Parental Control (TV series)
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| Genre | Competition, Reality, Dating |
| Running time | approx. 0:22 (per episode) |
| Starring | only contestants |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | March 2005– |
Parental control is a dating TV series, broadcasted on MTV, with re-runs often on nights and overnights and new episodes in afternoons when a season is in session. The show is rated PG.
Most would think it started its premiere in February 2006, however, it first premiered in March 2005 on MTV's Spring Break 2005. However, this version was a little different than the current version. A girl was to interview five boys, and after a set of about five questions for each person or an activity of some sort, the father would choose one to eliminate. This would go on until one boy was left.
The current version has the parents interview 10-15 males/females and decide two male/female to go on their child's date. The son/daughter then goes on the two dates with two other people and he/she has to decide whether to keep their current boyfriend/girlfriend, or take one of the new people they dated.
A few episodes happened in which the boy/girl decided to dump their current boyfriend/girlfriend and the two new people.
Aside from the Spring Break 2005 premiere (which only had one episode), the show premiered in February 2006 as a spring 2006 replacement show without much hype or commercials. The show, much like other MTV dating shows (Next and Date My Mom), started off with few viewers and grew to a fair-rated show.
The first season ended airing new shows randomly around June 2006. The only reason given was to make more room for new seasons of Made, Room Raiders, and Next, and start the new TV series Why Can't I Be You?. It is still a popular show, and is commonly aired on nights and overnights for fill-ins.
Season two started in October 2006. It has no differences from the previous season, other than new people.
