--- description: Find out why 90 Day Fiancé has one of the most influential reality TV seasons of all time. title: 90 Day Fiancé: The 50 Most Influential Reality TV Seasons image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb63d63b581a2b8be/698a33fce6e84a2af32af22b/90-day-fiance-reality-tv.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Aug 04, 2022 # 90 Day Fiancé Season 2 (2014) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Season 2 of '90-Day Fiance' Season 2 of '90-Day Fiance'Courtesy of TLC As explained by season 1’s opening title cards, the original premise of [_90 Day Fiancé_](https://time.com/5752145/90-day-fiance-same-sex-couple/ "undefined") was simple: “Four foreign women are entering the U.S. on fiancé visas. They have 90 days to get married, or leave the country.” Today, the TLC series still follows real-life couples pursuing a K-1, or fiancé, visa. But in the eight years since its 2014 debut, it has transformed into a cultural juggernaut. Consistently ranking as one of the [top-rated cable series](https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/08/05/90-day-fianc-keeps-scoring-higher-ratings-than-almost-any-other-cable-tv-program/?sh=652c5a861dae "undefined"), _90 Day Fiancé_ has unlocked a treasure trove of programming. Its 20-plus spin-offs (and counting) range from self-explanatory iterations like _90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days_ and _90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?_ to superfan-fueled offshoots like _90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk_—a show where popular former cast members provide commentary on new seasons. Though the series began as an inside look at America’s arduous and often fraught immigration process, it has since drawn criticism for promoting questionable romances, xenophobic storylines, and problematic cast members. Season 2 introduced Danielle Mullins and her now ex-husband Mohamed Jbali. The pair’s tumultuous, and, by all appearances, sham relationship was marked by a significant age gap, cringeworthy gossip, and, ultimately, an ugly divorce. While all the couples from the season prior remain married to this day, the second season of _90 Day Fiancé_ will forever be known as one of the first to raise questions about the realness of these reality TV relationships. —_Megan McCluskey_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/reality-tv-most-influential-seasons/6198538/90-day-fiance/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/reality-tv-most-influential-seasons/6198538/90-day-fiance/"},"headline":"90 Day Fiancé","datePublished":"2022-08-04T12:32:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:05:30.057Z","description":"Find out why 90 Day Fiancé has one of the most influential reality TV seasons of all time.","url":"https://time.com/collections/reality-tv-most-influential-seasons/6198538/90-day-fiance/","keywords":["franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb63d63b581a2b8be/698a33fce6e84a2af32af22b/90-day-fiance-reality-tv.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb63d63b581a2b8be/698a33fce6e84a2af32af22b/90-day-fiance-reality-tv.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/reality-tv-most-influential-seasons/6198538/90-day-fiance/","name":"90 Day Fiancé"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Reality TV Has Reshaped Our World, Whether We Like It or Not","description":"Reality series aren’t exactly well respected; critics, social scientists, and even fans never stop unearthing revelations about their crass manipulations and toxic tropes. 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