‘The Golden Bachelor’ Producers Hopeful for ‘Bachelorette’ Spinoff: Who Would Be the Lead?
14.12.2023 - 18:31
/ variety.com
Emily Longeretta It sounds like “The Golden Bachelorette” could be right around the corner. When it comes to focusing on a female lead, “nothing would make us happier,” executive producer and showrunner Bennett Graebner said during a Producers Guild FYC panel for “The Golden Bachelor” on Monday night. Newly engaged duo Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist, as well as executive producers and showrunners Claire Freeland and Jason Ehrlich were also on the panel in New York.
During the “Golden Bachelor” finale, Turner, 72, and Nist, 70, got engaged after he sent home a devastated Leslie Fhima. Following the breakup, viewers have rallied on social media for Fhima, 64, to become the first Golden Bachelorette. At the panel at the Times Center, when “The Golden Bachelorette” was brought up, the audience began chanting different names from Turner’s season, including Fhima, Faith Martin, Ellen Goltzer, Joan Vassos and Sandar Masson.
If it does happen, it would likely be someone from the first season. “There are so many incredible women from this season,” Ehrlich said. “That would be really hard not to [pick from].
There are just so many, and you can picture what that would look like in several different ways, and it’s all exciting and fun.” Freeland added, “I’m here for ‘Golden Paradise.'” It’s not a surprise that ABC and Warner Bros. TV would want to tackle another season of the “Golden” spinoff following the success of Turner’s season. The season finale, which aired on Nov.
30, reached more than 6 million viewers, scoring the biggest audience of any “Bachelor” franchise episode since March 2020. Next, they will air Turner and Nist’s Jan. 4 wedding, set to air live on ABC and streaming the next day on Hulu.