An ill-advised reboot of the 60s show features a confused Zooey Deschanel and a bizarre Michael Bolton hosting with hard-to-recognise celebs looking for love
As we are all aware, linear broadcast TV is on the ropes. The advent of streaming means that it now takes something truly special for network television to cut through all the noise of the millions of choices constantly available to us. And this is why the ABC braintrust has finally figured out the one thing that everybody, regardless of age or gender or ethnicity, wants to watch. That’s right, a cheap and possibly ironic remake of a 56-year-old dating show. You’re welcome, viewers.
The Celebrity Dating Game, for this is that show, is an update of the ancient Chuck Barris format The Dating Game. What does it have that other iterations didn’t? Glad you asked. It has Zooey Deschanel and Michael Bolton as co-hosts.
