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By Melissa Camacho
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Dating show has updated advice, innuendo, drinking.
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Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker
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What's the Story?
PATTI STANGER: THE MATCHMAKER is an unscripted dating series designed to help regular folks struggling to find the loves of their lives. Sixteen years after the launch of her TV series Millionaire Matchmaker (2008-2016), Patti Stanger is now taking on less wealthy clients who are looking for long-term monogamous relationships. In each episode, along with former The Bachelor cast member and podcaster Nick Viall, she meets two separate clients to discuss what they each need and desire in a partner. After Stanger and Viall choose potentially compatible people from their pool of candidates to match them up with, they offer each client some guidance on how to behave in the contemporary dating world. Then each client is sent out on a date in hope of making a connection.
Is It Any Good?
The predictable unscripted series features folks turning to relationship expert Patti Stanger for help as they try to find partners in the contemporary dating world. While not millionaires, Stanger's good-looking and upper-middle-class clients include cast members from unscripted shows like The Bachelorette and Shahs of Sunset, and even a few B-list movie actors. Stanger still offers her clients blunt, and sometimes crude, guidance on dating rituals ranging from carrying on a casual conversation to performing better in bed. Some folks may hope to get some helpful tips on navigating the dating world, but most of what Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker offers is pretty superficial, and is really designed to be more entertaining than helpful.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the way dating has changed over the last few decades. How much do people rely on dating apps to meet someone? Are they successful overall? What are some pitfalls to meeting people online?
How have matchmakers been historically portrayed in media? Does Patti Stanger: The Matchmaker offer a fair and accurate representation of the kind of work they do?
TV Details
- Premiere date: April 11, 2024
- Cast: Patti Stanger , Nick Viall
- Network: CW
- Genre: Reality TV
- TV rating: TV-14
- Last updated: April 15, 2024
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