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  • ABC
  • Mar 25, 2002
  • ABC
  • Mar 25, 2002

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...

  • ABC
  • Mar 25, 2002
  • ABC
  • Mar 25, 2002
The Bachelor
Season 1
29 Seasons
Season Premiere: Mar 25, 2002
Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
33
User Score Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
2.3
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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...

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Season Episodes

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29 Seasons

Top Cast

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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

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
33
10% Positive
1 Review
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
50% Negative
5 Reviews

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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
33
10% Positive
1 Review
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
50% Negative
5 Reviews

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63
May 14, 2013
It serves up 25 attractive women willing to sacrifice their dignity--and future--to win a possible husband in what amounts to a glorified game show. [22 Mar 2002, p.49]
By Phil Rosenthal FULL REVIEW
42
Jun 27, 2013
The singles scene must be pretty bleak if women would rather mass for a prime-time cattle call than go out on a blind date.
By Mike Lipton FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
2.3
14% Positive
1 Rating
14% Mixed
1 Rating
71% Negative
5 Ratings

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Unfavorable Based on 7 User Ratings
2.3
14% Positive
1 Rating
14% Mixed
1 Rating
71% Negative
5 Ratings

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42
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
30
May 14, 2013
Like so many of these relationship reality shows, The Bachelor is cheesy and the whiff of desperation wafting off the contestants is strong. A preview for future episodes promises jealousy, back stabbing and cat fights as the bachelorettes vie for the main man...What do you want to bet this one won't make the National Organization for Women's Top 10? [22 Mar 2002, p.36]
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
20
May 14, 2013
Cringe-inducing... In a season of duds, the show is more jaw-droppingly bad than Jason Alexander's witless sitcom "Bob Patterson" and John McEnroe's foul game show "The Chair." [23 Mar 2002, p.E1]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
10
May 12, 2013
Besides being insulting to any woman who may not look like a runway model, The Bachelor, hosted by Chris Harrison, is just plain boring. Show supposedly takes the high road from more sexed-up fare like "Temptation Island," but the result is that ABC has promo'd the show with quick cuts of babes in bathing suits and bedside make-out sessions. It's as if the network bankrolled a brothel and positioned cameras to catch the action. [25 Mar 2002, p.34]
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0
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
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