ABC Chief On Future Of ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Post-Divorce & More Franchise Extensions

While Susan Lucci is a fan of "The Golden Bachelor" franchise, she's not ready to step into the lead role. In an interview with People, the acclaimed actress revealed she was contacted to star as "The Golden Bachelorette" for its upcoming debut season. "I believe that they contacted my publicist, and it wasn't for me," Lucci told the outlet.

Susan Lucci is revealing another TV opportunity she was offered – The Golden Bachelorette!

Susan Lucci waited a while to be honored for her contributions to daytime television. So she’s cautious about any role she might have in future editions of The Golden Bachelorette.

Being away from home allows room for perspective, and for a group of U.S.-based documentary experts who made the trip to Cannes, the glass remains half full, despite the headwinds. The closure of Participant, Showtime Docs, CNN Films scaling back and belt-tightening across the board have led many to posit that a Golden Age of documentary films has ended. A discussion in the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival begged the question: If the Golden Age is over, what comes next?

Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey have their first “Jurassic World” co-star. THR reports that Rupert Friend is the latest actor cast to star in Gareth Edward‘s upcoming installment.  Friend also joins Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, the only other name on the call sheet, as the film inches closer to its mid-June production start.

Bring Me The Horizon have announced the release date for their long-awaited album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – confirming it is coming tomorrow (May 24).The Sheffield band shared the surprise news in a post on X/Twitter this afternoon (May 23), dropping a minute-long teaser for the project and confirming that it will be out at midnight.“BMTH invites you to Ascend!+,” they wrote in the brief caption. “‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ [out midnight 24.05]”.While no official release date had been shared up until now, the long-delayed album was expected to drop at some point this summer.It marks the follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’, and was scheduled to arrive last September after being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival.

Molly Mae-Hague has failed to show support for her future brother-in-law Tyson Fury following his fight against Oleksandr Usyk.The ex-Love Islander is set to join the Fury family when she marries long-term boyfriend Tommy Fury, after he proposed in 2023. Molly, 25, has previously shared her support for boxer Tyson, 35, after his fights, but she has remained silent on his latest bout.

Joshua Bassett just released his new single “The Golden Years” – Just Jared Jr Harrison Butker‘s viral, controversial speech has drawn criticism from the school’s nuns – Celebitchy Get the scoop on the Pokémon makeup collection at ColourPop – Popsugar Nickelodeon just picked up another new spinoff series! – Just Jared Jr

is still Bennifering.On May 16, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were seen together for the first time since all this started bubbling up. In new photos and video shared —the same tabloid that first reported their alleged split— can be seen picking up and her 16-year-old child, , in an SUV after 15-year-old Fin Affleck’s school play.While InTouch continues to report that the couple is “no longer sleeping under the same roof” and a source that the pair arrived separately, Affleck can clearly be seen wearing his wedding ring while keeping his left hand on the wheel.

ABC announced that fan favorite Golden Bachelor contestant Joan Vassos has been chosen to be the very first Golden Bachelorette.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Lisa Ann Walter from Abbott Elementary got to call roll at the start of the Disney Upfront Tuesday, which allowed many of the stars from the studio’s movies and networks to sound off (in a video) before the presentation kicked off at the North Javits Center.

After a two-year absence from the upfront stage, Jimmy Kimmel was back Tuesday to take aim at Bob Iger, P Diddy, CBS and the new Golden Bachelorette.

Turner’s “The Golden Bachelor” was cut short.Vassos, 61, left Turner’s season early in the third week to care for her daughter who had recently given birth. Vassos is a mother of four, grandmother of two and a school administrator. Her late husband John, whom she was married to for 32 years, died in January 2021 from pancreatic cancer.

Joan Vassos is getting another shot at love.

Joan Vassos has been named the first Golden Bachelorette!

The Golden Bachelorette was officially a go, fans have been waiting forever (well, more like three months) to find out who the lucky lady would be, and now we know: Joan Vassos, from Rockland, Maryland.Joan was a fan-favorite and front-runner , when she and Gerry had a heart-warming one-on-one date (like Gerry, Joan is also a widow). It seemed like she and Gerry had what it took to go the distance, but the morning after their date, she made the important—and right—decision to leave the show to care for her daughter, who was struggling with postpartum depression.Gerry was understanding—and devastated. But to make matters even more surprising, Joan told me at the Women Tell All taping in October 2023 that she was actually scheduled to return to the show, and even had a plane ticket.

Selome Hailu Joan Vassos has been named as the first leading lady of “The Golden Bachelorette,” which premieres on ABC this fall. Vassos, who is 61 years old, was a contestant on Season 1 of “The Golden Bachelor” in the fall and went homr during Week 3. Gerry instead proposed to Theresa Nist, whom he married during a live ABC special in January.

For its record 21st season, Grey’s Anatomy is getting a new time slot, shifting from 9 PM to 10 PM on Thursday to make room for another medical drama, Ryan Murphy’s Doctor Odyssey. Meanwhile, fans of The Conners will have to wait until midseason to bid farewell to the family sitcom as well as get new episodes of The Rookie and Will Trent.

The behind-the-scenes drama of “Mad Max: Fury Road” is legendary, at this point. There have been so many interviews about how Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy were very contentious.

FOX is unveiling its TV programming schedule!