MILF Manor

MILF Manor is an American reality television series that has been airing on Sundays on TLC since January 15, 2023.[1] Eight single women between the ages of 40 and 60 live in a villa in Mexico to pursue romantic relationships with eight single men a few decades younger. In the first episode, the show reveals that the men are the women's sons.

MILF Manor
GenreReality
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
Release
Original networkTLC
Original releaseJanuary 15, 2023 (2023-01-15) –
present

Premise

Eight pairs of mothers and sons travel to a villa in Mexico to look for love. Upon arrival, the contestants are told that the sixteen contestants were to romantically pursue each other. The announcement is a surprise to the contestants; one contestant, April, stated that she thought her son would be on a separate retreat instead of in her dating pool.[2] The contestants perform challenges. In the first episode, the blindfolded women have to identify their son by feeling the men's shirtless torsos, and the winner of the challenge receives a night in one of the suites with a hot tub.[3][4] Each mother-son pair shares a room. In the second episode, the contestants guess each other's deepest sex secrets, and one of the women reveal that she has had sex with her son's best friend.[5] The fourth episode introduces elimination to the program, as one mother-son duo is kicked off, and the fifth episode introduces a new mother-son duo (Lisa/Ryan S) to take their place.

The show's title refers to the acronym "MILF", meaning "Mother I'd Like to Fuck", though the show's definition of MILF leans closer to the idea of a cougar, in which an older woman actively pursues younger men, whereas the term "MILF" only implies the sexual attractiveness of the woman and not her own romantic/sexual tendencies.

Cast
Mother Age Son Age Description
Charlene DeCicco 46 Harrison Bock 23 They live in Los Angeles and previously lived in Hammonton, New Jersey.[6] Charlene works in the hospitality industry. Harrison is a college football player, and a former male entertainer.
Shannan Diggs 51 Ryan Jovan 30 Shannan is an event planner from Atlanta who was married for 18 years.[7] Ryan worked in social media marketing and now is pursuing a career in music.
Kelle Mortensen 51 Joey Buford 20 Kelle lives in Orange County and works as a real estate broker, fitness coach, and a self-proclaimed "Disco Mommy". She has six children including Joey, who is a bartender and aspiring real estate agent.[8][7]
April Marie Watson 44 Ricky 26 April is an insurance representative and an event planner,[9] and Ricky works for the United States Postal Service. Both live in Detroit.[7]
Stefany Johnson 47 Billy 28 Stefany is a paralegal and realtor. She moved from Lima to Los Angeles when she was 8.[7] Billy is pursuing a career in real estate, and always dates older women.[10]
SoYoung 51 Jimmy Kristensen 26 SoYoung works as a surgical nurse who specializes in heart surgery and lives outside of New Orleans.[7] Jimmy is a model and actor. Previously, he was in the army.
Pola Mochon 48 Jose Mizrahi 28 Pola is a former ballerina who owns a gym in Miami. Her husband died in a car accident when her children were young.[11] She is from Mexico and prefers to speak Spanish.[7] Her son Jose works with her in the fitness industry and also is a Mexican television host.
April Jayne 60 Gabriel Jayne 23 April Jayne is a personal trainer whose fiancé passed away in 2022. Gabriel is in a rock band with his brother and father. Both live in Los Angeles.[7]
Lisa Wilcox 58 Ryan Sherman 26 Lisa is an actress best known for her role as Alice Johnson in the A Nightmare On Elm Street films and Ryan is a software engineer.

Episodes
No.TitleOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
1"MILF Said Knock You Out"January 15, 2023 (2023-01-15)N/A
2"Your MILF Should Know"January 22, 2023 (2023-01-22)N/A
3"Your MILF Don't Dance"January 29, 2023 (2023-01-29)N/A
4"She's a Bad MILF Jama"February 5, 2023 (2023-02-05)N/A
5"MILF I'm a Big Boy Now"February 19, 2023 (2023-02-19)N/A
6"MILF Told Me Not To Come"February 26, 2023 (2023-02-26)N/A
7"MILF's Broken Heart"March 5, 2023 (2023-03-05)N/A
8"I Ain't Your MILF"March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12)N/A
9"I'll Always Love My MILF"March 19, 2023 (2023-03-19)N/A

Reception

Naomi Fry wrote in The New Yorker that MILF Manor "might be a new low for reality TV, perhaps even a rock bottom", stating that the show's premise was "only slightly less outlandish than 'MILF Island,' featured on NBC's 30 Rock, back in 2008."[3]

Daniela Neumann, the managing director of the London-based production company behind the idea for the show, said that she doesn’t understand “what all the fuss is about" and that the series is about "female empowerment, erasing the double standard stigma of older women dating younger men, that everyone on the show had a good time, and that every man is someone’s son."[12]

The show currently has a 17% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[13] wherein critics describe it as "psychological torture" and "Freudian Horror".

See also

References
  1. Haasch, Palmer. "I watched 'MILF Manor' so you don't have to, but frankly, you have to see it to believe it". Insider. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  2. Bradley, Laura (2023-01-29). "Did 'MILF Manor' Really Trick Contestants With Its Effed-Up Premise?". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  3. "The Mother-Lovers of "MILF Manor"". The New Yorker. 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  4. Los Angeles Times Staff (2023-01-27). "'MILF Manor,' explained: We watched TLC's Oedipal fever dream so you don't have to". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  5. "The moms and sons of 'MILF Manor' had to guess each others' deepest sex secrets on episode 2 — here are 5 other wild things that happened". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  6. Tyler, Diana. "Hammonton NJ mother & son hope to find love on the same dating show". 92.7 WOBM. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  7. Longeretta, Emily (2023-01-10). "'Milf Manor' Cast: Meet the Moms Looking for Love on TLC's New Dating Show". Variety. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  8. "Meet the Men of MILF Manor". TLC. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  9. "Meet the Women of MILF Manor".
  10. "Meet the Men of MILF Manor".
  11. "Is Milf Manor the queasiest new dating show on TV?". the Guardian. 2023-01-18. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  12. "The story behind 'MILF Manor,' the reality show that seems like a fever dream". Washing Post. 2023-02-01. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  13. "MILF Manor - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. 2023-02-22. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
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