ABC to air "Wife Swap" show
PUSSSYKATT
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ABC has commissioned a new reality show based on a British hit called "Wife
Swap" - but it's not what you think. "Wife Swap" is one of the most popular
British reality shows and features two women who switch husbands and families
for 10 days.
The women trade diets, lifestyles, child-care approaches and standards of
domestic hygiene - but they don't actually have sex with each other's partners.
Once the 10-day challenge is complete, both families meet up and talk about
their experiences.
An ABC official confirmed that a pilot for the U.S. version was "in
development," but said it would be called "The Swap" rather than "Wife Swap."
In England, the pilot episode of the show featured a woman who was against
mixed-race relationships being paired with a sexist black man.
The combination of the two resulted in heated arguments and became the subject
of water-cooler talk across Great Britain the next morning.
A more recent episode had a mother of six change places with a mother of one
for two weeks.
The episode was watched by about 5.7 million British viewers - a massive rating
since the TV audience across the Atlantic is significantly smaller than the one
in the United States.
Yesterday, the BBC reported that the show had been picked up by ABC. A network
spokesman declined to comment.
"Wife Swap" is just one of nearly 40 reality shows that are headed for U.S. TV
in the near future.
The genre, fueled by the massive success of programs like "American Idol," "Joe
Millionaire" and "The Bachelorette," shows no sign of letting up any time soon.
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cristina
"PUSSSYKATT" <agcgoss...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> NY POST/By DON KAPLAN
> ---------------------------------
> ABC has commissioned a new reality show based on a British hit called
"Wife
> Swap" - but it's not what you think. "Wife Swap" is one of the most
popular
> British reality shows and features two women who switch husbands and
families
> for 10 days.
This has been one of the most fun to watch shows in a long time. I hope
they pick as good of subjects as they did in the UK. The one where a mother
of 6 trades with a mother of 1 spoiled one was too hysterical for words.
Sophie
"cristina" <siena_us(REMOVE BEFORE SENDING)@libero.it> wrote in message
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Oh now that I know what's about, as a mother, that would be really funny to
watch.
Sophie
"Danny Choked On His Libelous Lies" <sweetlil...@aol.comegetsome> wrote
in message news:20030128130013...@mb-cj.aol.com...
> << Subject: Re: ABC to air "Wife Swap" show
> From: "Sophie" Sop...@fakeaddress.com
> Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2003 9:42 AM
> Message-id: <v3dg7cm...@corp.supernews.com>
> States, but they will change the name. Obviously, "wife swap" doesn't mean
what
> *we* think it means, in the UK.
>
Oh yeah, with that title there's no way I'd watch.
Danny Choked On His Libelous Lies
From: "Sophie" Sop...@fakeaddress.com
Date: Tue, Jan 28, 2003 9:42 AM
Message-id: <v3dg7cm...@corp.supernews.com>