Wife Swap
Wife Swap

Wife Swap (2004)

5.6 (7 votes)
11 Seasons
September 26, 2004
English
Reality

Synopsis

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.

Network

ABC

Episodes

Pitts/Polchios
E1

Pitts/Polchios

Sep 26, 2004
60 min

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.

Spolansky/Bradley
E2

Spolansky/Bradley

Sep 29, 2004
60 min

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.

Smoak/Beaver
E3

Smoak/Beaver

Oct 6, 2004
60 min

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.

Donahoe/Baker
E4

Donahoe/Baker

Oct 20, 2004
60 min

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Ghani/Stallone
E5

Ghani/Stallone

Oct 27, 2004
60 min

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.

Smith/Weiner
E6

Smith/Weiner

Nov 3, 2004
60 min

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.

Bittner/Reimers
E7

Bittner/Reimers

Nov 10, 2004
60 min

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.

Harris/Van Noy
E8

Harris/Van Noy

Nov 17, 2004
60 min

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.

Paiss/Davis (Husband Swap)
E9

Paiss/Davis (Husband Swap)

Dec 1, 2004
60 min

The Paiss & Davis Families trade husbands.

Aguirre/Ray
E10

Aguirre/Ray

Dec 8, 2004
60 min

A tattooed, punk rock mom swaps lives with a Southern Baptist, traditional mother.

Burkhalter/Elliott
E11

Burkhalter/Elliott

Dec 15, 2004
60 min

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.

Parsons/Bramhall
E12

Parsons/Bramhall

Jan 12, 2005
60 min

An educated and organized mother trades families with a waitress who struggles to control her three wayward daughters.

Fontaine/Herman
E13

Fontaine/Herman

Jan 19, 2005
60 min

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.

Boone Luffey/Gillespie
E14

Boone Luffey/Gillespie

Feb 9, 2005
60 min

One-half of a lesbian couple is switched with a conservative, God-fearing homemaker from Texas.

Pyke/Smith
E15

Pyke/Smith

Feb 16, 2005
60 min

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.

Flummerfelt/Bray
E16

Flummerfelt/Bray

Feb 23, 2005
60 min

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.

Patrick/Leierwood
E17

Patrick/Leierwood

Mar 2, 2005
60 min

A very conservative, former military mom with strong pro-war views swaps lives with a liberal, pacifist art teacher and anti-war protester.

Cedarquist/Oeth
E18

Cedarquist/Oeth

Mar 16, 2005
60 min

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.

Boss Swap: Silver/Caden
E20

Boss Swap: Silver/Caden

Mar 7, 2005
60 min

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.

Vacation Swap: Hawn/Orlando
E21

Vacation Swap: Hawn/Orlando

Mar 23, 2005
60 min

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.

Details

Original Title

Wife Swap

Status

Ended

Seasons

11

Episodes

170

Production

RDF Media, Channel 4 Television