Netflix is expanding its reality TV slate with a handful of renewals and new series.
Thankfully for couples on the verge of marriage, the streamer will bring back “The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On” for a third season in December. The series follows six couples (one partner is ready to get married and the other is less sure) who must navigate an eight-week ultimatum while also experiencing an alternate future with a potential new partner from one of the other pairs. At the end of the eight weeks, the couples must commit to marriage or choose to move on. Nick and Vanessa Lachey serve as hosts for the show, which hails from Kinetic Content.
The spinoff series “The Ultimatum: Queer Love,” featuring only women and nonbinary people, will also return for a 10-episode second season, hosted by JoAnna Garcia Swisher. Netflix did not announce a release date.
Netflix also announced three new reality series, starting with an installment to the “Selling” franchise based in the Big Apple. “Selling the City” will follow a group of real estate agents at Douglas Elliman as they “navigate the cutthroat world of luxury real estate in New York City,” per Netflix. Production will start this spring. The series, from Done and Done Productions and executive producers Adam DiVello, Skyler Wakil, Chris Cullen and Kris Lindquist, will consist of eight 45-minute episodes.
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Another all-new series, with the working title “Building the Band,” takes a “Love Is Blind”-esque format and applies it to music. The series will feature 50 singers who will form their own bands without ever laying eyes on each other. The logline asks: “What will happen when the bands finally meet and… looks, choreography, and style come into play? Incredible performances, compelling drama and one big goal: find the next great music band.” Executive producers include Cat Lawson, Alison Holloway, Katrina Morrison and Clara Elliot. Remarkable Entertainment and Banijay U.K. are the production companies.
Lastly, “Battle Camp” (working title) will unite stars from across the Netflix Reality Universe as they “facethe ultimate physical and mental competition.” Contestants will compete in “high-octane challenges” and suffer “grueling punishments” in order to keep their name off of a spinning wheel that randomly determines who stays and who goes. The champion will take home a $250,000 prize.Louise Peet, Ashley Whitehouse, Hannah Ganio and Rebecca McLaughlin are executive producers. The production company is Thames, a Fremantle label.
Also recently announced is “Owning Manhattan,” a reality series following the rise of New York City powerhouse broker Ryan Serhant, who was previously seen on Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York,” which the network put on ice back in 2022. Serhant will lead an “ambitious army of agents” as he fights for New York’s most sought-after luxury listings on a mission to become the best brokerage in the world. World of Wonder Productions, which also produced “Million Dollar Listing New York,” is backing the eight-episode series, which is executive produced by Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Tom Campbell, Bianca Barnes-Williams and Kelly Montalvo.
A few months ago, Netflix also announced that “Love Is Blind” is hopping across the pond for a U.K. edition, set to launch in August. Matt and Emma Willis will host the spinoff, from CPL Productions, aSeven.oneStudios company.
Previously announced reality TV renewals from Netflix include “The Mole,” which returns with a second season on June 28; “Too Hot to Handle” Season 6, coming in July; and “Perfect Match” Season 2, due June 7.
These programs join Netflix’s unscripted programming slate, which boasts titles such as “Squid Game: The Challenge,”“Love Is Blind,” “Selling Sunset,”“Selling the OC,”“Perfect Match,” “Rhythm & Flow,”“Is It Cake,”“Love on the Spectrum,”“The Trust” and “The Circle.”
