[6] The show initially was a summer replacement for Arthur Godfrey Digest from 9:30 to 10 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturdays.
It said that formats of the programs were "identical except for inconsequential gimmicks," and that Adams essentially imitated the voice of Groucho Marx, host of You Bet Your Life.
[6] Walter Ames, writing in the Los Angeles Times, called Rate Your Mate "one of radio's funniest shows".
[11] Ames questioned why no company sponsored the program, and he suggested that the show had trouble gaining an audience "because it is always being shifted on the time schedule".
[11] A review in the trade publication Variety said that Rate Your Mate had "a thin format with obvious defects", one of which was that a couple could win if the spouses agreed beforehand that the one in the soundproof booth would answer each question incorrectly.