Manhattan Strip Clubs: The Marriage Ref: An Unholy Union
I’m the first to admit that I have a pretty sweet gig. I get to watch TV for a living, and sometimes I even get to mingle with its stars while drinking free beer. But sometimes the job means sitting through horrible television. And last night’s debut of The Marriage Ref may be the worst television I’ve seen in awhile.
Listen, we all knew it was going to be bad. Anyone who saw the promos NBC threw at us during its Winter Olympics coverage and thought, “This is going to be great!” can probably also be entertained for a weekend by a cat toy.
The premise of the show is to have celebrities give marriage advice to couples with issues (in the premiere, these “issues” included a taxidermied pet and a stripper pole in the living room), but in the end, it’s really just celebrities trying to be funny and laughing a little too hard at their jokes. The first episode featured Alec Baldwin and Kelly Ripa sitting alongside mainstay (and show creator) Jerry Seinfeld. And while they briefly had their moments, it all felt way too forced.
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