Dating Around - Season 1

Dating Around piles on excruciating, relatable awkwardness... Though cringey, the gaffes bolster the sense that genuine interaction is being portrayed.

There's a raw honesty to Dating Around that's missing from a lot of more contrived reality shows.

Refreshingly genuine dating series has some drinking.

If it's not going to say anything about the state of modern love, it could use just a bit more of Tiffany's wild-card energy instead of playing it so damn safe.

Dating Around turns dating into a spectator sport, and a highly entertaining one at that. But at the end of the day, it's yet another reminder that no one can fully understand a relationship...

Somewhere between a nightlife docuseries and a Zales commerical, Dating Around first appears as a realistic, personal, vaguely boring, but very pretty glimpse into real-world romance. Then things get fun.

I guarantee that you're going to chow through Dating Around like it's an ice cream cake. It won't do you any good, but you can worry about that in the morning.

By episode three, I had decided it was deceptively appealing. By episode four, I realized I'd forgotten to pick up my child from school.

With its tackiness enamelled in urbanity and its timbre attuned to the Tinder age, Dating Around is marvellously of the moment.

"Dating Around" captures the uncertain search for connection: no smug host, cheesy music or probing confessionals required.