‘Love in Paradise: The Caribbean, A 90 Day Story’: Why It Has a TV-MA Rating
On the new discovery+ series, Love in Paradise: The Caribbean fans saw the first-ever uncensored nudity in the history of 90 Day Fiancé. It seems that discovery+ is pushing the limits of what’s allowed by giving it a TV-MA rating.
‘Love in Paradise’ had the first-ever uncensored nude scene in ’90 Day Fiancé’ history
Love in Paradise: The Caribbean, A 90 Day Story documents four Americans who started relationships with local islanders while on tropical vacations. The discovery+ spinoff series is following the couples in various phases of their relationships.
On the premiere episode of Love in Paradise, which aired July 18th, fans knew they were in for something different than TLC after seeing a “viewers discretion advised” notice at the beginning of the episode. During the opening shots for Sherlon, who works at a resort for swingers in Jamaica, women take off their bikini tops and show off their bare breasts. Then a man walks in front of the camera, drops his towel in front of the topless woman, revealing his bare butt.
Why does discovery+ allow a TV-MA rating?
Fans typically watch 90 Day Fiancé shows on TLC, where the rules of cursing and nudity are a lot more strict. So it was a shock to see nudity on a usually family-friendly show. Since TLC is a cable channel, it must adhere to strict guidelines for what’s allowed on the channel.
However, since discovery+ is a streaming service, that allows for a wider range of ratings. Since there is a lot more freedom for cursing and nudity without censorship, the content of the shows has gotten a lot more risqué.
What does the TV-MA rating mean for ‘Love in Paradise’?
Now that many of the 90 Day Fiancé shows are switching over from TLC to discovery+, the rating policy will change. Nearly all 90 Day Fiancé spinoff shows on discovery+ have a TV-MA rating due to their content, usually cursing. However, Love in Paradise was the first spinoff to show uncensored nudity.
90 Day Fiancé fans know that previous TLC seasons featured blurred-out nudity. However, it seems that the show will become a lot rawer now that partial nudity is allowed. How could this change the viewership of the 90 Day Fiancé universe? Does this mean that this once family-friendly cable show is now becoming one that families can no longer watch together? It seems that way, at least with Love in Paradise.
Interestingly, TLC and discovery+ are taking this direction with the new 90 Day Fiancé spinoff shows. It will be intriguing to see what else will be shown in this season of Love in Paradise: The Caribbean.
