Trading Spouses 917849 217955503 2008-06-08T14:02:35Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox Television | bgcolour = | 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 = | narrated = | 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== {{reflist}} ==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]]