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I'm A Celebrity's Samantha Fox: the jungle changed my life
Original at Metro Cafe
• Tue, Dec 15
We did Celebrity Wife Swap and he said his favourite food was steak so I made it for him and he said he didn't like it. It wasn't for the show, ... and more »
Ed Balls orders review of child protection rules for reality shows
Original at Times Online
• Mon, Dec 14
BBC News Boys and Girls Alone, Wife Swap and other reality TV shows featuring children face new regulations to protect young people from exploitation. ... Children on TV need better protection, says Ed Ballsguardian.co.uk Ed Balls orders reality TV reviewTelegraph.co.uk
Bargain-Bin Ad Pricing? The Cost Of Wannabee Reality Stars' Antics
Original at Mediapost.com
• Mon, Dec 14
Veterans of abc's "Wife Swap," the Heenes were looking for more TV deals -- even if they broke the law. The increased desperation of people to be on TV ...
Media firm confirms takeover approach
Original at google.com
• Mon, Dec 14
Bowmark owned a 20% stake in Wife Swap maker RDF Media until 2005, while Darwin was a previous investor in production and distribution firm all3media. ... and more »
America's celebrity obesssion: Can't live with it or without it - Christian Science Monitor
Original at Christian Science Monitor
• Mon, Dec 14
blog) America's celebrity obesssion: Can't live with it or without it blog) The Heene family is pictured in this undated publicity photograph from the ABC reality series "Wife Swap." By John Yemma Editor / December 14, ...
Children on TV need better protection, says Ed Balls
Original at EducationGuardian.co.uk
• Mon, Dec 14
Ed Balls is concerned about the rules governing the appearance of children on reality TV programmes such as Wife Swap. Photograph: Channel 4 The government ... TV crackdown to protect childrenThis is London all 6 news articles »
America's obsessed with reality TV shows
Original at The Malaysian Insider
• Fri, Dec 11
The Heenes, seen on the Wife Swap show, routinely crossed bounds of parental responsibility too when the father endangered the children during his ...
TV ratings: 'CSI' and CBS roll to Thursday win - Zap2it.com
Original at From Inside the Box
• Fri, Dec 11
Zap2it.com (blog) TV ratings: 'CSI' and CBS roll to Thursday win Zap2it.com (blog) Wow, was ABC showing anything last night? Nice network. If reruns give you those ratings, why bother. You might as well show Wife Swap and other crap. ... and more »
Perfect 10 TV
Original at Herald.ie
• Fri, Dec 11
2002), Wife Swap (2003), The Apprentice (2005), The Farm (2004), Space Cadets (2005), Castaway (2000), any of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie's efforts and ...
A reality check for TV series producers
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Thu, Dec 10
Richard and Mayumi Heene, veterans of ABC's "Wife Swap," claimed that their 6-year-old floated away in a giant homemade balloon, in the so-called "balloon ...
'Wife Swap' Production Company Loses Its Leader
Original at TheWrap
• Thu, Dec 10
management deals with networks such as MTV (Coelen oversaw a management unit tied to RDF) and kept existing hits such as "Wife Swap" successful. ... RDF Media USA CEO to exit postHollywood Reporter Coelen ankles CEO post at RDF MediaVariety ITV's Znak poached by LA prodcoC21Media Variety
TV movies offer plenty of holiday schmaltz
Original at Belleville News-Democrat
• Wed, Dec 9
Maybe you're a sucker for "Wife Swap." Perhaps you can't prepare dinner without keeping one eye on "Family Feud." Who am I to judge? ...
VH1 Swoops Up 'Basketball Wives': Is It the Next 'Real Housewives'? - Inside TV
Original at insidetv.aol.com
• Tue, Dec 8
VH1 Swoops Up 'Basketball Wives': Is It the Next 'Real Housewives'? Inside TV (blog) the "wife" reality genre has grown with the popularity stemming from shows like 'The Real Housewives of Orange County' and ABC's 'Wife Swap. ... and more »
A bowl game. Really, USF?
Original at Tampabay.com
• Mon, Dec 7
Which means college football's postseason has more in common with Supernanny, Top Chef, Wife Swap and other contrived reality shows than with the NCAA ... and more »
Top Ten most unpopular reality TV stars - ever
Original at Metro Cafe
• Mon, Dec 7
He was so unpopular after his appearance on Celebrity Wife Swap with Edwina Currie, that he was even given the dubious honour of being the official effigy ...
Who's suckering whom?
Original at OregonLive.com
• Mon, Dec 7
Heene and his wife had appeared on the ABC reality show, "Wife Swap," and Heene aspired to have a science-detective show of his own. ...
Alastair Gilmour Brewing up great idea for TV show
Original at Journal Live
• Fri, Dec 4
TELEVISION has given us Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, Wife Swap, House Swap and Boss Swap. Reality, however, offers far more interesting exchanges. ...
Myleene Klass opera rubbish shows reality TV has run out of ideas
Original at Mirror.co.uk
• Thu, Dec 3
Also Big Brother and Wife Swap have been axed. I'm A Celebrity 2009 has been a total non-event apart from the brief, uncomfortable Jordan freak show, ... and more »
Accessorized With Stroller and Rake
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Nov 27
In its previous incarnation, it had been home to a belly dancing studio and had enjoyed a brief star turn on the ABC television show “Wife Swap. ... and more »
The TV Watch For Some, a Search for Celebrity Is Worth Any Risk
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Nov 27
But even that may turn out to be worth it to the Heenes, amateur storm chasers who appeared twice on ABC's reality show “Wife Swap. ... and more »
Group asks MTV to cancel 'Jersey Shore' reality show, saying it slurs Italian ...
Original at Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Technology Blog
• Tue, Nov 24
Dudu Nobre, his wife and the producer filed the lawsuit against American Airlines last week, seeking $4 million in damages. June 11th, 2009 NJ 'Wife Swap' ... and more »
Cast Offs Review: Abled Television - OntheBox
Original at channelhopping.onthebox.com
• Tue, Nov 24
Cast Offs Review: Abled Television OntheBox (blog) Big Brother has been done to death, Wife Swap is going to be axed and the less said about Celebrity Love Island the better. But fear not because reality TV ... and more »
Husband on the run after setting pregnant wife on fire
Original at Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Technology Blog
• Thu, Nov 19
June 11th, 2009 NJ 'Wife Swap' mom accused of stabbing husbandTRENTON, NJ — A New Jersey mother once featured on the reality show "Wife Swap" has been ... and more »
EXCLUSIVE: Warring TV couples on the show's legacy
Original at Mirror.co.uk
• Tue, Nov 17
With its potent blend of family fall-outs, warring women and domestic blow-ups, reality TV show Wife Swap was compulsive viewing. But after 11 series and 83 ... and more »
Wife Swap Ditched In Channel 4 Revolution - OntheBox
Original at channelhopping.onthebox.com
• Mon, Nov 16
Wife Swap Ditched In Channel 4 Revolution OntheBox (blog) When Wife Swap launched, it was a truly groundbreaking programme which heralded a wave of factual television programme formatting. ...
the contrarian - Sarah Palin Wins Top Award
Original at Gather.com
• Sun, Nov 15
It had been no small feet to have managed to get his wife, Mayumi, on the ABC reality show “Wife Swap.” Furthermore, he had engineered a major article ...
Balloon Boy Parents Plead Guilty to Hoax Charges
Original at Snark Food
• Sat, Nov 14
The Heene family appeared twice on the ABC reality show Wife Swap and were hoping to broker the publicity from the balloon stunt into their own series. ... From head shots to mug shots - Richard Heene pleads guiltyExaminer.com Reality Tv Couple Charged Over 'balloon Boy' DramaGaea Times
Give me the burpers
Original at New Zealand Herald
• Tue, Nov 10
But that hasn't stopped Prime from digging out an old episode of trashy reality show Wife Swap, on which the eccentric father appears, exploiting them all ...
Heene "" Wife on BalloonOriginal at cbs.com
• Fri, Oct 16
Harry Smith spoke to Sheree Silver, who appeared on an episode of ABCs Wife Swap with the Heene family, about her experience on the show and her ... cbs.com
Heene "" Wife on Balloon
Original at cbsnews.com
• Thu, Oct 15
Harry Smith spoke to Sheree Silver, who appeared on an episode of ABCs Wife Swap with the Heene family, about her experience on the show and her ... cbsnews.com
Eight New Shows from ABC Come Fall
Original at Hartford Courant
• Tue, May 19
• 23 related articles
United States Gone for good, ABC executives promise: "According to Jim." But also returning to the network are the previously announced "The Bachelor," "Brothers & Sisters," "Grey's Anatomy," "Private Practice," "Supernanny," "Ugly Betty" "Wife Swap," "20/20" and ...
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WIFE SWAP
Original at the futon critic
• Fri, May 1
Schults/Smith" Young parents who celebrate Halloween year-round swap lives with older parents who believe in strict, traditional values, on "Wife Swap," FRIDAY, MAY 1 (8:00-9:00 pm, ET) on the ABC Television Network. Each week two very contradictory ...
South Jersey Woman Shows Her Stuff on TV Reality Show
Original at KYW1060.com
• Fri, Apr 17
PA by KYW's Hadas Kuznits Tonight's episode of the hit ABC reality show "Wife Swap" features a South Jersey woman from Williamstown (Gloucester County). "There was a lot of drama, even from the previews -- they didn't even show my husband or the other ...
ABC TV looking for breatharian families
Original at tribe.net
• Wed, Apr 8
By amanda My name is Amanda Gershkowitz and I am a Casting Associate Producer for ABC families hit reality show 'Wife Swap.' We are currently casting for our fifth season and we are looking for BREATHARIAN families: Thank you! Amanda Gershkowitz| Casting Associate Producer | Wife Swap
Crafton Mom Switches Places On 'Wife Swap' Tonight
Original at Pittsburgh Channel.com
• Fri, Apr 3
PA An Allegheny County family will be featured on Friday's episode of the ABC reality-TV series "Wife Swap." Pamela Stewart, of Crafton, swapped places with a mother from Washington state. According to a news release, the super-structured Stewart family ... WIFE SWAP The Futon Critic
Episode Title: (#511) "Long/Stephens-Fowler"
Original at the futon critic
• Fri, Jan 30
Reality TV Magazine CA - Wife Swap" is an RDF USA production. It was created by Stephen Lambert and is executive-produced by Mike Gamson, Stef Wagstaffe and Michael Davies of ... Wife Swap: Paintball Wife Swaps With Environmental Wife Reality TV Magazine all 2 news articles
What's On Tonight: Frosty, Stargate Atlantis, Family Entertainment Awards
Original at TV Squad
• Fri, Dec 12
By Bob Sassone Filed under: Late Night, Celebrities, Talk Show, What To Watch Tonight, Reality-FreeAt 8, ABC has a new Wife Swap, followed by new episodes of Supernanny and 20/20.CBS has Frosty The Snowman at 8, then Frosty Returns and The Flight Before Christmas.NBC has the special Greatest Holiday Mo...
A Rastafarian Mom Swaps With A Money-Minded Mom On Wife Swap
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Fri, Oct 31
• 19 related articles
AZ - Oct 31, 2008 On this week’s episode of Wife Swap, a Rastafarian mom swaps lives with a money-minded mom. Jana Vallone barely keeps double figures in her bank account, ... Wifeswap Dreadlocks vs. Discipline Reality TV Magazine all 2 news articles
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‘Better or Worse’ for CW
Original at Television Week
• Sun, Oct 12
The CW is looking to the producers of “The Bachelor” and “Wife Swap” to put a new twist on relationship-based reality shows. In its first greenlight of an unscripted series since former reality chief Jennifer Bresnan left for CBS, The CW has ordered six episodes of the wedding-themed seri...
Opinion: Tonight on the Tube: The Ex List, Sanctuary, Life & Numb3rs
Original at TVaholic.com
• Fri, Oct 3
By Jason the TVaholic Tonight, ABC has the fifth season premiere of Wife Swap and the fifth season premiere of Supernanny, The CW has the fourth season premiere of Everybody Hates Chris and the third season premiere of The Game, CBS has the fourth season premiere of Ghost Whisperer, the series premiere of The E...
Aussie couple tied up, robbed in Fiji - Ninemsn
Original at Ninemsn
• Sun, May 11
Aussie couple tied up, robbed in Fiji Australia - Husband dead after 'Wife Swap' appearanceA father of two whose marriage collapsed after he and his bisexual wife appeared on reality TV show Wife Swap has ...
ABC Announces Alternative Series Pick-Ups
Original at Your Entertainment Now
• Thu, Feb 28
By Russ T.C. Supernanny Nick Powell is the creator and executive producer of both the American and British versions of the show. Nick Emmerson and Holly Wofford are executive producers of the American version. “Supernanny” is produced by Ricochet, Ltd. Wife Swap
'Idol' Rolls On
Original at Television Week
• Thu, Feb 21
A two-hour “American Idol,” growing 13% from last week, gave Fox a Wednesday win with an 11.1 in the 18- to 49-year-old demo, according to preliminary Nielsen stats. “Idol” beat up on the competition, giving Fox the nightly win with an 11.1, 44% better than the rest of the nets’ averages combi...
Wife Swap visits Pawtucket tonight - Providence Journal
Original at Providence Journal
• Tue, Feb 12
Wife Swap visits Pawtucket tonight RI - Feb 12, 2008 Well, that’s how ABC promotes tonight’s Wife Swap show, which features a Pawtucket family, the Childs. However, Columbia Childs, 13, puts the dramatic ...
Burlesque Dancer to Show Off Mothering Moves in ‘Wife Swap' - Kitsap Sun (Subscription)
Original at Kitsap Sun (Subscription)
• Tue, Jan 29
Burlesque Dancer to Show Off Mothering Moves in ‘Wife Swap' United States - On Wednesday, she'll also be a reality television star. McDonald — known as Ravenna Black on stage — her husband and two sons will appear on the ABC ...
TV Season Premier Dates and Times - Spring 2007
Original at sytycd (WordPress)
• Thu, Dec 20
By sytycd Medium (NBC) The O.C. (Fox) Scrubs (NBC) 30 Rock (NBC) ER (NBC) Trading Spouses (Fox) MADtv (Fox) Reba (CW) The Simpsons (Fox) American Dad (Fox) Wife Swap (ABC) House (Fox) 24 (Fox) American Idol (Fox) Monk (USA) Psych (USA) Heroes (NBC) Bones (Fox) February 1st February 7th February 21st
**"Lost" returns January 31 in "Grey's Anatomy's" slot**
Original at Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Fri, Dec 14
By Melanie McFarland MONDAY (JAN) MONDAY (FEB) MONDAY (MAR) 8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars" 9:30 p.m. "Samantha Who?" 10:00 p.m. "The Bachelor" TUESDAY TUESDAY (MAR) WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. "Wife Swap" 9:00 p.m. "Supernanny" 10:00 p.m. "Cashmere Mafia" ("MEN IN TREES" beginning Feb 27) THURSDAY (JAN)
My appearance on ABC's Wife Swap
Original at activerain.com
• Mon, Aug 13
By Steve Caddel (Corona Realty) Wife Swap" is an RDF USA production. It was created by Stephen Lambert and is executive-produced by Wendy Roth and Stephen Lambert of RDF Media ("Faking It" and "Junkyard Wars") and Michael Davies of Embassy Row ("Who Wants to be a Millionaire"). Cristin Cricco,
Casting Call: Wife Swap Casting Season Four
Original at Blogcritics
• Thu, Jun 28
By Mark Yawitz Wife Swap airs on Disney-owned ABC television on Mondays at 8 pm -- the family hour! There is another show that copies ours. We focus on having fun, learning, and teaching. They focus on conflict. I just want to make sure our show doesn't get confused with theirs!
Browne & Robinson Families On Wife Swap
Original at Reality TV Magazine
• Thu, Apr 26
By Joe Reality Wife Swap" is an RDF USA production. It was created by Stephen Lambert and is executive-produced by Stef Wagstaffe and Stephen Lambert of RDF Media ("Faking It" and "Junkyard Wars") and Michael Davies of Embassy Row ("Who Wants to be a Millionaire"). Mitchell Rosenbaum, Stephanie Schwam...