Shipmates (TV series)

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Shipmates
Genre Dating game show
Presented by Chris Hardwick
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesHurricane Entertainment Corp.
Tomlin-Schecter-Young Productions
Columbia TriStar Television Distribution
(2001)
(season 1)
Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
(2001–2002)
(seasons 1–2)
Sony Pictures Television
(2002–2003)
(season 2)
Original release
Network Syndicated
ReleaseAugust 27, 2001 (2001-08-27) 
2003 (2003)

Shipmates is an American syndicated television show that ran for two seasons from 2001 to 2003.

Reruns later ran on the cable channel Spike TV. The show was created by Hurricane Entertainment and the executive producer was John Tomlin. Chris Hardwick was the host. Participants in the show were sent on a blind date on a Carnival Cruise ship, with camera crews following the couple around the clock.


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