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It looks like we are up for another first in The Bachelor franchise — a season that starts with one titular star and ends with another. Speculation has been growing that Clare Crawley, who had been tapped to headline The Bachelorette's upcoming 16th season, has left the show, which has been filming in a quarantine…

The Bachelorette became one of the most high-profile reality shows to get hit by the COVID-19 production shutdown. However, Clare Crawley will get her shot at love and ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke revealed that he dating format is set to go into production in July ahead of its fall debut. As expected, the…

ABC is joining CBS and NBC in unveiling a “regular” fall 2020 schedule with a lineup featuring new and returning series that are yet to be filmed when production could resume following months of COVID-19-related shutdown. Like CBS and NBC, ABC is being conservative with few scheduling changes. Still, they are the…

ABC’s The Bachelor hit a milestone on Friday when Matt James was announced as the venerable dating franchise’s first black Bachelor in 25 seasons and second black lead in 40 seasons overall, joining The Bachelorette alumna Rachel Lindsay. Like Lindsay, who on Friday welcomed James’ casting while calling out the…

The Bachelor franchise has been hit hard by the COVID-19 production shutdown. The Bachelorette was days away from starting production with a Clare Crawley-fronted season and The Bachelor: Summer Games was cancelled, in part due to the postponement of the Olympics. Despite this, ABC is resolute that Crawley will…

UPDATED with more shut down series: Warner Bros. Television Group has become the latest TV studio to confirm that they are shutting down or postponing production on some current series and pilots. The company is not revealing titles, but I hear the list of current series whose filming has been halted include CBS’ Young…

ABC has found its next leading lady for Season 16 of The Bachelorette. Clare Crawley, a 38-year-old hair stylist from Sacramento, CA will be the next in a quest to find true love in the upcoming season of the hit reality series. No stranger to The Bachelor franchise, Crawley first appeared during season 18 of The Bache…

Tyler Gwozdz, who was a contestant on the 2019 edition of The Bachelorette, has died. He was 29. The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed to Deadline that it has Gwozdz’s remains but did not provide any other details. The Palm Beach ME said an autopsy report would be available in eight to 12…

ABC said Monday that its summer staples The Bachelorette and Bachelor In Paradise have been renewed for new seasons to premiere in 2020. The news, unveiled this morning during the network’s portion of the TCA summer press tour, comes as Season 6 of Bachelor In Paradise premieres tonight. The Bachelorette, renewed for…

ABC’s wild season finale of its reality dating competition The Bachelorette soared in the ratings Tuesday, with the show scoring a 2.1 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic and 7.44 million viewers. No spoiler alerts here, but the romantic twists and turns of the two-hour live show with Hannah Brown at the center…

The first night of the Democrats' second round of presidential debates of the 2020 election cycle was billed as a matchup between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and the two contenders did not disappoint on the CNN-hosted huddle as they faced The Bachelorette season finale on ABC. In tone and temperament, the two…

As The Bachelorette‘s Hannah closes in on finding the love of her life (or something close to it), part one of the two-part season finale of the ABC reality series soared Monday with a 1.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.15 million viewers. The two-hour show was up two tenths week-over-week and was the…