It crashed and burned in the US but surely Geri Halliwell and co can work their magic on The Marriage Ref here
What do you think when you cast your eye over Britain's television schedules? Silly question. You think: "There's a terrible lack of satirical panel shows involving a mixture of comedians and celebrities. For how much longer will the doughty British public be forced to endure this scarcely bearable satirical panel show drought?" Wonder no more, for ITV has commissioned a British version of The Marriage Ref, a US satirical panel show involving a mixture of comedians and celebrities that furthermore contains a hint of the reality show: I know, I know, thank God some brave soul among the serried ranks of television executives has seen sense and spoken out to rectify the agonising paucity of reality shows on our screens. The comedians and celebrities deliver relationship advice to a warring real-life couple, before a referee decides which partner is right.
In the US, the show is executive produced by Jerry Seinfeld. "Because he's so famous and respected," explained one gossip magazine, "Seinfeld managed to get an amazing bunch of A-listers to be on the show, including Madonna, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and Larry David." It wasn't enough to stop the show being described as "painfully bad" and "God-awful" and losing 10 million viewers over the course of its first season. But, ever the patriot, Lost in Showbiz is confident that nothing along those lines will come to pass here, not least because it has learned that the stellar list of American names dims considerably when set against the British remake. "Among the guests lined up for the ITV1 versions," offers the gossip mag, "are Geri Halliwell, James Corden and Jimmy Carr." With a strangled cry of "THEY'VE GOT HALLIWELL?", Lost In Showbiz raises a toast to its inevitable success, frowns at anyone silently mouthing the word "bathos" and whispers of a dream so fanciful it dare not speak it aloud: fingers crossed they've got Keith Lemon on board as well!
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