This Fall, “The Bachelor” is upping the age range and the ante!
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00:00The Bachelor has announced their long-awaited senior citizen season,
00:03so we need to talk about the recent trend of later in life dating shows.
00:07This fall, an older gentleman will search for love on The Golden Bachelor.
00:11According to an ABC press release, quote, one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love
00:16in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.
00:19The newest addition to The Bachelor franchise has been in the works for quite some time,
00:23with casting calls for single men and women aged 65 and up airing during current seasons for years.
00:28But earlier this year, TLC beat them to the punch,
00:31debuting their own dating show with older contestants.
00:34Milf Manor starred a cast of women in their 40s, 50s, and 60s looking for love with,
00:38spoiler alert, their roughly 20-year-old sons.
00:41The show, which polarized critics and viewers alike, kept the internet talking week after week.
00:45Only time will tell if The Golden Bachelor will do the same.