The Bachelor and Longtime Creator Mike Fleiss Are Breaking Up
glamour.comThe Bachelor is upon us. After more than two decades at the helm of ABC’s reality dating show juggernaut, creator Mike Fleiss and his franchise are breaking up.
The news arrives a day after the conclusion of ’s season of The Bachelor, which had an uneven, albeit happy ending. “First and foremost, congratulations are in order for Zach and Kaity [Biggar].
I wish them a long and happy life together. I want to thank WBTV and ABC for 21 extraordinary years. They’ve found the perfect creative team for me to entrust The Bachelor franchise and keep this lightening in a bottle bold and moving forward.
Let the journey continue,” Fleiss said in a statement to . (Vanity Fair reached out to reps for ABC and Fleiss for additional comment.)Fleiss is passing the baton to Claire Freeland, showrunner of Canada’s The Bachelor; Jason Ehrlich, showrunner on multiple seasons of the series and its spinoffs; and Bennett Graebner, a veteran executive producer on the series.
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