DC ExtraTime: Someone You Should Know - Love is Blind's Mark Cuevas

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Something that has galvanized all of us who watch and obsess over the world of reality television in the course of two decades has been its romantic aspects. There are those who find themselves in love on reality dramas like Laguna Beach and Siesta Key, those who hook up to try and gain clout on The Challenge, and of course reality dating shows. The past year has seen this subgenre become a hot item with just about every network having at least one of those love shows airing on their platform.

You are not alone: I've been obsessed with Are You The One and Ex On The Beach since they began on MTV and is now into A Double Shot at Love this summer, while my mom & dad are longtime loyal members of Bachelor Nation. But you're not gonna believe this: since we're busy watching YouTube Vegas slot videos (like both my mom & dad are right now at this moment as this post goes to press), sports, news, my MTV obsession and other things, neither me nor my parents subscribe to any pay TV streaming service... same goes for premium channels.

But there is something of interest to those who follow those who fall in love on television thanks to browsing through the Instagram feeds several times each day. It's what happened last weekend as public places begin to open back up after that long & quiet spring caused by the corona crisis that brings us to the latest subject of Someone You Should Know: a star from one of the year's breakout hits across the whole TV dial - not just factual entertainment. And it comes from an aspect of the media that, at first, wouldn't be the first choice in the world of reality TV, but in the space of the first six months of this year has given us some delightful guilty pleasures.