ABC is currently between seasons of shows within Bachelor Nation, with Season 20 of The Bachelorette with the hopeful Charity Lawson as leading lady still more than a month away in the 2023 TV premiere schedule. The network nevertheless had some big news for the franchise looking ahead to the fall of the 2023-2024 TV season, which will premiere The Golden Bachelor as the dating show focusing on singles of a certain age. While the show has been in the works for some time, fans still hit social media with some interesting comments about ABC making The Golden Bachelor official!
News broke about a senior version of The Bachelor back in February 2020 when an ad during an episode revealed that the franchise was "NOW CASTING SENIORS LOOKING FOR LOVE." The surprising reveal came not too long after an ABC exec addressed Bachelor Nation potentially aging contestants up. Unsurprisingly, the then-untitled show did not get off the ground in light the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in TV shows being delayed just weeks later.
