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GARFIELDKOOL · 11-21-2005, 09:34 PM

I am just getting into Wife Swap for the first time, and it looks like a total copycat of Trading Spouses! I watch Trading Spouses every week. FOX should sue ABC for copying. This is the same show, only it has a different title, and on another network. Both shows showcases the wives telling the other family what they need to do basically.

Ireneparalegal · 11-21-2005, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

I am just getting into Wife Swap for the first time, and it looks like a total copycat of Trading Spouses! I watch Trading Spouses every week. FOX should sue ABC for copying. This is the same show, only it has a different title, and on another network. Both shows showcases the wives telling the other family what they need to do basically.

Actually, I believe that ABC had their concept first, and FOX ran to get their first episode on the air.
I like both shows. I like the fact that the ABC show doesn't PAY the women anything. They do it for the experiment. FOX pays the women $50K

Pavan · 11-21-2005, 10:51 PM

FOX copied ABC. You have it backwards. FOX always steals concepts from other networks.

GARFIELDKOOL · 11-21-2005, 10:56 PM

I didn't know that. I guess because I watch and like Trading Spouses more than Wife Swap, I thought ABC copied. Seems like to me Trading Spouses has been on longer than Wife Swap, though. I guess ABC should sue, LOL

Pavan · 11-21-2005, 10:59 PM

FOX pulled the same crap with Nanny 911. ABC had Supernanny already. FOX tried to copy Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with Renovate My Family, but it bombed thankfully. Next they will copy ABC's Dancing with the Stars with Skating with the Celebrities.

¤I Love Clay Aiken¤ · 11-22-2005, 09:35 AM

I love Wifeswap. "Yeah pick the flowers you rich ugly ass bitch." Priceless.

Brent88 · 11-23-2005, 08:44 PM

I watch both shows... and like Trading Spouses a little better because of the twist with the money. I missed Wife Swap on Monday due to a power outage.

Ireneparalegal · 11-23-2005, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent88

I watch both shows... and like Trading Spouses a little better because of the twist with the money. I missed Wife Swap on Monday due to a power outage.

I have a question abt Trading Spouses...when the show first started, it was a surprise abt the $$$$, but now that people are aware of the $$$, how can the wives be surprised now? It doesn't make sense.

Chad Michael Murray · 11-23-2005, 11:54 PM

I much prefer Wife Swap to Trading Spouses.

Wife Swap has a much classier feel to it, while Trading Spouses feels like the cheap, trashy cousin who frequently visits from the trailor park.

Also, Trading Spouses has been on longer...but that's because ABC had been developing Wife Swap and FOX ran to get their imitation on the air first, like someone else had mentioned.

However...the Margaret Perrin episodes of Trading Spouses were definitely classic.

TheLandfordLunchBox · 12-08-2005, 02:30 PM

I like them both but I think Wife Swap is better.

Bachu · 12-08-2005, 04:54 PM

Wife Swap was first produced over here in England for a network called Channel 4. A few years later the American version appeared. TS's is a rip off of Wife Swap.

Wings#1ShowPeriod · 12-08-2005, 05:51 PM

networks copy networks all the time, so its really no big shock. apparently viewers dont mind because both shows [wife swap and trading spouses] do well for ABC and FOX..

FactsofLifeRulz · 12-25-2005, 11:10 PM

OMG SUEEE THEM!!!!!!!!!!

grr im so mad!!! HOW DARE THEY TAKE AN IDea?!?!?1
(you should definitely write to coca cola, pepsi TOTALLY copied them.)
burger king totally copied mcdonalds too, on that whole french fry thing, total ripoff.

god im pissed!

Southern Hellraiser · 12-25-2005, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Brent88

I watch both shows... and like Trading Spouses a little better because of the twist with the money. I missed Wife Swap on Monday due to a power outage.

Lexx82 · 01-23-2006, 08:27 PM

thier both the same damn thing lololol i thought they were both 1 show til i saw trading spouses later on in the week im like wtf?? isnt this the same show? different title...newayz i prefer wife swap

11-21-2005, 10:51 PM	#3
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	FOX copied ABC. You have it backwards. FOX always steals concepts from other networks.
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11-23-2005, 08:44 PM	#7
Brent88 Member Forum Star Join Date: Aug 01, 2003 Location: Alabama Posts: 16,174	I watch both shows... and like Trading Spouses a little better because of the twist with the money. I missed Wife Swap on Monday due to a power outage.
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11-23-2005, 11:54 PM	#9
Chad Michael Murray Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,493	I much prefer Wife Swap to Trading Spouses. Wife Swap has a much classier feel to it, while Trading Spouses feels like the cheap, trashy cousin who frequently visits from the trailor park. Also, Trading Spouses has been on longer...but that's because ABC had been developing Wife Swap and FOX ran to get their imitation on the air first, like someone else had mentioned. However...the Margaret Perrin episodes of Trading Spouses were definitely classic.
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12-25-2005, 11:10 PM	#13
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11-21-2005, 09:34 PM	#1
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Wife Swap is a cheap imitation of Trading Spouses I am just getting into Wife Swap for the first time, and it looks like a total copycat of Trading Spouses! I watch Trading Spouses every week. FOX should sue ABC for copying. This is the same show, only it has a different title, and on another network. Both shows showcases the wives telling the other family what they need to do basically.

11-21-2005, 10:56 PM	#4
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	I didn't know that. I guess because I watch and like Trading Spouses more than Wife Swap, I thought ABC copied. Seems like to me Trading Spouses has been on longer than Wife Swap, though. I guess ABC should sue, LOL

11-21-2005, 10:59 PM	#5
Pavan SO News/Reviews Director Administrator Forum Superstar Join Date: Feb 17, 2000 Location: Linden, NJ (Where Hal Linden got his last name from!) Posts: 26,821	FOX pulled the same crap with Nanny 911. ABC had Supernanny already. FOX tried to copy Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with Renovate My Family, but it bombed thankfully. Next they will copy ABC's Dancing with the Stars with Skating with the Celebrities.

12-08-2005, 02:30 PM	#10
TheLandfordLunchBox Heath Ledger 1979-2008 Forum Regular Join Date: Apr 28, 2005 Location: At the Haunted Manion in Walt Disney World Posts: 668	I like them both but I think Wife Swap is better.

12-08-2005, 04:54 PM	#11
Bachu Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 10, 2005 Posts: 809	Wife Swap was first produced over here in England for a network called Channel 4. A few years later the American version appeared. TS's is a rip off of Wife Swap.

12-08-2005, 05:51 PM	#12
Wings#1ShowPeriod Boo Lois, Yay Beer. Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 03, 2005 Location: Inside the Big Brother House Posts: 797	networks copy networks all the time, so its really no big shock. apparently viewers dont mind because both shows [wife swap and trading spouses] do well for ABC and FOX..

01-23-2006, 08:27 PM	#15
Lexx82 The Honeymooners #1 Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 23, 2006 Location: Jerz Posts: 262	thier both the same damn thing lololol i thought they were both 1 show til i saw trading spouses later on in the week im like wtf?? isnt this the same show? different title...newayz i prefer wife swap
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