Age of Love (TV series)

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Age of Love
Format	Competitive reality show
Created by	J. D. Roth
Starring	Mark Consuelos (Host) Mark Philippoussis
Country of origin	United States
Production
Executive producer(s)	Todd A. Nelson
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original airing	June 18, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Age of Love was an American reality TV dating series that features then-30-year-old Australian tennis star Mark Philippoussis as he looks for love with women in their 20s as well as women in their 40s.

Hosted by Mark Consuelos, the series airs on NBC, and premiered on Monday, June 18, 2007.^[1] The last episode aired on August 6, 2007, in which it was revealed that the winner was the 25-year-old Amanda Salinas.

It is unclear as of October 2007 if the couple is still together. Philippoussis has refused to comment on the subject, stating that he is currently "concentrating on tennis".^[2] However, in a radio interview which aired on 28 November in Australia, he did state he was 'currently single'^{[citation needed]}, and since February 2008 has been seen with a model from Perth, Siobhan Parekh.^[3]^[4]

1 Contestants
2 Criticism
3 International broadcasters
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Contestants

The following is a list of the 6 "Kittens" (women in their 20s) and 7 "Cougars" (women in their 40s).^[5]

[edit] Kittens

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Eliminated	Notes
Amanda Salinas	25	Nashville, TN	Hockey team dancer for Nashville Predators	Winner	Currently attending Middle Tennessee State University
Megan Khler	21	Chicago, IL	Loyola University student	Episode 7 (See note 1)	At the time of taping, ended a 10-month relationship
Mary Sanks	24	Albuquerque, NM	Hemodialysis Technician	Episode 5	Last serious relationship was at the age of 20
Tessa Walker	23	Peoria, AZ	Surgical Sales	Episode 4
Adelaide Dawson	26	Manhattan Beach, CA	Editor for Esquire magazine	Episode 3	Born in Australia
Lauren Bryant	27	Greenwich, CT	Lighting consultant	Episode 2	Avid indoor rock climber

Note 1: Megan was chosen to be in Final 3 and on to the finale. On the finale, the girls and Mark had to take a plane to Australia to meet Mark's family. Megan was terrified of flying and refused to go on the plane, thereby eliminating herself from the competition.

[edit] Cougars

Name	Age	Hometown	Occupation	Eliminated	Notes
Jennifer Braff	48	Carson, CA	Executive assistant for the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers Spokesmodel, Amore Fashion	Finale	Was married twice (1979, 1999), 25 year-old son
Maria Rangel	42	Playa Del Rey, CA	Actress, Photographer	Episode 7 (See note 2)	Married once, May 1989
Jayanna Howeton	39	Newport Beach, CA	Mortgage loan officer	Episode 6	Married once
Kelli Brook	40	Morris, MN	actress, legal secretary	Episode 4	former Los Angeles Raiderette
Lynn Borges	40	Nashville, TN	Makeup artist	Episode 3	Never married
Angela Harrington	40	Lakeside, MI	Property manager	Episode 2	Married twice (1987, 1993), 21 year-old son
Jodie Fisher	46	Dallas, TX	Vice president for a commercial real estate company	Episode 1	Married once June 1996, 8 year-old son

Note 2: Maria was shown on Episode 4 and 6 that she was thinking of leaving. On Episode 7, when Mark asked Maria to stay, Maria told Mark she thought it wouldn't work out, which resulted in Maria eliminating herself.

[edit] Call-out order

Mark’s call-out order
Order	Ep 1	Ep 2	Ep 3	Ep 4	Ep 5	Ep 6	Ep 7	FINALE
1		Adelaide	Amanda	Megan	Maria	Jennifer	Jennifer	Amanda
2		Tessa	Mary	Amanda	Megan	Amanda	Amanda	Jennifer
3		Amanda	Megan	Mary	Amanda	Maria	Megan
4		Megan	Tessa	Tessa	Amanda	Megan	Maria
5		Mary	Adelaide	Maria	Jennifer	Jayanna
6		Lauren	Kelli	Jennifer	Mary
7	Kelli	Jayanna	Jayanna	Jayanna
8	Jayanna	Jennifer	Jennifer	Kelli
9	Maria	Kelli	Maria
10	Lynn	Maria	Lynn
11	Jennifer	Lynn
12	Angela	Angela
13	Jodie

The contestant is in her 40's.

The contestant is in her 20's.

The contestant won the competition.

The contestant was eliminated by Mark.

The contestant decided to eliminate herself from the competition.

The contestant was automatically eliminated as her fear of flying prevented her from going to Australia for the finale.

[edit] Criticism

Critics note that Philippoussis, who is 30, is closer in age to the twenties than the forties. He's only 3 years older than one of the twenties, and he is at least 9 years younger than all of the forties (disregarding fractions for simplicity's sake). A 35-year-old male contestant would have put women in their twenties on an equal footing with those in their forties.^[6]

The program also provided biographical information on at least two contestants that could be construed as misleading by omission: Jennifer Braff is described as an "Executive Assistant to the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers." Her online resume however, shows that Braff has worked as a Hawaiian Tropic swimsuit model, a makeup artist, a songwriter, a spokesmodel for Amore Fashion. She also markets her own glamour calendar and has appeared in Playboy. It doesn't mention Braff ever working as an executive assistant.^[7]

"Age of Love" describes Maria Rangel as a photographer, but her credits on the Internet Movie Database show that Rangel has worked steadily as a film and television actress since 1986. Her web site says she also runs a photography business that appears to consist chiefly of taking handout photo portraits for actors' resumes.^[8]

[edit] International broadcasters

Country	TV network(s)	Series premiere	Weekly schedule
Australia	Channel Seven	July 12, 2007	Thursday 10:50pm
United Kingdom	E4	October 31, 2007	Wednesday 11pm
France	NRJ 12	November 12, 2007	Thursday 10:25pm
Philippines	ETC Entertainment Central	January 1, 2008	Tuesday 10:00pm
Sweden	Kanal 5 (Sweden)	January 1, 2008	Tuesday 8:00pm
Denmark	Kanal 4	February 18, 2008	Monday 8:00pm
New Zealand	TV3	December 2007	monday-Friday 12pm

The opening episode of Age Of Love in Australia, screening at 8:30pm in NSW, ACT and QLD, and at 9:30pm in other states, only managed to rate 849,000 mainland capital city viewers,^[9] rating behind both Channel Nine and ABC. Two weeks later, it was moved to a later timeslot of 10:30pm as ratings dropped to 545,000 viewers.^[10] The rights for the show in the UK were snapped up by E4, the digital channel from Channel 4 and is shown as part of their "No-Brainers" season along with other American reality TV shows like The Simple Life and Beauty and the Geek.