Marriage Boot Camp | |
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Also known as | 'Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars' |
Genre | Reality |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 8 |
No. of episodes | 89 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 42 minutes |
Production company(s) | Thinkfactory Media September Films |
Release | |
Original network | WE tv |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | May 31, 2013 | – present
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Related shows | Bridezillas |
External links | |
Website |
Marriage Boot Camp (also known as Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas and Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars) is an American reality television series which debuted on May 31, 2013, on WE tv. It is a spin-off of Bridezillas and is based on the Marriage Boot Camp non-profit seminar created by Jim Carroll in 1994. It was announced on August 1, 2013, that the series had been renewed for a ten episode second season. Production began in late 2013. Season 2 dropped Bridezillas from the title, with the premiere on March 7, 2014.
The first two seasons of Marriage Boot Camp chronicle the lives of five couples from previous seasons of Bridezillas as they move into one house together for approximately ten days in order to save their marital bonds. The next seven seasons chronicle the lives of five couples from various reality shows. The couples do a number of exercises to see if their marriages are worth saving. In the end, the couples decide if they should divorce or make up. Leading the program for seven seasons is marriage counselor team Jim Carroll and his wife Elizabeth.
Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas premiered with double episodes in Australia on 9 May, 2015 on Arena. and Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars began on 27 June, 2015 on the same channel. In the UK, Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars premiered first, in May 2016 on ITVBe, while the Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas (title changed to Bridezillas: The Boot Camp), will start airing on the 18th June 2016 on the same channel.