A Dating Story was a Banyan Productions

Banyan Productions

Banyan Productions is a production company located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Clients include TLC, Fox, NBC, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite, Travel Channel, Lifetime, HGTV, Discovery Channel, and the Food Network...

, American-centric television show that featured a real-life matchmaker

Matchmaking

Matchmaking is any process of matching two people for the purpose of marriage or a sporting contest.-Practice:In some cultures, the role of the matchmaker was and is quite professionalized...

 selecting two people they have always wanted to "fix-up". The program then followed the new couple's preparations as well as the blind date itself.

A Dating Story was created to complement the shows A Baby Story

A Baby Story

A Baby Story is a program that airs daily on The Learning Channel . There are more than 100 episodes in the series. The program follows a couple through the late days of their pregnancy, sometimes showing the baby shower, final family outing, or dinner party. Then, it always shows the family...

, A Wedding Story

A Wedding Story

A Wedding Story is a television series produced by Banyan Productions and shown on the TLC network since 1996.-External links:*...

and A Makeover Story

A Makeover Story

A Makeover Story is a reality show on TLC Network in the United States. Each episode runs for 30 minutes and features two people who get makeovers including clothes, hairstyling, and makeup. The show ran for five seasons and is the original of the "makeover-show" formats...

on The Learning Channel

TLC (TV channel)

TLC is an American cable TV specialty channel which initially focused on educational content. Since 1991 TLC has been owned by Discovery Communications, the same company that operates the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and The Science Channel, as well as other learning-themed networks...

(TLC). The show is no longer in production.