The Marriage Ref (U.S. TV series)

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The Marriage Ref
The Marriage Ref.jpg
GenreReality, Panel game
Presented by Tom Papa
Country of originUnited States
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Jerry Seinfeld
Running time60 minutes
Production company(s) Columbus 81 Productions
Universal Media Studios
Distributor NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format 720p (HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseFebruary 28, 2010 (2010-02-28) –
August 28, 2011 (2011-08-28)

The Marriage Ref is a TV reality show and panel game hosted by comedian Tom Papa and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, in which a rotating group of celebrities decides the winners of real-life marital disputes. The show premiered on NBC on Sunday, February 28, 2010 [1] on the final night of the Olympics before moving to Thursdays. [2] The show's second season debuted on June 26, 2011. [3]

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Thomas Papa is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, author, producer, and television/radio host. His book Your Dad Stole My Rake: And Other Family Dilemmas was a number one new release on Amazon. He hosts the show 'Baked' on the Food Network and is head writer for the radio variety show Live from Here, hosted by Chris Thile.

Jerry Seinfeld American comedian and actor

Jerome Allen Seinfeld is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for playing himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy; in 2005, Comedy Central named Seinfeld the "12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time."

Contents

On May 13, 2012, NBC cancelled the series after two seasons. [4]

Premise

The premise of the show involves real-life couples who have been having an ongoing argument. In season one, a video clip was shown to a three-member celebrity panel depicting both sides of a dispute. The celebrities made humorous observations, deliberated the merits and voted on who should win the debate. Though the Marriage Ref (Papa) took their votes into consideration, he was free to make his own decision about who was right.

In addition to the celebrity panel, season one featured a fact checker who could provide additional information to aid in the decision making. Today correspondents Natalie Morales and Maria Menounos and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski filled this role.

Natalie Morales (journalist) American journalist

Natalie Morales-Rhodes is an American journalist working for NBC News. She is the Today Show West Coast anchor and appears on other programs including Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.

Maria Menounos American actress, journalist, television host and professional wrestler

Maria Menounos is an American entertainment reporter, television personality, actress, and businesswoman. She has hosted Extra and E! News, and served as a TV correspondent for Today, Access Hollywood, and co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Athens, Greece. She also co-created and is currently CEO of online podcast series network AfterBuzz TV. She is currently signed to WWE where she has served as an ambassador since 2013.

MSNBC is an American pay television network that provides news coverage and political commentary from NBC News on current events. MSNBC is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group, a unit of the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal. MSNBC and its website were founded in 1996 under a partnership between Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit, hence the network's naming. Although they had the same name, msnbc.com and MSNBC maintained separate corporate structures and news operations. msnbc.com was headquartered on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington while MSNBC operated out of NBC's headquarters in New York City. Microsoft divested its stakes in the MSNBC channel in 2005 and in msnbc.com in July 2012. The general news site was rebranded as NBCNews.com, and a new msnbc.com was created as the online home of the cable channel.

Changes have been announced for season two. [5] [6] In these episodes, couples will appear live in studio, and at the end of each show, the studio audience will vote on which of the night's three winners is "The Rightest." The winner will receive $25,000 and a billboard in their hometown declaring that they are right.

Reviewers have described the show as a renewal of the panel game format popular in classic American television. [7] [8]

Production

The Marriage Ref was originally scheduled to premiere Sunday, March 14 at 8 pm, as the lead-in to The Celebrity Apprentice . [9] NBC greenlighted the show "within minutes" of Seinfeld pitching the concept. [10] However, as a result of The Jay Leno Show being cancelled, the premiere was moved up to Thursday, March 4 at 10 pm, as one of its replacement shows. [2]

<i>The Jay Leno Show</i> Television series

The Jay Leno Show is an American talk show created by and starring Jay Leno. Premiering on NBC on September 14, 2009, the program aired on weeknights at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT through February 9, 2010. The program was modeled upon the format of a late night talk show—specifically, Jay Leno's incarnation of The Tonight Show, opening with a comedic monologue, followed by interviews with celebrity guests and other comedy segments. Sketches from The Tonight Show were carried over to The Jay Leno Show, along with new sketches.

The executive producers of The Marriage Ref are Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen Rakieten, Nick Emerson, Jennifer O'Connell, and Al Berman. [11] Seinfeld selected comedian Tom Papa, his longtime warm-up act, to serve as the show's host and referee. [11] The program is produced by Seinfeld's company, Columbus 81 Productions. [11] Endemol provides services of international distribution of The Marriage Ref. [11] Central Talent Booking manages the composition of each show's celebrity panel. [12]

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Preview" Beth McCarthy-Miller Jeff Cesario, Chuck Martin, and Tom Papa February 28, 2010 (2010-02-28)
Celebrity Panel: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, Jerry Seinfeld
2"Episode Two"Beth McCarthy-MillerJeff Cesario, Chuck Martin, and Tom PapaMarch 4, 2010 (2010-03-04)
Celebrity Panel: Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, Eva Longoria
3"Episode Three"TBATBAMarch 11, 2010 (2010-03-11)
Celebrity Panel: Larry David, Madonna, Ricky Gervais
4"Episode Four"TBATBAMarch 18, 2010 (2010-03-18)
Celebrity Panel: Cedric the Entertainer, Martha Stewart, Jason Alexander
5"Episode Five"TBATBAMarch 25, 2010 (2010-03-25)
Celebrity Panel: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, Jerry Seinfeld
6"Episode Six"TBATBAApril 1, 2010 (2010-04-01)
Celebrity Panel: Kirstie Alley, Jimmy Fallon, Sheryl Crow
7"Episode Seven"TBATBAApril 8, 2010 (2010-04-08)
Celebrity Panel: Nathan Lane, Kathy Griffin, Tracy Morgan
8"Episode Eight"TBATBAApril 22, 2010 (2010-04-22)
Celebrity Panel: Donald Trump, Gloria Estefan, Adam Carolla
9"Episode Nine"TBATBAApril 29, 2010 (2010-04-29)
Celebrity Panel: Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Matthew Broderick
10"Episode Ten"TBATBAMay 6, 2010 (2010-05-06)
Celebrity Panel: Jerry Seinfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greg Giraldo
11"Episode Eleven"TBATBAMay 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)
Celebrity Panel: Howie Mandel, Bette Midler, Craig Robinson
12"Episode Twelve"TBATBAMay 20, 2010 (2010-05-20)
Celebrity Panel: Demi Moore, Jim Breuer, Kelly Ripa

Season 2 (2011)

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
13"Episode 13"TBATBAJune 26, 2011 (2011-06-26)
Celebrity Panel:Jerry Seinfeld, Julianne Moore, Ricky Gervais
14"Episode 14"TBATBAJuly 3, 2011 (2011-07-03)
Celebrity Panel:Tracy Morgan, Susie Essman, Regis Philbin
15"Episode 15"TBATBAJuly 10, 2011 (2011-07-10)
Celebrity Panel:Kathy Griffin, Ellen Pompeo, Brian Regan
16"Episode 16"TBATBAJuly 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)
Celebrity Panel:Seth Meyers, Denise Richards, George Wallace
17"Episode 17"TBATBAJuly 24, 2011 (2011-07-24)
Celebrity Panel:Lauren Graham, Colin Quinn, Mary J. Blige
18"Episode 18"TBATBAJuly 31, 2011 (2011-07-31)
Celebrity Panel:Rachael Ray, Larry Miller, J.B. Smoove
19"Episode 19"TBATBAAugust 7, 2011 (2011-08-07)
Celebrity Panel:Cedric the Entertainer, Rachel Dratch, Joel McHale
20"Episode 20"TBATBAAugust 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)
Celebrity Panel:Judah Friedlander, Ali Wentworth, Will.I.Am
21"Episode 21"TBATBAAugust 21, 2011 (2011-08-21)
Celebrity Panel:Nick Cannon, Caroline Rhea, Jim Breuer
22"Episode 22"TBATBAAugust 28, 2011 (2011-08-28)
Celebrity Panel:Bill Maher, Patti LaBelle, Ali Wentworth

Critical reception

Reviews

The Marriage Ref received an overwhelmingly negative reception from television critics. [13] [14] [15] [16] It currently receives a 41 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 11 reviews. [14] According to the news agency, Reuters, the television program received "scathing reviews". [15] An analysis of reviews in The Guardian noted that The Marriage Ref, "has been so thoroughly panned by critics its future looks in doubt even before it begins." [16] A review of the program on National Public Radio called the television show "painfully bad"; the reviewer commented, "I was optimistic that I'd be writing something of the 'Don't assume this show is terrible' variety. But it's ... terrible." [17] The newspaper The Star Ledger described it as "heinous", and called it an "ugly, unfunny, patronizing mess". [15] [18] The New York Times called the show "funny, despite a cheesy game show premise". [19] A review by Entertainment Weekly called the program "silly fun", and commented, "The Marriage Ref exists to permit the celebrity judges to comment amusingly on the cases to be adjudicated." [20] An analysis in Variety magazine characterized the program as "a breezy, inexpensive approach to comedy that brought to mind the panel shows of yesteryear". [21] The Wall Street Journal characterized the show as a "panel" form of game show, commenting, "The concept is essentially a re-jiggering of a genre staple of television's halcyon days: the 'panel' game show". [22]

A commentary on the show in Time magazine commented that The Marriage Ref was "the most God-awful mishmash of a comedy-variety show". [15] [23] Time gave it an F, as did The A.V. Club who noted how confused the premise of the show is claiming that the pilot "safely toe[s] the line between all of [its] options and never commit[s] to one of them." [24] A reviewer for TV.com commented, "The Marriage Ref may be the worst television I've seen in awhile [sic]." [25] The review concluded that the program was an "atrocity" and, "a pathetic half-hour that's edited to hell, results in meaningless resolutions, features the worst animated intro of all-time, and is just plain uncomfortable to watch". [25]

"Who knew Seinfeld could be this unfunny?", commented a review in The Baltimore Sun ; the review stated that the program was not worthy of its Thursday slot or daytime syndication. [16] The Huffington Post asked a similar question, "How could a man as funny as Seinfeld produce such a remarkably unfunny show?" [26] The website Gawker mused as to whether "Jerry Seinfeld's new show almost cancels out Seinfeld", [16] [27] and IGN wrote, "The Marriage Ref just felt utterly dead on arrival." [28] New York Magazine characterized The Marriage Ref as "kinda terrible". [29] An analysis of the show in The Hartford Courant wrote, "What do you do if you've managed to pull your network up from fourth place after two weeks of highly-rated Olympic Winter games? If you're NBC, you squander it immediately on an unfunny little thing called 'The Marriage Ref.'" [30] The review concluded that "absolutely nothing funny happened", and called the show "about as wrongheaded an offering to prime time as, well, anything on NBC these days" [30]

Ratings

In the ratings, the program's debut performed worse than the CBS Network television reality show Undercover Boss even with the Olympics closing lead-in. [31] The pre-empting and tape delay of the remainder of the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony after late local news in order to broadcast the premiere of The Marriage Ref was immediately criticized by viewers over social networking websites such as Twitter. [32] [33] The week after its debut, The Marriage Ref dropped to number three in the ratings; [34] losing to the CBS program The Mentalist and the ABC Network program Private Practice . [35] [36] The program had been in first place in its first week, but fell 21 percent in the ratings in its second week. [34] [35] [37] The program saw steady ratings decline with each episode since its debut. [38] The first showing of The Marriage Ref had 14 million viewers, [39] and by the fourth full episode the number of viewers had declined to 6.5 million. [40] As of the fourth episode, the program had "posted its lowest rating to date", with a rating of 2.5/7. [41] In the program's sixth broadcast, the April 8, 2010 edition of The Marriage Ref hit a season low with a rating of 2.1, [42] [43] just three days after it had been renewed for a second season.

The show's second season premiere had ratings 20% lower than the first season premiere, at a 1.6. [44]

International versions

CountryTitleHostNetworkDate aired
Flag of the Arab League.svg Arab World [45] قاضي الغـرام
Qadi El Gharam		Moustafa Shaban Abu Dhabi TV September 20 – December 13, 2010
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [46] El referí del matrimonioGabriel Corrado Telefe December 13, 2010 – March 2011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [47] Семейный приговор
Semyeinyi prigovor		Gennady Khazanov TV3 February 2011
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia [48] Bračni sudijaSanja Marinković Pink September 21, 2011
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom [49] The Marriage Ref Dermot O'Leary ITV June 18, 2011

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