• ABC announces 'Wife Swap's fourth season to premiere January 2

  December 17, 2007
  ABC has announced Wife Swap's fourth season, which will continue chronicle two families living different lifestyles trading wives/mothers for two weeks, will premiere on Wednesday, January 2 at 8PM ET/PT.

• 'Wife Swap' appearance sparks child abuse calls for Iowa family

  February 22, 2007
  An appearance on ABC's Wife Swap reality series almost found an Iowa couple in hot water for child abuse.

• ABC renews 'Supernanny' and 'Wife Swap' for fourth seasons

  January 26, 2007
  ABC has announced that it has given early renewals to its Supernanny and Wife Swap reality series.  Both shows have received initial 2007-2008 season orders of thirteen episodes each, Daily Variety reported Friday.

• 'Wife Swap' husband sues show for sending family a gay man

  November 21, 2005
  An Oklahoma man is suing the producers of ABC TV's "Wife Swap" for sending a gay man to live with his family as his half of the swap.

• Production of ABC's 'Wife Swap' halted after dad arrested for child abuse

  March 28, 2005
  On March 22, the production of an upcoming episode of ABC's Wife Swap reality show came to a halt when the film crew turned in the father of one of the participating families for suspected child abuse. Yanni Panagiotakis, 38, a Nashville restauranteur, was alleged to have struck his 13-year-old daughter in the face during filming. He was later charged with domestic assault and freed Wednesday morning on $1,000 bail.

• 'Wife Swap' creators sue Fox over 'Trading Spouses' copy

  December 17, 2004
  The creator of Britain's reality series "Wife Swap" has sued Fox, alleging it has copied its show in "Trading Spouses."

• ABC greenlights two 'Wife Swap' spinoffs: 'Husband Swap' and 'Boss Swap'

  June 28, 2004
  According to The Hollywood Reporter, ABC has greenlighted two spinoffs of its upcoming Wife Swap series, which features two wives and mothers trading places for 10 days (but apparently without any extramarital canoodling).

• ABC moves 'Wife Swap' to fall, following 'The Bachelor' on Wednesday nights

  June 4, 2004
  When you're already mired in last place, why not throw caution to the winds?

• ABC changes 'Wife Swap' to 'Trading Moms,' approves six episode run in summer 2004

  October 10, 2003
  The Hollywood Reporter reports that ABC has greenlighted production of six episodes of the British show Wife Swap, to be aired during summer 2004. However, perhaps in response to our prior comments about the name, the show will be renamed Trading Moms for U.S. broadcast.

• ABC moving ahead with plans to bring British 'Wife Swap' show to U.S.

  August 14, 2003
  The reality TV invasion from Europe continues unabated. CBS's Survivor is adapted from the Swedish show Expedition: Robinson; Fox's American Idol is a clone of the British smash Pop Idol (complete with judge Simon Cowell); CBS's Big Brother comes from the Netherlands by way of Britain ... even Fox's Paradise Hotel comes from Britain. Now The Guardian reports that ABC is ready to go forward with the smash hit British show Wife Swap, which we reported in January was in the casting process.

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