Netflix made it official Tuesday, May 13, 2026. Love Is Blind is coming to Boston for Season 11 — the first time the dating experiment has ever planted its pods in New England. The announcement landed during Netflix’s upfronts presentation in New York, confirming what casting sleuths and location scouts had largely pieced together more than a year ago.
No premiere date has been set, but analysts are eyeing late September or October 2026, based on the show’s established twice-yearly release pattern: one season near Valentine’s Day, one in the fall. Season 11 has already been filmed. The wait is about scheduling, not production.
Netflix’s Official Word on Boston
Netflix’s announcement didn’t exactly shy away from the local color:
“Finding the one can be wicked hard. That’s exactly why a group of single Bostonians will soon enter the Love Is Blind pods in hopes of becoming newlywed New Englanders. The dating experiment has officially been renewed, and this time around, it’s heading to the Massachusetts capital.”
Longtime hosts Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey are confirmed to return. No cast members have been announced yet.
Why Boston — and Why Now
This didn’t come out of nowhere. Casting calls targeting “single men and women” in the “New England area” started circulating as early as 2024 — around the same time auditions were underway for the Ohio season. Filming in Boston was spotted as far back as March 2025, running parallel to Season 10 production. The show has been sitting on this one for a while.
Boston is the first New England city in Love Is Blind history. The region does have a few loose franchise threads — Season 6 featured former Patriots cheerleader and Dorchester native Amber Desiree “AD” Smith, and Season 1 cast member Cameron Hamilton hails from Maine. Thin connections, but the internet will find them.
Fan reaction has been predictable. One commenter wrote that “Boston is such an insular city, should be interesting if they cast people who actually live there,” while another added: “I lived in Boston for ten years and I found it difficult for dating [because] so many people are students or transient.” The pods are going to have their work cut out for them.
Where Season 10 Left Off
Season 10, set in Ohio, is currently streaming. The finale aired March 4, 2026, followed by the reunion on March 11. Seven couples got engaged. Only two made it to the altar — Vic St. John and Christine Hamilton, and Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth.
By reunion night, only Vic and Christine were still together. Jordan had ended things with Amber the previous summer, which produced one of the episode’s more charged moments — Amber stormed off stage when the subject of her daughter being sad about the breakup came up. Vanessa Lachey called Vic and Christine’s relationship “one of the most pure” in the show’s history. Nick Lachey, for his part, opened the reunion with an extremely awkward OH-IO chant before pivoting to calling the couple “nauseatingly perfect.”
The season’s other major storyline: Columbus’ Chris Fusco spent reunion night on the receiving end of near-universal ridicule after body-shaming Columbus physician Jessica Barrett during the season. Jessica has since moved on — she’s now dating Haramol Gill, a fellow Columbus doctor who appeared in Season 10 but received minimal screen time.
Season 10 was widely read as a bounce-back after Season 9 in Denver, which fans had dubbed the “worst season ever” after not a single couple made it to the altar.
What’s Next
An official Season 11 premiere date is expected before the end of summer 2026. If the late September or October window holds, Boston’s pods could be open for business within months. Meanwhile, Love Is Blind is already casting in Philadelphia, Austin, St. Louis, New Orleans, and Charleston — Seasons 12 and beyond are very much in motion.
The show that launched during a pandemic and never really stopped isn’t slowing down. Wicked or not, Boston better be ready.
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