<p id=”par-1_57″><em style=”background: transparent; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-size: revert; font-family: var(–wp–custom–font–family–body); font-weight: var(–wp–custom–font–weight–regular); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Golden Bachelor</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-size: revert; font-family: var(–wp–custom–font–family–body); font-weight: var(–wp–custom–font–weight–regular); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”> was a ratings juggernaut for <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/abc/”>ABC</a>. Now, the network is looking to create magic once again. The network, which has been a bit coy about their plans for the franchise, is ready to go all in. ABC has recently revealed that </span><em style=”background: transparent; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-size: revert; font-family: var(–wp–custom–font–family–body); font-weight: var(–wp–custom–font–weight–regular); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Golden Bachelorette</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-size: revert; font-family: var(–wp–custom–font–family–body); font-weight: var(–wp–custom–font–weight–regular); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”> will premiere in the fall, and fans of<a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-bachelor-uses-rental-houses-home-visits-contestants-real-nice-enough.html/”> the dating competition </a>are thrilled. </span></p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-the-golden-bachelorette-will-air-on-abc-this-fall”></h2><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-2_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-3_9″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>‘The Golden Bachelorette’ will air on ABC this fall </span></p>
<p id=”par-4_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-5_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-6_42″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>Last month, a network executive insisted news about </span><em style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Golden Bachelorette</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”> would be coming soon. He did not disappoint. Just weeks after Rob Mills announced that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/reportedly-news-about-the-golden-bachelorette-is-coming-soon.html/”>news would be forthcoming</a>, the network made a big announcement at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.</span></p>
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<p id=”par-7_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-8_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-9_55″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>On Feb. 10, </span><a style=”background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(74, 110, 224);” class=”editor-rtfLink” href=”https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-golden-bachelorette-abc-fall-1235906676/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>Variety </span></a><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>reported that ABC had officially ordered </span><em style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Golden Bachelorette</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>. According to the publication, the season will kick off in the fall. Currently, Bachelor Nation fans are busy watching Joey Graziadei find love on season 28 of the series. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-bachelor-season-28-joey-graziadei-answers-brunettes-season.html/”>Joey’s season</a> was filmed between September and November 2023 and premiered on ABC on Jan. 22. </span></p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-abc-has-yet-to-announce-who-will-be-the-lead”></h2><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-10_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-11_10″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>ABC has yet to announce who will be the lead </span></p>
<p id=”par-12_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-13_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-14_37″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>While the network is dedicated to producing </span><em style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Golden Bachelorette</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>, they aren’t giving away all the details yet. The announcement did not include who would lead the show as the first-ever golden bachelorette, but viewers have some theories. </span></p>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-2″><img decoding=”async” fetchpriority=”high” width=”1200″ height=”800″ src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?strip=all&quality=89″ alt=”Contestants for season 1 of ‘The Golden Bachelor’; one contestant is likely to becoming the first-ever golden bachelorette ” class=”wp-image-3624834″ srcset=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg 1200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=150&h=100 150w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=640&h=427 640w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=768&h=512 768w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=1024&h=683 1024w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=525&h=350 525w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=254&h=169 254w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=200&h=133 200w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=761&h=507 761w, https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1708741167.jpg?w=90&h=60 90w” sizes=”(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px”><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>The cast of ‘The Golden Bachelor’ | Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-15_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-16_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-17_99″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>While it is traditional for a contestant from a previous season to take on the lead, there is no hard and fast rule about where they had to place during the competition to become the next lead. Still, previous bachelorettes have mostly been eliminated later in the competition. Leslie Fhima, who finished as the show’s runner-up, seems like the most natural choice, although viewers aren’t convinced she’d want to put herself out there again. After all, she was heartbroken when Gerry Turner opted to move on with Theresa Nist instead of her. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/leslie-fhima-would-do-things-very-differently-from-gerry-turner-if-she-became-the-first-golden-bachelorette.html/”>Fhima has spoken</a> about the possibility, though.</span></p>
<p id=”par-18_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-19_1″></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-20_92″><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>Another option is Joan Vassos, who self-eliminated early in the competition to return home and help her daughter. While Vassos didn’t stay long, her story was compelling, and fans feel the widow deserves a second chance at love. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/wells-adams-endorses-joan-vassos-as-the-first-ever-golden-bachelorette.html/”>She has been endorsed</a> by a Bachelor Nation alum. Kathy Swarts’ name has been tossed around in fan groups, too. Swarts wasn’t a fan favorite on </span><em style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Golden Bachelor</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>. Still, an uptick in her social media postings and her involvement in other </span><em style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”>The Bachelor-related</em><span data-preserver-spaces=”true” style=”background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;”> projects have some fans convinced she’ll take center stage. Only time will tell. </span></p><p style=”color: rgb(14, 16, 26); background: transparent; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt;” id=”par-21_1″></p>