[2][1] The five couples were Matt and Cortez (a friendly if awkward man and an attractive/uninterested woman who later claimed she was attracted to "the abusers"), Jennifer and Xavier (cold, unfriendly blonde woman and low-key Frenchman model), Stephen and Denise (uncomfortable average guy and low self-esteem woman who liked him much more than he liked her), Jill and Kevin (NHL team hostess and Catholic "daddy's girl" and a former pro baseball player seeking a new career), and Billie Jean and Tony (party girl and general bro).

In the end, neither of the couples (Jill Nicolini and Kevin, Billie Jean Houle and Tony)[1][4] opted to get married.

"[9] Sheerly Avni of Salon criticized the series as "an orgy of vanilla heterophilia, a fantasy of a straight, lily-white America that should have gone the way of the original Star Trek enterprise.

The affiliate claimed that they contacted Fox to express their concerns over the series' concept, in which they stated that it "demeans and exploits the institution of marriage.

"[14] In the penultimate episode of Married by America, the contestants were thrown Bachelor and Bachelorette parties that featured strippers.