▁a ▁general ▁de volution ▁of ▁dign ity . ▁Question s ▁were ▁often ▁obviously ▁rig ged ▁to ▁get ▁rid icul ous ▁responses , ▁or ▁be ▁obvious ▁all us ions ▁to ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁participants ' ▁private ▁areas . ▁ ▁The ▁New ly wed ▁Game , ▁by ▁contrast , ▁another ▁Bar ris ▁show , ▁had ▁recently ▁married ▁cou ples ▁compet ing ▁to ▁answer ▁questions ▁about ▁each ▁other ' s ▁prefer ences . ▁The ▁couple ▁who ▁knew ▁each ▁other ▁the ▁best ▁would ▁win ▁the ▁game ; ▁sometimes ▁others ▁got ▁divor ced . ▁Once , ▁someone ▁divor ced ▁after ▁appearing ▁on ▁The ▁New ly wed ▁Game ▁got ▁a ▁" second ▁chance " ▁on ▁The ▁D ating ▁Game . ▁G imm icks ▁were ▁the ▁lif eb lo od ▁of ▁all ▁such ▁shows , ▁which ▁drew ▁critic isms ▁for ▁inst ig ating ▁dis aff ection ▁that ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁effect ed . ▁ ▁The ▁genre ▁w an ed ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁later ▁rev ived ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁D ating ▁Game ▁and ▁the ▁UK ▁version ▁Bl ind ▁Date , ▁and ▁the ▁original ▁shows ▁were ▁popular ▁in ▁r er uns , ▁unusual ▁for ▁any ▁game ▁show . ▁C able ▁television ▁rev ived ▁some ▁interest ▁in ▁these ▁shows ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁and ▁eventually ▁new ▁shows ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁made ▁along ▁the ▁old ▁concepts . ▁Vari ations ▁featuring ▁L GB T ▁contest ants ▁began ▁to ▁appear ▁on ▁a ▁few ▁special ty ▁channels . ▁ ▁Other ▁shows