HERE comes “The Bachelor” – for single mothers.
A new show, “Single Moms,” is based on a popular European format and will start airing this June. It will follow three women as they seek love in real-time.
“We found a show that we think reflects something that a lot of our audience is going through,” says Brant Pinvidic, the senior vice president of programming for TLC. “There are a lot of single parents out there,” he says.
Bachelors who feel they are compatible with the women on the show will be encouraged to submit applications through a Web site and could be chosen to appear on “Single Moms” as the show unfolds over 10 weeks.
Unlike most television shows, there is no strict set of rules in place yet for the show – even though its debut is only weeks away.
“We’re sort of still in the formatting stage,” Pinvidic says.
In the European version of the show, “Ensam mamma soker,” each of the three moms are introduced through personal ads. Men viewing the show can respond and, after rigorous background checks, each woman invites around 40 men to visit her hometown where they are whittled down to a group of about eight.
Each week another suitor is eliminated until only two are left. Then, the finalists meet the mom’s kids and see if they can fit in to her family.
“Single Moms” is currently popular in Sweden and Finland.