Who Wants to Date a Comedian? is an American reality-based dating competition series that debuted in first-run syndication in the United States on September 19, 2011. The half-hour series was created by Byron Allen through his production company Entertainment Studios. The series, which is primarily syndicated to stations affiliated with The CW and MyNetworkTV and to independent stations, for broadcast in access, late fringe and graveyard time periods, is among the first dating series to air in first-run syndication since the 2006 cancellations of Blind Date and Elimidate. The series' second season debuted on September 17, 2012.