The Dating Game is an ABC television show that first aired on December 20, 1965 and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the ...

It was supposed to be just another silly episode of “The Dating Game.” At a taping of the popular TV show in 1978, host Jim Lange introduced three male suitors who were there to be cutely questioned ...

Don’t pick Bachelor No. 1. Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, “Woman of the Hour,” tells the chilling and unbelievable story of serial killer Rodney Alcala, who appeared on the hit game show “The ...

Plenty of people from Tom Selleck to Farrah Fawcett went on "The Dating Game" looking for love, fame and fortune — or at least a free trip. One woman got more than she expected: An encounter with a ...

The man who arrested serial killer Rodney Alcala, whose case inspired the recent Netflix special "Woman of the Hour," detailed the true story behind the popular film and how Alcala's appearance on a ...

Danny Zovatto plays Rodney Alcala, who hid his violence behind a soft-rock sincerity and wound up on the kitschiest show in American television. You could say that “The Dating Game” was “The ...

It’s one of the strangest moments in television history: A notorious serial killer went on ABC’s “The Dating Game” and won a date with Cheryl Bradshaw. Now streaming, Netflix’s new film “Woman of the ...

It has been four years since the 'Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala died on July 24, 2021 Jessica Sager is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...