Whitney Cummings hosts the unscripted series Marriage Market at Fox

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Fox is jumping into the dating show pool with a series featuring people who want to get out of the dating pool.

The network has picked up a show called Marriage Market for the 2026-27 season. Comedian Whitney Cummings will host the series, which will follow single people “who are officially past the swiping, ghosting, and endless first dates” and their families, who will matchmaking them. The problem: Once these families think they have found a good match, the couple gets engaged immediately, and both the couples and their families move in together to see if the arranged relationship will work out.

The show comes from Fox Entertainment Studios, with executive production produced by Alycia Rossiter and John Carr. Fox is also selling the format worldwide, with a version of the show already broadcast in Germany in 2023.

Marriage market Joins a lineup of “quick marriage” shows that includes Peacock (and formerly Lifetime) shows Married at first sight The multi-armed TLC 90 day fiance privilege.

“Marriage market “It gives new meaning to ‘Shotgun Wedding,’ and turns dating on its head with one of the most extreme market scenes you’ve ever seen,” Michael Thorne, president of Fox Television Network, said in a statement. “Watching families come together to make these matches is deeply relatable and deeply emotional, giving this iconic concept all the ingredients of a signature Fox unscripted series.”

Fox Entertainment Studios unscripted president Alison Wallach added,Marriage market It is a bold new format that reflects our strategy of creating distinctive, high-risk, culturally relevant intellectual property that viewers love. We’ve taken a timeless idea and reimagined it in a modern, high-stakes way with full-fledged families in control and the talented and always funny Whitney Cummings presiding over everything as host.

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