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The New York Times is reporting that NBC has picked up The Marriage Ref for a second season. A completely average miss, NBC. The network has ordered three more episodes this season (haha, easy does it NBC!) and 10 episodes next season. That is not that many episodes, I guess, but it is also WAY TOO MANY EPISODES. Of course, we only bring this upon ourselves. Well, not us exactly, but someone brings this upon ourselves. NBC is a multi-billion dollar corporation after all, that makes programming decisions based on complicated financial algorithms and Jay Leno’s mood. We have to assume that someone is watching The Marriage Ref and inexplicably wants to keep doing that. Who wants all this The Marriage Ref?
“This show reminds me of the painful dissolution of my third marriage. Now THAT was hilarious.”
“My cats and I love it.”
“My husband puts it on, and I am not allowed to change the channel. But even if I could, I wouldn’t! Just in case he changed his mind about letting me!”
“I like The Marriage Ref because it feels like it was created and written by someone my age!”
“I watch the Marriage Ref because I’m an asshole.”
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These Marriage Refs are making me thirsty
I find that “The Marriage Ref” is the most sensual of the uncured problems that NBC has inflicted upon itself.
“The Marriage Ref” leads the nation in NBC’s key demo: people who fell asleep in front of the TV.
Woah woah, Gabe are you and ‘The Marriage Ref’ having troubles? I sense a lot of hostility. Maybe you two should go on The Marriage Ref and let Henry Winkler and Dennis Rodman tell you how to fix your relationship!
That was in reply to nobody, sorry.
I was honestly going to comment “Yay another show I can fall asleep to.” You are correct!
i fall asleep to this show every week! if i am awake before it comes on to remember to change to this channel in order to later fall asleep to it. but mostly i’m already asleep.
With directTV I can program my viewing ahead of time and it will change the channel for me (magic!). So I can sleep sound knowing I will not accidentally see one minute of that terrible, awful show.
First guest next season: Jay Leno
“My Stupid Big Chinned Husband is always hiding out in his airplane hangar of cars, ugh. And he makes the worst jokes in bed. AND HE NEEDS TO CUT HIS DAMNED TOENAILS!!!”
Jay Leno’s response to that: “Hey remember when I used to be funny? Uh, here eat Doritos they’re good and crunchy … oh god what have I done with my life?” (Puts uzi in his mouth, unloads, blood and brain splatter in shape of NBC Peacock because he’s a company man to the bitter end).
- Copyright Steve Winwood 2010 and NOT copyright Bill Hicks 1991 or whatever
I nominate Charlie Sheen. This show will suck regardless, but let’s make it just that much more crazy before it dies a lonely death with no viewership.
if we’re going crazy might as well just get admiral ackbar. or the muppets or tim burton or something. or really i’m thinking john travolta in character as whatever he was in battlestar galactica.
ugh. good thing this show is not on abc…Don’t give Disney any more bad ideas about what to do with muppets! (see: miss piggy eating pepperoni pizza with Jessica Simpson)
Why does Matlock look different and why is he talking about marriage?
Well, you gotta’ watch something after coming home from dinner at the Olive Garden.
watch it. fine dining and professional therapy are helping my boyfriend and i stay together.
In the spirit of your avatar, I would advise you to seek out a good analrapist.
I watched an episode, and it was like scenarios that you’d see on Everyone Loves Raymond (not that I watch that show, guys!) only worse, because it has some people that I like some times on it.
My household is part of the problem. My boyfriend loves The Marriage Ref. We watched the one with Kirstey Alley together and he laughed hysterically the whole time. He kept weighing in about which member of each couple he thought was right. Is my boyfriend an asshole? Probably. We also have a cat.
TYBF.
Weighing in. Kirstie Alley.
If your cat can stand on two legs, I’ve seen into your living room.
We cherish our Grand Theft Auto poster.
You two should go on The Marriage Ref and have them vote on whether liking The Marriage Ref makes him an asshole. I bet you’ll win.
I’ve seen 1 episode. Alec Baldwin, Martha Stewart, and Jason Alexander were sitting on the panel and it was pretty funny. Maybe I’m just an asshole but I don’t understand the hate for this show.
I don’t think it’s horrible terrible. It’s better than, say, King of Queens.
The one with Larry David, Madonna and Ricky Gervais was delightfully uncomfortable. It was nothing special, but it’s hardly worthy of hatred.
I’m not really a fan of celebrities laughing at and making fun of average people. I’m also not too keen on shows that claim they are trying to help people, when it’s so clearly exploiting them(if you’re going to exploit people, just exploit them. Wife Swap knows what I’m talking about). And it’s one thing to have your Tina Feys and your Ricky Gervaises, seemingly happily married people, give marriage advice. When you put Madonna, Larry David, and Alec Baldwin on your panel, well, that’s your panel.
In conclusion, this show is just as horrible as Gabe says. I rest my case.
GIANT AGREE about the Larry David & Ricky Gervais one. Madonna was garbage, obviously, but… did anyone else get the sense that they were watching a budding friendship materialize between LD & Gervais? So good.
Also, once they had on a couple from my hometown that completely embodied everything I hate about my hometown. Also, about Jews*.
* No Jesse James-o; I’m a Jew, too.
Ricky did an hour long interview with Larry on telly here “across the pond”. They just spent the whole time kissing each other on their respective b-holes. They’re huge fans of each other apparently.
I watched that last night! Yeah, there was some butt kissing. But I kind of loved it.
Larry david creates win. He needs to be a regular for this show to last.
I think Seinfeld’s (Read: Jay-Leno-Defender’s) involvement is the primary beef
Assholes? Hey now, you basically saying all our Moms are assholes. Well, um, at least my mom. Sigh.
I read a story where NBC was looking to have a married gay couple on The Marriage Ref. PROGRESS!
Jeff Zucker has a picture of a gay guy in his wallet
“You take out the gay trash” “No you take out the gay trash”
A Cock Zucker?
The Separate But Equal Ref
As long as there are no accents. Enough!
“The Marriage Ref provides me with a light palate cleanser between Nicholas Sparks novels.”
That dude in the suit looks like Richard Simmons minus the fro and hot pants.
My mom watches the Marriage Ref. Yes, I am filing to be emancipated.
Don’t you just wanna go stab some priests everytime she’s watching it?
“Quick, grab the remote, the Marriage Ref is on.”
I love that you got that image from something called ‘toolstation.com,’ since NBC is a tool station for continuing to air this wretched show.
I wrote a long diatribe about the nightmares The Marriage Ref gives me but spending so much time explaining how directly this show speaks to my fears of life being one hideous, meaningless joke in which a bunch of disgusting people point and laugh at a bunch of other gross people, while even more people watch the entire spectacle and laugh some more made me feel really sick. I’m going to go breathe into a paper bag now.
My ex watches this show, he said he liked the judge’s clothes and said it was, (ugh) “The most real show on tv” (UGH)
Thank god he took your video games and got the hell out. (well thank god for the getting out part). #personalgum
Oh, Skinny Tie. I’ve been following your break-up with a heavy heart on Twitter. C’mere, you.
Samez. And you’re more than welcome to come and borrow my Mario Kart and Smash Brother any time.
Aww, woof!
TYexBF
Don’t worry Pepper! He obviously didn’t understand how hard it is to be a seventh grader with red hair. You’ll find someone who understands the complexity of middle school one day.
The Marriage Ref is going to have to weigh in on my relationship with NBC pretty soon.
“What’s the deal with all my money and the horrible things I buy with it?”
Go Braves!!!
I mean, it’s not awful. It’s not great. Not that I’ve actually watched it because falling asleep to it then waking up to it then falling asleep to it again and waking up to Avril Lavigne at the Olympics doesn’t really count. Idk where I’m going with this.
Let’s have a garbage party to celebrate.
For all of you Top Gear fans on BBC America: NBC was in the beginning stages of putting on an American version of Top Gear. They pulled the plug on it, though, “due to the failure of Knight Rider.” NBC, everybody!
Also, the NBC version reportedly sucked beyond all belief. Which I’m sure meant that Leno was a fan.
GOD DAMN IT.
The wikipedia article on this show is an amazing list of people who said it sucked. Just in case you think we’re in here drinking our own kool-aid, we are not! Lots of people love the flavor “Jerry Seinfeld is terrible.” It is looking to be the Ecto Cooler of the 2010′s.
Whoa! Ecto Cooler was great!
Cosign. As Ewelyn Beatrice Hall said, “I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it, unless you hate on Ecto Cooler, in which case, it is totally on.”
Patience, guys. Season one is all set up. It may seem laborious, but it’s totally gonna pay off in season two when they open the Hatch.
As a married man (sorry ladies and fellas) who is lucky to be married to a super cool, smart and beautiful woman, I have to say, “I hate shit like this.” Between the “Marraige Ref” and terrible sitcoms with fighting couples, the whole “Uptight women won’t let men be stupid and awesome” thing makes me want to scream into the sun until it goes out. I’m not saying we can’t joke about our partners; or that we can’t complain about them. But be creative and not mean.
Aside from jokes about mean wives being tedious, I find it trouble that now people live out the tired tropes of television and the movies rather than actually experiencing and expressing the terms of their actual existence. When I hear the “mean wife” or “dumb husband” jokes, I think “Do you not have a real existence? Can you only express yourself in terms of cliche television relationships?”
Now, my wife and I fight. We are human. We also joke about each other and complaint and get grouchy. But when it happen, I like to think that what I am feeling is what is our actual emotional life and not just a pale reflection of NBC’s Tuesday night line-up.
Screw you and your emotional maturity! My boyfriend always leaves the toilet seat up! And falls asleep right after sex without snuggling! And watches football while I scrub the kitchen floor! I want to discuss these hard-pressing issues with celebrities who have never shown any aptitude whatsoever to form their own lasting relationships. Leave me be.
Oh, I’m sorry. This comment was supposed to go on the “Cat standing up on 2 legs” post. Please forgive!
Best response ever.
They order more of this crap, yet Friday Night Lights was pushed back (again) to May. Way to go NBC
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No, it looks like the problem is that you don’t.
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I helped you out with a little revision:
“The picture, she does nothing for me. I’m not a fan of FNL, though I respect the opinions of people who enjoy the series and feel that it is an honest depiction of small-town America. I was also not a fan of the movie, but I respect the opinions of those who enjoyed that as well.”
I can’t wait until Jerry gets Kramer (a.k.a. Michael Richards) on the show and the producers accidentally choose an African-American marriage for the show to destroy.
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“i watch the marriage ref because im waiting for the return of the soup nazi”
“Let’s get a mawwiage liscence!”
Between 30 Rock and Jay Leno you need to quickly ratchet down expectations of what counts as “comedy”. So you get people that are funny on other shows (like Larry David, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Ricky Gervais) and put them on this thing … preparing people for Leno. Then again, despite watching MRef a few times (mostly to see how bad it was, and to see LD and RG together) I have yet to see an episode of Tonight Show with Jay Leno 2: Even Worster.
It’s nice to see that NBC is willing to nurture a late night show like this and give it a chance to find its audience.
i’m guessing it’s mostly Kabletown subscribers tuning in.
I STILL can’t look at the IT clown without curling up into a ball and trembling in fear.