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Burning Love
GenreParody
Deadpan
Created byErica Oyama
Written byErica Oyama
Directed byKen Marino
StarringMichael Ian Black
Ken Marino
June Diane Raphael
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes42
Production
Executive producersJonathan Stern
Stuart Cornfeld
Michael J. Rosenstein
Ken Marino
Erica Oyama
Ben Stiller
Running time12 minutes
22 minutes (syndicated version)
Production companiesRed Hour Films
Abominable Pictures
Dancing Workfriend
Insurge Pictures
Yahoo! Studios
Original release
NetworkYahoo! Screen
E! (syndicated version)
ReleaseJune 4, 2012 (2012-06-04) –
April 29, 2013 (2013-04-29)

Burning Love is a comedy television series that is a spoof of reality dating competition shows like The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.[1] The show was created and written by Erica Oyama, while her husband, Ken Marino, co-produced, directed and starred in the series. Ben Stiller was one of the series' executive producers and appeared in a supporting role.

The show premiered on the web on Yahoo! Screen's Comedy Channel[2] and was later picked up for television.[3] In 2013, the series was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Outstanding Special Class - Short-format Live-Action Entertainment Programs category.[4]

Cast

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Season 1

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The contestants:

Other characters:

Season 2 cast

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The contestants:

Other characters:

Season 3 cast

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  • Michael Ian Black as Bill Tundle, the host

The contestants:

Other characters:

  • Thomas Lennon as Lev Realness, a pop singer who sleeps with Haley
  • Casey Wilson as Aunt Pam, Julie's aunt who gives her and Mark relationship counseling over the phone.
  • Jeff Ross as himself
  • Seth Rogen as Roger, a trainee medic
  • Colton Dunn as Tim, the medic
  • Paul Scheer as Robby Z, who returns as a judge for the dancing competition
  • Carla Gallo as Tamara P, who returns as a judge for the dancing competition
  • David Wain as Reg Durjmah, a "famed raincoat designer" who is the third judge for the dancing competition

Story and episodes

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Depending on the season, the show either follows a man or a woman who is looking for the perfect mate from a pool of contestants, or has contestants living together in a mansion competing for a cash prize. Season one showcases fireman Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) as the bachelor. Season two of the series, which premiered in February 2013, stars June Diane Raphael reprising her role as season one contestant Julie, now the bachelorette given the chance to find the perfect man. Season three also premiered in 2013 and starred former contestants from seasons one and two competing for a $900 prize rather than for love (similar to Bachelor spin-off, Bachelor Pad).[5]

Season chronology

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The seasons of the show as listed do not match the internally referenced season chronology because of two fictitious seasons. Internally season one references the Joe Rutherford (Ben Stiller) season, and seasons two and three references the Annie (Abigail Spencer) season. Neither of these seasons was produced but occurred within the fiction of the show with events from those seasons being frequently mentioned during the course of various real episodes. Season three also announced a nonexistent season with superfan Hathwell Crisping.

Burning Love with Joe Rutherford (nonexistent)

1. Burning Love with Mark Orlando

Burning Love: Hot For Teacher (nonexistent) with Annie

2. Burning Love with Julie Gristlewhite

3. Burning Love: Burning Down The House

Burning Love: A Fanty Tale (nonexistent) with Hathwell Granger Crisping

Season 1

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Mark's Call-Out Order
# Bachelorettes Episodes
1 2 4 5 6/7 8/9/10 11 13 14†
1 Annie Tamara G. Titi Tamara G. Annie Willow Titi Annie Annie Annie
2 Agnes Julie Julie Titi Julie Titi Carly Carly Carly Titi
3 Ballerina Annie Lexie Haley Tamara G. Carly Annie Titi Ballerina1 Carly
4 Carly Haley Haley Agnes Titi Tamara G. Willow Tamara G.
5 Dana Mandy Agnes Annie Vivian Haley Tamara G.
6 Destiny Willow Willow Vivian Carly Annie Haley
7 Haley Titi Carly Willow Willow Vivian
8 Julie Carly Mandy Carly Haley Julie
9 Lexie Agnes Vivian Lexi Agnes Agnes
10 Mandy Lexie Annie Julie Lexi
11 Shera Tamara P. Tamara G. Mandy
12 Tamara G. Destiny Dana
13 Tamara P. Vivian Destiny
14 Titi Dana Tamara P.
15 Vivian Ballerina Ballerina
16 Willow Shera
  • 1 Bachelor Mark decided that this contestant was who he wanted to propose to.
  • † The after the final hose ceremony episode.
  The contestant was eliminated when bachelorettes first arrived.
  The contestant was eliminated during hose ceremony.
  The contestant was eliminated by other contestants.
  The contestant received hose on group date.
  The contestant was eliminated in episode 6 on one-on-one date.
  The contestant was eliminated in episode 8 for violating rules.
  The contestant was eliminated in episode 9 on two-on-one date.
  The contestant was eliminated in the final proposal ceremony.
  The contestant was proposed to and accepted proposal.
  The contestant was proposed to and rejected proposal.

Season 2

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Julie's Call-Out Order
Order Episode
1/2 3/4 5 6/7 8/9/10 11 12/13
1 Blaze Blaze Blaze Simon Blaze Alex* Mark
2 Simon Henry Allison Leo Henry Henry* Blaze
3 Alex Wally Henry Henry Alex Blaze Alex
4 Max Alex Alex Max Max Henry
5 Leo Max Max Alex Leo
6 Henry Allison Teddy Blaze Simon
7 Wally Teddy Leo Teddy
8 Damien Leo Simon Allison
9 Robby Z Simon Wally
10 Teddy Damien
11 Allison Robby Z
12 Zakir Zakir
13 Khris
  • * Both contestants were given the box simultaneously
  The contestant was eliminated at the box ceremony
  The contestant was eliminated for being too drunk, getting into a fight, and urinating in the wine cellar.
  The contestant was eliminated while on the puppet date for calling it 'dumb'
  The contestant left on his own for not being into Julie
  The contestant was given a box while on zoo date
  The contestant was given a box while on camping date
  The contestant left on his own since Julie isn't Jewish
  The contestant proposed to Julie but she rejected him
  The contestant proposed to Julie but then he had to bounce because he wasn't into Julie
  The contestant proposed to Julie who accepted but then removed her acceptance to accept Blaze's then Mark's Proposal
  The contestant proposed to Julie and she accepted

Season 3: Contestant standings by episode

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# Contestants Episodes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1 Annie IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN WIN
2 Blaze IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
3 Julie IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT IN IN OUT
4 Mark IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
5 Carly IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
6 Zakir IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
7 Felicia IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
8 Hathwell IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
9 Simon IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
10 Virginia IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
11 Alex IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
12 Lexi IN IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
13 Haley IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT
14 Bevarly IN IN IN IN OUT
15 Noah IN IN IN IN OUT
16 Kirk IN OUT
17 Vivian IN OUT
18 Symphony OUT
  The contestant won the challenge
  The contestant was eliminated by other players
  The contestant quit
  The contestant was taken on a date by the challenge winner
  The contestant was taken on a date by the challenge winner and was granted immunity
  The contestant was forced to leave when she was arrested
  The contestant left because she was impregnated
  The contestant was eliminated when they lost the challenge
  The contestant returned because the rule book states that everyone needed a partner
  The contestant was voted by the other contestant as a member of the winning couple and chose the money over the relationship, therefore winning overall
  The contestant was voted by the other contestant as a member of the winning couple and chose the relationship over the money, therefore losing out on the prize money

Television

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The first season of Burning Love had its worldwide television premiere on E! in Australia in January 2013 and E! in America on February 25, 2013.[3] In Canada, the series premiered on Much; a sister to the local version of E!.[6]

The first season premiered in the UK on Netflix in October 2013, edited into a 110-minute movie.[7] The second season premiered on Australia's E! in February 2014, with the third season premiering on March 6, 2014.

Home media and streaming

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Season one was released on DVD on November 12, 2013. A year later, seasons two and three were released together as a two-disc set on September 16, 2014.

The complete series is available on Pluto TV.

International adaptation

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A French version of the series premiered on October 12, 2020 on Canal+. Titled La Flamme (transl. The Flame), this version was created by Jérémie Galan, Florent Bernard and Jonathan Cohen, who also starred as the bachelor, Marc, in the first season. Ben Stiller is also one of the executive producers of this adaptation. The first season stars Leïla Bekhti, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Marie-Pierre Casey, Florence Foresti, Ana Girardot, Léonie Simaga, Géraldine Nakache, Camille Chamoux, Doria Tillier, Youssef Hajdi, Vincent Dedienne, Laure Calamy, Céline Salette, Angèle, Géraldine Nakache and Pierre Niney.[8] On October 27, 2020, it was renewed for a second season titled Le Flambeau : Les Aventuriers de Chupacabra (transl. The Torch: The Adventurers of Chupacabra), a spoof of the French version of Koh-Lanta. It premiered on May 23, 2022.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Ben Stiller Spoofs 'The Bachelor' In Yahoo's 'Burning Love'". Deadline Hollywood. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on June 5, 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  2. ^ Bort, Ryan (May 14, 2012). "Ken Marino's The Bachelor Parody, Burning Love". Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 12 Nov 2023.
  3. ^ a b Bierly, Mandi (January 28, 2013). "'Burning Love' comes to E!". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Burning Love". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  5. ^ Stransky, Tanner. "Ken Marino talks 'Burning Love' seasons 2 and 3". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  6. ^ "Press Room". Bell Media.
  7. ^ "Burning Love on Netflix".[dead link‍]
  8. ^ Gazzano, Christophe (October 12, 2020). ""La flamme" : La nouvelle création originale de Canal+ avec Jonathan Cohen débarque dès ce soir". OZap. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
  9. ^ Imbert, Thomas (October 27, 2020). "La Flamme : une saison 2 déjà commandée pour la série Canal+". AlloCiné. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
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