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2002
TV-14
ABC

2002
TV-14
ABC

Summary The Bachelor is an original one hour prime-time reality television series that gives one man and 25 women the unique opportunity to find true love in a most exciting and adventurous way. The Bachelor will get to know the 25 women in a series of fun, exciting and exotic dates that will elicit real and raw emotions. Along the way he mu...

2002
TV-14
ABC

2002
TV-14
ABC

The Bachelor

29 Seasons

Season 1 Premiere: Mar 25, 2002

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews

40

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 69 User Ratings

4.2

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Summary The Bachelor is an original one hour prime-time reality television series that gives one man and 25 women the unique opportunity to find true love in a most exciting and adventurous way. The Bachelor will get to know the 25 women in a series of fun, exciting and exotic dates that will elicit real and raw emotions. Along the way he mu...

Where to Watch

All Seasons

3 Episodes • 2008

9 Episodes • 2002

10 Episodes • 2002

9 Episodes • 2003

10 Episodes • 2003

9 Episodes • 2004

10 Episodes • 2004

9 Episodes • 2005

8 Episodes • 2006

8 Episodes • 2006

9 Episodes • 2007

10 Episodes • 2007

10 Episodes • 2008

11 Episodes • 2009

11 Episodes • 2010

12 Episodes • 2011

12 Episodes • 2012

13 Episodes • 2013

13 Episodes • 2014

13 Episodes • 2015

12 Episodes • 2016

14 Episodes • 2017

13 Episodes • 2017

12 Episodes • 2019

12 Episodes • 2020

12 Episodes • 2021

12 Episodes • 2022

11 Episodes • 2023

11 Episodes • 2024

29 Seasons

Top Cast

Chris Harrison

Self - Host, Self

Brad Womack

Self - Bachelor, Self

Jesse Palmer

Self - Host, Self - The Bachelor

Sean Lowe

Self - The Bachelor, Self, Self - Audience Member

Catherine Lowe

Self - Contestant, Self, Self - Audience Member

Ben Higgins

Self - The Bachelor, Self

Becca Tilley

Self - Contestant, Self

Nick Viall

Self - The Bachelor, Self, Self - Analyst

Jason Mesnick

Self - Bachelor, Self

Andi Dorfman

Self - Contestant, Self, Self - The Bachelorette

Clare Crawley

Self - Contestant, Self, Self - Analyst, Self - The Bachelorette

Neil Lane

Self, Self - Audience Member

DeAnna Pappas Stagliano

Self

Arie Luyendyk Jr.

Self - The Bachelor, Self

Chris Soules

Self - The Bachelor, Self

Rachel Lindsay

Self - Contestant, Self, Self - The Bachelorette

Desiree Hartsock

Self - Contestant, Self, Self - Audience Member

Kaitlyn Bristowe

Self - Contestant, Self, Self - Analyst, Self - The Bachelorette

Ashley Hebert

Self

Juan Pablo Galavis

Self - The Bachelor, Self

View All Cast & Crew

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews

31% Positive
5 Reviews

38% Mixed
6 Reviews

31% Negative
5 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews

31% Positive
5 Reviews

38% Mixed
6 Reviews

31% Negative
5 Reviews

All Reviews
Positive Reviews
Mixed Reviews
Negative Reviews

Jan 3, 2011

It's silly, ridiculous, fun, outrageous and absurd. Plus, there's Brad.

By Verne Gay FULL REVIEW

Sioux City Journal

Jan 23, 2019

“It’s so surreal,” Underwood says of the process. True, but there have been worse opening nights. ... While the new bachelor is described as “better looking than Brad Pitt,” he is more personable than some of the recent titleholders.

By Bruce Miller FULL REVIEW

Jan 24, 2023

Zach is as bland and generic as most of the men who have filled the Bachelor shoes before him. ... There are some normal entrances, but then we suffer through the usual gimmicks. ... The night is a blur of awkward get-to-know-you gimmicks and first kisses.

By Lauren Chval FULL REVIEW

Dallas Morning News

May 14, 2013

The six-week series premieres tonight on ABC, a network so desperate it has stooped to ripping off Fox, home of the infamous Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? [25 Mar 2002, p.12C]

By Manuel Mendoza FULL REVIEW

Kansas City Star

May 14, 2013

The Bachelor gets off to a slow start but maybe that's to be expected. It starts with a marathon mixer; Take "hi, my name is Angelique" and multiply it 25 times and you get the idea. Michel tells the women he is "humbled and honored" by the turnout, perhaps forgetting that ABC flew all the women to Malibu for the party. [25 Mar 2002, p.D5]

By Aaron Barnhart FULL REVIEW

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

May 14, 2013

Let's just say ABC could have saved a ton on limousine fees if it had shrink-wrapped 25 women and placed them in the meat case at Safeway for its new hook-up series, The Bachelor...The Bachelor is an embarrassment - a tawdry example of a desperate network taking advantage of desperate people. Stay away. [25 Mar 2002, p.C1]

By John Levesque FULL REVIEW

May 14, 2013

How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways: You are degrading, debasing, desperate, depressing, dull, and dopey...You are a show so ill-conceived and so demeaning to women that you make Howard Stern look like a feminist. [25 Mar 2002, p.75]

By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW

See All 16 Critic Reviews

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 69 User Ratings

43% Positive
30 Ratings

3% Mixed
2 Ratings

54% Negative
37 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 69 User Ratings

43% Positive
30 Ratings

3% Mixed
2 Ratings

54% Negative
37 Ratings

There are no user reviews yet. Be the first to add a review.

Details

Production Company:

AND Syndicated Productions
Greenlight Films
Next Entertainment
Telepictures Productions
Warner Horizon Unscripted Television

Initial Release Date: Mar 25, 2002

Number of seasons: 29 Seasons

Rating: TV-14

Genres:

Awards

Teen Choice Awards

• 1 Win & 8 Nominations

BMI Film & TV Awards

• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations

MTV Movie + TV Awards

• 2 Nominations

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