
Earlier in the 2026 TV schedule, Bachelor Nation fans might have been expecting to spend their Sunday nights following the latest single searching for love in primetime. That would have been before a controversial video featuring The Bachelorette Season 22 star Taylor Frankie Paul went viral, prompting ABC to pull the season from the schedule. Now, the network has revealed what will be taking the show’s place on Sunday nights, and I really hope it doesn’t stick.
Season 22 of The Bachelorette was originally scheduled for Sundays from 8 - 10 p.m. ET on ABC, following the premiere on March 22. The decision to pull it from primetime came just days before that planned premiere, with ABC quickly adding a repeat of American Idol to air instead. That didn’t necessarily seem like a permanent solution, however, and now Deadline reports what the network has planned moving forward.