Editing Trading Spouses (section)

{{short description|2004 reality television series}}
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| genre                = [[Reality television]]
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| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 3
| num_episodes         = 59
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Jean-Michel Michenaud
* Chris Cowan
}}
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| runtime              = 60 minutes
| company              = [[Rocket Science Laboratories]]
| network              = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2004|07|20}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2007|05|04}}
}}

'''''Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy''''' is an American [[reality television]] series broadcast by the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]] (Fox). The series ran for three seasons from July 20, 2004, to May 5, 2007. Each episode of ''Trading Spouses'' followed two families, often of different cultural or social backgrounds, who swapped mothers or fathers for a week. Both families were awarded $50,000, with the stipulation that the guest mother decides how her host family must spend the money.

The show shares a very similar format to ''[[Wife Swap (British TV series)|Wife Swap]]'' (and its [[Wife Swap (American TV series)|American remake]]). In 2004, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] showcased their upcoming ''Wife Swap'' show including projections of its popularity. Weeks before the show's debut, Fox introduced ''Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117907017?categoryid=14&cs=1 |title=Spouse swap a fit for Fox: Net snipes at Alphabet with ''Trading Spouses'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223061527/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117907017?categoryid=14&cs=1 |archive-date=2011-12-23 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> The producers of ''Wife Swap'', [[RDF Media]], claimed Fox stole their concept.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04352/427976.stm |title=''Wife Swap'' sues ''Trading Spouses'' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310204257/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04352/427976.stm |archive-date=2007-03-10 |website=post-gazette.com}}</ref>

The show completed airing its third season on May 3, 2007. On February 27, 2008, Fox announced that it had sold the rights to ''Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy'' to [[Country Music Television|CMT]], effectively ending the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080227cmt01 |title=Twentieth Television Sells Family Focused Reality Series "Trading Spouses" And "Nanny 911" To CMT |website=TheFutonCritic.com}}</ref>

In 2005, ''Trading Spouses'' was one of several television programs cited in a [[Class action|class-action lawsuit]] filed by the [[Writers Guild of America]] concerning labor law violations.