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Has The Bachelor Lost Its Cultural Relevance?
Your TikTok Bubbie returns with a heartfelt episode that weaves personal celebration with thoughtful reality TV criticism. After celebrating my son's 41st birthday today, I dive into the cultural phenomenon of The Bachelor franchise and its current crossroads after 29 seasons.
Drawing from Greg Braxton's recent analysis, we explore how a once-groundbreaking dating show now suffers from formula fatigue, diversity challenges, and an inability to keep pace with cultural shifts. The rise of streaming platforms has introduced more provocative dating shows, leaving The Bachelor struggling to maintain relevance despite its loyal fanbase. The Golden Bachelor spin-off offered a refreshing bright spot, attracting viewers beyond the core Bachelor Nation by featuring contestants in their golden years searching for love.
As someone who values authentic representation in media, I reflect on what keeps me watching certain Bachelor iterations while skipping others. I share personal connections to the franchise, including my social media friendship with Golden Bachelor winner Therese and my delightful encounter with Bachelor in Paradise success story Ashley and Jared at an iHeartRadio event. These genuine connections between contestants remain the franchise's strongest appeal.
The episode concludes with an exciting announcement about my upcoming interview series with people in long-term relationships. In a dating landscape that's dramatically different from when I met my husband, I'm curious about what sustains commitment today. I leave you with my personal philosophy on relationships: "Date yourself first." The relationship you have with yourself forms the foundation for all others, so remember to high-five yourself every morning and practice self-love daily.
What do you think about the Bachelor franchise's future? Has it lost its cultural relevance, or is there still hope for reality romance on network television? Share your thoughts and remember – if nobody told you they love you today, I love you because you're you.
MORNIN BITCHES PODCAST
Morning bitches and dolls. If no one told you they love you today, then I love you Because you're you and I love you. Yeah, you, that's right, you out there. It's your TikTok bubby Back again. I told you my podcasting has begun again. I told you my podcasting has begun again and I love you very, very, very, very much. I just thought I would tell you that. You know, in case you didn't know, it's Thursday, the 27th of March.
Speaker 1:I gave birth to my son 41 days, 40 oops, sorry. You know I don't edit this thing. I don't know how to do that. I know how to talk, I know how to think, I know how to sing and be funny. 41 years ago today, I love I and he. I've raised a great son. So that's all I gotta say about that.
Speaker 1:But I wanted to talk about one of my favorite shows. Well, I have a few favorite shows Reality television show the Bachelor Bachelorette, golden Bachelor, golden Bachelorette, I love this. And Bachelor in Paradise. Okay, so I did watch the finale. I usually watch all the seasons. This time I didn't, but I did watch the finale. I usually watch all the seasons. This time I didn't, but I did watch the finale the other night and I'm very happy with who he picked. I think it's a great match. She's adorable, she's fun, she's alive, she's young. They'll have great times together. But here's this article by Greg Braxton Okay, and I wanted to address it. By Greg Braxton, okay, and I wanted to address it.
Speaker 1:After 29 seasons of the Bachelor, is the bloom off the rose? Oh, grant Ellis, gorgeous, gorgeous star of ABC's the Bachelor, this season was stressed out. Narrowing his initial dating pool of 25 women down to two has been tough enough. But grappling with the dilemma of who he would choose as his wife was agonizing, or the fiance, or whatever you want to call it, working through his indecisiveness, by the end of Monday's finale, ellis proposed to client services advisor Juliana Pasquerosa and a town girl. I'm just saying break in the heart of the other finalist, venture capitalist Latia, or I hope, her now. God, ellis, the second black male star of the reality series, wasn't alone in facing a tough decision as the curtain closes on season 29,.
Speaker 1:The Bachelor franchise has had a bad case of formula fatigue. Ho-hum, facing a cloudy future after being rocked by a stream of misfires, controversies, including lackluster love stories, sloppy betting, insensitive handling of contestants of color. True, very true charges of traumatizing, contestant and, most recently, leadership upheaval. Okay, when it premiered in 22, 2002, the reality dating series was considered a novel let's turn the page concept, attracting millions of viewers at its peak. But despite despite maintaining a loyal base of Bachelor Nation fans during its more than two decades on, the other franchises failed to keep up with cultural shifts and fast-moving social trends. This is true Now, in the wake of streaming revolution, which has transformed how we watch television and add a new staple of provocative and sexy competitors. The show has been bounced from the ranks of elite reality series Used to be an elite reality series. Okay, the Bachelor has its most uncertain future it's ever had, even in its early years. That Andy Dynod, creator of and TV critic for realityblurcom. I wouldn't say that about my other longstanding broadcast reality franchise. Sure, there is declining viewership on broadcast, but Survivor, big Brother, the Amazing Race and Hell's Kitchen aren't going anywhere. My facialist is on Survivor.
Speaker 1:A number of years ago, emma Rose Gray co-hosted the Love to See it with Emma and Claire podcast, which recaps the Bachelor and other series. Agreed, the rise of dating shows that feel more of the moment knocked the Bachelor off the very comfortable pedestal it occupied for decades. The producers haven't been as nimble as they need to be to meet the moment. We are in a different moment. Others are more blunt. The moment. We are in a different moment. Others are more blunt.
Speaker 1:The quality of the show is not good, said Ashley Tabron, a North Carolina high school teacher, who started watching the show in 2017 when Rachel Lindsay made history as the first black bachelorette. It's not that much fun to watch. I think it's at a crossroads to keep up with the other shows, isn't that interesting? So I just had a share about that. What do you all think?
Speaker 1:You know, I started watching that Bachelor show in 22 and I saw the first Bachelorette come on the show, and then I love when Bachelor in Paradise, my favorite couple are Ashley and Jared. When I met Jared you know I'm one of the Bubbies knows best people on JLTV and we met Jared when we her husband now, when we were doing an interview at I Heart Radio and finally, finally, finally, she loved him right away from the beginning. I love her. I love her energy. I always love that energy. Besides being gorgeous, ashley, you're gorgeous, um, I just love the energy. And so I was very happy when they got together and I said to him it's about time. What took it so long? So I just have to say I'm very grateful that they you know that they were on Bachelor in Paradise. And then the Golden Bachelorette. You know I'm a friend of the one who won Teresa. I become a friend through social media, like we're not like bosom buddy best friends, but we do talk occasionally. And Gary or Jerry, I never know, you know, I know Jerry with a G, okay. So I've watched that too, which I do love Bachelor, I love the Golden Bachelor, so anyway. So to be sure, I'm looking at some of these.
Speaker 1:The show lost its way because of its failure to diversify over many years. By parading the same brand of white males year after year, it became boring. They've done a little bit better in recent years of finding new faces, but then did an absolutely horrible job of producing them and making outrageous drama out of racism and bad choices. To be sure, there have been significant bright spots for the Bachelor franchise for the past few years. The Golden Bachelor spin-off, which featured 72-year-old widower Gary Turner dating a group of older women, was a ratings hit for ABC. Yeah, we want to see more of that.
Speaker 1:Drew millions of viewerships outside the core Bachelor Nation fan base. Millions of viewerships outside the core Bachelor Nation fan base, okay, anyway. So during the 29, I didn't see the 28 season. I did not watch that. I watched Dancing with the Stars, which I love. So although host Jesse Palmer said a record number of women applied to be on Ellis' season, the former pro basketball player lacks Graziadale's star presence. Also, the women at cast have not produced a clear standout who would be considered a strong candidate for the Bachelorette. If and when it returned, okay, whatever.
Speaker 1:So basically, what do you all think think is it time for a change in bachelor, in the bachelor? I think so. I want to see more diversity, you know, not the same old, boring white people that are on the show. I'm sorry, that's the truth, you know, fuck that, you know anyway. So, um, you know anyway. So what do you all think? I love the Bachelor series, the different ones that stand out. Truth be told, I just watched the finale on this. You know that was it. I didn't watch it. From the beginning of his season. I just said you know where's it going to go, but I'm glad there is diversity. And I just said you know where's it going to go, but I'm glad there is diversity. I'm glad to see, you know, a black man with a white woman or a black man with a black woman with a white. I love diversity. So if diversity is your thing, then I'm your girl.
Speaker 1:But you know, I'm going to be doing a series of interviews with people who have been in long term relationships coming up. Like I've been in a long-term marriage with my husband, you know, it didn't matter to me whether he was Jewish, not Jewish, black. I dated all types of colors, races, creeds. You know, whatever is the right one for me is the one that came in contact with me. So anyway, I'll be interviewing people across the country, starting very soon I'm announcing it of, like, what does it take to be in a long-term relationship? It's different than when my husband, ed, and I met, you know. Anyway, so we'll see what happens with these interviews.
Speaker 1:Because even if you're in a relationship with yourself, which I believe is the most important person to be in a relationship with you just got to be good to yourself. You know what I mean. You get up in the morning like that Mel Robbins says, you know, and you high five yourself. You start your day out like that, so, and you treat yourself well. Date yourself, that's my that. Treat yourself well, date yourself, that's my belief. Date yourself okay Before you date anybody else or go on any other dates. But we're going to talk about specific ways. I think people should date today. So if nobody told you they love you today, I love you because you're you Tick tock Bubby, signing off for now. Be good to yourself because I love you. Love yourself okay.