Burning Love (TV series)

Season 1

Ken Marino as Mark Orlando, the bachelor

Michael Ian Black as Bill Tundle, the host

The contestants:

Kristen Bell as Mandy, a devout Christian

June Diane Raphael as Julie Gristlewhite, the "damaged goods" contestant

Ken Jeong as Ballerina, the "exotic" contestant

Malin Åkerman as Willow, a homeless woman

Natasha Leggero as Haley, the sex freak

Abigail Spencer as Annie, the "too perfect" contestant

Carla Gallo as Tamara P, a blind contestant

Helen Slayton-Hughes as Agnes, the older woman

Noureen DeWulf as Titi, the rich contestant

Morgan Walsh as Vivian, a pregnant contestant

Jennifer Aniston as Dana, who keeps her identity secret

Beth Dover as Lexie, a contestant obsessed with Mark

Erin Muroski as Destiny, the desperate contestant

Deanna Russo as Tamara G, who has a medical condition

Janet Varney as Carly, a lesbian

Erica Oyama as Shera

Other characters:

Ben Stiller as Joe Rutherford, the previous season's bachelor

Christine Taylor as Symphony, Joe's wife he picked from the previous season

Cindy Caponera as Cindy

Matt Ballard as Limo Driver

Chris Farah as Kiki

Colton Dunn as Tim, the medic

Brian George as Raj

Adam Scott as Damien, Mark's "psychiatrist"

Mo Gaffney as Traci

Matt Besser as Phil

Brian Huskey as Hershel, Agnes' son

Mather Zickel as Brock Glencoe, trainer to the stars

Kerri Kenney-Silver as Jay, Mark's friend

Ryan Hansen as the "Cowboy Waiter"

Paul Scheer as Kip, a stand-up comedian

Zandy Hartig as Owner of a Burning House

Season 2 cast

June Diane Raphael as Julie Gristlewhite, the bachelorette

Michael Ian Black as Bill Tundle, the host

The contestants:

Adam Scott as Damien, Mark's former "psychologist"

Joe Lo Truglio as Alex, the single dad who’s emotional about not seeing his son

Paul Scheer as Robby Z, a party motivator

Rob Huebel as Simon, a prince

Jerry O’Connell as Henry, a contractor from Provo, UT and an all-around good guy

Adam Brody as Max, a decent human being who happens to be Jewish

Michael Cera as Wally, an intellectual who is a hopeless romantic

Colin Hanks as Allison, the classy one

Martin Starr as Leo, the grown up premature baby

Ryan Hansen as Blaze, the bad boy

Nick Kroll as Khris, a baby-sitter who recently had a bad breakup

Kumail Nanjiani as Zakir, the token ethnic contestant

Nick Thune as Teddy, the musical one

Brandon Johnson as Trevor, one of the bonus contestants

Other characters:

Ben Stiller as Joe Rutherford, the bachelor from the show's (fictional) first season, now living in extreme poverty due to bad investments

Christine Taylor as Symphony, Joe's wife

Ken Marino as Mark Orlando, the previous season's bachelor

Deanna Russo as Tamara G, who Mark has since broken up with

Colton Dunn as Tim, the medic

Abigail Spencer as Annie, bachelorette on the fictional "Burning Love: Hot for Teacher" season

Paul Rudd as Annie's ex-fiancee

Jessica St. Clair as Polly

Katie Aselton as Idina Blimperson

Rob Corddry as Lorenzo Blimperson

Drew Droege as Cyrano Cruze-Shippe

Rebecca Romijn as Katie

Jensen Karp as Hot Karl

Lindsey Kraft as Rebecca

Janet Varney as Carly

Season 3 cast

Michael Ian Black as Bill Tundle, the host

The contestants:

June Diane Raphael as Julie, the "damaged goods" contestant (Mark's season, Julie's season)

Joe Lo Truglio as Alex, the single dad who’s emotional about not seeing his son (Julie's season)

Natasha Leggero as Haley, the sex freak (Mark's season)

Rob Huebel as Simon, a prince (Julie's season)

Leslie Bibb as Bevarly, the southern party girl (Joe's season)

Ryan Hansen as Blaze, the bad boy (Julie's season)

Abigail Spencer as Annie, the "too perfect" contestant (Mark's season, Annie's season)

Alex Anfanger as Noah, the virgin (Annie's season)

Carly Craig as Felicia, the hot one (Joe's season)

Kumail Nanjiani as Zakir, the bonus contestant (Julie's season)

Helen Slayton-Hughes as Virginia, the twin of Agnes the older woman

Armen Weitzman as Hathwell, the super fan

Morgan Walsh as Vivian, a formerly pregnant contestant (Mark's season)

Ken Marino as Mark, the sexy fireman (Mark's season)

Christine Taylor as Symphony, the regretful winner (Joe's season)

Beth Dover as Lexie, a contestant obsessed with Blaze (Mark's season)

Janet Varney as Carly, the lesbian (Mark's season)

Rob Delaney as Kirk, the life of the party (Annie's season)

Other characters:

Thomas Lennon as Lev Realness, a pop singer who sleeps with Haley

Casey Wilson as Aunt Pam, Julie's aunt who gives her and Mark relationship counseling over the phone.

Jeff Ross as himself

Seth Rogen as Roger, a trainee medic

Colton Dunn as Tim, the medic

Paul Scheer as Robby Z, who returns as a judge for the dancing competition

Carla Gallo as Tamara P, who returns as a judge for the dancing competition

David Wain as Reg Durjmah, a "famed raincoat designer" who is the third judge for the dancing competition

Story and episodes

Depending on the season, the show either follows a man or a woman who is looking for the perfect mate from a pool of contestants, or has contestants living together in a mansion competing for a cash prize. Season one showcases fireman Mark Orlando (Ken Marino) as the bachelor. Season two of the series, which premiered in February 2013, stars June Diane Raphael reprising her role as season one contestant Julie, now the bachelorette given the chance to find the perfect man. Season three also premiered in 2013 and starred former contestants from seasons one and two competing for a $900 prize rather than for love (similar to Bachelor spin-off, Bachelor Pad).

Season chronology

The seasons of the show as listed do not match the internally referenced season chronology because of two fictitious seasons. Internally season one references the Joe Rutherford (Ben Stiller) season, and seasons two and three reference the Annie (Abigail Spencer) season. Neither of these seasons actually occurred but are frequently mentioned during the course of various real episodes. Season three also announced a nonexistent season with superfan Hathwell Crisping.

Burning Love with Joe Rutherford (nonexistent)

1. Burning Love with Mark Orlando

Burning Love: Hot For Teacher (nonexistent) with Annie

2. Burning Love with Julie Gristlewhite

3. Burning Love: Burning Down The House

Burning Love: A Fanty Tale (nonexistent) with Hathwell Granger Crisping

Season 1

¹ Bachelor Mark decided that this contestant was who he wanted to propose to.

^† The after the final hose ceremony episode.

     The contestant was eliminated when bachelorettes first arrived.     The contestant was eliminated during hose ceremony.     The contestant was eliminated by other contestants.     The contestant received hose on group date.     The contestant was eliminated in episode 6 on one-on-one date.     The contestant was eliminated in episode 8 for violating rules.     The contestant was eliminated in episode 9 on two-on-one date.     The contestant was eliminated in the final proposal ceremony.     The contestant was proposed to and accepted proposal.     The contestant was proposed to and rejected proposal.

Season 2

^* Both contestants were given the box simultaneously

     The contestant was eliminated at the box ceremony     The contestant was eliminated for being too drunk, getting into a fight, and urinating in the wine cellar.     The contestant was eliminated while on the puppet date for calling it 'dumb'     The contestant left on his own for not being into Julie     The contestant was given a box while on zoo date     The contestant was given a box while on camping date     The contestant left on his own since Julie isn't Jewish     The contestant proposed to Julie but she rejected him     The contestant proposed to Julie but then he had to bounce because he wasn't into Julie     The contestant proposed to Julie who accepted but then removed her acceptance to accept Blaze's then Mark's Proposal     The contestant proposed to Julie and she accepted

Season 3: Contestant standings by episode

     The contestant won the challenge     The contestant was eliminated by other players     The contestant quit     The contestant was taken on a date by the challenge winner     The contestant was taken on a date by the challenge winner and was granted immunity     The contestant was forced to leave when she was arrested     The contestant left because she was impregnated     The contestant was eliminated when they lost the challenge     The contestant returned because the rule book states that everyone needed a partner     The contestant was voted by the other contestant as a member of the winning couple and chose the money over the relationship, therefore winning overall     The contestant was voted by the other contestant as a member of the winning couple and chose the relationship over the money, therefore losing out on the prize money

Television

The first season of Burning Love had its worldwide television premiere on E! in Australia in January 2013 and E! in America on February 25, 2013. In Canada, the series premiered on Much; a sister to the local version of E!.

The first season premiered in the UK on Netflix in October 2013, edited into a 110-minute movie. The second season premiered on Australia's E! in February 2014, with the third season premiering on March 6, 2014.

Home media

Season one was released on DVD on November 12, 2013. A year later, seasons two and three were released together as a two-disc set on September 16, 2014.