Star Dates is an American
reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. Reality television emerged as a distinct genre in the early 19 ...
program that aired on the
E! network from 2002 to 2003.
Overview
The series consisted of ordinary people going on blind dates with B-list celebrities.
Butch Patrick
Butch Patrick (born Patrick Alan Lilley; August 2, 1953) is an American actor and musician. Beginning his professional acting career at the age of seven, Patrick is perhaps best known for his role as child werewolf Eddie Munster on the CBS comedy ...
appeared on the first show. Other celebrities who appeared included
Dustin Diamond
Dustin Neil Diamond (January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021) was an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers throughout the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise.
Early life and family
Diamond was born i ...
,
Kim Fields
Kim Victoria Fields-Morgan ( Fields, formerly Freeman; born May 12, 1969) is an American actress and director. Fields is best known for her roles as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on the NBC sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' (1979–1988), and as Regine Hu ...
,
Gary Coleman
Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor and comedian. Coleman was the highest-paid child actor on television throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. He was rated first on a list of VH1's "100 Greatest Kid S ...
,
Phillis Diller,
Jill Whelan
Jill Whelan (born September 29, 1966) is an American actress. She played Vicki Stubing, the daughter of Captain Stubing, in the first nine seasons of the American television series ''The Love Boat'' (later rebooted as '' Love Boat: The Next W ...
, and
Jimmie Walker
James Carter Walker Jr. (born June 25, 1947) is an American actor and comedian. Walker portrayed James Evans Jr. ("J.J."), the older son of Florida and James Evans Sr., on the CBS television series ''Good Times'', which ran from 1974 to 1979, ...
. Series host Jordan Black (and later Reggie Gaskins in season 2) also served as each couples chauffeur while they were on their date. Actress
Robin Coleman appeared on the episode with Dustin Diamond as his date before she became well known.
References
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2000s American reality television series
2002 American television series debuts
2003 American television series endings
American dating and relationship reality television series
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