‘The Golden Bachelorette’: ABC Taps Joan Vassos To Lead Inaugural Season

Kendall Jenner saw something she should NOT have seen on the Golden Bachelor‘s phone!

Grey's Anatomy finale, which airs this Thursday. teased that things will come to a head when I spoke with her earlier this month. “We really pay off what we started in episode one," she says.

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?

Jim Halterman Spoiler Alert: The following interview discusses events from “The Good Doctor” series finale “Goodbye,” streaming on Hulu as of May 22. If you’re looking for the right prescription for a solid series finale consisting of high emotional stakes, happy and sad tearful moments followed by a big dose of hope, then “The Good Doctor” delivered on all of those elements in Tuesday’s series finale, which wrapped up seven seasons on ABC. The drama, which premiered on September 20, 2017, followed the journey of autistic surgeon Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore) as he grew from surgical resident not only to being a successful doctor at San Jose’s St. Bonaventure Hospital, but also a husband, father and friend to the colleagues he worked with over the years.

The Voice is celebrating 25 seasons on NBC with the Season 25 finale, and it is remembering all the coaches who spun their chairs throughout the years.

doesn't know if Trista Sutter is on the run or starring in a new reality show.Ryan Sutter met his wife, Trista Sutter (neé Rehn), when he competed for her affection on the first-ever season of in 2003. The firefighter married the pediatric physical therapist/former Miami Heat dancer that same year, marking their 20th wedding anniversary in December 2023. They share two children: Maxwell, 16, and Blakesley, 14.However, it seems the in Bachelor Nation history are experiencing some trouble in paradise…maybe.

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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 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.

“The Golden Bachelor was probably the television event last year,” ABC TV Group President Craig Erwich said in an interview with Deadline on the day of the Disney upfront presentation. The Bachelor offshoot was so successful, it spawned a highly rated special, The Golden Wedding.

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.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor FX’s historical epic “Shōgun,” Marvel’s animated juggernaut “X-Men ’97,” Hulu’s passionate documentary “Black Twitter: A People’s History” and the one-two punch Netflix thrillers “Baby Reindeer” and “Ripley” are among the inaugural nominees for the 2024 Gotham TV Awards. Among the outstanding performances recognized across multiple genres are Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone in the dark dramedy “The Curse,” Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai in the historical epic “Shōgun,” and Robyn Cara and Siobhán Cullen in Netflix’s new comedy “Bodkin.” These shows are the only ones to receive two acting nominations each.