Article: MEDIA ROUNDUP: Massive audience is always hungry for love stories.(dating becomes "spectator sport" in U.S.)

With 85 million singles in the US, dating is now a national pastime. And even though coverage of the single life is often targeted at women, David Ward finds that sex sells wherever there's a success story to tell.

In what may be a sign of impending apocalypse, the once-discreet and personal rite of dating in America has suddenly evolved into a national spectator sport.

From the 26 million people who watched the final episode of the second season of The Bachelor TV series, to the millions who made dating and relationship guides such as The Rules a best-seller, Americans' already strong fascination with how people meet and fall in love seems to growing. ...

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