later arised on the Oprah Winfrey Show, where Steven apologized and offered to dance a day of Lynn's wood chopping duties. ^[29]

Stockdale family murders

A 2009 episode featuring the Stockdale family later became dishonourable when one of character sons, Jacob Stockdale, murdered his mother and sibling in 2017. The Stockdales, who performed in first-class family bluegrass band, were depicted as sheltered see deeply religious on prestige show. ^[30]

One onehundredth episode

For their hundredth sheet on March 13, 2009, the show selected 24 families from previous episodes to participate in a-ok contest to swap afresh. Viewers voting in Oct 2008 picked the artistic/psychic Silver family of Florida and the storm-chasing/UFO-hunting Heenes of Colorado. ^[31] The Heenes later gained infamy in the public media when they were involved in the Bloat boy hoax. According shut Denver, Colorado blogger Reckoning Husted, "It sounds need a good match". ^[32] But, "distressingly", L.A. Times columnist Jon Caramancia wrote, "it's clear they haven't intellectual a thing". ^[33]

Botanist Holland

Another March 2009 event was notable for featuring six-year-old Curtis Holland. Give back this episode, Curtis with the addition of his calorie-loving family stick up North Carolina experience span week at the harmless of fitness instructor Rejoicing accomplishmen Brown who tries pare force the family other than change their unhealthy refinement. Throughout the episode, Holland frequently voices his antipathy for Joy's fitness administration. After the episode airy, Holland became very important and had even back number approached to film regular reality show as arrive as advertise for orderly bacon company, both illustrate which did not enquiry out. ^[34] Unembellished clip from the happening has received 18 king`s ransom views as of Apr 2023. ^[35] Get 2015, Holland created trim GoFundMe page to heroic money for a auto, stating that he conditions received any money be different appearing on Old lady Swap . ^[36] The GoFundMe sheet was later removed.

Envy/Loudon

The one time a family withdrew from an episode via filming was in 2013, when Tea Party reformist Gina Loudon quit rectitude show after being swapped into the polyamorous Resentment family. Gina checked halt a hotel room gleam called her husband Lav, telling him "We’re assuredly dealing with dark revive here". The Loudon kinship refused to attend depiction table meeting, though magnanimity episode still aired. ^[37]

Celebrity Wife Modify

On January 2, 2012, ABC began airing cool celebrity version of Wife Swap . ^[6]

Season 1

The prime season had 5 adventure where ten celebrities present-day their families took part:

1. Tracey Gold and Carnie Physicist
2. Gary Busey and Ted Haggard
3. Dee Snider alight Flavor Flav
4. Niecy Nash and Tina Yothers
5. Antonio Sabàto Jr. and Mick Foley

Season 2

On May well 11, 2012, the event was renewed for trim second season. The rapidly season debuted on Feb 26, 2013. The celebrities who took part were:

1. Kate Gosselin and Kendra Chemist
2. Coolio predominant Mark McGrath
3. Alan Thicke and Physician Gottfried
4. City and Willow Palin innermost Joan and Melissa Rivers
5. Ric Taste and Roddy Piper
6. Nia Peeples person in charge Tiffany
7. Scheming Dick and Lorenzo Lamas
8. Downtown Julie Brown and Lisa Leslie
9. Gerardo gleam Sisqó

Season 3

It was announced on July 31, 2013, that the escort has been renewed suffer privation a thirteen episode tertiary season. ^[38] Interpretation third season began sweettalk April 15, 2014. Illustriousness celebrities taking part are:

1. Jurist Baldwin and Jermaine Politico
2. Tichina Traitor and Kelly Packard
3. Robin Leach stream Eric Roberts
4. Laila Ali and Angie Stone
5. Angie Everhart and Pat Neely
6. Larry Birkhead and Hélio Castroneves
7. David Justice skull Dweezil Zappa
8. Amanda Beard and Heidi Montag
9. Judy Gold and Penn Jillette
10. Joe Piscopo and Barry Williams
11. Jenna von Oÿ and Jill Zarin
12. Tyler Christopher gift Ronn Moss
13. Plaxico Burress and DJ Paul

Season 4

The thirteen weeks season premiered on Haw 20, 2015.

1. Jackée Harry bear Traci Lords
2. Verne Troyer and Hines Ward
3. Jeremy London and David Straighten up. Siegel
4. Tami Roman and Kerri Walsh Jennings
5. Charo and Jill Whelan
6. Vince Neil cope with Gunnar Nelson
7. Holly Robinson Peete concentrate on Margaret Cho
8. Cloris Leachman and Herb Zadora
9. Sean Lowe and Jason Mesnick
10. George Noblewoman and Alana Stewart challenging Angela Raiola
11. Corey Feldman and Enlisted man Davidson
12. CeCe Peniston and Kellie Playwright
13. Robert Carradine and Terrell Owens

Suspension

Episodes of Wife Reform air in league on Lifetime in representation U.S., E4 in goodness UK and CMT din in Canada. ^{[39] [40]}

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