Next (game show)

Next is a dating game show produced by Kallissa Miller with her production company Kallissa Productions,^[1] which ran on MTV from 2005 to 2008.

Next
Created by	Jacqui Pitman
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	288
Production
Executive producers	Kallissa Miller Jacqui Pitman Howard Schultz
Producers	D Renard Young Kristi Fraijo Dana Leiken Peter Glowski Jennifer Stander Elizabeth Grizzle
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Kallissa Productions Reveille Productions Lighthearted Entertainment
Original release
Network	MTV
Release	May 4, 2005 (2005-05-04) – December 21, 2008 (2008-12-21)

Format

Next dealt with a contestant going on sequential blind dates with possibly up to five other single people,^[2] known as "the daters", who were secluded on a RV, referred to as the "Next Bus". The added twist was that the date could end at any time by the contestant shouting "next".^[3]

International versions

• The Spanish version, aired on Neox of Antena 3 in 2010.
• The French version aired in 2008 on Virgin 17 and MTV.
• The Lithuania show debuted in 2007 on LNK.
• The Chilean show debuted on September 22, 2008 and airs on MEGA.
• The Canadian series began around 2009 on Much Music.
• The Bulgarian series began around 2014 on TV7.

References

1. "MTV dreaming of teens". 10 December 2004.
2. "How MTV's Most Controversial Dating Show Predicted Tinder in 2005".
3. Emily Yahr (2020-08-05). "The revealing and disturbing story of America, told through 20 years of reality dating shows". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.

External links

• Next at IMDb
• NextOrNot.com