Dating show ‘Ready to Love’ travels to Philly for its 10th season
It goes from “the Liberty Bell to wedding bells.”
Yes, Philadelphia is the most single big city in the country, but some people are refusing to give up on finding romantic love amid the abundance of Brotherly Love.
Reality dating show Ready to Love will premiere its 10th season on Feb. 7.. To mark this milestone year, the show will be bringing 20 single and eligible participants who live in Philadelphia.
The show, which airs on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, brings together “sexy, successful, and grown” single Black men and women and documents their interactions as they search for a happily-ever-after love story. Participants get eliminated through the course of the show until a winning couple emerges.
The host, comedian and actor Thomas “Nephew Tommy” Miles, puts the participants to task, and the unscripted show documents the ensuing laughter, tears, and drama for a loyal fan base. During its ninth season, Ready to Love ranked the “No. 1 non-sports series on cable among African American Persons & Women 18+ and Persons 2+,” Deadline reported.
While the last season was set in Fort Worth, Texas, the show has previously traveled to Atlanta, D.C., Houston, and Dallas.
“This season, we’re on a mission to find singles in Philadelphia who are serious candidates for meaningful, real connections that are both healthy and productive — in leading to love and happiness,” said Miles, who has hosted the show for all its seasons. “Watching these singles turn the City of Brotherly Love into the city of romantic love is one of the best joys I can imagine,” he said in a statement.
Dubbed as the “most successful Black dating experience in all of television,” per the show’s producer Will Packer, Ready to Love boasts of nurturing seven long-term relationships with “a few babies and ‘I Dos’ sprinkled along the way.”
Going by the trailer, this show is where the audience goes from ”the Liberty Bell to wedding bells.”
The 10th season starts off with the first RTL wedding of a couple who met on the D.C. season of the show. Subsequent episodes promise guest appearances from a “hot” Philly fireman and locations in a Philly block party and a pool party.
The 10th season of “Ready to Love” premieres Feb. 7 at 8 p.m. on OWN.