
Fox is moving ahead with a speed-dating game show this summer called “Take Me Out,” based on a British game show of the same name. Basically, it’s a show that will cruelly allow men and women to make snap judgements of other men and women based on the amount of product in their hair and cheesy lines scripted by game-show producers. According to Deadline:
“Take Me Out” features a “Flirty 30″ panel consisting of 30 good-looking single women. Every week, the women meet several bachelors who try impress them with their looks, personality and sense of humor. Each woman stands at a lighted podium with a switch: if she likes the bachelor, she keeps her light on; if not, she turns it off. The game show is held in 4 rounds. After the women narrow down their field to those interested in the guy on stage, the man takes charge, turning out the lights of those ladies he’s not into. During the final round, the bachelor will pose one final question to the two remaining women before choosing the winner. The new couple will then be whisked away on a romantic fantasy date.
Wow! So, basically, they’re reducing dating to some sort of robotic, assembly-line procedure. Really, at this point, network television is working toward a dating show called “Just the Tip,” in which a line of naked men insert their tip for 20 seconds into each of a line of naked women. The most compatible penis will be awarded the opportunity to finish the deal in front of a live, and judgmental, studio audience.
Coming soon to the Fox Network!
Here’s a gander at the British version.



Looks like those ladies can handle more than just the tip.
Fox is not sliding into hardcore pornography slowly at all.
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Mmm…making bacon on the beach…
I like that they’re encouraging viewers to spend more time outside with their families this summer. Good on you Fox! I mean, that has to be the goal right?
Isn’t this just ‘Studs’ from the 90s?
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I’d die alone with 50 cats before I subjected myself to this.
We’ve reached the “survival of the shittiest” stage of the evolution of TV programming
I’m pretty sure Jay Sherman warned us about Fox eventually doing something like this back in the 90′s.
I’ve seen the Chinese version of this show here in the USA. I couldn’t understand anything, but it made me feel better about the possibility of us having new Chinese overlords. Not gonna happen.
If you’ve seen Baggage, this is nothing.
Yeah, that was the first thing that crossed my mind. I always thought the Chinese show was an original expression of the extreme superficiality that consumerism has given rise to over there, but no, they have to steal that shit from us too, apparently
Being from the UK i have seen this show, give it ago before you trash it