When Women Rule the World

When Women Rule the World is an announced reality television series originally announced to premiere on Fox Broadcasting in spring 2007,[1][2] then pushed to June 2, 2008, then delayed again in April 2008.[3] However, the show never aired in the United States.[4]

When Women Rule the World
GenreReality television
Presented byJudi Shekoni
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes11
Production
Executive producers
  • Jean-Michel Michenaud
  • Chris Cowan
  • Charles Duncombe
Running time1 hour
Production companyRocket Science Laboratories
Release
Original networkFox
Original releaseJune 2, 2008 (2008-06-02) (unaired)

The show consisted of 12 women and 12 men sent to a "primitive location" where the men were forced to be subservient to the women. The women voted off one man per week. The final man left was awarded $250,000. Cast members include Carla Turco, Jacky Reres, Karen Mangeney, Mike Babassi, Robbie Kaller. The show was hosted by Judi Shekoni.[5]

The show was broadcast in Finland on MTV3 and in Belgium on PLUG RTL (summer 2010).[6]

Cancellation

Mike Darnell, Fox's head of reality programming, explained that the series was shelved due to being dormant for too long. He commented: "[When Women Rule the World] will never make it [to the schedule]. Nothing's wrong with it, it just sat on the shelf too long. Sometimes things sit on the shelf too long and get old."[7]

The series eventually aired in Finland.[8]

Adaptation

An adaptation of the series, which was also titled When Women Rule the World, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. The eight-episode series premiered on September 4, 2008, and it was hosted by Welsh television presenter Steve Jones. Filmed in the Dominican Republic, the series followed ten men in competition for a reward of €30,000 (US$33,141); in order to win the reward, the men were required to act as personal servants for a group of eight women. One of the men were eliminated from the competition each week by the group in exchange for supplies. Speaking on the adaptation, executive producer Peter Davey stated: "We have changed it quite a lot. We've created more set pieces, which the Americans didn't have."[9]

See also

References
  1. Adalian, Josef (January 16, 2007). "Women rule new Fox show". Variety. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  2. "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 2010-07-30. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  3. Zap2It.com: "'Women' Trouble: Fox Shakes Up Summer Schedule Again", April 8, 2008
  4. "Breaking News - FOX Gives Updates on "Lie to Me," Reality Projects | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  5. When Women Ruled the World (TV Series 2008– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2019-06-24
  6. "MTVuutiset.fi". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  7. "FOX Gives Updates on "Lie to Me," Reality Projects". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. January 11, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  8. Schneider, Michael (August 28, 2009). "Reality shows battle … reality". Variety. Archived from the original on February 15, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  9. West, Dave (March 19, 2008). "Channel 4 plans gender-swap reality show". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on April 27, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
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