Chains of Love is an American dating game show that aired for six
episodes in April and May 2001 on the United Paramount Network (UPN).
Adapted from a Dutch television series, it presents a man or woman who
is chained to four members of the opposite sex over four days and
nights. This person, identified as the Picker, is given $10,000 and can
remove three contestants one at a time. The Picker can give a portion of
the money to each eliminated participant. When left with a single
partner, the Picker can choose to either split the money or keep it.
Madison Michele (pictured) hosted each episode. Originally ordered by
NBC, it was produced by UPN as part of a campaign to run more unscripted
programming to boost the network's ratings. Media outlets have
identified Chains of Love as part of a renaissance in reality
television. The show's premise divided television critics, who compared
it in structure and tone to Blind Date and The Dating Game.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chains_of_Love_%28TV_series%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1852:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, the first
hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for
children, was founded in London.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital>
1924:
The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was renamed to
International Business Machines, which grew into one of the world's
largest companies by market capitalization.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM>
1979:
Adolph Dubs, United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, was
kidnapped by unknown agents and killed during a gun battle between
Afghan police and the perpetrators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Dubs>
1989:
A fatwa was issued for the execution of Salman Rushdie for
authoring The Satanic Verses, a novel Islamic fundamentalists considered
blasphemous.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
love interest:
1. Especially of a character in film or literature: one who is of
interest as a (potential) partner in love.
2. A romantic relationship; a romance.
3. (film, literature, specifically) A romantic plot or subplot in a film
or book.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/love_interest>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Love comforteth, like sunshine after rain, But lust's effect is
tempest after sun; Love's gentle spring doth always fresh remain,
Lust's winter comes ere summer half be done; Love surfeits not,; lust
like a glutton dies, Love is all truth; lust full of forged lies.
--William Shakespeare
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare>
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