The Golden Bachelor
TV Ratings: ‘Golden Bachelor’ Finale Hits 32-Month Franchise High
The Golden Bachelor lived up to its title with Thursday’s season finale, scoring its biggest audience of the season and a nearly three-year high for the ABC unscripted franchise. The two hour-plus finale, which saw 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner propose to Theresa Nist — a wedding special is set for Jan. 4 on ABC — drew 6.07 […]
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‘Golden Bachelor’: Gerry Turner and Fiancée to Marry in Wedding Ceremony Airing Live on ABC
Gerry Turner will not be a Golden Bachelor for much longer, as he is set to get married in a wedding ceremony televised live on ABC. During Thursday’s live finale of The Golden Bachelor, which featured series lead Turner getting engaged to Theresa Nist in Costa Rica, the couple announced that they will tie the […]
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The Golden Bachelor’s Not-So-Golden Past
By sharp contrast to the young cads with sixpack abs previously populating the hot tubs on ABC’s The Bachelor, Gerry Turner, the handsome, 72-year-old star of The Golden Bachelor spinoff, brought fresh air and life to the franchise with something rarely seen on reality TV: genuine depth and sensitivity. Still a grieving widower, Gerry (pronounced Gairy) cried real […]
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Where to Stream ‘The Golden Bachelor’ Two-Hour Finale Online for Free
Airing on ABC on Thursday, the senior dating spinoff features 72-year-old Gerry Turner as the eligible bachelor.
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‘Golden Bachelor’: Gerry Turner on Using the L-Word Twice and Why the Fantasy Suites Change Everything
[This story contains spoilers for the “Women Tell All” special of The Golden Bachelor.] Gerry Turner was looking forward to getting closure with one woman in particular at the “Women Tell All” episode of his inaugural season of ABC’s The Golden Bachelor. The special that aired Thursday brought amicable reunions with the previous contestants from […]
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Inside Gerry’s Season of ‘The Golden Bachelor’: From First Kiss to “Knockin’ Boots” in the Fantasy Suites
When The Golden Bachelor was filming, star Gerry Turner discovered his celebrity doppelganger. Then unknown to the world — months before the golden-era Bachelor spinoff would premiere to record ratings for the ABC franchise — the 72-year-old retired widower was filming one of his hometown dates at the New Jersey shore. People started gathering, noticing […]
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‘Golden Bachelor’: Gerry Turner on His “Extremely Difficult” Moments and the Pressure of Hometown Dates
[This story includes spoilers for the latest episode of ABC’s The Golden Bachelor.] Gerry Turner was able to cheer on the women as they learned more about one of his great passions — yep, we’re talking about pickleball — during this week’s installment of The Golden Bachelor. The latest episode featured a group-date competition as […]
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‘Bachelor in Paradise’: Wells Adams Discusses All the Drama — and the Chances of a ‘Golden’ Version
[This story contains spoilers for the latest episode of ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise.] Wells Adams is spilling the (presumably boozy) tea about all of the key moments from season nine of Bachelor in Paradise. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the ABC dating series’ longtime bartender chats about previous The Bachelorette villain Brayden Bowers […]
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‘Golden Bachelor’ Sparks With Streaming Viewers
The Golden Bachelor continues to capture viewers’ hearts. After a solid on-air premiere and a strong showing over three days of delayed viewing and streaming, the ABC series’ momentum continued across additional days. After a week of multi-platform viewing, the Sept. 28 series premiere for The Golden Bachelor hit 9 million viewers, more than double […]
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‘Golden Bachelor’ Hits Three-Year High for Franchise With Cross-Platform Viewing
After a solid showing for its initial broadcast, The Golden Bachelor continued gathering momentum in the subsequent days — enough to hit a three-year high for the Bachelor franchise in total viewers. The Sept. 28 premiere rose to 7.7 million viewers after three days of cross-platform viewing, a gain of 3.34 million viewers (and almost 77 […]
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TV Ratings: ‘Golden Bachelor’ Earns a Rose From Viewers
The premiere of The Golden Bachelor on ABC delivered a decent sized audience on Thursday — one larger than the most recent edition of its parent series, in fact. Thursday Night Football, meanwhile, continued its strong early-season results for Amazon’s Prime Video. The Golden Bachelor, in which 72-year-old widower Gerry Turner looks for love among a […]
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‘Golden Bachelor’ Premiere: Gerry Turner on Meeting the Women, What Embarrassed Him and One Thing He Would Change
[This story contains spoilers from the series premiere of ABC’s The Golden Bachelor.] After years of anticipation, the series premiere of The Golden Bachelor finally arrived on ABC, and America got to know Gerry Turner on his journey to find another great love of his life. Turner, the 72-year-old retired restaurateur from Indiana, met the […]
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