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.
Rating: 4.60/10 (avg out of 1946 votes)
Wife Swap Airs: Friday
Wife Swap Status: Ended
WIFE SWAP - General Information
Series Premiere: September 26, 2004 Classification: Reality Genre: Action | Reality-TV | Romance Network: ABC Airs: Friday at 08:00 pm Runtime: 60 Minutes
WIFE SWAP - Season 1 -- 20 Episodes
1x1 -- Sep 26, 2004 -- Pitts/Polchios 1x2 -- Sep 29, 2004 -- Spolansky/Bradley 1x3 -- Oct 06, 2004 -- Smoak/Beaver 1x4 -- Oct 20, 2004 -- Donahoe/Baker 1x5 -- Oct 27, 2004 -- Ghani/Stallone 1x6 -- Nov 03, 2004 -- Smith/Weiner 1x7 -- Nov 10, 2004 -- Reimer/bittner 1x8 -- Nov 17, 2004 -- Harris/Van Noy 1x9 -- Dec 01, 2004 -- Paiss/Davis (Husband Swap) 1x10 -- Dec 08, 2004 -- Aguirre/Ray 1x11 -- Dec 15, 2004 -- Burkhalter/Elliott 1x12 -- Jan 12, 2005 -- Parsons/Bramhall 1x13 -- Jan 19, 2005 -- Fontaine/Herman 1x14 -- Feb 09, 2005 -- Boone Luffey/Gillespie 1x15 -- Feb 16, 2005 -- Pyke/Smith 1x16 -- Feb 23, 2005 -- Flummerfelt/Bray 1x17 -- Mar 02, 2005 -- Patrick/Leierwood 1x18 -- Mar 07, 2005 -- Silver/Caden (Boss Swap) 1x19 -- Mar 16, 2005 -- Cedarquist/Oeth 1x20 -- Mar 23, 2005 -- Hawn/Orlando (Vacation Swap)
WIFE SWAP - Season 2 -- 24 Episodes
2x1 -- Sep 12, 2005 -- Allison/Hagerty 2x2 -- Sep 20, 2005 -- Wiggins/Felix 2x3 -- Sep 26, 2005 -- Collins/Matlock 2x4 -- Oct 03, 2005 -- Mayfield/Wasdin 2x5 -- Oct 10, 2005 -- Yonts/Jan-Turan 2x6 -- Oct 17, 2005 -- Downs/Bailey 2x7 -- Oct 24, 2005 -- Nazario/Lassell 2x8 -- Nov 07, 2005 -- Heiss/Kestrel 2x9 -- Nov 14, 2005 -- Hodge/Kolpin 2x10 -- Nov 21, 2005 -- Johnson/Blackburn 2x11 -- Nov 28, 2005 -- Stonerock/Finley 2x12 -- Dec 12, 2005 -- Fuentes/Lawson 2x13 -- Dec 19, 2005 -- Ast/Green 2x14 -- Jan 09, 2006 -- Roy/Maness 2x15 -- Jan 16, 2006 -- Bimonte/Hubbard 2x16 -- Jan 30, 2006 -- King/Reeves 2x17 -- Feb 06, 2006 -- Kraut/Hardin 2x18 -- Feb 20, 2006 -- Wife Swap Saved My Marriage 2x19 -- Feb 27, 2006 -- Schachtner/Martincak 2x20 -- Mar 06, 2006 -- Thompson/Askam-Schwartz 2x21 -- Mar 13, 2006 -- Stamper/Haggerty 2x22 -- Mar 27, 2006 -- Kinison/Czerniawski 2x23 -- Apr 10, 2006 -- West/Grimes 2x24 -- May 01, 2006 -- Ridgely/Corrao
WIFE SWAP - Season 3 -- 20 Episodes
3x1 -- Sep 18, 2006 -- Jeffrey/Greiner 3x2 -- Sep 18, 2006 -- Baur/Fine 3x3 -- Sep 25, 2006 -- Zemanek/Brandon 3x4 -- Sep 25, 2006 -- Boyd/Milorey 3x5 -- Oct 02, 2006 -- Slater/Williams 3x6 -- Oct 09, 2006 -- Alcorn/Booker 3x7 -- Oct 16, 2006 -- Lovazzano/Clover 3x8 -- Nov 13, 2006 -- Mink/Oaks 3x9 -- Nov 27, 2006 -- Rowland/Rivera 3x10 -- Dec 04, 2006 -- Talbott/Broider 3x11 -- Jan 08, 2007 -- Lawrence/Caddel 3x12 -- Jan 15, 2007 -- Allemon/Johnson 3x13 -- Jan 22, 2007 -- Koopman/Early 3x14 -- Feb 05, 2007 -- Starling/Sweany-Ernst 3x15 -- Feb 12, 2007 -- Meeks/Hoover 3x16 -- Feb 19, 2007 -- Haigwood/Hess-Webb 3x17 -- Feb 26, 2007 -- Hamilton/Lowe 3x18 -- Apr 27, 2007 -- Browne/Robinson 3x19 -- May 28, 2007 -- Silver/Pitney 3x20 -- Aug 06, 2007 -- Rush/Rios Bolman
WIFE SWAP - Season 4 -- 20 Episodes
4x1 -- Jan 02, 2008 -- Boss/Guastaferro 4x2 -- Jan 09, 2008 -- Flynn/Orris 4x3 -- Jan 16, 2008 -- Harrison-Velasco/Marshall 4x4 -- Jan 23, 2008 -- Galvan/Martin-Portala 4x5 -- Jan 30, 2008 -- McDonald/Robarge 4x6 -- Feb 06, 2008 -- LaBrie/Zaring 4x7 -- Feb 13, 2008 -- Beckman-Heskett/Childs 4x8 -- Feb 20, 2008 -- Blankenship/Phillips 4x9 -- Feb 27, 2008 -- Myers/Sutton 4x10 -- Mar 05, 2008 -- McGoldrick/Noel 4x11 -- Mar 12, 2008 -- Graf/Medici 4x12 -- Mar 19, 2008 -- Ketchum/Sheron 4x13 -- Mar 26, 2008 -- Gillette/Turner 4x14 -- Apr 02, 2008 -- Figaratto/Martinez 4x15 -- Apr 23, 2008 -- Stockdale/Tonkovic 4x16 -- Apr 30, 2008 -- Sundstrom/Tower 4x17 -- May 07, 2008 -- Tassie/Tyson 4x18 -- May 14, 2008 -- Coste/Ives 4x19 -- May 28, 2008 -- Espinosa-Marquez/Pay 4x20 -- Jun 25, 2008 -- Carmichael/Hanna
WIFE SWAP - Season 5 -- 22 Episodes
5x1 -- Oct 03, 2008 -- Heene/Martel 5x2 -- Oct 10, 2008 -- McCaslin/Deekens 5x3 -- Oct 17, 2008 -- Kinsman/Thompson 5x4 -- Oct 24, 2008 -- Melton/Dufrene 5x5 -- Oct 31, 2008 -- Martin/Vallone 5x6 -- Nov 07, 2008 -- Brown/Neighbors 5x7 -- Nov 21, 2008 -- Berwick/Roachford 5x8 -- Dec 12, 2008 -- Cooper/Kukta 5x9 -- Jan 09, 2009 -- Dusseau/Smith-Snider 5x10 -- Jan 16, 2009 -- McIntyre/Keyser 5x11 -- Jan 30, 2009 -- Long/Stephens-Fowler 5x12 -- Feb 06, 2009 -- Jones/Martinson 5x13 -- Feb 13, 2009 -- Bonett/Linkins 5x14 -- Feb 27, 2009 -- Petersen/Vaughn 5x15 -- Mar 06, 2009 -- Chi/Edwards 5x16 -- Mar 13, 2009 -- Heene/Silver 5x17 -- Mar 20, 2009 -- Henstein/Toulou 5x18 -- Mar 27, 2009 -- Brown/Holland 5x19 -- Apr 03, 2009 -- Mallick/Stewart 5x20 -- Apr 17, 2009 -- Burroughs/Padovan-Hickman 5x21 -- Apr 24, 2009 -- Brazenwood/Taylor 5x22 -- May 01, 2009 -- Schults/Smith
