Love is in the air at Netflix.
The streamer has renewed its unscripted series Love Is Blind for two more seasons — taking the show through its fifth installment — and is betting heavily on the dating-show genre with several new shows and renewals.
The new shows are a U.S. version of Australian series Love on the Spectrum and Jewish Matchmaking, from the producers of Indian Matchmaking. Netflix is even taking a stab at the self-perpetuating dating show universe a la ABC’s Bachelor franchise, with an untitled show bringing together participants from several other its unscripted shows, including Too Hot to Handle, Love Is Blind, The Circle and Selling Tampa.
The streamer has also picked up a third season of Indian Matchmaking ahead of season two’s debut later this year and ordered a second run of its soon-to-premiere The Ultimatum that will feature all queer couples.
Season two of Love Is Blind has performed well for Netflix since its Feb. 11 premiere, both on the company’s own top 10 lists and in Nielsen’s streaming rankings (the show racked up more than 1.4 billion minutes of viewing time the week of Feb. 14, per Nielsen). Season three is set to premiere later this year.
Kinetic Content produces Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum and the all-star show. Chris Coelen and Eric Detwiler are executive producers of all three. Love Is Blind is also exec produced by Ally Simpson, Kimberly Goodman, Brent Gauches, Heather Crowe and Brian Smith; The Ultimatum by Sarah Dillistone, Stephanie Boyriven, Kelly Montalvo and Chris Cullen; and the untitled all-star show by Dillistone and Sharyn Mills.
The other new series are below.
The U.S. version of Love on the Spectrum, like its Australian predecessor, will follow a group of people in the United States who are on the autism spectrum and navigating love and relationships. It’s from Northern Pictures, with Karina Holden and Cian O’Clery executive producing.
Jewish Matchmaking features single people in the United States and Israel who turn their dating lives over to a traditional Jewish matchmaker. Will using the traditional practice of shidduch help them find their soulmate in today’s world? Industrial Media’s The Intellectual Property Corporation, which produces Indian Matchmaking, is behind the show. Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman, Smriti Mundhra and J.C. Begley exec produce.
Source: Hollywood
