The Best Of … Low-Budge Dating Shows

Long before the Jake and Vienna fell in lurve – and hashed out their Bachelor drama in the most dramatic non-rose ceremony yet – there existed a few cult cable shows that somewhere felt more real than the forced ABC romance franchise (where all the provocative stuff happens off camera or behind the scenes).

So! We present our roundup of the most entertaining, low-budge dating shows from back in the day (and re-runs!), from Singled Out to Studs.

After the jump!