First Dates: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Everyone can relate to the experience of a first date: the promise of potential love when it goes well and the hilariously awkward moments if it crashes and burns. From executive producer Ellen DeGeneres, narrated by Drew Barrymore and based on the hit U.K. format, this new series offers a voyeuristic look at a variety of real first dates happening throughout one night at the same restaurant in Chicago. The daters are of all ages, backgrounds and from across the U.S. The audience will be along for the ride in a refreshingly authentic viewing experience that plays like a real-life romantic comedy. At the end of each episode, we will find out if the participants want to see each other again for a second date or if they head back to love's drawing board in First Dates.

Series details

• Title: First Dates
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Romance
• Premiere date: 2017-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-05-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6932
• IMDb ID: tt5673878
• TVDB ID: 296325

Cast and credited roles

• Drew Barrymore — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-04-07; final listed air date 2017-05-26; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from First Dates on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.