In the current TV landscape, where shows with 20-plus episodes per season are mostly a distant memory, Love Island USA has taken a much different approach and been rewarded for it. Peacock’s hit reality dating show has revived appointment television, delivering at least 35 episodes to its growing fan base across six weeks each season. For a show that films in real time, with only a one- to two-day delay before the resulting episode airs, viewers often feel like they’re actually on the journey with these sexy, single islanders searching for love in a stunning villa in Fiji. But pulling off a show of this magnitude is no easy feat,…
