List of The Marriage Ref episodes

This is a list of episodes of The Marriage Ref.

List of episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Episode
#
Title Directed by Written by Original US air date
1"Preview"Beth McCarthy-MillerJeff Cesario, Chuck Martin, and Tom PapaFebruary 28, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, Jerry Seinfeld
2"Episode Two"Beth McCarthy-MillerJeff Cesario, Chuck Martin, and Tom PapaMarch 4, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Tina Fey, Jerry Seinfeld, Eva Longoria
3"Episode Three"March 11, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Larry David, Madonna, Ricky Gervais
4"Episode Four"March 18, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Cedric the Entertainer, Martha Stewart, Jason Alexander
5"Episode Five"March 25, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, Jerry Seinfeld
6"Episode Six"April 1, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Kirstie Alley, Jimmy Fallon, Sheryl Crow
7"Episode Seven"April 8, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Nathan Lane, Kathy Griffin, Tracy Morgan
8"Episode Eight"April 22, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Donald Trump, Gloria Estefan, Adam Carolla
9"Episode Nine"April 29, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Matthew Broderick
10"Episode Ten"May 6, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Jerry Seinfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greg Giraldo
11"Episode Eleven"May 13, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Howie Mandel, Bette Midler, Craig Robinson
12"Episode Twelve"May 20, 2010
Celebrity Panel: Demi Moore, Jim Breuer, Kelly Ripa

Season 2 (2011)

The show was renewed for a second season on April 5, 2010[1]

Episode
#
Title Directed by Written by Original US air date
1"Episode 13"June 26, 2011
Celebrity Panel: Jerry Seinfeld, Julianne Moore, Ricky Gervais
2"Episode 14"July 3, 2011
Celebrity Panel:
3"Episode 15"July 10, 2011
Celebrity Panel:
4"Episode 16"July 17, 2011
Celebrity Panel:
5"Episode 17"July 24, 2011
Celebrity Panel:
6"Episode 18"July 31, 2011
Celebrity Panel:
7"Episode 19"August 7, 2011
Celebrity Panel:
8"Episode 20"August 14, 2011
Celebrity Panel:

Nielsen ratings

Order Episode Rating/share
(18-49)
Viewers
(millions)
Rank
(Timeslot)
Rank
(Night)
Rank
(Week)
1 "Alec Baldwin, Jerry Seinfeld, Kelly Ripa" 4.8/13[2] 14.476[2] 1 3 13[3]
2 "Jerry Seinfeld, Tina Fey, Eva Longoria" 3.4/10[4] 7.355[4] 1[4]
3 "Larry David, Madonna, Ricky Gervais"[5] 2.7/8[6] 5.897[6] 3[6]
4 "Cedric the Entertainer, Martha Stewart, Jason Alexander" 2.8/8[7] 7.6[7] 22[8]
5 "Alec Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, Jerry Seinfeld" 2.5/7[9] 6.5[9] 2[9]
6 "Kirstie Alley, Jimmy Fallon, Sheryl Crow " 2.2/7[10] 5.26[10][11]
7 "Tracy Morgan, Kathy Griffin, Nathan Lane" 2.1/6[12][13] 4.768[12] 2[12] 6[12]
8 "Donald Trump, Gloria Estefan, Adam Carolla"
9 "Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Matthew Broderick"
10 "Jerry Seinfeld, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greg Giraldo"
11 "Howie Mandel, Bette Midler, Craig Robinson"
12 "Demi Moore, Jim Breuer, Kelly Ripa" 2.1/6[14] 4.66[14]
13 "Jerry Seinfeld, Julianne Moore, Ricky Gervais" 1.7 4.57[15] 1 2 22

Celebrity Panel members

The following celebrities were scheduled to appear on the panel: Demi Moore, Howie Mandel, Gwyneth Paltrow, Adam Carolla, Donald Trump, Gloria Estefan,[16] Matt Lauer, Matthew Broderick, Martin Short, Sarah Silverman, Gayle King, Khloé Kardashian, and Charles Barkley.[17]

References

  1. "NBC Renews Seinfeld’s 'Marriage Ref'". The Marriage Ref fansite (themarriagerefnbc.com). April 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gorman, Bill (March 1, 2010). "TV Ratings: Winter Olympics Win One More For NBC; Undercover Boss Working Hard". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  3. Seidman, Robert (March 2, 2010). "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol, Olympics Top Weekly Broadcast Network Viewing". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gorman, Bill (March 5, 2010). "TV Ratings: Fox Wins The Night; But Office, Marriage Ref Win Their Hours In Adults 18-49". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  5. Tucker, Ken (March 11, 2010). "Madonna, Larry David, Ricky Gervais on 'The Marriage Ref': 'This is the weirdest show I've ever been on'". Entertainment Weekly (ew.com). Retrieved 2010-03-16.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gorman, Bill (March 12, 2010). "TV Ratings: American Idol Leads Fox Win; Marriage Ref Loses Yardage". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "NBC Thursday starts slow builts w/ ’30 Rock’ and ‘The Marriage Ref’". Radio Business Report (www.rbr.com). March 19, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  8. Seidman, Robert (March 23, 2010). "TV Ratings Top 25: American Idol, NCIS, Undercover Boss, House Top Weekly Broadcast Charts". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 "NBC has average Thursday ‘The Marriage Ref’ #3". Radio Business Report / Television Business Report (www.rbr.com). March 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
  10. 10.0 10.1 Seidman, Robert (April 2, 2010). "TV Ratings: "Fringe" Frustrated; "FlashForward" Fizzles; CBS Flip-Flop Falters". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  11. Toff, Benjamin (April 2, 2010). "TV Dramas Yield Plenty of Ratings Agita". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Gorman, Bill (April 9, 2010). "TV Ratings: CBS Wins As Bones, Fringe, Survivor, CSI, Mentalist All Up; Marriage Ref Series Low". TV by the Numbers (tvbythenumbers.com). Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  13. "'Survivor' leads Thursday; Fox posts gains". The Hollywood Reporter: Live Feed (livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com). April 9, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Gorman, Bill (May 21, 2010). "TV Ratings: Grey’s Anatomy Rules Finale Thursday; Bones, FlashForward, CSI, Parks, 30 Rock, Ref Rise". TV by the Numbers (tvbythenumbers.com). Retrieved May 23, 2010.
  15. Carolla, Adam (March 17, 2010). "Adam Carolla Podcast". AdamCarolla.com (www.adamcarolla.com). Retrieved 2010-03-19.
  16. Scripps Howard News (February 27, 2010). "Seinfeld's comic 'Ref' pokes fun at marriage spats". Chicago Sun-Times (www.suntimes.com). Retrieved 2010-03-01.