VH1 today unveiled its 2017-18 lineup of new and returning series, the first since Viacom CEO Bob Bakish unveiled a new strategy, identifying six cable networks, including MTV, as flagship brands getting a lot of resources and movie tie-ins, with the rest, including VH1, named reinforcing brands. VH1 has been a…

Ahead of the September 16 Season 2 finale, VH1 has picked up a third season of reality dating series Dating Naked. The renewal comes amid strong ratings for the series, which explores the art of romance, free of preconceived notions, stereotypes – and clothes. Season 2 improved its time slot with VH1's adult 18-49…

Here’s a little something on April Fool’s Day that might be too good to be true. (Spoiler alert: It is too good to be true, but here you go anyway.) VH1 announced today it is teaming up again with Dating Naked producer Lighthearted Entertainment for a new dating series SPACE D.A.T.E. (Dating Above the Exosphere)…

EXCLUSIVE: Almost six months after Jessie Nizewitz took Viacom and the producers of the VH1 series Dating Naked to court for some big bucks for showing too much of her skin, the reality show contestant's case has been left in its own birthday suit. A New York State Supreme Court judge has granted the defendants'…

The media giant admits that more was shown of a contestant on the VH1 reality show than should have been, but that doesn't give Jessie Nizewitz the right to go after them for millions. "The episode of Dating Naked that featured Ms. Nizewitz aired in July 2014 with an inadvertent gap in digital blurring that lasted for…

VH1 has picked up a second season of its one-hour reality show Dating Naked — the show in which male and female contestants go on blind dates, sans clothes, in an exotic location, hoping they’ll click and find that special one. Dating Naked‘s new season will premiere on Thursday at 9 PM ET/PT and is hosted by Amy…

Jessie Nizewitz willingly signed up to be on VH1's Dating Naked, but she didn't realize that would mean that she would actually be seen naked from the waist down on national TV. Why did she not know that? Because the 28-year-old contestant didn't read the fine print? Nope, it's because despite the show's name, it…

The sayings are that sex sells and controversy gets coverage and certainly VH1 were betting on a bit of both with Dating Naked . To that end, last night's 9 PM debut of the self explanitory reality series from Lighthearted Entertainment delivered – somewhat. The 1-hour Naked Dating had 826,000 total viewers with…

Today's TCA panels on new VH1 shows were preceded by EVP Original Programming and Production Susan Levison begging TV critics to approach VH1's new series Dating Naked without "preconceived notions". (Check out the clip below). This was a tall order since the executive also said that the show had not been screened for…

VH1 has tapped Amy Paffrath as host of its new reality series Dating Naked. Paffrath most recently hosted MTV’s Jersey Shore After Hours and Jersey Shore Reunion. The former E! News correspondent and host of MSN’s Last Night On TV has previously guested on CBS’ 2 Broke Girls, TBS’ Sullivan And Son and TV Land’s Hot In…