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The Golden Bachelor
''The Golden Bachelor'' is an American dating reality television series that premiered September 28, 2023 on ABC. A spin-off of '' The Bachelor'', it features seniors as contestants. History In January 2020, a casting call was issued by the producers of '' The Bachelor'' for a new dating show featuring men and women aged 65 and older. In July 2020, ''Variety'' reported that production on the series and other ''Bachelor'' spin-offs had been paused due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to prioritize production of the next seasons of ''The Bachelorette'' and '' The Bachelor''. ABC unscripted executive Rob Mills told ''Variety'' that the response to the initial call had been "rabid", and that some of the casting interviews were "touching". He stated that the network planned to prioritize '' Bachelor in Paradise'' next, but that "we absolutely want to get he senior spin-offdone, but we want to do it right, do it safely and not at the expense of the other ''Bachelor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dating Game Show
Dating game shows are game shows that incorporates a variety of matchmaking systems and services in the form of a game with clear rules. Human matchmaking is involved only in selecting the game's contestants, who are usually selected more for the amusement value than any concern for their happiness or compatibility. The audience sees only the game; an important feature of all dating game shows is that the contestants have little or no previous knowledge of each other, and are exposed to each other only through the game, which may include viewing a photograph or at least knowing the basic criteria for participation (typically participants are not already married). There have been a number of dating shows aired on television over the years, using a variety of formats and rules. They are presented for the entertainment of the viewers. As the genre progressed, the format developed towards a reality-style show and more into a relationship show than simply finding a mate. History The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
E! News
''E! News'', previously known as ''E! News Daily'' and ''E! News Live'', is the infotainment, entertainment news operation for the cable network E! in the United States. Its former on-air weekday newscast debuted on September 1, 1991, and primarily reports on celebrity news and gossip, along with previews of upcoming films and television shows, regular segments about all of those three subjects, along with overall film industry, film and television industry news. Overview The program first aired on September 12, 1991. It was originally hosted by Dagny Hultgreen. It features stories and gossip about celebrities as well as the film, music, and television industries. Since its launch, it has broadcast under a variety of formats, at one point even airing live during the mid-2000s (at this time, the show was named ''E! News Live''). Starting in 2006, it was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic. In April 2012, Seacrest was replaced by Jason Kennedy (TV personality), Jason Kenn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Golden Bachelor Season 1
The first season of ''The Golden Bachelor'' — a spin-off of '' The Bachelor'' featuring contestants 60 and over — premiered on September 28, 2023 on ABC. This season features 72-year-old Gerry Turner, a retired restaurateur and widower from Hudson, Indiana. It concluded on November 30, 2023, with Turner choosing to propose to 70-year-old Theresa Nist. ABC aired the wedding as a live special, ''The Golden Wedding'', on January 4, 2024. They divorced three months later. Production Filming and development Filming began in August 2023 in Los Angeles, and concluded in Costa Rica. As a result of the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes, the series aired on Thursday nights followed by the ninth season of '' Bachelor in Paradise'' instead of on its originally intended Monday-night scheduling, to fill timeslots left vacant by scripted shows. Casting and contestants Notable contestants included Patty James, mother of season 25 Bachelor Matt James, Renee Halverson-Wright, author a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mel Owens
Mel Tyrae Owens (born December 7, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1976 to 1980. He was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round (ninth overall pick) of the 1981 NFL draft. He played nine seasons with the Rams and compiled 26.5 quarterback sacks. Owens later became a sports lawyer in Laguna Hills, California. Early life Owens was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1958. His father Walter Owens played professional baseball in the mid-1950s for the Detroit Stars of the Negro American League and later coached high school baseball in Detroit. The family moved to DeKalb, Illinois, when Mel was in the ninth grade, as his father was hired as the baseball coach at Northern Illinois University. Mel attended DeKalb High School where he was a multi-sport star, winning a total of nine varsity letters in football, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Bachelorette (American TV Series)
''The Bachelorette'' is an American reality television dating game show that debuted on ABC on January 8, 2003. The show is a spin-off of '' The Bachelor'' and the staple part of ''The Bachelor'' franchise. The first season featured Trista Rehn, the runner-up from the first season of '' The Bachelor'', offering the opportunity for Rehn to choose a husband among 25 bachelors. The 2004 season of ''The Bachelorette'' again took a runner-up from the previous season of ''The Bachelor''. After last airing on February 28, 2005, the series returned to ABC during the spring of 2008, following an absence of three years, and has since become an annual staple of the network's summer programming. For its first 16 seasons, the show was hosted by Chris Harrison. JoJo Fletcher took on temporary hosting duties during season 16 when Harrison was isolating having taken his son to college. In March 2021, the show announced it would air two seasons for the first time ever. The seventeenth season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Golden Bachelorette
''The Golden Bachelorette'' is an American dating reality television series that premiered on September 18, 2024 on ABC. It is a spin-off of ''The Bachelorette'' featuring a cast of senior citizens as the contestants and single woman. The series stars 61-year-old Joan Vassos, a private school administrator and widow from Rockville, Maryland. Vassos was previously a contestant on '' The Golden Bachelor'', but quit in week 3 due to a family emergency. It concluded on November 13, 2024, with Vassos accepting a proposal from 60-year-old Charles "Chock" Chapple. Production Filming and development On February 10, 2024, following the success of '' The Golden Bachelor'', ABC ordered the first season of ''The Golden Bachelorette''. On May 14, 2024, Vassos was announced as the inaugural lead of the series. Filming began in June 2024 in Los Angeles, and concluded in late July in Tahiti. Musicians Taylor Dayne, Wayne Newton, and REO Speedwagon; comedian Loni Love; Hall of Fame fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Bachelor (American Season 25)
The twenty-fifth season of '' The Bachelor'' premiered on January 4, 2021. This season features 28-year-old Matt James, a real estate broker and charity founder from Raleigh, North Carolina. James was originally cast on the sixteenth season of ''The Bachelorette'' featuring Clare Crawley. However, after filming was delayed due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was instead selected to be The Bachelor. The entire season was filmed at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania due to the pandemic, making this was the first and only season to film in a single location in ''The Bachelor''. James is the first Black male lead in ''The Bachelor'' franchise. The season concluded on March 15, 2021, with James choosing to pursue a relationship with 24-year-old graphic designer Rachael Kirkconnell. However, during the ''After the Final Rose'' special, it was revealed that James had broken up with Kirkconnell after her racially insensitive past came to light. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hulu
Hulu (, ) is an American Subscription business model, subscription streaming media service owned by Disney Streaming, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company. It was launched on October 29, 2007, initially as a joint venture between News Corporation (later 21st Century Fox) and NBCUniversal, NBC Universal, which was later Acquisition of NBC Universal by Comcast, bought by Comcast. Many companies like AT&T's WarnerMedia, Providence Equity, and the Walt Disney Company bought stakes in the service. Hulu served as an aggregation of recent episodes of television series from the respective Television broadcaster, television broadcasting by its owners. In 2010, Hulu launched a subscription service, initially branded as "Hulu Plus," which featured full seasons of programs from the companies and other partners, and un-delayed access to new episodes. In 2017, the company launched Hulu with Live TV—an Over-the-top media service, over-the-top streaming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bachelor In Paradise (American Season 9)
The ninth season of '' Bachelor in Paradise'' premiered on September 28, 2023, with Jesse Palmer returning as host. Production Filming took place in the town of Sayulita, located in Vallarta-Nayarit, Mexico. Wells Adams returned as the bartender for the sixth season in a row. For the first time, the season was moved from its usual Monday and Tuesday timeslot to Thursday following the inaugural season of ''The Golden Bachelor'', on account of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. Former Bachelorettes Hannah Brown, Katie Thurston Katie Lane Thurston (born January 3, 1991) is an American television personality. She received national recognition as a contestant on season 25 of '' The Bachelor'', and as the star of season 17 of ''The Bachelorette''. Early life and educat ..., and Charity Lawson made guest appearances this season. Casting On August 14, 2023, Brayden Bowers and Katherine Izzo were confirmed as contestants during the Bachelorette season 20 ''Men Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
