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The Bachelor

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Networks American Broadcasting Company
ABC
Presented by Chris Harrison
No. of episodes236
Cast Colton Underwood
Arie Luyendyk Jr.
Chris Harrison
11 Mar 2019
Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Looking For Love
Young Hollywood Award for Reality Royalty
Reviews www.imdb.com
Execut produc Mike Fleiss
Origin releasMarch 25, 2002 –; present
EpisodesEpisodesS26 E05 · 2505Feb 27, 2006 S26 E04 · Episode 4Jan 31, 2022 S26 E03 · Episode 3Jan 24, 2022 View 45+ more
Winners Rebecca Kufrin
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About The Bachelor


To find his true love and life partner, a bachelor dates a group of women, over several weeks, who compete in a series of challenges that are meant to prove their compatibility with him.

The Bachelor: ABC casts first black man in hit dating show

Feb 16,2020 12:33 am

For the First Time in its history, The Bachelor , ABC's highly Popular Reality series with a black lead.

Matt James, a 28-year-old Real Estate broker, will be made known to the star in The Next season, ABC on Friday, after mounting criticism about a lack of diversity.

The Show is almost two decades of history-seen, mostly-white casts, with only a black star in its sister Spin-Off, The Bachelorette , in the year 2017.

Mr James called his casting "a step in The Right direction".

"I don't think that it's always the wrong time, The Right thing," said Mr. James said in an interview with Good Morning America on Friday.

the pressure for The Hit dating show to cast a black lead, in The Last days, in the midst of the ongoing racial reckoning in the United States, instigated by The Killing of George Floyd last month.

An online petition signed by More Than 86,000 people called for the TV network to "reflect and honor the ethnic diversity of Our Country ," and cast a Black Bachelor for his upcoming season, in addition to casting black, indigenous and people of color in at least 35% of the competitors rolls.

The First and only black star of The Bachelorette , Rachel Lindsay , who is now married, to win the competitor of your season, told Good Morning America that she had hoped a "pioneer" for The Franchise , and was disappointed at the lack of progress since.

"In The Last three years, there has been not really made the changes," She Said .

Since it began in 2002, The Franchise has broadcast 40 Seasons - 24-Bachelor's degree, 15 for The Bachelorette - the cultivation of a loyal fan base and equally committed audience.

The Last season finale, season 24, The Bachelor , aired in March, had around 8. 5 Million Viewers.

Mr James was originally cast as a competitor on the upcoming season of The Bachelorette starring Clare Crawley , the was postponed, because of the Corona Virus outbreak.

"When filming could not move, like pre-planned, we were given the advantage of time to Matt to know and all were in agreement, he would have said a perfect "Bachelor" Karey Burke, President of ABC Entertainment, in a statement.

"We know that we have a responsibility to ensure that the stories about love, said we see on the screen are representative of life for The World We Live in," Ms Burke.

In 2012, two would-be participants brought a class-action lawsuit against The Show for Racial Discrimination , arguing its lack of diversity was to minimize a conscious effort "to, The Risk of alienating their majority-white audience". The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed by a judge Who Said The Show had The Right to cast, as desired, under The First amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which includes freedom of Speech .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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