''First Dates'' is an American

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show based on the

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version of the show of the same name. It first aired on the

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network on April 7, 2017.

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was the executive producer and

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narrated. It was not picked up for a second season.

Format

The show was filmed at the MK Restaurant in near North Side

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, showing many people on

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s—i.e., they haven't met each other before. At the end of the date, the couples were interviewed together and asked whether they would like to see each other again. Since transmission of the first season's final episode, the MK Restaurant has closed, due to a dispute between the building's new landlord and the owner.mk restaurant to close Tuesday after 18 years
Chicago Tribune, Retrieved June 7, 2017. Its final service was on Tuesday, June 13, 2017.

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* *{{IMDb title, id=5673878, title=First Dates 2010s American reality television series 2017 American television series debuts American dating and relationship reality television series American English-language television shows American television series based on British television series NBC reality television shows Television series by A Very Good Production Television shows set in Chicago 2017 American television series endings