Late last year, when people were caterwauling over the baseness of ABC's 'Conveyor Belt of Love', a show that was often lumped into the same we're-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket category was the Alphabet Net's summer series 'Dating in the Dark.'

The comparison was a bit unfair. Not that 'Dark' was Shakespeare or anything, but at least it had the faint patina of being part scuzzy dating reality show, part social experiment. Would these people who got to really like each other in a pitch-black room still like each other when the lights were turned on? The surprise of the show's first season was that, no matter what you hear on those sickening eHarmony commercials, both men and women have the capacity to be shallow as hell.

The good news is that we'll be seeing more of that this summer, as word comes from Variety that ABC has ordered six more episodes of 'Dating in the Dark.'

• At 8, ABC has the season premiere of The Bachelor, followed by Conveyor Belt of Love.
• NBC has a new two-hour Heroes at 8, then a new Jay Leno Show.
• FOX has the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl at 8, Boise State vs. Texas Christian.
• PBS has a new Antiques Roadshow at 8.
• ABC Family has the season premiere of Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8, then the season premiere of Make It or Break It.
• Food Network has a new Good Eats at 8.
• TLC has a new Little People, Big World at 8.
• Also at 8: Spike has a new TNA Wrestling.
• At 9, USA has a new Monday Night RAW.
• TLC has a new Cake Boss at 9.
• E! has a new Bank of Hollywood at 9.
• There's a new Unwrapped on Food Network at 9.
• At 10, TNT has a new Men of a Certain Age.
• A&E has a new Hoarders at 10.
• Bravo has a new Chef Academy at 10.

Check your local TV listings for more.

After the jump, the late night talk shows.

ABC has officially found a way to turn dating reality shows into a literal metaphor.

The network has approved a one-hour special called Conveyor Belt of Love in which prospective bachelors are presented to blushing bachelorettes on (you guessed it!) a conveyor belt like so much pre-packaged meat.

The show is being produced by the game show powerhouse Endemol, which produced a similar dating show back in the day called Chains of Love in which people were (you guessed it again!) chained to their dates. Let's hope these literal freaks never produce a dating show It's Time to Cut Him Off.

Check out the show's official trailer after the jump. Watch it with someone you love who reminds you that you don't have to grovel for affection on television anymore.