Anna Faris & Rick Edwards To Host ‘Love Takes A Village’ Dating Show Pilot For NBC​on January 24, 2025 at 2:58 pm

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is looking for love.

The network has ordered a pilot for a new dating format – hosted by Mom and Scary Movie star Anna Faris and Rick Edwards, who previously hosted The Courtship for the network.

Love Takes A Village will see singletons go on a series of blind dates with people looking to win a second date. While the two people on the date know they’re on a dating show, what they don’t know is that the date, which they think is at a restaurant, is actually taking place inside a studio with a live audience watching in secret. At the end of the date, the couple find out who’s been watching them.

The pilot is being filmed in London, UK at Eastbrook Studios in Dagenham next week.

It comes from Lighthearted Entertainment, the company behind Peacock series Eat Slay Love and Queens Court and Netflix series The Trust: A Game of Greed. It is arguably best known for making Are You The One? for MTV. The company is run by Co-Presidents Rob LaPlante and Jeff Spangler.

Love Takes A Village marks a new world for Faris, who is best known for the Scary Movie franchise as well as The House Bunny, The Dictator and 22 Jump Street. She has also done a lot of animation with movies such as The Emoji Movie and Toy Story 5 as well as series such as Housebroken.

Edwards was a former presenter for T4 and has hosted series such as Tool Academy and BBC quiz Impossible. He also hosts The Fighting Talk radio show on BBC Radio 5 Live.