‘Love Is Blind’ Is Back, but I Prefer This Underrated Netflix Dating Show

Love Is Blind — the popular Netflix show where engagements go down before face-to-face introductions — is just one of the streamer’s eyebrow-raising dating entries.

The drama-filled series is currently debuting its eighth season, but I have another — better — addictive pick for your laid-back weekend. Reality TV aficionados should pour a glass of wine and unwind with the subtle, yet enthralling gem Dating Around.

Dating Around is a relatively tame dating show compared with the other wild options out there. On Netflix’s Sexy Beasts, people date while donning creature-themed special effects make-up, and on Too Hot to Handle, singles are crammed into an island villa and told to withhold from kissing and sex. Dating Around, on the other hand, focuses on… plain, old first dates.

That’s right: The show is just about people going on casual dates in New York and New Orleans. Each episode follows one main dater as they sit

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