Stephen Lambert
Director
Wife Swap (2004)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 26, 2004
Episode 60 min
10+
Genres: Reality, Reality TV, Romance
Keywords: tmdb.wife, tmdb.family-swap, imdb.lifestyle, imdb.limousine, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.based-on-british-tv-series, imdb.non-fiction
Watch Providers: Hulu
Production Companies: RDF Media, Channel 4 Television
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Pitts/Polchios
On the premiere episode, a disorganized, animal loving mother with 25 pets trades places and families with an obsessively tidy mother who loves to-do lists and detests animals.
Sept. 26, 2004, midnight
S1E2 - Spolansky/Bradley
A 36-year-old multimillionaire heiress and mother of three from New York swaps lives with a 45-year-old wife and mother of two from rural New Jersey.
Sept. 29, 2004, midnight
S1E3 - Smoak/Beaver
A gun-toting conservative who hasn't shared a bed with her husband in 10 years trades places with an anti-NRA animal rights activist with no job and less control over her daughter. By the end of week two, one of their husbands is in tears, while the other is tearing his hair out over his liberal new houseguest.
Oct. 6, 2004, midnight
S1E4 - Donahoe/Baker
Oct. 20, 2004, midnight
S1E5 - Ghani/Stallone
A free-spirited vegetarian with a messy streak leaves L.A to sample the life of a straight-laced stay-at-home Mom in New Jersey who had a rough time dealing with her counterpart's New Agey ways. However, after a week passes, it's their kids who are having trouble, as one group gets a rude awakening about their video-game habits.
Oct. 27, 2004, midnight
S1E6 - Smith/Weiner
A fitness-minded type-A mom ditches California for the life of an emotional, overweight housewife in Florida. The switch shakes things up for both women, but even more so for the one who can't get used to a home devoid of fast food and friendly attitudes.
Nov. 3, 2004, midnight
S1E7 - Bittner/Reimers
This week, in ""Bittner/Reimers,"" a strict, vegetarian, ex-Navy wife who disciplines her children swaps lives with a junk food-eating, living-large mother who allows her two headstrong teens free rein.
Nov. 10, 2004, midnight
S1E8 - Harris/Van Noy
This week in ""Harris/Van Noy,"" an Oklahoma mother of three who agrees with her husband's edict that an obedient wife belongs in the kitchen, swaps lives with an unorthodox, working mother from Texas who believes her stay-at-home husband should rule the kitchen.
Nov. 17, 2004, midnight
S1E9 - Paiss/Davis (Husband Swap)
The Paiss & Davis Families trade husbands.
Dec. 1, 2004, midnight
S1E10 - Aguirre/Ray
A tattooed, punk rock mom swaps lives with a Southern Baptist, traditional mother.
Dec. 8, 2004, midnight
S1E11 - Burkhalter/Elliott
A Mississippi stay-home mother who gets gets walked all over by her by her children swaps places with a strict mother from Maryland who lays down the law at home and at her job.
Dec. 15, 2004, midnight
S1E12 - Parsons/Bramhall
An educated and organized mother trades families with a waitress who struggles to control her three wayward daughters.
Jan. 12, 2005, midnight
S1E13 - Fontaine/Herman
A coupon-cutting, bargain-hunter, stay-at-home, mother from Ohio trades lives with a high-powered executive from Maryland who despises coupons, clutter and children ruling the house.
Jan. 19, 2005, midnight
S1E14 - Boone Luffey/Gillespie
One-half of a lesbian couple is switched with a conservative, God-fearing homemaker from Texas.
Feb. 9, 2005, midnight
S1E15 - Pyke/Smith
Stay-at-home mom Michelle Pyke swaps life at the family owned funeral home for life on the road in the Smith family's converted Greyhound bus.
Feb. 16, 2005, midnight
S1E16 - Flummerfelt/Bray
An assertive, domineering wife of an inter-racial couple swaps lives with a subservient, stay-at-home wife from a very different minded inter-racial couple.
Feb. 23, 2005, midnight
S1E17 - Patrick/Leierwood
A very conservative, former military mom with strong pro-war views swaps lives with a liberal, pacifist art teacher and anti-war protester.
March 2, 2005, midnight
S1E18 - Cedarquist/Oeth
A home-schooling, stay-at-home mom who lives in a tree house swaps places with a Type A, Harvard educated mom who works full-time for a finance company.
March 16, 2005, midnight
S1E20 - Boss Swap: Silver/Caden
A supportive, laid back CEO of an all women promotional firm swaps roles with a chauvinistic, tough-talking boss from an all-male car dealership who refuses to hire women for sales positions.
March 7, 2005, midnight
S1E21 - Vacation Swap: Hawn/Orlando
A millionaire family accustomed to living a life of luxury leaves the butler behind when they go on vacation with a blue-collar family whose favorite vacation spot is a low-budget RV trailer park next to a dairy farm.
March 23, 2005, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 10200 min.
Released: Sept. 26, 2004
Last Air Date: Aug. 13, 2010, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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