For three seasons, “Love on the Spectrum” has presented dating through a refreshing lens. On a streamer full of “Too Hot to Handles” and “Temptation Islands,” Netflix’s down-to-earth reality series spotlights people on the autism spectrum looking for their happily ever after. It doesn’t rely on sensationalized challenges and manufactured conflict to find narrative arcs, but rather on the sincerity of its contestants, newly minted TikTok stars whose updates amass millions of views. In 2024, it was nominated for the Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program Emmy and won for reality-show casting and directing. The third season, which premiered in April, has received some of the series’ best reviews yet.

In short, “Love on the Spectrum” is the unshowy hidden gem of dating shows.

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