So, last night I got a bit of a surprise. I had the TLC show What not to Wear on in the background when I noticed that the new show, "Log In for Love" was coming on next. I had seen commercials for the show and knew that it had something to do with online dating, but I had not made the effort to remember when it was coming on. Well, I figured that since I happened to be tuned in for the first episode that I might as well watch it to see how close it was to “Hooking Up”. Particularly since I know that cable stations like to spoof network shows.
As soon as the opening began, I heard the music and saw myself sitting on the subway with my name displayed on the screen-- it was “Hooking Up”. Although I was unaware that it was going to air- I wasn’t surprised. I say that because the producers of “Hooking Up” produced another show called “NYPD 24/7”. It aired about a year before “Hooking Up” on ABC, and while I was beginning to film “Hooking Up”, I saw footage from “NYPD 24/7” on a cable station (it was either Discovery Times or TLC). Actually it seemed as if they added extra the footage that wasn’t shown on ABC.
In this case, seeing “Hooking Up” packaged as “Log In for Love” on TLC just caught me off guard because the commercials do not use any footage from the show, as was the case for (the original) “Hooking Up”. I remember watching the “Log In for Love” commercials over the past couple of weeks, pleasantly reminiscing about the whole “Hooking Up” experience. Filming the show was such as departure form the ordinary and lately I have been looking for more departures. So, the airing of “Log In for Love” is actually quite timely.
As I watched the first minutes of “Log In for Love” last night, the first few things that ran through my mind were, “Are they going to expand the footage and show scenes that didn’t air on ABC? It would only make sense since the original show was so condensed and people actually wanted to see more of each woman profiled,” then “I have to call my mom, dad, and brother, and any friends I can think of so we can have a good laugh”, then “Where did I put the phone numbers of the other ladies in the show? I wonder if they know.”
Well, the footage seems to be exactly the same. TLC is airing it on the same five, one-hour episodes schedule, Friday nights at 10PM EST (and 1:00AM the same night) from March 3 - March 31, 2006:
http://tlc.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp?series=55128&gid=0&channel=TLC
I will be on Episodes 3 and 4 just as before, which will air at 10PM EST on Friday March 17 and Friday March 24 respectively.
I am going skiing today so I need to sleep. I will continue my thoughts in another blog entry but before I end, I have to say that I heard back from some of the ladies (I sent an email to them letting them know about the show). One of them informed me that Christen, a woman profiled in the last episode of "Hooking Up" and presumably will appear in the last episode of "Log In for Love", passed away in a car accident last fall. I am quite shaken by the news.
(There is another woman named Kristen profiled in the show- that was a Yoga instructor. I mistakenly mixed the spelling of Christen's name and Kristen's occupation and reported that Kristen was the one that passed away, that is incorrect. )
Reisha
As soon as the opening began, I heard the music and saw myself sitting on the subway with my name displayed on the screen-- it was “Hooking Up”. Although I was unaware that it was going to air- I wasn’t surprised. I say that because the producers of “Hooking Up” produced another show called “NYPD 24/7”. It aired about a year before “Hooking Up” on ABC, and while I was beginning to film “Hooking Up”, I saw footage from “NYPD 24/7” on a cable station (it was either Discovery Times or TLC). Actually it seemed as if they added extra the footage that wasn’t shown on ABC.
In this case, seeing “Hooking Up” packaged as “Log In for Love” on TLC just caught me off guard because the commercials do not use any footage from the show, as was the case for (the original) “Hooking Up”. I remember watching the “Log In for Love” commercials over the past couple of weeks, pleasantly reminiscing about the whole “Hooking Up” experience. Filming the show was such as departure form the ordinary and lately I have been looking for more departures. So, the airing of “Log In for Love” is actually quite timely.
As I watched the first minutes of “Log In for Love” last night, the first few things that ran through my mind were, “Are they going to expand the footage and show scenes that didn’t air on ABC? It would only make sense since the original show was so condensed and people actually wanted to see more of each woman profiled,” then “I have to call my mom, dad, and brother, and any friends I can think of so we can have a good laugh”, then “Where did I put the phone numbers of the other ladies in the show? I wonder if they know.”
Well, the footage seems to be exactly the same. TLC is airing it on the same five, one-hour episodes schedule, Friday nights at 10PM EST (and 1:00AM the same night) from March 3 - March 31, 2006:
http://tlc.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp?series=55128&gid=0&channel=TLC
I will be on Episodes 3 and 4 just as before, which will air at 10PM EST on Friday March 17 and Friday March 24 respectively.
I am going skiing today so I need to sleep. I will continue my thoughts in another blog entry but before I end, I have to say that I heard back from some of the ladies (I sent an email to them letting them know about the show). One of them informed me that Christen, a woman profiled in the last episode of "Hooking Up" and presumably will appear in the last episode of "Log In for Love", passed away in a car accident last fall. I am quite shaken by the news.
(There is another woman named Kristen profiled in the show- that was a Yoga instructor. I mistakenly mixed the spelling of Christen's name and Kristen's occupation and reported that Kristen was the one that passed away, that is incorrect. )
Reisha