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Chuck Woolery John Cervenka Rod Roddy
Original Title :
Love Connection
Genre :
TV Series / Reality TV / Romance
Cast :
Chuck Woolery,John Cervenka,Rod Roddy
Type :
TV Series
Time :
30min
Rating :
6.3/10

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This game show introduced a bachelor or bachelorette to three prospective dates, each of whom gave a self-introduction. The audience would select the partner they thought was the most compatible. If the guest agreed with the audience's selection, the show would pay for the couple's first date. Afterwards, the couple would return to the show to tell everyone whether it had been a dream date or a nightmare.
Series cast summary:
Chuck Woolery Chuck Woolery - Himself - Host 2,145 episodes, 1983-1994
John Cervenka John Cervenka - Himself - Announcer 975 episodes, 1989-1994

The show premiered on September 19, 1983. Coincidentally, that is the exact same day that the syndicated edition of Wheel of Fortune (1983) debut. Before hosting this show, Chuck Woolery used to host the NBC Daytime edition of Wheel of Fortune (1975) until 1981.

Chuck Woolery created his trademark phrase "We'll be back in two and two" on this show (and simultaneously on Scrabble (1984), the daytime game show he hosted on NBC during the same period). The line referred to the fact that the program would return in two minutes and two seconds, the total length of a standard commercial break at the time, including the fade-out and fade-ins bookending each break.

The show was created by Eric Lieber, who also served as the show's executive producer, and was produced by Eric Lieber Productions in association with and distributed by Telepictures (1983-1986), Lorimar-Telepictures (1986-1989), Lorimar Television (1989-1990), and Warner Bros. Television (1989-1994).

The show had many announcers during it's run in the 80's. The original announcer was Rod Roddy who announced until the end of Season 2 in 1985. After him legendary announcer Gene Wood took over and also lasted two seasons from 1985-1987. Wood's protégé Rich Jeffries took over and then Johnny Gilbert, both of whom only lasted 1 season each. After that, Eric Lieber asked Groundlings performer John Cervenka to take over in 1989 and he stayed for the rest of the show's run.

The theme song was updated in 1990 to have more Jazzy main theme and more orchestrated synth contestant intro cue.

The set remained the same throughout the entire run of the show. They just adjusted the lighting to the set in 1990 to make it look less white and more colorful.

Love Connection was so successful that it led to Chuck Woolery getting his own talk show The Chuck Woolery Show (1991) which was also produced by Eric Lieber. However, only 13 weeks of shows were made before it was ultimately canceled.

Some contestants returned on the show after an unsuccessful date.

In a Daily Variety trade ad promoting the end of the show's run in 1994 after 11 seasons, it was stated that there were 35,478 taped interviews, 2,145 episodes, 31 marriages, and 20 babies.

This show had a very long run in syndication lasting 11 years. For many years it was third behind Merv Griffin's Wheel of Fortune (1983) and Jeopardy! (1984) for longest lasting game show in syndication, but since has been surpassed by Family Feud (1999) (with Steve Harvey's first season being the record breaker) and the syndicated edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002).

Although the show was canceled, reruns still aired in the 1994-1995 television season. The show was then rerun on the USA Network from October 16, 1995 to June 6, 1997. The show was finally rerun on Game Show Network from January 6, 2003 to July 18, 2008. Beginning November 9, 2009, the show returned to GSN's weekday lineup but have since been removed.


User reviews

Jogrnd

Jogrnd

With all the reality television that was brought to us at the turn of the century, it really makes us appreciate simple shows like "Love Connection" that much more. The concept was simple, and it was a gem to watch. TV has evolved into a never-ending grasp for ratings, but when this show was on, people loved it because it was fun to watch and it had an interesting setup, without the need for gimmicks to keep viewers glued to the screen. It was light-hearted, friendly, and possibly one of the most wholesome dating shows to date. If you ever watched this show when it was on the air, you'd realize how rare a breed it is compared to what modern game shows (or reality television) are willing to do for ratings. Simply put, "Love Connection" was such a basic dating game show, but it was a pleasure to watch. I was too young to watch it when it first came out, but I watched it (both in syndication and original airings) often throughout the early to mid 90s. It was great to watch with others and discuss who would pick whom, and it really is a shame that television has evolved so poorly.
Hawk Flying

Hawk Flying

A much better way to have done this would have been to have a contestant on the chair and 3 choices behind the wall and asked each questions and then let the contestant blindly pick one to go on a date with and then have audience pick and the contestant would have to choose either going on date with his choice or take the $ and risk going on date with whom the audience chose. the way you have it now who in their right mind would pass up the $$ to go for the overnight date with the person they clicked with over the person they can get $$ to go with?
Beazezius

Beazezius

I used to watch this show when I was growing up. I still watch it from time to time in reruns. First off, I must say that it was a fun game show. Also, I don't think I've seen every episode. However, if you ask me, it was still a good show. I remember the theme song pretty well, too. Even so, it was fun to play along and watch. I hope the Game Show Network keeps it on the air for years to come. If that happens, I will be really happy. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever once it stops airing for good, even though I haven't seen every episode. Now, in conclusion, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.