During the course of the season, the bachelor goes on group and one-on-one dates to get to know the candidates, and eliminates some of them each week, eventually culminating in a marriage proposal to his final selection.
Following the success of The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss produced The Bachelorette, in which the format is gender-reversed.
The series also featured questions from the audience, deleted scenes, outtakes and exclusive extra content.
The series stars Haley and Emily Ferguson from season 20 of The Bachelor and showcases them "saying goodbye to the comfort and luxuries of living under their mom's roof and beginning the hilarious journey of figuring out life on their own while searching for independence and a new career.
The contestants will sing well-known songs, both individually and as couples, and explore their relationships while living together and going on Bachelor-style dates that focus on music.
[11] The series contains recaps of previous seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette and features interviews with former cast members.
In January 2020, a casting call was issued for men and women aged 65 and older, for an edition of The Bachelor starring senior citizens.
Bachelor in Paradise season 2 couple Jade Roper and Tanner Tolbert's wedding was also broadcast as a television special in February 2016.
On March 30, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic (which itself caused the 2020 Olympics to be postponed to 2021), it was reported that production of the spin-off had been cancelled.
[16] Bachelor Happy Hour is a podcast series hosted by Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt.
[17] The franchise has launched numerous digital series featuring cast members from the various television shows.
The various television series shoot on location in cities around the world, and promotion from these visits has been coined "The Bachelor Effect."
[39] The franchise inspired the fictional show UnReal, which stars Shiri Appleby as a young reality television producer pushed by her unscrupulous boss (Constance Zimmer) to swallow her integrity and do anything it takes to drum up salacious show content.