A&E's reality series "Married at First Sight" season 3 may be in danger of getting axed due the number of couples who filed for divorce last season.
Executives of the experimental show that weds strangers across the United States have been noticeably mum about the season renewal. Realty Today also reports that casting calls for the next season have been taken down from the network's website.
The three pairs of season 2, which include Davina Kullar and Sean Varricchio, Jaclyn Methuen and Ryan Ranellone, and Jessica Castro and Ryan De Nino, had all called it quits by the time the "Six Months Later" episode aired. Davina and Sean were supposedly the first to file for divorce.
According the Vine Report, the Jacklyn-Ryan couple tried to give their marriage a second chance, but Jacklyn took to Instagram later on and posted a quote that revealed she was single. As for Jessica, she had recently filed a restraining order against De Nino for threatening her and her family.
Due to the negative outcome, viewers have started to question whether the show's concept was still feasible, as it seemed to be failing its purpose on TV. Critics also pointed out that there was something wrong with the entire matching process.
Executive producer Chris Coele gave an interview with People, addressing the rumors that the producers bungled the selection of participants for season 2. He explained that for over six months, the scouting team had been sent across the country to search for single people that could be part of the show.
"The men and the women are treated exactly the same. We go to bars, mixers, singles events and church groups. We also go on every dating site you could possibly think of ... .We also go on Facebook, talk to family and friends and try to make the pool as big as possible," said Coele in the interview, according to People.
Potential participants were then called back for workshops, where all four experts — Dr. Pepper Schwartz, Dr. Joseph Cilona, Greg Epstein and Dr. Logan Levkoff — supervise the selection. They would also undergo "extensive written evaluations" given only by licensed therapists and government agencies.
Only then will the experts present their matches to the network, according to Coele. "There's no debate. The experts always say there is no exact science and no guarantees, but it is based on a high degree of research."
