A golden girl will soon get the chance at finding love on reality TV, this time as the show's star.
ABC has revealed that new senior dating series The Golden Bachelorette, a spinoff of its most recent Bachelor spinoff The Golden Bachelor, is in the works and set to premiere this fall. The news was announced Feb. 10 at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif.
One month earlier, The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner, 72, and winner Theresa Nist, 70, tied the knot on the live televised special The Golden Wedding. Many members of Bachelor Nation attended their wedding, with their costar Susan Noles officiating the ceremony.
"After a historic first season watching Gerry and Theresa find love on The Golden Bachelor," ABC said in a statement obtained by E! News, "this all-new iteration of the hit series will highlight one radiant woman's second chance at love in her golden years."
The Disney-owned network said the debut season of The Golden Bachelor reached 43.4 million total viewers after 35 days of viewing across linear and streaming platforms, ranked as the No. 1 new unscripted series this season among adults 18-49 and marked ABC's No. 1 unscripted series premiere ever on Hulu.
ABC has not yet announced the cast of The Golden Bachelorette or named its host. Jesse Palmer, who hosted The Golden Bachelor and recent seasons of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor in Paradise, told E! News last week that he hoped there would be a Golden Bachelorette series, adding that he believed multiple contestants from The Golden Bachelor would be great choices to become its star.
"There are multiple women that would be phenomenal Golden Bachelorettes," he said. "There's some very deserving ladies from that season."
And Gerry concurs. "I absolutely do hope that is something that happens," he told E! News at the Golden Bachelor: Women Tell All taping, speaking about the prospects for a Golden Bachelorette series. "But there's no way I could recommend one out of those 22 women that would be better than any of the others. They'd all be wonderful candidates for it."
Also at the TCA's winter press tour Feb. 10, ABC announced the renewal of The Bachelorette for season 21. See which other shows have been renewed or canceled so far this year:
Renewed: Black Doves
The spy thriller was renewed for a second season, Netflix confirmed.
Renewed: Tell Me Lies
The Hulu drama will be back for season three.
Renewed: Mayor of Kingstown
The Paramount+ drama starring Jeremy Renner will return for its fourth season next year.
Renewed: Bad Monkey
Vince Vaughn returns for season two of the AppleTV+ comedy.
Renewed: A Man on the Inside
The Netflix comedy starring Ted Danson returns for season two in 2025.
Renewed: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Kelly Clarkson's daytime talk show will be back for season seven.
Renewed: Silo
Apple TV+'s world-building drama has been renewed for third and fourth seasons.
Renewed: Farmer Wants a Wife
Kimberly Williams-Paisley will join the Fox reality competition dating show as host for season three, guiding four young farmers and daters as they look for real connections and true love.
Renewed: Like Water for Chocolate
The MAX drama, produced by Salma Hayek, will be back for season two.
Renewed: Rivals
The Hulu drama about English socialites in the 1980s returns for season two next year.
Renewed & Ending: Bel-Air
Peacock's reimagining of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air returns for its fourth and final season in 2025.
Renewed: The Day of the Jackal
Peacock's spy drama starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch was renewed for a second season.
Renewed: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Season two will follow the 2024-25 Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad from start to finish—kicking off at auditions and training camp and continuing all the way through the NFL season.
Renewed & Ending: Outer Banks
Netflix revealed that the hit teen drama is renewed for a fifth and final season five.
Renewed: Days of Our Lives
Peacock has renewed the long running TV soap opera for a historic 61st season.
Renewed: Matlock
The reimagined TV reboot starring Kathy Bates scored an early season two renewal.
Renewed: The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys
The reality series about the McBee ranching family will move from Peacock to Bravo for season two.
Canceled & Picked Up: Project Runway
After it's landmark 20th season, the Bravo fashion design competition will be moving to Freeform and Hulu in 2025.
Renewed: Shrinking
The AppleTV+ comedy starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford will be back for season three.
Renewed: The Diplomat
Netflix has renewed the critically-acclaimed political drama for a third season, ahead of its season two premiere on Oct. 31.
Renewed: Nobody Wants This
The breakout Netflix comedy starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody has been renewed for a second season, slated to premiere in 2025.
Renewed: Reacher
Prior to its season three premiere in 2025, Prime Video announced the drama has been renewed for a fourth season.
Renewed: The Night Agent
Based on the novel by Matthew Quirk, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low level FBI Agent, Peter Sutherland, whose efforts to save The President in season one earn him an opportunity to become a Night Agent in season two. But working in the secretive organization of Night Action will propel Peter into a world where danger is everywhere and trust is in short supply.
The Netflix series will be back for season three next year.
Renewed: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
The hit Hulu reality show is returning for season two.
“There was a philosophical question raised in season one which was ‘Can #MomTok survive this?’ The answer unequivocally is yes!" said Rob Mills, Executive Vice President, Unscripted and Alternative Entertainment, Walt Disney Television. "Spring 2025 get your dirty sodas ready!”
Renewed: Sugar
The AppleTV+ drama has been renewed for a second season with Academy Award-nominee Colin Farrell set to return and reprise his role as Detective John Sugar.
Canceled: UnPrisoned
The Hulu comedy has been canceled after two seasons.
“Ladies & Gents, that is a wrap on Unprisoned,” star Kerry Washington announce don social media in September. “This beautiful show that we poured so much of our hearts and souls into is unfortunately not coming back for a Season 3. But I wanted you to hear it from me because while we’re super duper disappointed, we’re also crazy deeply grateful.”
Canceled: Pretty Little Liars
The reboot—originally titled Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin—was canceled by Max after two seasons.
Renewed: Industry
The HBO drama will return for season four.
On Pause: Coupe to Throuple
The polyamorous dating show “has not been canceled officially,” a Peacock spokeperson told Deadline, but “there are no plans for future seasons at this time.”
Renewed: Emily in Paris
Lily Collins and co. will be back for season five, Netflix announced. Plus, expect more adventures in Rome.