

Have you ever wondered whether the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Two wives discover that it often isn't when they hand over the keys to their homes and literally switch families — but not bedrooms — for two weeks on the new reality show Wife Swap, already a critically-acclaimed smash hit in its third season in the U.K. Wife Swap is not a competition or a contest. It is a reality show unlike any other, where the battlegrounds are the kitchens and living rooms, child-rearing is a subject of intense and heated debate, and the outcome isn't a cash prize, but a couple's opportunity to re-discover why they love each other and decided to marry in the first place. In the first week of the swap, the wives move in with their new family and adopt their very different lifestyle. They agree to follow a manual written by the departing wife that sets out the rules of their new household – how they parent, shop, do the house work, manage their budgets and their social life. But then, in the second week, everything changes. The new wives take charge. They introduce their own set of rules and get to run the new household their way. It's a radical shock to both families. The results are explosive, enlightening and often very funny. This is a show about the things that really matter to families across America. At the end of the show, the two couples meet for the first time. In a highly-charged exchange of views, both couples make a frank assessment of each other and talk about what they've learned from the experience.
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60mThis week a former undefeated champion boxer who runs her home like an Olympic coach swaps with a mother who champions relaxation and competitive eating.
60mThis week in 'Lovazzano/Clover,' a wealthy and pampered housewife living the 'Hollywood' life in California swaps with a down-home, country mom.
60mThis week on 'Mink/Oaks', a super-traditional cowgirl married to a perfectionist rodeo-show cowboy swaps with a demanding wife who rules the roost while her husband cleans it.
60mThis week in 'Rowland/Rivera,' a laid-back mother who can barely keep tabs on her three wild daughters swaps with a mother who acts like a jail warden and controls every aspect of her daughters' lives.
60mThis week in 'Talbott/Broider,' a mom who lets her three boys rule the house with slap fights and pranks swaps with a militaristic mom who has rules for everything, and even makes her sons sign out the key to the bathroom.
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60mThis week in 'Koopman/Early,' a young, fun-loving aspiring model mom swaps lives with a traditional, conservative grandmother.
60mThis week in 'Starling/Sweany-Ernst,' a mom who plans her whole family's lives around her thirteen-year-old son's motocross obsession swaps lives with a mom who worships Mother Earth and talks to fairies.
60mThis week in 'Meeks/Hoover,' a religious, conservative mom who shuns alcohol and is raising her three daughters to be proper and modest swaps lives with a punk rock mom who believes freedom of expression and partying are most important in life.
60mThis week in 'Haigwood/Hess-Webb,' a woman who feels most comfortable in a stained pair of overalls and whose family barely interacts with mainstream society swaps lives with a family who put style before substance.
60mThis week in 'Lowe/Hamilton,' a self-professed 'princess' mom who loves to shop and primp with her spoiled daughter swaps lives with a mom who bottles deer urine for a living with her husband and kids.
60mThis week in "Browne/Robinson," a diva mom who raises her kids to be primped and perfect divas-in-training swaps lives with a laid-back mom whose family owns a scrap yard and can barely control her immature husband and pack of unruly boys.
60mThis week on "Silver/Pitney," a self-professed psychic who is treated like a princess by her "Mister Mom" husband and home-schooled sons swaps with an indulgent country wife who lives to serve her unruly sons and gambling-addict husband.
60mThis week in "Rush/Rios-Bolman," a woman whose dogs come first in the household swaps lives with an eco-friendly wife who takes recycling to the extreme by re-using her own urine for fertilizer.
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Have you ever wondered whether the grass is greener on the other side of the fence? Two wives discover that it often isn't when they hand over the keys to their homes and literally switch families — but not bedrooms — for two weeks on the new reality show Wife Swap, already a critically-acclaimed smash hit in its third season in the U.K. Wife Swap is not a competition or a contest. It is a reality show unlike any other, where the battlegrounds are the kitchens and living rooms, child-rearing is a subject of intense and heated debate, and the outcome isn't a cash prize, but a couple's opportunity to re-discover why they love each other and decided to marry in the first place. In the first week of the swap, the wives move in with their new family and adopt their very different lifestyle. They agree to follow a manual written by the departing wife that sets out the rules of their new household – how they parent, shop, do the house work, manage their budgets and their social life. But then, in the second week, everything changes. The new wives take charge. They introduce their own set of rules and get to run the new household their way. It's a radical shock to both families. The results are explosive, enlightening and often very funny. This is a show about the things that really matter to families across America. At the end of the show, the two couples meet for the first time. In a highly-charged exchange of views, both couples make a frank assessment of each other and talk about what they've learned from the experience.
The catalogue lists an episode length of 60 minutes; individual episodes may vary.
The listed premiere date is 26 September 2004.