{"id":602,"date":"2011-07-23T22:36:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T02:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=602"},"modified":"2011-07-23T22:36:35","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T02:36:35","slug":"mixed-reviews-for-nbcs-the-marriage-ref","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2011\/07\/mixed-reviews-for-nbcs-the-marriage-ref.html","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Reviews For NBC&#8217;s The Marriage Ref"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was a terrible official\/referee for youth flag football when I tried it once.<\/p>\n<p>I am having the same results trying to figure out whether or not I enjoy NBC&#8217;s <em>The Marriage Ref<\/em>, which airs Sunday night on the network<\/p>\n<p>I am not alone, as while the <em>New York Times<\/em> generally liked the show, which tries to find a &#8220;winner&#8221; between husbands and wives in not very serious marital &#8220;spats&#8221;, other reviewers panned it.<\/p>\n<p>One night, executive producer Jerry Seinfeld and Ricky Gervais were on the show&#8217;s celebrity panel in the program seemed so-so.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e892KoJ7rAE<\/p>\n<p>In another episode Tracy Morgan and Regis Philbin were on the same panel and the program was pretty enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p>Darned if I know why I liked <em>The Marriage Ref<\/em> one night and wasn&#8217;t crazy about another, except perhaps it had to do with the likability of the couple the panel was trying to &#8220;help&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you can help me. 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