Lifetime Lines Up Bachelors for The Big Match

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Lifetime is trying to show up Matt Grant and The Bachelor, as well as Deanna Pappas and The Bachelorette.

The network has ordered a pilot of the game show The Big Match.

The dating show follows 100 single men as they compete for a dream date with one woman. Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance) will host series, which is based on a format from executive producers Michael Agbabian and Dwight Smith (Phenomenon).

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