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FBoy Island

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Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews

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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Ratings

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Fboy Island

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FBoy Island

Series Details & Credits

The CW | HBO Max | Release Date: July 29, 2021

Summary: The reality dating series hosted by Nikki Glaser features three single women looking for love among 24 bachelors. However, half of the men are not looking for long-term relationships, but the cash prize.

Creator: Elan Gale and Sam Dean

Genre(s): Drama, Reality

Recent Episodes

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S3:E7. You're Joking, Right?
Air Date: November 17, 2023
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S3:E6. F, Marry, Ghost
Air Date: November 10, 2023
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S3:E5. I Know You Love You
Air Date: November 3, 2023

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Metascore

67

Positive:

6

Mixed:

1

Negative:

1

Critic Reviews

80

The Daily Beast Laura Bradley

Jul 14, 2022

Season 2 Review: FBoy Island’s secret weapon is a killer sense of humor—especially in Season 2. ... The women provide a reality check for one another, which allows all three to proceed through the show with more confidence. As a result, we see fewer emotional breakdowns on FBoy Island than, say, during a season of The Bachelor. Instead, it’s the dudes of FBoy Island who bring most of the emotional intensity—often in the most hilarious, embarrassing ways. Read full review

80

Decider

Lea Palmieri

Jul 30, 2021

Season 1 Review: If you’re a fan of The Bachelor franchise or Love Island, Love Is Blind, and Too Hot To Handle, just jump right in. Don’t even think about it, you know you’re gonna love this. Read full review

80

Time

Judy Berman

Jul 23, 2021

Season 1 Review: A funny, addictive, shrewdly executed twist on a familiar format. ... Crucially, the women not only come off as relatively intelligent and perceptive, but also generally have each other’s backs, collaboratively sleuthing to sniff out FBoys and saving each other from unpleasant dates. Read full review

80

Salon

Melanie McFarland

Jul 30, 2021

Season 1 Review: Nobody in the show wants to be rejected, but even more importantly, none of them want to lose. But that only makes the show honest in its artificiality. ... It's a longform study of bad human decision-making while drunk on an emotional craft cocktail that might as well be named "I Can Fix Him." And for anyone who has shunned the whole "Bachelor Nation" discourse, it's something you may never have expected to discover in this TV genre: a good match. Read full review

70

Vanity Fair

Tara Ariano

Jul 13, 2022

Season 2 Review: This show isn’t really about the women (allegedly) looking for love; much as Satan is the most interesting character in Paradise Lost, FBoy Island is built on its villains. ... By the end of season two, I was rooting the hardest for the FBoys’ success. ... Even when some of the men are bad at being bad, FBoy Island remains a fascinating anthropological document of what dating in the 2020s is like for a very specific demographic tranche. Read full review

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The Daily Beast Cheyenne Roundtree

Jul 28, 2021

Season 1 Review: FBoy Island somehow manages to teeter between an exciting, funny concept and a half-baked idea that needs to work out its kinks. Read full review

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Variety

Caroline Framke

Jul 23, 2021

Season 1 Review: “FBoy Island” isn’t totally unaware of how bonkers it is, as evidenced by Glaser’s pointed jokes about the cast’s macho nonsense and the fact that eliminated “f-boys” get exiled to a beach shack labeled “Limbro.” But it also never quite interrogates its own premise enough for it to make much sense, either. ... Every episode brings a new set of arbitrary rules and allowances for when the contestants don’t feel like adhering to them; by the fifth episode, practically the entire premise crumbles in front of our very eyes. Read full review

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User Reviews

10

plumpudding

Aug 8, 2022

Hilarious. Doesn't take itself too seriously like other dating shows. Nikki Glaser is a gem. More original than other dating shows

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j1train

Aug 9, 2021

A funny, zippy twist on a tired formula. Without comedian Nikki Glaser as host it wouldn't work as well, but thankfully she's a natural and makes you wonder why more comedians don't host these dating shows.

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5

bpurdy

Dec 4, 2022

I gave this show a five, the highest score because they made some changes this season that were really good for the survival of the series. I was very disappointed to see that Garrett in season one was cheated out of the $1000,000 he won for opting to take the money over the girl. The showsI gave this show a five, the highest score because they made some changes this season that were really good for the survival of the series. I was very disappointed to see that Garrett in season one was cheated out of the $1000,000 he won for opting to take the money over the girl. The shows producers were appalled that a contestant would choose money over love. So instead of awarding Garrett the money, the “loosing” girl got to choose what charity to donate the money to.

This season, they solidified that the FBoy had the option to choose the money and actually keep it if they wanted to. That set the stakes higher, and introduced the girls ability to choose none of the two finalists, & opt to keep the money for herself. This really turns the tides and now gives the girls the same power as the FBoys.

We’ll done, and looking forward to season 3.… Expand

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Evinkuraga

Jan 23, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In the right hands, the concept of the show would have a lot of potential. This wasn't the case though.
The 3 woman they selected aren't there for love. They are clearly there for fame and money. They have no substance and they are as dishonest and manipulative as the so called "fboys". Then I have issues with the production. So many scenes were clearly orchestrated where they told the contestants what to say. Bringing back people who were eliminated because they "ran away" from camp yet you reintroduce him to the show? They kept changing the rules as they saw fit and had no integrity. Even the rules regarding the prize money.. seriously, if you tell the fboys they will get 100k if they get a girl, give them the money! The girls are incredibly hot, but that's it. As one of the contestants said, they are glorified hookers who are essentially just Gold diggers and attention seekers. To deny giving the 100k to a guy for being honest to himself and giving his money to charity? The whole production team and casting team should be fired. Probably sued too.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

tbd
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 16, 2023
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  S3:E7. You're Joking, Right?
  Air Date: November 17, 2023
- tbd
  S3:E6. F, Marry, Ghost
  Air Date: November 10, 2023
- tbd
  S3:E5. I Know You Love You
  Air Date: November 3, 2023
- tbd
  S3:E4. Game Over
  Air Date: October 30, 2023
Season 2

tbd
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: July 14, 2022
Season 1

67
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 29, 2021