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EXCLUSIVE: The Bachelorette won’t be giving out any roses this summer.
ABC is pausing its female-led spinoff of The Bachelor, which will be a blow for fans of the long-running dating series. The show generally starts production shortly and the last three seasons have aired in July.
The series, however, has not been canceled and will likely come back to the Disney-owned network in the future. It’s unlikely to air this year but insiders have not completely ruled out its return later this year.
It’s not entirely clear why the decision has been made, but it’s not without precedent in The Bachelor universe.
Bachelor in Paradise, for instance, did not air last year with its spot taken by The Golden Bachelorette, but it will return this summer after it was renewed for Season 10. In fact, Bachelor in Paradise, which has a new showrunner in Scott Teti, will be the next show in The Bachelor universe to air.
The Bachelorette and shows in The Bachelor universe are produced by Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon.
The Bachelorette has previously taken time off the schedule; the show, which launched in 2003, didn’t air in 2006 or 2007. The show sees one single woman, usually a former contestant from The Bachelor, choose from a pool of around 25 men with male daters competing to win roses before the bachelorette chooses between two men in a final rose ceremony. Last season featured Jenn Tran, who was the first Asian American Bachelorette, choosing Devin Strader.
The move comes two weeks in to Season 29 of The Bachelor airing, which this year features Grant Ellis.
There have been a multitude of other Bachelor spinoffs including Bachelor Pad, which last three seasons between 2010 and 2012, 2018’s The Bachelor: Winter Games, the music-themed series The Bachelor Presents: Listen To Your Heart, which aired in 2020, and The Golden Bachelor, which aired in 2023.
