Take Me Out (American game show)

Last updated
Take Me Out
Genre Dating game show
Presented by George Lopez
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Running time42 minutes
Original release
Network Fox
ReleaseJune 7 (2012-06-07) 
July 26, 2012 (2012-07-26)
Related
Taken Out (Australia)
Take Me Out (UK)

Take Me Out is an American dating game show that was broadcast on Fox. [1] [2] It was based on the British show of the same name, which in turn was based on the original Australian show Taken Out and created based on the success of the international versions.[ citation needed ] The show was hosted by George Lopez. [3] It premiered on June 7, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Canada and the United States [4] with ratings of 3.3 million. [5]

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On July 3, 2012, Fox announced that the show would be removed from its Thursday night timeslot and be relegated to Saturday nights, starting on July 14, 2012 to make room for Mobbed , [6] but just three days later, following an increase in ratings over the previous episodes, Fox announced that the show would remain in its Thursday night timeslot. [7]

Episodes

No.AirdateNo. of couples1234
1June 7, 20122BrandonJohn (Samantha)EricAlain (Michaela)
2June 14, 20123Jesse (Debra)JonniePanos (Cournti)Dave (Kristin)
3June 21, 20122Danny "Tsunami" (Sana)JusticeMikeyEvin (Leslie)
4June 28, 20123Jimmy K. (Marisa)Phil (Kelly B.)Aaron (Jenny)Sebastian
5July 5, 20122ShawnKash (Sonja)MichaelDavin (Kasia)
6July 12, 20123Max (Lisa)AntoniosCasey (Larena)Greg (Erin)
7July 19, 20123Zach (Brooke)Scott (Crystal)Will (Mindy)-
8July 26, 20123Demarcus (Megan)Tyler (Joanna)George (Nicole W.)-
  Yellow indicates the bachelor successfully got a date.
  Silver indicates the bachelor failed to get a date.

Ratings

No. in
Series
Air dateTimeslot (EST)18-49 (rating/share)Viewers (millions)
1June 7, 2012Thursday
8:00 P.M.
1.3/53.26 [8]
2June 14, 20121.1/42.63 [9]
3June 21, 20121.2/43.22 [10]
4June 28, 20121.0/32.32 [11]
5July 5, 20121.2/43.09 [12]
6July 12, 20121.2/42.99 [13]
7July 19, 20121.2/43.10 [14]
8July 26, 20121.2/42.85 [15]

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