Original title
Tough Love
Released
3/15/2009
Origin country
US
Genre
Reality
Production companies
High Noon Entertainment
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
35
Tough Love is an American reality television series that airs on VH1 and premiered on March 15, 2009. The host and matchmaker of the show is Steven Ward of the Philadelphia based Master Matchmakers. Steven Ward's mother, JoAnn Ward, offers relationship advice.
Steve and JoAnn Ward open up their business to VH1 cameras for a one-hour docu-special where tough love is administered not only to clients, but also to each other.
Eight women, struggling to find love, arrive at the Tough Love Boot Camp to enlist the aide of mother and son Master Matchmakers, Steve and JoAnn Ward.
Steve sends the girls on some shocking dates, literally, as he outfits them with "The Zapper".
The girls get a chance to show Steve what they think is sexy when they step in front of the camera for a photo shoot.
The ladies compete in touch football and bar trivia to prove they can be one of the guys.
The girls try to strip away the past as they strip away t-shirts revealing embarrassing facts about themselves.
Steve hosts a game show where a male studio audience decides whether or not the girls are "Cute or Crazy".
It’s visiting day at Boot Camp and Steve invites special guests for each of the girls.
The Tough Love Bootcamp is coming to an end for our six remaining girls, but Steve has one last challenge for them, and this time the training wheels are coming off.
Steve Ward is back as 8 brand new Tough Love recruits arrive at Boot Camp in desperate need of Steve’s help.
The girls go on dates at an amusement park only to find out that Steve has a wet and wild challenge in store for them.
Lingerie, sexy poses and alluring looks are the order of the day, but one bootcamper’s blowup will leave the others shaken.
In the most emotional week of Tough Love Boot Camp yet, the girls are forced to look into their pasts and confront lingering issues they have with their fathers.
It's the Miss Tough Love Beauty Pageant, where the ladies learn exactly what it takes to make a man go "wow!"
The ladies of Tough Love are horrified and outraged when they are put on trial for their scandalous past dating crimes.
The girls are tested on their dollars and sense as contestants on a provocative game show called “What’s my Price?”
In a startling twist of fate, the girls’ ex-boyfriends arrive at Tough Love Boot Camp – and they are challenged to confront their pasts before they are able to move forward with the future.
Steve gives the girls a terrifying glimpse into their future – and what it's like to be single forever. But instead of embracing their transformations, some of the girls lead a Boot Camp revolt.
As the second Tough Love Boot Camp comes to a close, Steve takes the training wheels off and sends the ladies on romantic overnight dates.
The ladies of Tough Love 2 conclude their romantic weekend dates and head back to the house for the biggest group ceremony yet, where the remaining women must decide who they will give their promise rings to.
Steve Ward is back and this time, he’s taking his Tough Love Bootcamp on the road…to Miami, one of the hottest dating scenes around! With eight new bootcampers to train for love, Steve has his hands full.
Steve puts his bootcamper’s texting skills to a secret test and gets some surprising results! Later, the ladies and their dates are ambushed with all the dirty laundry from their online profiles.
Steve’s mom, JoAnn, arrives at bootcamp to help him with an early morning raid of the ladies rooms and personal belongings. What she and Steve discover will lead to a dramatic makeover that leaves one bootcamper in tears.
Steve challenges the ladies to communicate with their dates non-verbally, using body language to convey their feelings and complete a series of saucy Miami activities.
The ladies are challenged to show their sexy side, while dancing the samba in full Brazilian attire: headdresses, sequins and not much else.
Steve teaches his bootcampers a tough lesson about dating deal breakers, their own as well as those of the men they are seeing.
Bootcamp takes an emotional turn this week when the girls are asked to confront any lingering relationship issues they have with their mothers.
The girls are tested on their moral compass in a revealing game show called “Land O’ Lies”. When Steve calls on them to reveal the biggest lie they’ve ever told, a game-changing secret is revealed about one of the ladies.
The girls are taken aback when their ex-boyfriends begin ringing the doorbell. But what happens when your confrontational past meets your romantic present when the girls’ current flames show up for the party?
It’s time for our bootcampers to take their fledgling relationship to the next level – in the Bahamas! The girls and their dates board a real life love boat, but some of these relationships may not survive the trip.
It's time for the Promise Ring Ceremony. Each bootcamper must make a personal decision and a promise...to herself, to Steve and especially to her suitor at bootcamp.
Steve and Joann follow up with the ladies of Tough Love Miami eight months after bootcamp. Lessons have been learned and lives have been changed, but some bootcamp drama won't go away.
Steve and Joann Ward are back and they have brought 8 of their toughest cases to New Orleans, home of Mardi Gras, Jazz, and temptation around every corner.
From creating alluring online dating profiles to selecting the right pictures to represent themselves, Steve covers every possible pitfall our bootcampers will face with dating in the digital age.
The ladies get a rude awakening when Steve puts them in front of a panel of 25 men to learn what really turns them on - and off!
Steve and Joann go undercover and watch the bootcampers uncensored, unfiltered and completely uninhibited! The girls are unleashed on the city of New Orleans for a wild night out that ends up going off the rails.
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