After the rip roaring success of the Real Housewives’ franchise, Bravo Media invested heavily in what they hoped would be a new franchise; Most Eligible and chose Texas as the initial host state, Most Eligible Dallas, was the first of what was hoped was many potential Most Eligible series.

Six young Dallasites were cast; Matt Nordgren, Courtney Kerr, Glenn Pakulak, Drew Ginsburg, Tara Harper and Neill Skylar to represent this larger-than-life southern city, however it seems as an ensemble cast they never collectively hit it off as certainly the ratings didn’t take off either.

Scheduled to air Monday’s at 10pm, its first three episodes debuted following Season 5 of Millionaire Matchmaker and the last five gained the added boost of having the Season 2 of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airing in the 9pm time slot.
In its freshman season ME Dallas averaged a very respectable 828,625 viewers per episode (18-49 Demo 0.44); the three episodes that followed Millionaire Matchmaker averaged 791,667 viewers (demo 0.40) and the 6 which followed RHoBH; a larger audience of 850,800 (demo 0.46).

Courtney Kerr seemingly was the only cast member who built a following with fans and in August 2012 Bravo Media announced a spin off for her called Courtney Loves Dallas.

The series was produced by Pink Sneakers for Bravo. The executive producers are Kimberly Belcher Cowin and John Ehrhard.

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Episode#	Time	Date	Episode Name	Total Audience	18-49 Demo
S01E01	10:00 PM	15-Aug-11	Plenty of Fish in the Big D	784,000	0.40
S01E02	10:00 PM	22-Aug-11	Take the Bull by the Horns	860,000	0.40
S01E03	10:00 PM	29-Aug-11	When Pigs Fly	731,000	0.40
S01E04	10:00 PM	5-Sep-11	Make Love Not War	951,000	0.50
S01E05	10:00 PM	19-Sep-11	Getting to Know You	806,000	0.50
S01E06	10:00 PM	26-Sep-11	Friendly as Fire Ants	709,000	0.40
S01E07	10:00 PM	3-Oct-11	Everything’s Bigger in Texas	794,000	0.40
S01E08	10:00 PM	17-Oct-11	Pony Up	994,000	0.50
Season 1 Average				828,625	0.44

Source: Nielsen Media Research via TVByTheNumbers