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The Marriage Ref |
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Ellen Rakieten Nick Emerson Howard West Al Berman |
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42 minutes |
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The Marriage Ref is a reality television series hosted by comedian Tom Papa, which first aired on NBC on February 28, 2010,[1] interrupting the coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony.[2] It aired before moving to its official timeslot weekly on Thursdays.[3]
The television program has received generally negative reviews from television critics.[4][5] National Public Radio called The Marriage Ref “painfully bad”,[6] The Star Ledger described it as an “ugly, unfunny, patronizing mess”,[7] and New York Magazine called it “kinda terrible”.[8] Both The Baltimore Sun and The Huffington Post questioned how comedian Jerry Seinfeldcould produce something so “unfunny”.[5][9]