Married at First Sight (American TV series)

Married at First Sight (American TV series)

Married at First Sight is an American reality television series based on a Danish series of the same name titled Gift Ved Første Blik. The series features three to five couples, paired up by relationship experts, who agree to marry when they first meet. Over the 11 completed seasons of MAFS, 39 couples have been matched.

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Summary Married at First Sight (American TV series)Married at First Sight is an American reality television series based on a Danish series of the same name titled Gift Ved Første Blik. The series features three to five couples, paired up by relationship experts, who agree to marry when they first meet. The couples spend their wedding night in a hotel before leaving for a honeymoon. Upon returning home, they live together as a married couple for the remainder of the eight weeks. Thereafter they must choose to divorce or stay married. Over the 11 completed seasons of MAFS, 39 couples have been matched. Out of these 39, 24 couples chose to stay married on Decision Day, at the end of a six-, eight-, or sixteen-week experiment. Half of them have since divorced. The eleventh season premiered on July 15, 2020 following a kickoff and matchmaking special on July 8, 2020. On November 25, 2020, it was announced that the twelfth season will premiere on January 13, 2021.

The first season took place in New York City and northern New Jersey. The fourth season of Married At First Sight premiered on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. The show moved to the Lifetime channel in 2017. Two spinoffs were announced to premiere that October, Married at First sight: Honeymoon Island and Married at first sight: Happily Ever After. The seventh season was due to air on October 10, 2018 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic pandemic. The eighth season was set for October of 2020 but was delayed until October of 2019. The ninth season was scheduled to air in October of 2018. The tenth season will air in November of 2018 and will feature couples in Boston. The 11th and final season will be aired in January of 2021 and will focus on couples in South Florida.