After UnReal’s critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated debut in 2015, the Lifetime drama—about two women who produce a Bachelor-like reality show called Everlasting—weathered a backlash during its bumpy sophomore season. The show lost ratings and alienated critics with polarizing storylines including a Black Lives Matter-inspired police shooting and an assault on lead character Rachel by her drunk ex-boyfriend.
Now co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, and new showrunner Stacy Rukeyser, are hoping to get the series back on track with Season 3, which premieres on Monday.
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