I don’t know about everyone else’s algorithm, but based on my feeds, Netflix’s third season of Perfect Match is making no noise. Sure, the streaming giant’s omnibus reality show reached its Top 10, but none of my favorite follows are tweeting; the #PerfectMatch tag on TikTok is bringing up posts from last year. I asked some friends if they were watching, and they thought I meant the Chinese drama from earlier this year. Even the subreddit’s top posts are either about how “everyone sucks,” or how this season is frustrating or mid. Though Netflix tried to curate the biggest season yet by bringing in reality alums outside of the streaming giant, the fandom has reached a consensus: We’re tired.
It seems that fans of reality dating series have reached their maximum limits for toxic drama, after a year where producers couldn’t find the love. For as many Reddit posts as there are tracking reality stars’s every update and examining who’s mad at who, there are tweets and threads about how insert-upcoming-show is coming to claim whatever peace fans have found while taking a reality TV break. It’s enough to make you wonder whether fans are close to changing the channel altogether.
