Boy meets Boy was a somewhat controversial Americantelevisionreality show that ran on the Bravo cable television network in 2003. The series was hosted by Dani Behr. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Bravo is a cable television network owned by NBC Universal, is currently seen in more than 70 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film, drama and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dani Behr (born 9 July 1971 in South Africa) is a British television presenter. ...
The show featured a gay man selecting another man to date from among a group of housemates. The "controversial" twist was that some of the housemates were gay, while others were straight. The contestant selecting from the men wasn't told of this fact until nearly the end of the series' run. 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. Ultimately, the man successfully chose another gay man. Although the word gay originally exclusively meant happy, in contemporary usage this meaning is unusual and the term is usually used as synonymous with homosexual (though these words are not always interchangable). ... Heterosexuality is a sexual orientation characterized by esthetic attraction, romantic love or sexual desire exclusively for members of the opposite sex or gender, contrasted with homosexuality and distinguished from bisexuality and asexuality. ...
The series was taped in Palm Springs, California. Palm Springs is a city located in Riverside County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 42,807. ...
It was the year of the man, and the woman, on TV in 2003.
ABC unveiled its new comedic twist on gay families and parenting, "It's All Relative." "Angels in America," HBO's epic adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play set against the 1985 spread of AIDS in major urban centers, had an A-list cast and is sure to be a front-runner at next year's Emmys.
Ellen DeGeneres, whose viability as a TV star came into question when her first sitcom failed soon after she announced she was a lesbian, became a successful daytime talk-show host.
Hosted by Dani Behr ("Extra"), "BoyMeetsBoy" centers on a handsome leading man who spends 8 days in a luxurious location with 15 potential soul "mates".
The suitors vie for his affections by participating in group activities and going on one-on-one dates, while the leading man, with the advice of his best girl friend, who is also on hand, whittle down the dating pool as he eliminates guys at the end of each episode.
Adding to the suspense is an element of surprise - midway through the series the leading man discovers that some of the "mates" are actually straight - a twist that allows for numerous avenues of social exploration that challenge preconceived notions of what is considered gay and straight behavior.
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