Nerve on tv dating shows

Ryan Tuthill takes apart the current crop of television dating shows including Blind Date, Shipmates, Elimidate, Fifth Wheel and Dismissed. "As weirdly fascinating as they are, these shows always make me feel a little sad. There's no such thing as reality television, of course — TV invariably cuts and chops people and scenes into the simple, ersatz nuggets — but all of these dating shows contain painfully recognizable moments: the disappointed looks of contestants when they meet; the horrible clanging-fork silences over dinner; the limp, you're-not-getting-any hugs goodbye."

Posted on Fri, Jul 5, 2002 at 10:56 AM