Personals

Personal dating ads coming to life in this year+ long dating game show.

Broadcast
CBS - September 16, 1991-December 23, 1992

Packagers
Rosner Television/Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Host
Michael Burger

Announcers
Michael Carrington & Jennifer Martin

Gameplay
The contestants that appeared on that show were all people drawn from personal ads from newspapers, magazines & videotapes. The objective of the male contestants was to find out how compatible one of three female contestants can be.

Main Game
The three ladies all answered four dual-choice questions previously answered by the man contestant. Their job was to predict how did the man answer. The woman with the most matches won the game, if the game ended in a tie, the man had to guess which tied lady gave a more specific answer to any question making her the winner. The winning lady became the date for the man (partnered with the man) and together they played a bonus round against the previous show's couple.

Bonus Round (Love Thermometer)
The formed couple & the previous show's formed couple played against each other in a bonus round called "Love Thermometer". In this round, the couples sat with their back to one another and started to answer compatibility questions. Each time a couple made a match, they moved up one step; but if they didn't make a match at anytime, they fell back down to zero. Each correct match increased the value of a trip for that couple, so the more they matched, the bigger the vacation. This round lasted for 90 seconds (1m 30s) and when time was up, the couple with the higher-filled love thermometer won the trip.

Music
Stormy Sacks

Inventors
Rick Rosner & Mike Dubelko

Trivia
This show was the first of three dating game shows to air during CBS late nights. It was also the longest running having the others last for just a few months. The other two shows were A Perfect Score & Night Games.

The production logos in front of a scene with a landing airplane was later used in the pilot for Caesar's Challenge.

Links
The Games of Love Page: Personals

YouTube Videos
Michael Burger's Hosting Demo with Personals included@ Michael Burger's Hosting Demo with sound

@WARNING: The sound was deleted due to WMG copyright laws.