FBoy? F, Hi. Again!
After being unceremoniously axed by MAX in 2022, our favorite, innovative reality dating show has made a moderately triumphant comeback. “FBoy Island,” a show from the creative brain of former “Bachelor” EP Elan Gale, just wrapped up its third season on The CW, and boy do we have thoughts.
First, there’s the good. We’ve been “FBoy Island” devotees since its first season in 2021. Instead of prioritizing constructed drama, “FBoy Island” prioritizes comedy and narrative. Comedian Nikki Glaser is back as the host (thank god!), and this season remained full of cheeky moments — moments that make you feel like the cast is all in on the joke, rather than the butt of it.
Season 3 also gives us a new archetype of the leading lady in Katie Thurston, the former Bachelorette who never seemed to quite fit into the typical box occupied by reality dating show stars. (And we mean that in the very best of ways.) Most women who are cast on “FBoy Island” ar…
