The Netflix documentary series “Love on the Spectrum” won three Emmy Awards over the weekend. (Netflix)
A reality show following adults with autism as they pursue dating and relationships snagged multiple Emmy Awards, including one recognizing it as the best series of its kind.
The Netflix series “Love on the Spectrum” won the Emmy for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. The series also scored awards for casting and picture editing.
The wins were announced over the weekend at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Several Emmys were handed out at the ceremony, which was held over two nights, ahead of the main awards show this Sunday.
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“Love on the Spectrum” features people with autism from across the U.S. who are looking for love. The show is a spinoff of an Australian version.
The Emmys were for the show’s fourth season, which was released in April. They add to the seven Emmys “Love on the Spectrum” has won for previous seasons.
Netflix has already renewed the documentary series for a fifth season.
An edited broadcast of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards will air Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on FXX and will be available to stream on Hulu the following day.
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