Joe Millionaire

Romance

Joe Millionaire is an American reality dating show that premiered on Fox in 2003. The first two seasons of the series followed a group of single women, competing for the affection of a bachelor who was falsely billed as being a millionaire. If the last remaining woman still accepted the love of the bachelor despite the ruse, the couple would also win a high-value prize. The first season of Joe Millionaire premiered on January 6, 2003. The series was highly successful, with Fox promoting that its season finale (seen by an average of 34.6 million viewers) was the highest-rated entertainment program (excluding Super Bowl lead-out programs) aired on network television since 2000.