Cheaters logo used from Season 2 through the present

Cheaters logo (Season 1)

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Episode structure

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Cheaters episodes usually follow two unrelated complainants and follow a typical pattern:

• An episode usually begins with a brief interview with a complainant and a description of that complainant's partner.
• The episode shows investigation surveillance footage narrated by Robert Magruder. Later, the host shows portions of the footage to the person who suspect their partner of cheating, usually with a handheld camcorder.
• After the complainant views the often-graphic video evidence, the host, the complainant, and a large group of camera and sound operators, drivers, and bodyguards seek out and confront the alleged cheater. Often during the confrontation, either a nasty verbal argument or violence will take place.
• The episode ends with parting thoughts from complainants, their partners, and any suspects. The narrator summarizes what appear to be post-facto interviews with each person. People who do not sign releases with the producers of the show are anonymized and their faces obscured.
• On occasion, Cheaters shows updates from past guests and their allegedly cheating partners.

History

The show, created by Bobby Goldstein, made its debut in 2000. Until early 2003, the show was hosted by one of its co-producers, Tommy Habeeb, who used the screen name Tommy Grand. Habeeb left the show due to a dispute with the production company. Later, Habeeb settled the dispute and now hosts PPV specials of raw Cheaters footage. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas L. Habeeb (born April 22, Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American television host best known for hosting the reality TV show Cheaters. ...

2004 brought syndication reruns of previous seasons, edited into a half-hour Monday-through-Friday strip format with new intros with Joey Greco as host. In 2006, G4 began showing the strip version with faster-paced editing and music, as well as a different voiceover artist, for weekly airings on its Midnight Spank block. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joey Greco or Joel Greco (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American television host best known for hosting the reality TV show Cheaters. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... G4 is an American cable and satellite television channel originally geared toward male viewers aged 12–34 and devoted to the world of video games and the video game lifestyle. ... Midnight Spanks logo, a monkey holding a paddle. ...

The sexual encounters captured by the Cheaters’ hidden cameras are usually displayed with heavy editing and verbal censorship in the broadcast version. However, for some reason one episode contained a man known as Nigel, been cheated on who then said "that is some Mel shit" to his former girlfriend and was not censored.

Home video releases of several episodes, however, include uncensored footage. Several volumes of episodes from the Habeeb era were released in the early 2000s, with an additional set of DVDs released in 2006 featuring Habeeb and Greco. The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ...

Legal entanglements

• On December 16, 2005, four employees of the show were indicted on charges including assault. The charges were against the host Joey Greco, director Hunter Carson and two security guards. This stems from a confrontation between a woman and her husband in Arlington, Texas. On November 9, 2006, the four were acquitted of unlawful restraint. Other charges against the four were dismissed for lack of evidence.[1]
• Greco was once stabbed during filming of an episode. He recovered and came back to the show shortly afterwards. Jack E. Jett, served as a fill-in host briefly after the Greco stabbing incident, and several episodes were filmed where Greco hosted, but other personnel led confrontations. The stabbing incident was ranked number two by the E network's 101 Craziest TV Moments program.
• In another incident (shown in the DVD release The Best of Cheaters 4), Greco and his team are attacked by a man firing a "semi-automatic" paint ball gun.
• In a separate episode, Greco was arrested at the scene of a bachelorette party while helping a man confront his cheating fiancée. After Greco explained the situation to the police, he was given a long talk about disturbing the peace, and released without charge.

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External links

• Official Website
• Tommy Habeeb's official website
• Cheaters Uncensored Pay-Per-View
• Joey Greco's official website