Tired of the same old dirty reality dating series? Here’s one to freshen up your view on the dating scene—The CW’s
Farmer Wants a Wife. The reality show, which aims to help one charming and hard-working farmer find romance, is based on the successful British program of the same name. The CW gathered 10 city girls to compete for the affections of 29-year-old
Matt Neustadt from Missouri. Since April 30, we’ve been served up with butterface goodness and city-girl-gone-country antics that surely entertains our Wednesday nights.
Your Take
PaulaHalvorsen2 said:
I grew up in the country and loved it, but there was no Matt. I would quit my job and sell my house in a he...
padackels said:
Nothing except Supernatural and the out dated Smallville are the only 2 shows doing good on the sinking CW.
padackels said:
This is another silly , and boring reality series that I couldn't stomach. ''Green Acres'', is the place t...
The
Associated Press recently reported that
Farmer Wants a Wife is catching on the same big wave that
Gossip Girl has. In fact,
Gossip Girl previously averaged 2.6 million viewers, while the reality dating show has averaged 2.2 so far. It also has outdone previous Wednesday night specials such as
Pussycat Dolls Present and
Beauty & the Geek. Not bad for a TV newbie.
So what does make
Farmer Wants a Wife really work? Some say it’s the fact that our farmer likes driving his tractor around shirtless, thus showing off his well-sculpted body, while some say it’s the country culture altogether that makes it an escape from the busyness of everyday life in the city.
Executive producer Cara Tapper says that it may be a little of both. She says that Matt is a “good-looking, smart guy” who earnestly “wanted to make sure people saw farmers aren't a bunch of hicks, that there's sophistication there.”
Tapper adds that the show has “the same respect for rural life” and the women she recruited for the competition. In fact, it exemplifies another side of sexiness that’s enough to be rated PG-14.
"It is a sexy show, but in a really clean way," Tapper said.
FremantleMedia North America, the same makers of the phenomenal
American Idol, are behind this American TV debut, and the show has aired in other countries France, Finland and the U.K. Has Fremantle done it again? Wait and see if
Farmer Wants a Wife returns with another whopping season.
-Valerie Anne del Castillo, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source:
Associated Press
(Photo courtesy of The CW)