Two of this summer’s hottest TV shows are all about fairytale romance. One, The Bachelorette, is wholeheartedly selling it. The other, UnREAL, is lampooning it. But the two series have another surprising connection.
UnREAL’s creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro worked on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette for nine seasons before going on to create the Lifetime drama, which has quickly become our new summer TV obsession. It’s like peeking behind the scenes at the inner-workings of a reality dating series, but also getting a reality dating series, thanks to the show-within-a-show, Everlasting. Basically, it’s the best of both worlds and we can’t get enough. Shapiro said. “I heard from Jen Schefft…and she was like, ‘It’s so great!'” We’ve been seeing online people saying it feels real to their experience, which is good to hear. Mostly we’ve just heard people are really enjoying it.”
