The following thesis will be dissecting and analyze the Arabic version of the dating show Take Me Out, with particular attention to what was deemed as its controversial content. The show, which aired on the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI) channel, also known as LBC, back in 2016, caused a commotion among its audiences for displaying scenes that are overtly sexual as well as relatively new to Lebanese television, especially when it came to gender roles and dynamics.

As such, the first question that will be tackled by this thesis is: How do gender and sexual representations on the show and discourses about them evoke different values, norms, and traditions in the popular imagination? In an attempt to answer this question, I will be analyzing the content of the show and comparing and contrasting it with the norms and values in the Lebanese/Arab popular imagination. Consequently, I studied both the discourse within and around the show.