Love Me, Love Me Not (game show)
| Love Me, Love Me Not | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Ross Shafer |
| Narrated by | Jane MacDougall (earlier episodes) Marilyn Smith (later episodes) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of episodes | 130 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Global USA Network |
| Original release | September 29, 1986 – September 11, 1987 |
Love Me, Love Me Not is a Canadian game show based on the Italian game show, M'ama Non M'ama, which in English means "love me, love me not". The program originally aired in Canada in 1986 and debuted on the USA Network in the United States (US) on September 29, 1986. Ross Shafer was the host and Jane MacDougall was the co-host/announcer; MacDougall was later replaced by Marilyn Smith.
The series was the first game show to be produced by Blair Murdoch and was taped at CKVU-TV in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Kathy Morse worked on the show as an assistant to the producers and later became the Mayor of Maple Ridge, Canada.
Two contestants of the same sex compete, each facing a panel of three members of the opposite sex. Each game alternated between men "chasing" women and women chasing men. The two members of the same sex competed to capture panel members, who, in turn, did their best to avoid capture.
Panelists start with $100. The champion contestant chooses one of the three panelists, who asks a "true/false" question pertaining to topics such as love, sex and relationships. The contestant is required to correctly judge the truth of the statement in order to capture the panelist; otherwise, the panelist receives the $100. The challenger then undertakes the same process with one of the remaining panelists, while the champion tries to capture the remaining panelist.
Starting with the challenger, each player tries to capture the uncaptured panelists. In this round, if a contestant fails, the panelist is given $200 (later avoiding a capture was worth $100, a total that increased to $200 if all three of the panelists are captured). Once all three players are captured, each player tries to capture one of their opponent's panelists until one player captures all three. The game limits the competition to ten questions (this total is nine, if the champion was ahead when all three panelists were first captured). The winner receives $1,000 and, together with the panelist with the most money, advances to the bonus round, the "Chase Around the Daisy." The winning panelist keeps his/her money, the others each receive $100 and remain on the panel until having played five games, or advancing to the endgame.
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