Boy Meets Boy (TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Boy Meets Boy


caption = Season 1 DVD Cover
genre = Reality television
creator = Douglas Ross
Dean Minerd
Tom Campbell
director = Becky Smith
presenter = Dani Behr
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 6
list_episodes =
executive_producer = Frances Berwick
Kathleen French
Amy Introcaso-Davis
Dean Minerd
Douglas Ross
Greg Stewart
Jayson Dinsmore
producer = Mario Yates
supervising_producer = Kirk Marcolina
asst_producer = Larry Grimaldi
co-producer = Tom Campbell
Kirk Marcolina
editor = Kim Desch
Sax Eno
Nimrod Erez
Scott Gamzon
Barry Murphy
Paul C. Nielsen
Tony Reece
location = Palm Springs, California
cinematography = Derth Adams
Gretchen Warthen
camera = Multi-camera
runtime = 46 minutes
network = Bravo
first_aired = July 29, 2003
last_aired = September 2, 2003
website = http://www.outzonetv.com/Boy_Meets_Boy/
imdb_id = 0368474
tv_com_id = 20707

"Boy Meets Boy" is American reality television show in which a gay man meets and chooses a mate from a group of 15 potential male suitors. The show was made more novel by the fact that the "leading man" did not know that the mix of suitors included both gay and straight men.cite web |url=http://www.outzonetv.com/Boy_Meets_Boy/about/index.shtml |title=OutZone > Boy Meets Boy > About the Show |accessdate=2007-11-16 |work=Bravo Company ]

The show premiered July 29, 2003 on the Bravo cable television, spanning six episodes in over six weeks. The show was taped in Palm Springs, California and hosted by Dani Behr.

Premise

The show featured a gay man named James Getzlaff selecting another man to date from among a group of 15 potential suitors, known as "mates." Helping him choose was his best friend Andra Stasko. The "controversial" twist was that some of the housemates were gay, while others were straight. James was not told of this fact until nearly the end of the series' run, and the gay mates were never informed. If James' final choice from among the mates was gay, James and the mate would win a cash prize and a trip for two to New Zealand. If James chose a straight mate, James would win nothing and the mate would win $25,000. The producers managed to keep a mixture of gay and straight men in the house despite the eliminations by putting the men into "groups" that prevented the contestant from eliminating all of the gay men or all of the straight men. At the end of each episode, after they were eliminated, the sexual orientation of each of the eliminated mates was revealed to viewers.

Episode list

DVD Release

The entire six episode series was released to DVD as a box set in the United States on May 25, 2004. In addition to containing all six episodes, the DVD set includes additional interviews and footage with behind the scenes featurettes, casting reels, performances by Miss Coco Peru, the original unaired opening sequence, cast biographies, and a "Where Are They Now?" now segment with updates on all of the participants.

ee also

*"Playing It Straight"
*"Gay, Straight or Taken?"

References

External links

* [http://www.bravotv.com/Boy_Meets_Boy/ "Boy Meets Boy" website]
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