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Two contestants from different states, complete strangers to one another, trade
places, spaces and familiar faces inhabiting each other's daily routine.
They live each other's lives in school, after school, at work, with friends
and even at home.
Don't miss their experiences and the reactions of their "new" families
and friends, as they take on a life completely unlike their own.
The series will premiere on 26 May 2003 on the ABC Family Channel (U.S.), and
re-runs will continue during the year. |
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switched!
reality tv show matt + miko |
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Maui
Teen "Switched!"
By Advertiser Staff, The
Honolulu Advertiser
Tuesday, May 27 2003
Miko
Walczuk, a 17-year-old from Maui, and Matthew Sereni of California
changed places for an ABC Family network show, "Switched!" a
half-hour program featuring teenagers from different parts of
the country who trade identities. Sereni was schooled at home
and took part in arts projects at Walczuk's house. Walczuk played
[baseball] in Los Altos. The episode shows at 4:30 p.m. [May
26]. |
Let's
Talk
By Liz Janes-Brown, The
Maui News
Sunday, May 18 2003
Media
mania: A Maui family is featured in “Switched!”,
a new show to be premiered May 26 on the ABC Family channel.
(described as a “New Age Kid” by network publicists),
17-year-old son of visual and performing artists (who created
masks and puppets for “Phantom”) and of Pukalani,
traded places with 18-year-old Matthew Sereni (“Horse
Riding Hunk”) from Los Altos, Calif. Each episode of
the show features two teen-agers from different parts of
the country who trade lives and inhabit a stranger’s
daily routine for four days while the whole thing is taped — a
reality series for teens. |
Maui
teen lands reality series role
By Gary Kubota, The Honolulu
Star-Bulletin
Monday, May 26 2003
[Miko]
said he did what Sereni might normally do in his schedule, such
as attend a small private school. And, because Sereni is a competitive
horse rider, Walczuk got his chance in the saddle."
As the son of parents involved in the arts, he's lived in four different cities,
including Malibu, Calif., and Taos, New Mexico.
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If that is a sign of future television, it's going to be very exciting," [Lee
Michael] said. "There are great people out there and great
families." |
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