This weekend, TLC -- which no longer has anything to do with learning, and everything to do with cruelty to people -- will debut its new reality series, "Geek Love," which follows the speed-dating scene among sci-fi dorks at various Comic-Con type conventions.

COOL STORY, BROI don't really think I'm letting the cat out of the bag here when I say that that The Learning Channel is a terrible, terrible broadcasting platform.

TLC is actually making something I don't outright despise: a dating show called "Geek Love" in which sci-fi enthusiasts engage in speed dating at places like Comic-Con, where the pool of hapless, socially inept virgins is unusually deep.