Who Wants to Date a Comedian?
| Who Wants to Date a Comedian? | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Reality Dating competition |
| Created by | Byron Allen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Byron Allen Carolyn Folks Scott Satin |
| Producer(s) |
Jennifer Lucas C. Dusean Williams |
| Location(s) |
Los Angeles, California (taping location) |
| Camera setup |
Videotape; Multi-camera |
| Running time | 20 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Entertainment Studios |
| Distributor | Entertainment Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | Syndication |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | September 19, 2011 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen Comedy.tv |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Jennifer Lucas
Kristen Valkingburg
Peter A. Steen
Beth Polsky
Greg Harvey
Who Wants to Date a Comedian? is an American reality-based dating competition series that debuted in first-run syndication in the United States on September 19, 2011. The half-hour series was created by Byron Allen through his production company Entertainment Studios (which also produces numerous other syndicated programs including Comics Unleashed and Comedy.tv).
The series, which is primarily syndicated to stations affiliated with The CW and MyNetworkTV and to independent stations (in addition to airing on ES-operated cable television network Comedy.tv), for broadcast in access, late fringe and graveyard time periods, is among the first dating series (along with CBS Television Distribution's Excused, which debuted one week earlier and has featured some contestants who have also appeared on this program) to air in first-run syndication since the 2006 cancellations of Blind Date and Elimidate. The series' second season debuted on September 17, 2012.
The series uses a format similar to other elimination-based reality dating shows and plays on the notion and common preference of single people that a sense of humor is key to pursuing and sustaining a romantic relationship by having stand-up comics as the contestants choosing between three people vying to go on a date with them. The show periodically features routines performed by the comics appearing on the program during each episode, either from footage taped at Los Angeles area comedy clubs or clips originally featured on fellow Entertainment Studios-produced series Comics Unleashed and Comedy.tv.
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