'Bachelor Pad,' 'Dating in the Dark'

<b>Premieres</b>: Monday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., ABC<br> <br> <b>Why we're watching</b>: "The Bachelorette" will be winding down, but ABC is there with another reality romance fix. "Bachelor Pad" combines all the colorful characters we've grown to love from the "Bachelor"/"Bachelorette" franchise with the shenanigans of a "Big Brother"-style show, then follows it up with silly-but-fun "Dating in the Dark," where contestants get to know each other without being able to see what each other looks like.<br> <br> <i>-- <a href="http://twitter.com/zap2itandrea">Andrea Reiher</a>, <a href="http://www.zap2it.com">Zap2it</a></i><br> <br> <b>Related:</b><br> <br> <a href="http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/04/bachelor-pad-3-scripted-shows-join-abc-summer-schedule.html">'Bachelor Pad' joins ABC's summer schedule</a>
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Premieres: Monday, Aug. 9, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., ABC

Why we're watching: "The Bachelorette" will be winding down, but ABC is there with another reality romance fix. "Bachelor Pad" combines all the colorful characters we've grown to love from the "Bachelor"/"Bachelorette" franchise with the shenanigans of a "Big Brother"-style show, then follows it up with silly-but-fun "Dating in the Dark," where contestants get to know each other without being able to see what each other looks like.

-- Andrea Reiher, Zap2it

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'Bachelor Pad' joins ABC's summer schedule

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