Looking for love in a spoof

As a faux tweet noted, Fox's The Choice has breathlessly informed us of its cast. This dating game spoof of The Voice may be getting out of hand.

Not that I mind spoofs. The 88 gazillion talent contests now littering TV deserve a good spoofing or three. The set for The Choice will certainly look familiar to Voice fans.

At least Cat Deeley has proven to be a competent game show host. The celeb bachelors and bachelorettes (lapsing into Dating Game speak) are the usual pop culture suspects. Singers and actors and whatnot. The show helps keep 'em off food stamps.

Trouble is, Fox's reality exec Mike Darnell sounds a little too serious about the whole thing. "What started out as a goof ended up being a ridiculously good format. It really feels like a hit. It was charming and funny...[The show] works beautifully. It’s going to sell all over the world."

Are people all over the world truly ready for this spoof? We'll see this summer.

UPDATE: Hollywood Junket reports from the set. Lots of "gameplay" details and one cynical note on the lady celebs: "These ladies were, well, not ladies! They were mean girls, and whoa were they brutal!"