Dating on the Spectrum
4/19/202636 min
The reality show “Love on the Spectrum” — which just released its fourth season — has become a big hit; it’s currently one of the most watched shows on Netflix in the United States. The show follows autistic adults as they search for love.
“Love on the Spectrum” is unlike much of reality television — a genre known to subject its cast members to drama and humiliation for entertainment’s sake. Instead, the show captures a dating world that has more heartwarming moments than histrionics, and is sensitive and nuanced in its portrayal of neurodivergent people.
On today’s episode of “The Sunday Daily,” Rachel Abrams talks with Anna Peele, a contributing writer for The New York Times, about the show’s origin story and why it has resonated with so many people.
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Anna Peele is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and the author of the forthcoming book “Enter the Villa,” about the reality show “Love Island.”
Photo credit: Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times.
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Rachel Abrams· Host0:31
[instrumental music] From The New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily on Sunday. Today, the reality show Love on the Spectrum, which follows autistic adults as they search for love, has just released its fourth season. The show has largely attracted praise for its realistic, its sensitive portrayals of neurodiverse people, and it's become one of the most popular and unlikely hits on Netflix. Today, Anna Peele, a contributing writer for The Times, talked with the creator and the cast of Love on the Spectrum about the show's origin story, the nuanced criticism, and why it has resonated with so many people. It's Sunday, April 19th. Anna Peele, welcome to The Daily.
Anna Peele· Guest1:29
Thank you so much for having