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From the mind of Jerry Seinfeld, the man who came up with the idea for Bee Movie -- a movie spawned entirely by a bad pun, like Black Knight -- comes The Marriage Ref, In which celebrities help bickering couples resolve their differences! Because celebrities are very good at that! Actually, we believe that that's part of the joke, that these celebrities are as far from relationship experts as you can get -- and part of us wants to give Seinfeld kudos for that if it's true -- but it's entirely possible that he just thinks that the mundane problems of couples (you know, trimming nails in bed, a man who excessively tans and manicures, etc.) are ripe for comedic exploitation by wealthy entertainers, and that people will want to watch that.
Mostly we blame the couples themselves for agreeing to be on this show, and therefore making it possible, but we also blame Seinfeld for coming up with an idea for a show so bad that he refuses to host it himself. (The Informant! actor Tom Papa does instead.) Seinfeld does appear as an "expert" on tonight's sneak preview, along with Kelly Ripa and Alec Baldwin (they have to be aware of the irony, right?), but we're fairly certain that will be the last we'll see of him... until he comes back as a husband seeking mediation over his wife's terrible healthy cooking, which includes hiding spinach in brownies. We think the celebrity panel of John Goodman, Kevin James and Seth Rogen will find in the favor of the plaintiff.
The Marriage Ref sneak peek airs tonight at 10:30/9:30C on NBC. To watch anything else, just change the channel -- we give a debatably preferable alternative in our Week in Preview.
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