99. THE BACHELOR
ABC (2002-present)
The pioneer of the let's-make-two-strangers-get-married reality shows has roots in classic courtship (nicely dressed man gives nicely dressed woman a rose!), but the fairy tale always morphs into a scary tale of cattiness, regret, and sad-sack desperation (''My eggs are rotting''). Yet for all of its shame-filled shenanigans, The Bachelor stands as the most, dare we say, romantic of the genre.
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