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A couple who appeared on ABC’s reality show Wife Swap and later concocted a fantastic hoax that drew worldwide attention has been pardoned by the Colorado governor. In October 2009, Richard and Mayumi Heene claimed that their 6-year-old son, Falcon, was trapped in a mylar balloon that soared into the sky. The…

Paramount Network is plotting more Wife Swap after the unscripted format delivered decent ratings in key demos for the Viacom-owned network. The broadcaster has ordered a second season of the UK format with 20 new episodes. It comes from Banijay Studios North America. The network said that compared to the same slot…

The program migration among Viacom cable networks continues. The revival of spouse-switching reality series Wife Swap, which which had been ordered a year ago by CMT and was supposed to debut on the network Feb. 28, will instead air on siblings Paramount Network. The 10 one-hour episodes will begin airing April…

CMT is continuing their growth and gearing up for 2019 with a slate of new and returning shows for their Thursday night line-up which includes the new unscripted series show Racing Wives as well as the second season of Music City, both premiering on January 3. The network has also announced the return of Wife…

Temptation Island is returning to U.S. television. The controversial series aired on Fox from 2001-2003 and entailed couples agreeing to live with several singles of the opposite sex in order to test their relationships. No networks have been specifically announced. Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti announced the…

CMT is bringing back hit reality series Wife Swap. The network has given the green light to an hour-long 10-episode revival of the program, which originally aired on ABC from 2004-2010. The successful series also spawned spinoff Celebrity Wife Swap, which ran for four seasons on ABC, from 2012-2015. Per CMT,  with the…

UPDATE, 3:14 PM: The final results are in and American Idol has adjusted up in the numbers. While the 2.6/9 rating (up from the 2.5/8 of fast nationals earlier today) is still a new all-time low for regularly scheduled show in the Fox series, the rise in viewership does offer some good news. Idol's total viewership…

Last night’s American Idol (2.9/9) dipped 6% from last week’s fast nationals in the adults 18-49 demographic and was down 9% from last week’s final numbers. That left the Fox singing competition bested in total viewers for the first time ever by a repeat of The Big Bang Theory (3.0/10) on CBS. In the 8-8:30 PM slot…

After Wednesday's Beatles performance show on Fox’s American Idol (2.8/9), last night saw another finalist eliminated and the contestant list trimmed to eight. The live one-hour results show slipped 7% from the fast nationals of the season’s first results showlast week, and Idol was down 10% from the 3.1 it garnered…

ABC is picking up this morning where it left off last night. After renewing reality series Dancing With The Stars, The Bachelor and Shark Tank last night, this morning the network continued with the pickups of two other long-running reality series, America’s Funniest Home Videos and Wife Swap. The 13-epsisode order to…