Ep. - 1636 - LOVE ISLAND WITH CHRIS DEROSA
6/12/202645 min
Reality television producer and Fixing Famous People podcast co-host Chris DeRosa joins Kate to break down Love Island USA Season 8, now streaming on Peacock. They discuss what the show is, why it has exploded into one of the most-watched reality series in television history, and what to watch for this season.
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First 90 secondsKate Casey· Host0:00
The Amazing Kate Casey. Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey. You guys, [laughs] I've got such a funny episode. Today's episode is about a reality show that has already surpassed over 800 million watching minutes, and we're really early into the season. This show is filmed in Fiji pretty much in real time, and it's with people in bikinis. I'm talking about Season 8 of Love Island USA, which premiered on Peacock on June 2nd. It has already broken records in the first few days alone. Now, Love Island originated in the UK, where it became an absolute cultural phenomenon, the kind of show that people called in sick from work to watch. It caused genuine national debate, and it launched more Instagram careers than probably a Kardashian collab. Now, the American version landed on Peacock, and it had a quiet couple of seasons, and then Season 6 happened, and it became Peacock's most-watched original series in the history of the platform. Season 7 racked up 18.4 billion minutes of watch time. That's with a B, like a billion, like the GDP of a small nation, but with eyeballs. And here is the format. It's deceptively simple, which is why it's absolutely diabolical. You've got a group of attractive singles, and they're called Islanders. They move into this villa in Fiji. They are cut off from the outside world. No phones, no news, no escape, and they must