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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:07 PM Feb 2014

VH1 Orders 'Naked Dating' Series (Exclusive)

The music-themed cable network has picked up to series Naked Dating, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The 10-episode dating series hails from Lighthearted Entertainment, the independently owned production company behind unscripted series including Extreme Makeover, The Moment of Truth, Next, 72 Hours and Are You the One?
Each episode will feature a man and a woman as they each date two different -- and naked -- suitors. The series will explore the art of romance -- free of preconceived notions, stereotypes and, yes, clothing. At the end of every hourlong episode, the two romance-seekers analyze what they've learned from their dates -- and themselves -- before deciding whether to move forward with their potential love matches. A yet-to-be-named host will oversee the series, which will be filmed in a remote exotic locale. The focus will be on examining the honest self and the surprising results that come with that. VH1 says the series will be edited "according to network standards.""We created this show based on marrying a provocative idea with a back to basics philosophy. With all the dating options in the world, what happens if you take one man and woman and strip them of all their pretenses?" Schultz said. "VH1 immediately understood our vision and is a fantastic partner on a show that uses a social experiment to provide a fun and entertaining look into how men and women interact when they bare all."
A premiere date for Naked Dating has not yet been announced. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/vh1-orders-naked-dating-series-680908

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upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
1. My wife and I met naked. It was at a nudist club.
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:12 PM
Feb 2014

I met my future mother father and sisters-in-laws naked too. My wife to be invited me to their cook out.
The funny thing to me was that I wondered what she looked like with clothes on since I had only seen her naked. So we went out for burgers dressed of course. That was 30 years ago and we are still together.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
2. Testimonial!
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:15 PM
Feb 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]If you don't give yourself the same benefit of a doubt you'd give anyone else, you're cheating someone.[/center][/font][hr]

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
3. Glad to hear you were able to find happiness...
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:23 PM
Feb 2014

This reality show sounds like a shit idea better suited for the "Penthouse Channel", though...

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
6. I'm sure it is only to make bucks off of nudity.
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:39 PM
Feb 2014

I only posted what I did because I don't get such good opportunities to tell my story.

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
4. I love thir rationalizations to justify pandering to the desire to see neekid people
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:32 PM
Feb 2014

"social experimet" "free of preconceived notions, stereotypes" "examining the honest self" "marrying a provocative idea with a back to basics philosophy."


Hell why don't they just be honest about it? People like looking at naked people. Therefore ratings and advertising.

All these crap "reality" programs and networks come up with these idiotic justifications rather than honetly say they are looking for any excuse to pander to the voyeuristic tendencies in people to get ratings.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
7. I'm guessing they'll show as much as they can get away with
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:41 PM
Feb 2014

with the full-frontal stuff pixelated...

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
10. Right, cause the only place to see full frontal now is on cable tv *eye roll*
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 05:17 PM
Feb 2014

It's a funny premise, but nobody is going to tune in to see pixelated naked bodies.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
11. When it comes to reality TV, and seeing what my relatives watch daily
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 05:25 PM
Feb 2014

I've long ago thrown away my "Nobody is going to tune in watch that silliness" mindset...

 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
8. I hope you don't really believe this is about anything but an excuse to titilate?
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:44 PM
Feb 2014

Even if there is pixilation, people will tune in out of curiosity to see how much.

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