The show, set in Buffalo, New York, premiered on June 16, 2007 and ran its first thirteen episodes throughout the summer of 2007.
[3][1] A reviewer in The New York Times described Novak as, "plainspoken, but not rude, a classic dispenser of tough love."
Each episode starts with Patti interviewing two new clients and questioning them on various topics, including why they have not been lucky in love in the past.
A reviewer for The Buffalo News pointed out that while the show often humiliated the matchmaker's single, often overweight, and not especially financially successful clients, they were aware of what they were letting themselves in for, and the episodes were often "laugh-out-loud funny.
[8] Novak published a book, Get Over Yourself: How to Get Real, Get Serious, and Get Ready to Find True Love, co-authored with Laura Zigman.