Trading Spouses
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{{Infobox Television
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| show_name = Trading Spouses
| image = [[Image:Tradingspousestitle.jpg|300px]]
| caption = The Trading Spouses Logo
| format = [[Reality TV]]
| runtime = 44 minutes
| creator =
| developer =
| executive_producer = Chris Cowan<br>Jean-Michel Michenaud
| starring =
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| country = {{USA}}
| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|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 Broadcasting Company|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 [[American Broadcasting Company|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''.<ref>[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 (magazine)|Variety]]''</ref> The producers of ''Wife Swap'', [[RDF Media]], claimed FOX stole their concept,<ref>[http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04352/427976.stm "''Wife Swap'' sues ''Trading Spouses''"] article from post-gazette.com</ref> while FOX argued that TV shows have always borrowed from one another and that FOX simply beat ABC to delivery.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Audio 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 show [[Trading Spaces]] and [[Dave 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'' to [[CMT]], effectively ending the series. <ref>[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</ref>
==References==
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==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}}
[[Category:Fox network shows]]
[[Category:American reality television series]]
[[Category:American programs based on British programs]]
[[Category:2000s American television series]]
[[Category:2004 television series debuts]]
[[Category:2007 television series endings]]
[[Category:Dating and relationship reality television series]]
[[Category:CMT television series]]