The premise: An RV full of daters went one by one on dates with a stranger who could at any time call "next" to get a new person to date. For every minute the date lasted, the dater earned a dollar, which they got to keep if they got "nexted. Why it was so wild: The daters' personal facts were iconic , and the premise was essentially Tinder with a financial-incentive twist. The one true highlight was the terrible daters, who, admittedly, made for great reality TV — but where was the love?

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Unlike a lot of other reality dating shows — let alone reality shows featuring people with disabilities — a real effort by producers seems to have been made to showcase the range of experiences for people on the spectrum, as well as to destigmatize a commonly misunderstood, misdiagnosed and deeply maligned condition. The range of people diagnosed with autism portrayed on the show is a true reflection of real life, where 1 in 54 children in the U. The show also does a good job representing the way in which other disabilities may also be present in people with autism, including by showing one participant who has both cerebral palsy and autism. But, perhaps most important, the show absolutely undermines the hurtful, untrue stereotype that those of us with autism are fully incapable of love or long-term interpersonal relationships. As clinical psychologist Dr. After all, the ups-and-downs of dating that participants experienced — from first date jitters to initial awkwardness, and even being rejected — are commonplace for any modern single person, whether in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s or beyond. And, of course, a few people in the cast referred to being treated differently and even ghosted once they mentioned being on the spectrum to their partners.


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For Love or Money is an American reality television show initially broadcast as summer programming on NBC in and Four seasons of the program were shown in linked pairs, and all seasons were hosted by Jordan Murphy. Roth as two of the executive producers. The series was a dating game show where the chosen winner had to choose between starting a relationship with the central bachelor or bachelorette , or taking home a cash prize while not being permitted any further contact with the central contestant.




The series takes four couples at a crucial time in their relationship, splits them up in two houses, and surrounds them with sexy single people to date over the course of the show. Either the couples will weather the storm or they'll give into temptation, but there will inevitably be drama no matter what happens with that many men and women living in fancy villas together. Temptation Island is hardly the first insane-sounding show centered around dating on TV and not even the first version of Temptation Island , but it might just be the most cruel and therefore entertaining. Join us as we take a walk through some of TV's other wild TV dating concepts—minus The Bachelor, because in comparison, one person dating 30 other people and slowly eliminating them is practically a normal way to date at this point. Temptation Island might be the most twisted of them all, just because its stars are not even single.