ABC is bringing “The Bachelor” love to the Boomers.
The network announced the addition of “The Golden Bachelor” for the network’s reality show-filled fall schedule on Tuesday.
In the new series, one hopeless romantic bachelor is given a second chance at love with a partner to share the sunset years of life – “proving it’s never too late to fall in love,” former “Bachelor” and current host Jesse Palmer said at ABC’s New York City upfront presentation for advertisers.
The potential match will be chosen from a house filled with candidates arriving “with a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss and laughter,” according to an ABC release.
“Golden Bachelor” will air Monday nights, following “Dancing with the Stars,” which returns to ABC’s line-up after one season of streaming exclusively on Disney+.
The extra helpings of unscripted reality shows are the result of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike, which began May 2.
The network also announced Tuesday the addition of “High Potential,” a drama that follows Kaitlin Olson as a single mom with an unconventional knack for solving crimes. The “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” star plays the offbeat Morgan, who forms an unusual and yet formidable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata).
The drama, written by Drew Goddard (“The Good Place”) is based on the popular French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel.”
ABC renewed Gina Rodriguez’s freshman sitcom “Not Dead Yet” for a second season along with (as expected) the “Roseanne” spinoff “The Conners,” the network’s top comedy, for a sixth season.
The timing for “High Potential” – and new episodes of returning favorites – depends on the resolution of the writers’ strike that, if prolonged, will delay the fall season.
“Home Economics,” vying for a fourth season, and “The Rookie: Feds,” starring Niecy Nash, remain on the bubble for the network, which must decide by June 30 whether to renew them.
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ABC has already announced it will pick up the seventh season of “9-1-1,” which was cancelled after its sixth season on Fox. The network also renewed Quinta Brunson’s breakout hit “Abbott Elementary” for a third season, “The Good Doctor” (Season 7), “Grey’s Anatomy” (Season 20), “The Rookie” (Season 6) “Station 19″ (Season 7) and “Will Trent” (Season 2). Canceled: “A Million Little Things,” “The Goldbergs” and “Big Sky.”
ABC’s fall schedule
Monday: 8, “Dancing With the Stars”; 10, “The Golden Bachelor.”
Tuesday: 8, “Celebrity Jeopardy!”; 9, “Bachelor in Paradise.”
Wednesday: 8, “Judge Steve Harvey”; 9, “Abbott Elementary” (Encore); 9:30 “Abbott Elementary” (Encore); 10, “What Would You Do?”
Thursday: 8, “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune”; 9, “Press Your Luck”; 10, “The $100,000 Pyramid.”
Friday: 8, “Shark Tank”; 9, “20/20.”
Saturday: 7:30, College Football.
Sunday: 7, “America’s Funniest Home Videos”; 8, “The Wonderful World of Disney.”
(All times EDT/PDT except sports; new shows in bold; new time slots in italics.)
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