CBS Orders Dating Show '3' for Summer 2012

Reality series follows three women's search for love

By Andrea Morabito -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/15/2012 1:34:48 PM

CBS has ordered a the dating reality series 3 for a summer run on the network, it was announced Wednesday.

The unscripted series will follow three single women of different ages and backgrounds as they search for love together and emotionally support each other through the dating and decision-making process.

3 is based on an Israeli format which became the country's biggest reality show launch in four years when it premiered last summer and ranked as the number one show in five of its eight weeks.

"3 is a relationship show that won't perpetuate a fairy tale myth about dating," said Jennifer Bresnan, executive VP, alternative programming, CBS Entertainment. "Without any typical game play, it intimately documents the search for love and the reality of dating -- the anticipation, the excitement, the rejection."

The series is co-produced by Magical Elves, 1492 Television and Keshet Broadcasting with Jane Lipsitz, Dan Cutforth, Chris Columbus, Avi Nir and Ami Glam serving as executive producers.