Fairy Tale (Canadian TV series)

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Fairy Tale
Genre Reality television
Created byMyles Shane
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Executive producers
  • Jonathan Hiltz
  • Naomi Hiltz
Production company Hiltz Squared Media Group
Release
Original network PrideVision
Original releaseNovember 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)

Fairy Tale is a Canadian LGBT dating television series. [1]

Hosted by Nelson Tomé and produced by Canadian media company Hiltz Squared Media Group, [2] with producer Eryn Billings, the program premiered on PrideVision in 2003, [2] and aired for two seasons. One of the show's first contestants was comedian Trevor Boris, [3] who was later also a writer for the series. [4]

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References

  1. "'Fairy Tale' now a reality". Los Angeles Times , November 14, 2003.
  2. 1 2 "PrideVision adds a dating show". Variety , October 27, 2003.
  3. "New Gay Dating TV Show on in Canada". Associated Press, November 14, 2003.
  4. "Funny Guys". The Varsity , October 28, 2004.