What to expect from the CW’s
latest international import? Farmer Wants a Wife, the Bachelor-meets-bumpkin reality dating show premiered last night,
and I’ll admit my excitement was tempered by a bit of Bachelor-esque ennui. Yes, I religiously watch everything from America’s Next Top Model to Supernanny (love Jo!). But the one
“reality” show I stopped watching years ago was The Bachelor. (It just hasn’t been the same since Jerry O’Connell’s
brother handed out the roses.)
I expected a similar, cheesy
set-up from Farmer Wants a Wife: a
vaguely sexy Farmer-hero (check); a bevy of cute-to-psychotic amorous ladies
(check); a farm (check) and a ridiculous goodbye-ceremony (holy hen cages,
double-check with a gold star!). We even get some local color, when a diner
patron tells the cameras, “I think city girls are wild up front. Country girls
are wild in the back.” Yee-haw!
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