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ABC Announces First ‘Golden Bachelor’

The spin-off will focus on the older generation of people looking for love in their ‘golden years’.

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Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old retired restaurateur, was announced Monday as the leading man of ABC’s highly anticipated spinoff The Golden Bachelor.

The Story: The Golden Bachelor is a spin-off of The Bachelor, the popular dating show that premiered in 2002.

  • The spin-off will focus on the older generation of people looking for love in what ABC is calling “their golden years”.
  • “It’s never too late to fall in love again,” Turner said. “Don’t give up, there are always possibilities.”
  • ABC describes the 71-year-old as someone who is “hosting barbecues, playing pickleball, cheering on his favorite Chicago sports teams, four-wheeling”.
  • Despite the older generation twist, the show structure will remain the same with Turner handing out roses to his favorite contestants.

Going deeper: Turner comes to the show after his wife of 43 years passed away in 2017 after becoming ill just six weeks after she retired.

  • “She got robbed. Every day that goes by, that’s the thought that I have,” Turner told Good Morning America.

The Golden Bachelor premieres this fall on ABC.

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Stephen Michael is a Political Correspondent based in the United States. He has reached a global audience with his coverage of the 2020 Election and Trump White House. Michael joins Forward Axis News after spending time with the Project Spurs Network since 2014 and covering reality TV in the UK, Australia, and Canada.

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