The Celebrity Dating Game

Was looking for some mindless distraction before going to bed. Got ten minutes in...that's it. The really old "Dating Game" was horrible. This is ten times worse. So embarrassing!

It's not "actually" anything that it advertises itself as, as it's not really a "dating" game, the "celebrities" are mostly celebrities in name only (a contestant from another reality dating game show is NOT a celebrity), and therefore does it even qualify as a "show", then?

There's no actual date, and there's no way in a million years these people actually ever go on a date, and Michael Bolton sings like a guy slowly being turned to stone, so there's that, too.

Awful, terrible, no-go pointless waste of time. And Zooey looks frightened to be there.

I like Zooey, I thought she was fantastic in New Girl. That is why I decided to check this out, I hope they're paying her seven figures, because for the life of me I cannot figure out why on earth she would ever choose the show. It's cringe worthy, it's embarrassing, it's awkward, and I realize it's supposed to be all those things to a certain extent. But wow was this awful, and by the way what the hell was Michael Bolton even doing on the show, he basically sits there and does almost nothing. It's one of the strangest episodes of television I've ever watched.

I really wanted to like it, and Zooey Deschanel is a great host, but "Mr. Personality" Michael Bolton does not belong. And the celebs, daters and questions are all lame, and unrealistic. Bring back Alec Baldwin and Match Game! It's a very generous 3/10, because I feel sorry for Zooey stuck in this mess.

What do you get when you pair an iconic musician with a talented actress/singer, add some nostalgia with a twist? An insufferable waste of time.

"Celeb" Dating Game seems on the surface a fun throwback the likes of which we have come to expect in the era of reboots, but in reality it is even worse than the brain candy that summer tv provides. It's more like brain inedible-object-one-finds-in-between-the-couch-cushions. (Maybe while searching for the remote?) Zooey speaks both overly loud and insincere. Michael looks like he's mourning his career. Every person on stage looks incredibly awkward.

It's not even so-bad-it's-good, it is simply bad.