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Quick Facts
Quick Facts
Network
Bravo (USA)
Original Air Date
March 9 – April 15 2014
Seasons / Episodes
1 season • 6 episodes
Format
Documentary-style reality series following a different man each week as he navigates dating apps, profiles, and in-person meet-ups.
Production Company
Magical Elves / Bravo Media
Filming Location
Los Angeles, California
LGBTQ+ Focus
Several episodes included gay or bisexual men exploring online dating and hookup-culture dynamics.
Impact
Impact
At a time when online dating was still finding mainstream acceptance, Online Dating Rituals of the American Male dissected how technology shaped modern relationships.
Unlike typical Bravo dating fare, it adopted a quasi-documentary tone, examining real profiles and text exchanges.
By featuring gay and bisexual participants alongside straight ones, the show positioned queer dating within the same cultural conversation about love, sex, and self-presentation in the digital age.
Significance
Significance
Although short-lived, the series was one of the first network attempts to treat dating apps as a social study rather than a gimmick.
Its inclusion of queer stories normalized the idea that online dating is universal, regardless of orientation.
The show also forecasted today’s influencer-dating and reality-app hybrids, bridging early Tinder culture with Bravo’s polished unscripted storytelling.
Bravo Media unmasks the world of the booming, online dating culture from the male perspective on the new docu-series, "Online Dating Rituals of the American Male." Each week, the show follows two men as they hunt for their ideal partner (or fling!). Viewers will get an inside look at the male psyche from the beginning stages of trolling and communicating online to landing a date with a potential match. The series features a variety of men from the typical "romantic" searching for his one true love to the guy whose goal is strictly getting lucky. From earnest romance to cringeworthy moments, viewers will get a taste of the trials and tribulations that come along with dating in the digital age.
Episode 4 - NEED EPISODE
Davey Wavey, a gay YouTube personality with over 4,000 messages in his dating inbox, has been on hundreds of online dates. But at 30 years-old, this self-proclaimed "queen of first dates" has grown tired of meaningless hookups and is seeking something with more substance. Can Davey find the perfect balance of youthful hotness and grown-up stability to make him change his frivolous ways?
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