TELEVISION Fox pays more on swap show than ABC does

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Apparently switching mates is a more lucrative business on Fox than on ABC.
In the midst of the recent intellectual property controversy pitting ABC's upcoming "Wife Swap" against Fox's earlier arriving and similarly themed "Trading Spouses," supporters of the Fox show kept insisting that their offering had a financial reward component that set it apart. On the verge of its show's premiere, Fox has unveiled that monetary twist in the hopes of some last second publicity.
"Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy," sneaked onto screens Tuesday night, more than two months ahead of ABC's "Wife Swap." While the families in the ABC unscripted program are given only a small and unrevealed stipend for their participation, both of the two families on Fox's show will receive $50,000.
The twist is that the surrogate spouses will determine who gets the money in their new family and how it will be spent. In the show's Tuesday premiere, both families learned about the reward, but only the swapping duo learns of their responsibility over the money. In the show's second part, airing next week, all of the family members get the whole truth.
"Wife Swap" will premiere in September along with the rest of ABC's fall lineup.