Shipmates | |
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Genre | Dating game show |
Presented by | Chris Hardwick |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Hurricane 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 |
Release | August 27, 2001 – 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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