New dating series debuts on FOX Nation

Let's talk love. Six episodes, one eligible bachelor and a relationship journey with 10 women. Fox Nation now has its first original dating series called The Vow. Who better to host than Chris Harrison? He joins us with his wife, Lauren Zima, who also co-produces the show as well. Hello to you both. Good morning. Thanks for having me. Good to be back home in Dallas. Good morning. Good to see you. I'm a sucker for reality relationship shows, you guys. So I've watched you a lot. So let's break down the vow really quickly. I read that it says this series focuses on intentional dating instead of like superficial connections. So Chris, how you plan You know, it really was by removing a lot that usually comes with these typical shows, elimination ceremonies, trinkets, you know, setting a time in the night of like, okay, stop. You got to kick three people off that you don't know. It was keeping the numbers smaller, having casting very important, raising the age a little bit, people a little more serious about finding the people they want to spend the rest of their lives with. And that along with faith, Intention, authenticity, really made for an incredible environment to find love. Yeah, and what we found was that when we raised the stakes, the drama followed because I'm with you. I love reality TV. I mean, I met my soulmate by covering reality TV. So, of course, we want to make a great television show. And when we leaned into that genuine, authentic search for love, when we found those people who were not trying to be Instagram famous, who were those diamond in the rough people and brought them together, oh my gosh, the drama followed because the feelings were so real. And by removing elimination ceremonies, let me tell you, anything can happen at any moment on this show. Our guy, Jace, or the women, we told them, you can make a breakup happen at any time. So it's truly unpredictable. As producers, we'd be watching them talk, and we'd realize, oh, oh, oh, they're breaking up. Get a camera. Get a camera. So it's incredible. It's captivating. Yeah, let's talk about Jace, because he's the first guy that's looking for love on this show. He's 30 years old. He's from Oregon. What was it about this guy that you guys were like, yeah, he's our first one. He's our first go-to guy. What was it about him? Well, first of all, pretty strong jawline. That was critical. Then we found out the abs followed. No, I'm just kidding. Jace is great. We spent so much time on casting because, again, we really wanted to find the best people. We knew it was all about that. And Jace, he's 30 years old. He's a little older. He's really, really ready to find the one. He's had some life experience. And one thing he said to us, I'll tell you, in the casting process stuck out. You might go on a date with a guy and he says, oh, I want to get married one day. Here's what Jace told us. I have been working. I have been saving. I've bought a home, he's a homeowner, for the wife and family that I don't have yet but I so desperately want. I thought, this guy doesn't just talk the talk, he walks the walk. I mean, come on, Chris, how can you not love him, right? Exactly. And really, you know, I don't know why this is a wild concept, Lauren, but it is having people who really want to get married on a dating show and then creating an environment where they really can find love. I don't know why raising the bar is such a crazy taboo idea, but apparently it is a wild one. And that's what the vow does. We thought instead of lowering the bar, which society and other shows seem to be doing, let's raise the bar. Let's raise it as Get as high as you possibly can and truly help these people. Try to find the person of their dreams. I'll be watching every Wednesday night, new episodes each week, Wednesdays, The Vow on Fox. Thank you guys for being with us, looking forward to it. Thank you so much. And maybe a little drama too.