Next (TV series)
| Next | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Jacqui Pitman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 288 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Kallissa Miller Jacqui Pitman Howard Schultz |
| Producer(s) | D. Renard Young Kristi Fraijo Dana Leiken Peter Glowski Jennifer Stander Elizabeth Grizzle |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MTV |
| Original release | May 4, 2005 – December 21, 2008 |
| Website | |
Next is a dating game show produced by Kallissa Productions which ran on MTV from 2005–2008.
"Next", deals with a single person, going on with possibly 5 other single people who were secluded on a RV, referred to as the "Next Bus". The added twist was that the date could end at any time by shouting "Next".
Each show featured 2 segments. Each segment deals with a single man or woman, and 5 other single men or women. The single man or woman begins the episode describing themselves to the audience. They would usually explain a hobby of theirs that they enjoy, and what they like, and dislike in a person. Often chiding that they would "Next", a person if they had this attribute.
Immediately following, 5 single people of the opposite sex (In LGBTQ episodes, the same sex), would describe themselves to the audience.
From this point on, the 5 single people are secluded into the back of a RV, and the single person is at a location where the date will be held, which later on will probably be relocated. Unaware of what the single person looks like, and vice versa. In a pre selected fashion, the 5 single people are put into an order to go on a date with the single person.
The person who is first prepares to exits themselves out of the RV to meet the single person. Right before they exit, the screen pauses, and intimate/personal facts are subtitled about the person, and the person introduces themselves to the single person.
The date begins at this exact moment and a timer is shown at the bottom of the screen which captures the length of the date. The date usually varies, but most of the time, it consists of a challenge, or an activity that the single person asks the person who was on the RV to participate in. However, it isn't uncommon for a date to feature the two contestants conversing, or eating lunch or dinner.
At any time the single person feels that the person isn't a match, whether it be due to looks, a problem that happens during the date or learning more about the person as the date goes along, they will exclaim "Next", and the date is immediately over, and the person is sent right back to the RV, never to see the single person again. They will usually either say a positive, or negative thing about the person, to give the remaining contestants on the RV an idea of what the person is. It isn't uncommon for the person to shout next, within seconds of first meeting the person. Also if the person shouts next and the contestant was riding in a vehicle with the single person that followed the RV around, usually to transport them to the date location, the vehicle will immediately pull over.
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