E! DEBUTS NEW REALITY SERIES, STAR DATES, ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15

CELEBRITIES INCLUDING GARY COLEMAN, DUSTIN DIAMOND, KIM FIELDS AND JILL WHELAN STEP IN FRONT OF TV CAMERAS AND INTO THE WORLD OF BLIND DATING

Los Angeles, November 13, 2002 -- If you ever wondered what became of Captain Stubing's daughter or if little Eddie Munster ever found his, uh, soul mate, wonder no more! Viewers can catch up with some of their favorite childhood stars who just happen to be single and looking when E! Entertainment Television premieres its new weekly half-hour reality series, Star Dates, on Sunday, December 15 at 10:30PM ET/PT. Celebrities including Gary Coleman (Diff'rent Strokes), Dustin Diamond (Saved by the Bell), Phyllis Diller, Kim Fields (Facts of Life), Butch Patrick (The Munsters) and Jill Whelan (The Love Boat) venture into the terrifying world of blind dating and double the agony by allowing E!'s cameras to follow their date from start to finish.

Sure, it's easy to find romance on the Love Boat, but what happens when these stars are left to their own defenses and completely unscripted. Are celebrities as completely forlorn as the average Joe when it comes to meeting someone that their sister Suzie's boyfriend's college roommate sets them up with? All cameras-and eyes--are on the stars as they reveal all the pre-date trepidation, sweaty palms and pounding hearts as they, just like us, ponder whether the signal has been given to kiss their dates goodnight! Produced in association with Fox TV Studios and George Verschoor (Real World/Murder in Smalltown X/Fear), the half-hour series has a six episode commitment on E!.

How of these do we have so far?

Originally posted by ThomasE
How of these do we have so far?

lol- At least it isn't another marriage show.

I've got a question involving these marriage shows. Please remember that I've never watched the marriage reality shows before, so don't be too hard on me if I get the details completely wrong. I could understand going on a dating game show. That's been done so many times before. You have no commitments with one date. If you like the person you can keep dating them and maybe it will lead to marriage. However, these marriage shows seem a bit dumb. I just can't imagine going on tv and saying 'Hey, I wanna get married. Line up about 50 guys and let me pick from them.' That can't be true love lining guys up and just choosing from that batch. I don't know. I just don't see why they are such a hit.

I had no idea that there was such a thing as a "marriage" show.
I think all these dting shows are a complete waste of space.

I think it's a bit of a shame that Gary is forced into apearing in a show like this.

Originally posted by JethroSimpson
I had no idea that there was such a thing as a "marriage" show.
I think all these dting shows are a complete waste of space.

I think it's a bit of a shame that Gary is forced into apearing in a show like this.

I personally think the marriage shows are a sham and I can't believe people could actually watch it. jmo

Originally posted by Jenny


I just can't imagine going on tv and saying 'Hey, I wanna get married. Line up about 50 guys and let me pick from them.' That can't be true love lining guys up and just choosing from that batch. I don't know. I just don't see why they are such a hit.

It's controversial and peaks people's curiosity.