TLC Announces The First Coronavirus Reality Show

While the rest of Hollywood is shuttering its doors and trying to figure out when their projects can get back off the ground, TLC is pulling a Tim Gunn and making this s**t work.

The network is spinning off their popular 90 Day Fiancé into what is essentially the first coronavirus reality show.

The couples on the reality show — in which Americans court foreign partners and must decide whether to marry before their visas expire — are used to communicating over the phone and video chat, but in a new 5-episode limited series they will be more cut off from one another than ever.

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According to Variety, the couples have already begun filming themselves this week — camera crews are a no-no under lockdown — and are sending the videos to be edited together for new shows airing beginning in less than three weeks on April 20.

TLC president Howard Lee said:

“This series will look very hot-off-the-press — it will look like the paint has not dried. I think our audience is incredibly forgiving right now, and I’m hoping that they accept the way it looks. It will be messy!”

If they’re invested in the 40 (!!!) past cast members from the past six seasons who have returned for the new series, we imagine they’ll be just fine with it. Any new content during this quarantine, right?

See the complete list of personalities returning for 90 Day Fiancé: Self-Quarantined (below):

Alan (Fremont, Utah) & Kirlyam (Brazil) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “What Now?”
Anna (Bellevue, Neb.) & Mursel (Turkey) – “90 Day Fiancé”
Benjamin (Phoenix, Ariz.) & Akinyi (Kenya) – “Before the 90 Days”
Brett (Snohomish, Wash.) & Daya (Philippines) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?”
Caesar (Jacksonville, N.C.) – “Before the 90 Days”
Chantel (Atlanta, Ga.) & Pedro (Dominican Republic) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “The Family Chantel”
Colt & Debbie (Las Vegas, Nev.) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “Pillow Talk”
Corey (Mill A., Wash.) & Evelin (Ecuador) – “The Other Way,” “What Now?” [pictured above, right]
Cortney (Davenport, Fla.) – “Before the 90 Days,” “What Now?”
Danielle (Sandusky, Ohio) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “What Now?,” “Pillow Talk”
Darcey (Middletown, Conn.) – “Before the 90 Days,” “Pillow Talk” [pictured above, left]
David (Louisville, Ky.) & Annie (Thailand) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “What Now?,” “Pillow Talk”
Dean (Virginia Beach, Va.) – “Before the 90 Days,” “What Now?,” “Pillow Talk”
Elizabeth (Tampa, Fla.) & Andrei (Moldova) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “Pillow Talk”
Emily (Portland, Ore.) & Sasha (Russia) – “90 Day Fiancé”
Jesse (Netherlands) – “Before the 90 Days,” “What Now?”
Karen & Thomas (Atlanta, Ga.) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “The Family Chantel”
Michael (Greenwich, Conn.) & Juliana (Brazil) – “90 Day Fiancé”
Molly (Woodstock, Ga.) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “What Now?,” “Pillow Talk”
Narkyia (Camp Hill, Pa.) & Lowo (Nigeria) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “What Now?”
Patrick (Las Vegas, Nev.) – “Before the 90 Days,” “What Now?”
Rachel (Albuquerque, N.M.) & Jon (England) – “Before the 90 Days,” “What Now?”
River & Winter (Atlanta, Ga.) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “Happily Ever After?,” “The Family Chantel”
Robert (Winter Park, Fla.) & Anny (Dominican Republic) – “90 Day Fiancé,” “What Now?,” “Pillow Talk”
Tiffany (Frederick, Md.) & Ronald (South Africa) – “The Other Way,” “What Now?”
Yamir (Nicaragua) – “90 Day Fiancé”