The Bachelor franchise is taking over Thursday nights on ABC this fall. Its latest series, The Golden Bachelor, will premiere on at 8 p.m. Sept. 28, followed by Season 9 of Bachelor in Paradise at 9 p.m.
Judge Steve Harvey is getting a second season at ABC as the network also renews Bachelor In Paradise. The network made the renewals as part of a slew of unscripted news including new specials and game shows.
‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Rises On Tuesday
Tuesday’s installment of ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise was up in both key ratings measures, with the episode featuring an interview with Corinne Olympios. According to Nielsen, Bachelor in Paradise averaged a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 and 4.3 million total viewers, up approximately 13% in both measures from the previous Tuesday episode. Olympios was supposed to be a contestant on this season of the reality dating series, but dropped out after an incident with fellow contestant DeMario Jackson.
Exclusives
An investigation has found no evidence of misconduct and production is set to resume on ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise.
Chris Harrison, the host of The Bachelor and its spinoffs, has spoken out for the first time regarding the incident that caused production on Bachelor in Paradise to be halted last week.
The cast of the new season of ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise has been sent back to the U.S. amid an internal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct on the set of the reality series, which now faces the possibility of the entire season being scrapped.
