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2D greenvilleonline.com MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2001 THE GREENVILLE NEWS Ask For Mortgage Origination Dept. Call us toll tree: Call us toll tree: site sex. It's the kind of thing that is really relatable." Economics are also a factor. Dating shows are relatively inexpensive to produce and attract the easily seduced 18- to 34-year-old demographic, a group for whom advertisers lust. LTT MB 6fc346-M55 www.lmbonline.com DATING FROM PAGE 1D "Blind Date" loved the results.

They are holding the episode to air during sweeps in February. With outrageous participants DIRECT LENDERS COMPARE TORCH FROM PAGE 1D such as Steve-O, the television landscape is becoming a virtual singles' mixer. During the 2001-02 season, the TV dating genre has resurfaced in syndication as an outcropping of the primetime reality television trend. "Blind Date" tags along as two strangers go out for the first time. To enhance the viewing, the show inserts cartoonish word balloons and thought bubbles to poke fun at the participants.

Other shows including "Elimidate," its recently canceled primetime counterpart "Elimidate Deluxe," MTV's "Dismissed" and Fox's "Temptation Island" make dating a backstab-bing ritual by having suitors compete for the eye of a participant. "Change of Heart" trails along as couples go out with other people and then decide whether they want to stay with the one they're with or head on to someone new. Despite the fact other reality shows are sinking this season even the much-vaulted "Survi- vor" is slipping the reality dating show genre is flourishing. In syndication, "Elimidate" and "5th Wheel" are among the season's newest hits. Yet many of these dating programs have the characteristics that critics say have driven viewers away from shows such as excessively whiny players, backstabbing and in-your-face elimination.

So why da these shows work when others don't? "Love is something people will always be interested in," says Alex Duda, executive producer of "Elimidate." "It's a great mystery. Also, these shows are fun and light. It's not a forced drama kind of reality show." "It's a universal language," says Tom Klein, executive producer of "Blind Date" and "5th Wheel." "Everybody, whether they are in the world of dating or not, has experienced that, having to deal with all the issues of attracting a member of the oppo- RATE PTS. APR RATE PTS. APR 7.0 1 7.18 6.5 1 6.79 7.25 0 7.33 6.75 0 6.88 No Closing Cost Loans Available No Upfront Fees Conforming Limits up to $284,500 No incomeNo assets programs Constructionterm one-time closing MOVIE GUIDE FOR FAMILIES "General Audience." Film contains no materials that most parents are likely to consider objectionable even tor young children.

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