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Average Joe debuts tonight. Celebrity Mole winner Kathy Griffin hosts NBC’s latest reality TV dating show, which finds one woman being courted by 16 average-looking guys. Although star Melana reportedly ran away upon learning that the men were, um, not hot, she returned and Average Joe debuts tonight at 10 p.m. ET. The New York …

Average Joe is “the anti-Bachelor.” Because there are aren’t enough shows with the word Joe in the title, NBC will debut the six-episode series Average Joe on Nov. 3. Its twist: The woman, Melana Scantlin, will have to select a potential mate from a group of not-quite-hot men; a producer refers to the show as …

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