Arranged Marriages Coming To Fox
Strangers To Marry In New Fox Reality Series
Fox is developing a matrimonial reality series where brides-to-be don't meet their husbands until they exchange vows.
In A. Smith & Co.'s "I Married a Stranger," a woman frustrated by the dating scene agrees to wed a man she's never met. While she prepares for her blind wedding, friends and family are shown selecting a spouse from a pool of s
More..ix eligible suitors offered by producers. The men are eliminated one by one until only two candidates remain. Both finalists walk down the aisle, but only one makes it to the altar to reveal himself to his new wife.
"She never meets him until the actual moment when they say 'I do,' " a source close to the project said. "It's like the big scene that comes after an entire season of 'The Bachelor,' only this is in every episode."
The project is executive produced by Arthur Smith, Kent Weed and Scott Jeffress.
Fox has shot a pilot for "Stranger," which is said to be in strong contention for a series order. If Fox picks up the show, "Stranger" will have some conceptual competition: CBS has a similar series, "Arranged Marriage," planned for midseason.
The two shows have different formats, however, and likely different tones. The CBS project from Magical Elves ("Top Chef") tracks one couple throughout the series. Fox's "Stranger" has a different arranged marriage each week. Also, though Fox's pilot has a woman's family choosing a man, the show might alternate genders a la "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette."
After the climatic wedding, Fox will show footage from the couple's honeymoon and then show a segment from a couple months later updating viewers on how the relationship is going.
It's not clear if the show is tracking for late summer or midseason. Fox's reality hit "So You Think You Can Dance" is the top-rated program of the summer, with headline-generating reality project "More to Love" set to debut July 28. "Love" took time to find its male lead, who will choose from a selection of "average looking" potential mates, but the show has now completed casting and is in production.
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Added: Jun 5 2009 In: entertainment
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yawnzzzzzzzzzzz.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "see me no more" (R)
i have known a korean couple with an arranged marriage. This was like modern day. She bought into it so far as i know and poopeed out 2 sons. They fly in the ointment is the woman since 9 times of 10 they will want out, and in America this is not too hard.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "Beinrich_Bimmler" (R)
fox news creates hell over gays getting maried and the sanctity of marriage and all that shit when the fox channel is creating shows like this? hell of an aboutface even for fox.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "joeindabronx" (R)
Dacadence. But I bet it will be a hit.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "RebelYell2007" (R)
Nice, another quality fox show I'll never watch.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "sins07" (R)
Have you ever watched Family Guy or any of those they rank on their own network all the time
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "SimpleSiren" (R)
if we are forced to watch this kind of bullshit cant they be like "The running man" and have game shows based on public executions or shit worthwhile watching?
Its stupid ******* programming like this that makes people such sheeps.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "Whiskey_Tango_Foxtrot" (R)
I thought the same thing.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "daleastor" (R)
Have you ever watched Family Guy or any of those they rank on their own network all the time
No i just cant!
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "Hitler_Is_Amazing" Premium
Another stupid marriage show. People ***** about gays marrying but tune in to watch this twaddle. Talk about an affront to the institution of marriage. What are we now, bronze agers? How about a new game show where if you answer the questions correctly, you get a spouse?
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "AvgDude2" (R)
how dumb...
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "021_4life" (R)
Another show down playing the sanctity of marriage. How about a show with couples that have been together for 30 years. Giving advise and tips on how to make love last.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "frankozappa" (R)
Sad thing is in this fast-paced short attention-spanned society, it is much easier to replace something that is broken than to try and repair it be it relationships or products we buy. The more we replace things instead of fixing them the more trash we leave behind.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "True_Madness" (R)
Sad thing is in this fast-paced short attention-spanned society, it is much easier to replace something that is broken than to try and repair it be it relationships or products we buy. The more we replace things instead of fixing them the more trash we leave behind.
Good points, Madness. I agree completely.
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "frankozappa" (R)
this is proof enough that the fox supports the "sanctity of marriage."
Posted Jun-5-2009 by "triplette" (R)