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Home Front: Culture Wars
ABC Picks Up British Show 'Wife Swap'
2004-05-19
Following that fine tradition of high-brow British culture.

A hit unscripted series in the United Kingdom, "Wife Swap," is making its way to the United States. The title, which conjures up visions of a 1970s swingers party, is racier than the concept: Two married women switch places with one another for 10 days, living with the other's family and taking on the other woman's household duties.
All her "household duties"?

At the end of the 10 days, the families get together to discuss what they experienced with their lawyers. An ABC official tells the New York Post that the network is developing an American version of "Wife Swap." The stateside version will be called simply "The Swap."
(raises hand) Can I swap my wife for Cathrine Zeta Jones, please?
Posted by:Steve

#8  Chris W: Try HGTV and the Food Network. Works for me.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-05-19 11:06:30 PM  

#7  If something like Temptation Island wasn't bad enough, now reality television has to take on marriage . . .

Hey, as long as they're doing something along those lines, could I swap my girlfriend for Angelina Jolie for a couple of weeks?
Posted by: The Doctor   2004-05-19 3:30:35 PM  

#6  Crazy fool, I'm afraid that it doesn't take too much imagination to picture something worse in the not too far future, thanks to the Mass. judges.

"Partner swap". Because the left hasn't knocked out enough of the pillars of our society yet.
Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm   2004-05-19 2:47:12 PM  

#5  "Went to a wife-swapping party - had to throw in some cash!" Hey, I'm here all week, try the veal.
Posted by: Sparks   2004-05-19 2:33:27 PM  

#4  There is one episode that has to be witnessed to be believed. Iurge you with every fibre of my being to watch the one with this creature in it:


A glimpse of the burgeoning peasant underclass in the UK.
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-05-19 1:32:55 PM  

#3   Can I swap my wife for Cathrine Zeta Jones, please?
Thankfully for Steve, his last name is unknown and his wife will never know. ;)

Personally I would never say such a thing. See, honey...
Posted by: eLarson   2004-05-19 12:14:27 PM  

#2  And I thought prime time couldn't get any stupider lower.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-05-19 12:03:50 PM  

#1  Looks like I'll be avoiding "prime"-time network TV for ANOTHER 15 years.
Posted by: Chris W.   2004-05-19 11:54:52 AM  

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