No sex sells

Published May 15, 2020 3:00am ET



We all know what reality television is about: Put attractive young people together in intimate settings, ogle at the seminudity, and wait pruriently to see which casual sexual relationships will develop, unwind, and erupt into tears and recriminations.

But things have changed lately. We still have the attractive young people on these shows. We still have the sexual tension. What we don’t have in the newest shows, though, is the sex.

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