| When It's On: |
Thursday, WB, 8:30 p.m. |
| When It Starts: |
Oct. 11 |
| What It's Up Against: |
Whose Line Is It Anyway, ABC; Survivor, CBS; Inside Schwartz, NBC; The Tick, Fox; WWF Smackdown, UPN |
| What It's About: |
A contestant is paired up with four members of the opposite sex and winnows them down to just one lucky winner, while we ponder the strange turn of events that's made us look back nostalgically at Studs. |
| The Pitch: |
"It's The Love Connection meets Singled Out meets Blind Date meets Chains of Love meets The Dating Game!" |
| Why It Will Be The First to Go: |
Its continued presence on our nation's airwaves cannot possibly be a feather in the cap of Western Civilization. |
| Why It Won't: |
It's always possible Elimidate Deluxe's coming was foretold in the book of Revelations. |
| Odds It Will Be the First to Go: |
7-2 |
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