Dinner Date

Dinner Date is a British cooking dating game show, which first aired on ITV from 9 August 2010 to 28 December 2012 and then aired on ITVBe since 8 October 2014.

The show involves a man or woman going for dinner at three different people's houses on consecutive nights and then subsequently choosing which of them they would like to go on a date to a restaurant with. At the end of the show, the viewers are told whether they are still dating or not.

Australian version

An Australian version of Dinner Date aired on the Seven Network in 2011 hosted by Manu Feildel.

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Dinner Date (video game)

Dinner Date is a short, experimental first-person computer game made by Dutch game designer Jeroen D. Stout. It was first released digitally through Stout Games own website. Four months later (March 1, 2011) it was released on Steam. Just like some other indie games (e.g. Dear Esther or The Graveyard) its status as a video game has been disputed, as it requires minimal interaction and the few small choices you make are of no consequence to the story. It does, however, give the player the opportunity to eat, drink and smoke whenever the player wants to, as long as the time isn't up.

Gameplay and plot

The game is a 25 minute long story exploring the subconsciousness of protagonist Julian Luxemburg as he sits by his dinner table set for two, waiting in vain for his date Meiko to arrive. As the night progresses, his thoughts continue to unfold more and more and we learn about the worries that trouble him. Problems not necessarily related to being stood up. Stout himself said in an interview; "It’s about exploring the mindset of someone who’s being stood up. Playing through the eyes of [the protagonist], you can go through the experience without the complete emotional damage." He then goes on saying "The game is a space to explore the 'things you can’t tell your friends'."

Dinner Date (1950 DuMont TV series)

Dinner Date, also known as Dinner Date With Vincent Lopez, was a musical variety show broadcast on the DuMont Television Network on Saturdays from 8 to 8:30pm ET from January 28, 1950 to July 29, 1950.

The show, hosted by bandleader Vincent Lopez, was broadcast from the Grill Room at the Hotel Taft in New York City, where Lopez and his orchestra performed from 1942 to 1962. Besides Lopez's longtime vocalists Lee Russell and Ann Warren, the show featured guest stars such as Cab Calloway, Arthur Tracy, and Woody Herman.

Episode status

None of the episodes is known to survive.

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