The Bachelor: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Bachelor is an American dating and relationship reality television series, revolving around a single former bachelor, who starts with a pool of candidates from whom the bachelor is expected to select a wife through an elimination process.

Series details

• Title: The Bachelor
• Format: Reality
• Language: English
• Genres: Romance
• Premiere date: 2002-03-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 119 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 3/10
• TVMaze ID: 914

Cast and credited roles

• Chris Harrison — Host
• Jesse Palmer — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-03-25; final listed air date 2002-09-25; episode order: 9.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-10-02; final listed air date 2003-03-26; episode order: 11.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-04-02; final listed air date 2003-05-21; episode order: 9.
• Season 4: premiered 2003-09-24; final listed air date 2003-11-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 5: premiered 2004-04-07; final listed air date 2004-05-26; episode order: 9.
• Season 6: premiered 2004-09-22; final listed air date 2004-11-24; episode order: 10.
• Season 7: premiered 2005-03-28; final listed air date 2005-05-16; episode order: 9.
• Season 8: premiered 2006-01-09; final listed air date 2006-02-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 9: premiered 2006-10-02; final listed air date 2006-11-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 10: premiered 2007-04-02; final listed air date 2007-05-22; episode order: 9.
• Season 11: premiered 2007-09-24; final listed air date 2007-11-20; episode order: 10.
• Season 12: premiered 2008-03-10; final listed air date 2008-05-12; episode order: 9.
• Season 13: premiered 2009-01-05; final listed air date 2009-03-03; episode order: 11.
• Season 14: premiered 2010-01-04; final listed air date 2010-03-01; episode order: 10.
• Season 15: premiered 2011-01-03; final listed air date 2011-03-14; episode order: 12.
• Season 16: premiered 2012-01-02; final listed air date 2012-03-12; episode order: 12.
• Season 17: premiered 2013-01-07; final listed air date 2013-03-11; episode order: 13.
• Season 18: premiered 2014-01-06; final listed air date 2014-03-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 19: premiered 2015-01-05; final listed air date 2015-03-09; episode order: 13.
• Season 20: premiered 2016-01-04; final listed air date 2016-03-14; episode order: 12.
• Season 21: premiered 2017-01-02; final listed air date 2017-03-13; episode order: 13.
• Season 22: premiered 2018-01-01; final listed air date 2018-03-06; episode order: 12.
• Season 23: premiered 2019-01-07; final listed air date 2019-03-12; episode order: 12.
• Season 24: premiered 2020-01-06; final listed air date 2020-03-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 25: premiered 2021-01-04; final listed air date 2021-03-15; episode order: 12.
• Season 26: premiered 2022-01-03; final listed air date 2022-03-15; episode order: 12.
• Season 27: premiered 2023-01-23; final listed air date 2023-03-27; episode order: 11.
• Season 28: premiered 2024-01-22; final listed air date 2024-03-25; episode order: 11.
• Season 29: premiered 2025-01-27; final listed air date 2025-03-24; episode order: 9.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Bachelor on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.