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Formalwear and flowers had no place on MTV’s entry into dating shows.
On Singled Out — which debuted June 5, 1995 — 50 guys and 50 girls angled to be chosen by two lonelyhearts, who made eliminations based on shallow categories (say, “Wealth” or “Legs”) and WTF stunts (one hopeful imitated a cow giving birth!).
The prize? A day date that wouldn’t require a network chaperone to, say, California’s Catalina Island.
Nimble Chris Hardwick hosted, while stars-in-the-making Jenny McCarthy and later Carmen Electra wrangled the singles. Says Hardwick: “When MTV started airing it four times a day, it occurred to me that maybe we were onto something!”
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