{"id":26855,"date":"2023-07-24T12:10:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=26855"},"modified":"2023-07-24T12:10:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T16:10:48","slug":"abc-reveals-the-first-golden-years-era-bachelor-for-the-golden-bachelor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/07\/abc-reveals-the-first-golden-years-era-bachelor-for-the-golden-bachelor.html","title":{"rendered":"ABC Reveals the First Golden Years-Era Bachelor For &#8216;The Golden Bachelor&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_26864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26864\" style=\"width: 757px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/07\/gerry-turner-credit-ABC-youtube.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26864\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/07\/gerry-turner-credit-ABC-youtube.png\" alt=\"gerry turner\" width=\"757\" height=\"590\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABC\/YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ABC has named its first golden years-era Bachelor. Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old man from Indiana, will lead the senior reality dating series, \u201cThe Golden Bachelor,\u201d a spinoff of ABC\u2019s long-running hit franchise \u201cThe Bachelor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s format will imitate the flagship dating show, except this time, Turner will search for love among a group of eligible women 65 years and older. The show\u2019s tagline reads, \u201cIt\u2019s never too late to fall in love\u2026again.\u201d Turner is a retired restauranteur who lives on a lake in Indiana. He was married for 43 years to his high school sweetheart, Toni, who tragically fell ill and died in 2017. He\u2019s a father to two daughters and a grandfather to two granddaughters. ABC describes Turner as a \u201ccharming 71-year-old patriarch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The idea for \u201cThe Golden Bachelor\u201d has been in the works for a while, with the network first releasing a casting call for seniors looking for love in early 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic then delayed the spinoff series. Now, it will be among ABC\u2019s strike-proof, all-unscripted fall schedule, making its debut after \u201cDancing With the Stars.\u201d A premiere date hasn\u2019t been announced yet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n6isb2o07Uw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The 20th season of \u201cThe Bachelorette\u201d is airing, with the ninth season of \u201cBachelor in Paradise\u201d also expected in the fall. \u201cThe Bachelor\u201d has also been renewed for an upcoming 27th season. When asked about the golden-years spinoff earlier this year, Walt Disney Television executive Rob Mills told <em>The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>that delays came from finding the right lead. He said, \u201cIt\u2019s the one I get asked about the most, which means people really love this idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cFor us, the most important thing is that we get the exact right person, whether it\u2019s a Bachelor or Bachelorette, and it\u2019s somebody that everyone wants to see us tell their story and that everyone gets invested in seeing them find love. So we\u2019re still casting, we\u2019re looking, but once we find the perfect person, absolutely, it\u2019s one we\u2019re going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official description for\u00a0\u201cThe Golden Bachelor\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em>reads, \u201cAfter more than 20 years of fostering young love on\u00a0\u201cThe Bachelor,\u201d \u201cThe Bachelorette\u201d and\u00a0\u201cBachelor in Paradise,\u201d \u201cThe Golden Bachelor\u201d\u00a0showcases a whole new kind of love story, one for the golden years. In this all-new unscripted series, one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life. The women arriving at the mansion have a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss and laughter, hoping for a spark that ignites a future full of endless possibilities. In the end, will our Golden man turn the page to start a new chapter with the woman of his dreams?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Unscripted Television produces \u201cThe Golden Bachelor\u201d in association with Warner Horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABC has named its first golden years-era Bachelor. 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