Bride & Prejudice (TV series)

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Bride & Prejudice
Bride & Prejudice promotional title card.jpg
Genre Reality
Based onAmerican version of Bride & Prejudice
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes38
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Seven Network
Release30 January 2017 (2017-01-30) 
2019 (2019)

Bride & Prejudice (also known as Bride & Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings) is an Australian reality dating television show which premiered on the Seven Network on 30 January 2017. The series is an adaptation of an American program of the same name which aired for one season in 2016 on FYI, [1] until the program got a second season on Lifetime in 2020. The program follows couples planning to wed, but whose family disapprove of their relationship. [2]

Contents

A second season premiered on 29 October 2018 [3] with six new couples. [4] During the second season, a casting call was made for new couples [5] with a third season confirmed for 2019. [6]

A 5-episode British version began broadcasting on Channel 4 on 5 June 2018. [7]

Production

Seven put out a casting call in June 2016 seeking couples in diverse, multicultural or progressive relationships. At the network's upfronts in October 2016, the network announced a "controversial new show" which was still filming at the time, whose format was being kept under wraps because disclosing details and the title of the program could affect participants. [8] [9] It was confirmed in December 2016 that the program was Bride & Prejudice. [10]

Broadcast

American series

The original series began airing on March 15, 2016 on FYI. Like Married at First Sight with its fifth season, the series moved to Lifetime for its second season under the name Bride & Prejudice: Forbidden Love, and premiered on February 26, 2020.

Australian series

The series began airing at 9:00 pm on 30 January 2017. [11] Episode 5 aired out of timeslot on Wednesday, 22 February 2017 as a late replacement due to an episode of Murder Uncovered being pulled from its regular timeslot for legal reasons. [12] The second season debuted on 29 October 2018 and aired two further episodes in the following two days. [3]

Deceased stars

Ratings

Season 1 (2017)

No.TitleAir dateOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers
Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1Episode 130 January 2017874,000852,0008927,000 [13] [14]
2Episode 26 February 2017764,0001064,0008828,000 [15] [16]
3Episode 313 February 2017636,0001092,00011727,000 [17] [18]
4Episode 420 February 2017731,0001180,00010811,000 [19] [20]
5Episode 522 February 2017712,000868,0007780,000 [21] [22]
6Episode 627 February 2017714,0001175,00010789,000 [23] [24]
7Episode 76 March 2017700,0001173,0008773,000 [25] [26]
8Episode 813 March 2017708,0001284,00010792,000 [27] [28]

Season 2 (2018)

No.TitleAir dateTimeslotOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers
Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1Episode 129 October 2018Monday 7:30pm633,0001251,00012684,000 [29] [30]
2Episode 230 October 2018Tuesday 7:30pm583,0001050,00010634,000 [31] [32]
3Episode 331 October 2018Wednesday 7:30pm525,0001357,00014582,000 [33] [34]
4Episode 45 November 2018Monday 7:30pm629,000765,0007694,000 [35] [36]
5Episode 56 November 2018Tuesday 7:30pm744,000856,0009800,000 [37] [38]
6Episode 67 November 2018Wednesday 7:30pm583,0001269,00010653,000 [39] [40]
7Episode 712 November 2018Monday 7:30pm668,0001157,0009725,000 [41] [42]
8Episode 813 November 2018Tuesday 7:30pm653,000757,0006710,000 [43] [44]
9Episode 914 November 2018Wednesday 7:30pm623,000960,0008682,000 [45] [46]
10Episode 1019 November 2018Monday 7:30pm687,000864,0007751,000 [47] [48]
11Episode 1120 November 2018Tuesday 7:30pm711,000658,0006769,000 [49] [50]
12Episode 1226 November 2018Monday 7:30pm699,000655,0006754,000 [51] [52]

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