The Marriage Ref: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

NBC | Season Premiere Date: February 28, 2010

Starring: Marv Albert, Natalie Morales, Tom Papa

Summary: Jerry Seinfeld returns to NBC to produce a reality show where celebrities watch a couple's arguement and decide on who is the winner.

Genre(s): Comedy, Reality

Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E12. Demi Moore, Jim Breuer, and Kelly Ripa
Air Date: May 20, 2010
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S1:E11. Howie Mandel, Bette Midler and Craig Robinson
Air Date: May 13, 2010
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S1:E10. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Seinfeld, and Greg Giraldo
Air Date: May 6, 2010

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Alessandra Stanley

This show, too, is funny, despite a cheesy game show premise. Read full review

Heather Havrilesky

Yes, Tom Papa's affectations can be a little much sometimes. Yes, they should turn down the microphone when everyone is laughing. Yes, they should lose the dorky bit where Natalie Morales from NBC News sits in front of a computer and looks up information online. But the rest? Married people, angry at each other? Celebrities, making fun of each other? Chicken cutlets? I'm in. Read full review

Brian Lowry

The resulting half-hour offered a breezy, inexpensive approach to comedy that brought to mind the panel shows of yesteryear. Read full review

Robert Lloyd

Sunday night I mostly felt I was watching funny people being less funny than they are in their day jobs. What should have appeared spontaneous came off, even when it clearly was spontaneous, as worked-over, the fun seemed insisted upon. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

The Jerry Seinfeld-produced reality show may just slide backward into the ditch and push NBC farther down into the hole....It was an underwhelming, contrived product that didn’t bode well for the hourlong version of the series. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Even The Marriage Ref audience is guffawing in a way that sounds fake. Some think Seinfeld can do no wrong, but what he's created here is anachronistic, flat and even mean-spirited. Read full review

David Zurawik

This show doesn't deserve a spot in daytime syndication, let alone a key position in prime time. I am serious, there were better game shows on in the 1950s when budgets were miniscule, technology was primitive and few producers yet knew how to use the medium of television. Read full review

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veronicach

Apr 12, 2011

I am so surprized that this show recieved such negitive feedback! I thought it was such a fresh idea. The panel has great stars. The couples and thier problems are hillarious, and the host is funny. I love the concept. Its true enough that every relationship needs a ref from time to time.I am so surprized that this show recieved such negitive feedback! I thought it was such a fresh idea. The panel has great stars. The couples and thier problems are hillarious, and the host is funny. I love the concept. Its true enough that every relationship needs a ref from time to time. The irony that celebrities get to judge non celebs marriages for a change is brilliant. Myself and quite a few people I know will be tuning in next season… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

39

Series Overview
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 26, 2011
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: February 28, 2010
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  S1:E12. Demi Moore, Jim Breuer, and Kelly Ripa
  Air Date: May 20, 2010
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  S1:E11. Howie Mandel, Bette Midler and Craig Robinson
  Air Date: May 13, 2010
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  S1:E10. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Seinfeld, and Greg Giraldo
  Air Date: May 6, 2010
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  S1:E9. Sarah Silverman, Matthew Broderick and Martin Short
  Air Date: April 29, 2010
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  S1:E8. Adam Carolla, Gloria Estefan, Donald Trump
  Air Date: April 22, 2010
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  S1:E7. Tracy Morgan, Kathy Griffin and Nathan Lane
  Air Date: April 8, 2010
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  S1:E6. Kirstie Alley, Sheryl Crow and Jimmy Fallon
  Air Date: April 1, 2010
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  S1:E5. Jerry Seinfeld, Kelly Ripa, Alec Baldwin
  Air Date: March 25, 2010
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  S1:E4. Cedric the Entertainer, Martha Stewart, Jason Alexander
  Air Date: March 18, 2010
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  S1:E3. Madonna, Larry David, Ricky Gervais
  Air Date: March 11, 2010
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  S1:E2. Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, Eva Longoria Parker
  Air Date: March 4, 2010
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  S1:E1. Jerry Seinfeld, Kelly Ripa, Alec Baldwin
  Air Date: February 28, 2010