Ten reveals ‘Pilot Week’, new comedy Street Smart, game show Blind Date and more CBS shows
The influence of soon-to-be new owner CBS appears to already be making itself felt in Ten’s new strategy, with the network announcing a US-style Pilot Week in its upfronts presentation for the coming year.
Thursday night’s announcement also saw the network signal more CBS programs for its schedule and doubling down on the current TV trend towards prime time dating shows with an addition to The Bachelor franchise and a reboot of Perfect Match under its original British title Blind Date.
Among new local productions planned are Bachelor in Paradise, new comedy Street Smart, How To Stay Married and local drama Playing for Keeps.
Channel Ten Upfronts 2017 (L-R) Dave Hughes, George Calombaris, Carrie Bickmore, Julia Morris, Amanda Keller and Ricky Ponting
Ten also had a version of Blind Date (with that name) with Greg Evans when it relaunched in 1991 after going into receivership…
Suggestion for Blind Date is to have different age group contestants. E.g. 50 to 70 years. Maybe air it on Saturday night
As most people in this age group are home watching television.
Channel 10 had Blind Date way back in the late 60s. Do your homework Samios.
Hi Robert Robinson,
You are correct that Blind Date (based on the American series The Dating Game) aired in the 1960s on Ten. This detail is not included in the story, but thank you for flagging.
Perfect Match Australia (which I think was based on The Dating Game AND Blind Date), then aired on Ten in the 1980s. Blind Date returned to Australia on Ten in 1991, and then Perfect Match was back on Seven in 2002.
So many decades, so many dating shows – set only to get more confusing when Blind Date returns to Ten at some point.
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