The Match Off is a national television series

Television program

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 produced by LX.TV. Hosted by Maria Sansone

Maria Sansone

Maria Grace Sansone is a American television personality, and the former correspondent/co-host of LX New York airing on the NBC flagship station WNBC, New York. Sansone also is a red carpet host for the TV GUIDE NETWORK coverage of award shows...

, the reality show

Reality television

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 airs on NBC

NBC

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 after Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...

. The premise of the series is to have two professional matchmakers

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...

 compete against each other to find the best date for a featured single person in each episode. The first episode aired on June 26, 2010.

Episode 1

Professional matchmakers Matt Titus

Matt Titus

Matthew "Matt" Titus is a professional matchmaker in New York City. He owns and operates his own matchmaking service Matt's Little Black Book and the date/relationship coaching service The Love Consultants....

 and Lisa Ronis are challenged with finding the right mate for Kira Saltzman, a 29-year-old real estate agent in New York City.

Episode 2

A director, producer, model and actor, Levi Holiman searches for love in Los Angeles. Local matchmaking duos Luis Santiago and Kim Lockhart, and Sherry and Eva Singer go head to head to seek a soulmate for Levi.

See also

• Millionaire Matchmaker
  Millionaire Matchmaker
  Millionaire Matchmaker is a television series produced by Bravo and presented by Patti Stanger. Stanger founded the Beverly Hills-based "Millionaire's Club" in 2000 to cater to wealthy men looking for partners...
  
  
• Tough Love (TV series)
  Tough Love (TV series)
  Tough Love is an American reality television series that airs on VH1. The host and matchmaker of the show is Steven Ward of the Philadelphia based Master Matchmakers...