Shalom in the Home

Shalom in the Home was an American reality television series hosted by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach that debuted on TLC on April 10, 2006. A second and final season of the series began on Sunday, March 4, 2007.[1]

Shalom in the Home
GenreReality
Written byBernadette McDaid
Directed byMarcus Boyle
Beth Paholak
Presented byRabbi Shmuley Boteach
ComposersMatt Anthony
Stephen O'Reilly
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes19
Production
Executive producersRoy Ackerman
Andrew Harrison
Ronnie Krensel
Deborah Adler Myers
Jamie Schutz
ProducerConsuelo Villanueva
CinematographyDominic Azoto
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time45–48 minutes
Production companyDiverse USA
Release
Original networkTLC
Audio formatStereo
Original releaseApril 10, 2006 (2006-04-10) –
May 7, 2007 (2007-05-07)

Show format

The weekly one-hour prime-time program sought to help families overcome difficult problems. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach provided advice about relationships, marriage, and parenting. In each episode he works with one family for ten days to help them come to terms with their problems, and find the skills they need to improve.

After driving up to each house in an Airstream trailer equipped with television monitors, cameras were installed, capturing footage of the family's dynamics. Rabbi Boteach brought the parents into the trailer, which is "neutral territory", showed them the footage, and gently confronted them about the family's dysfunction in the hopes of shocking them into change. Other techniques he used included: having family members wear earpieces so that Rabbi Boteach could encourage positive, healthy interactions, and discourage negative, dysfunctional behaviors; and taking the family on an outdoors outing or activity.

Rabbi Shmuley appeared with families from the series on The Oprah Winfrey Show to discuss common family problems and how to solve them.

References
  1. If your home is a war zone, maybe the rabbi can help. The show goes through very procedures following several Jewish boys., Sun-Sentinel, March 5, 2007. "The show launched its second season Sunday (TLC, 7 p.m.)."


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