2009 Summer TV Preview: Dating In The Dark

On Monday, ABC will premiere their new dating reality series, which takes looks out of the equation as the guys and girls, looking to find a little romance, will meet their potential mate in a dark room and attempt to connect with them without being able to see their faces.

Below is ABC’s description for the series:

Looks will be taken out of the equation when men and women get to know each other and connect in total darkness on the premiere of the one-hour reality series, Dating in the Dark, MONDAY, JULY 20 (10:02-11:00 p.m. ET), on the ABC Television Network.

Hosted by Rossi Morreale, the six-episode "Dating in the Dark" is a sexy social experiment asking the age-old question, "Is Love Blind?" Each week three new single men and three new single women, all looking for love, will live in separate wings of a house and remain totally sequestered from the opposite sex. While they'll have no chance of seeing each other in the light, they will have the opportunity to date in a completely dark room. The participants won't be able to see anything, but the audience will get to see EVERYTHING first hand with the help of high-tech infrared cameras.

The two things I’m already liking about this show, based on the premise, is obviously the dark-factor, which adds a new twist on the whole TV-show-dating thing and the fact that the contestants change each week. With serialized shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette out there, it’s nice to see ABC cutting back on the whole elimination thing and going for something a little less long-term. Considering it’s summer, this sounds like it’ll be a fun show to catch once in a while and not have to worry about trying to keep up with it on a weekly basis in order to enjoy it.

The clips below should give you a pretty good idea of what these contestants are in for: