The Marriage Ref

A rotating group of celebrity panelists judge couples in the midst of marital disputes while recommending various strategies to resolve their problems.

Broadcast
NBC February 28, 2010-August 14, 2011

Host
Tom Papa

Gameplay
The premise of this show involves real-life couples who have an ongoing argument. In season 1, a video clip was shown to a three-member celebrity panel depicting both sides of a disputes. the celebrities often made humorous observations, deliberating the merits and voted on who should win the debated. Though the Marriage Ref (Papa) took their votes into conideration, he was free to make his own decision about who was right.

In addition, to the celebrity panel, season one featured a fact checker who could provide additional information to aid in the dicision making. NBC Today correspondents Natalie Morales and Maria Menounos and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski filled this role.

In season 2, couples will appear live in the studio, and at the end of each show, the studio audience would vote on which of the night's three winner's is "The Rightest" the winner will receive $25,000 and a bilboard in their hometown declaring that they are right.

International Versions
Countries that have prevously aired their version's of The Marriage Ref includes:
 * Arab World
 * Argentina
 * Russia
 * Serbia
 * United Kingdom

Trivia
The show is produced by actor and comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

Host Tom Papa once had a short-lived sitcom airing on the same network called Come To Papa, which only aired from June 3-June 24, 2004 in four episodes.

Reviewers often have described this show as a renewal of the panel game format in classic American television.

On May 13, 2012 NBC cancelled the series.

Link
Official Website