USA Renews ‘Temptation Island’ for Season 2

Mark L. Walberg, who hosted the original series that aired from 2001-03 on Fox and was based on a European format, is back to oversee the fun. Season 2 will get an extended 12-episode run and include a reunion special.

On Temptation Island, four unmarried couples who are at a crossroads in their relationship travel to an exotic locale where they must decide whether to stay together or give in to the allure of specimens from the opposite sex. In Season 1, the couples hit a Maui resort where the lusty group of two dozen single men and women — all of whom are waiting to pounce on one another or members of the committed couples as flirting becomes a science, tears flow and drama bubbles in hot tubs.