TV ditches dating shows for splitsville gigs

Cannes, France

TELEVISION has been playing matchmaker for decades with hit series like The Dating Game, Blind Date and Married At First Sight.

But now it is taking couples straight to the divorce courts. The next big trend in dating shows is uncoupling, according to analysts at MIPCOM, the world's top entertainment trade show, held every year at Cannes on the French Riviera.

Having tried to salvage something from the wreckage in catharti…