TV tests relationships

Far be it for me, a singleton, to comment on what couples should and should not do, but it would seem that confronting the troubling issues in your relationships and airing your dirty laundry on network television would be a definite no-no. And who in their right mind would allow their significant other to date someone else for three weeks all for the chance of winning $100,000? Is it really worth it?

Well, those are the rules of “The Ultimate Love Test” (Wednesdays, ABC). Apparently the four couples on the show have hit a crossroads in their relationship, and while they are committed, they still have some doubt as to whether or not they are with “the one.”

Each couple will be separated for three weeks; one person will stay home while the other is sent to a beautiful resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to be temped with a person that represents what is missing in the current relationship. The loved ones at home are sent private video messages, and some scenes were definitely a bit hard to take. Caution: TROUBLE AHEAD.

For those of you who are single like me and in the market for a sexy summer fling, check out the second season of “Single in the Hamptons” exclusively on Women’s Entertainment television. The cameras follow young single Manhattanites from Memorial Day to Labor Day on their summer-long quest for true love, a rich husband, a good time and everything in between. If you’re not lucky enough to be on the invite list for P. Diddy’s Fourth of July party in the Hamptons, then this might be the closest you will get to the action.

If going to the Hamptons is your version of roughing it, then perhaps you should skip the new reality show coming to TBS. “Outback Jack” is a new reality dating series from the producers of “For Love or Money” and is scheduled to premiere on June 22 on TBS. The show features 12 American women competing for the heart of an Australian named Vadim Dale.

Sounds easy enough; however, they did not tell the beautiful city girls that the show would take place in the Australian outback and that they would have to rough it with Dale to win his heart.

Producers of the show refer to Dale as a “real-life Crocodile Dundee, only better looking.” Sounds very intriguing. I bet I could manage roughing it in the outback for a few weeks to get to know this outdoorsy fella. Throw some shrimp on the barbie for me, Vadim, I’m on my way!