ABC has found a new showrunner for The Bachelor, and with it comes a formal renewal for the series for the 2025-26 season.
Scott Teti, who’s currently the showrunner and executive producer of Bachelor in Paradise, will take those same titles for The Bachelor’s 30th season. Teti’s hiring comes three and a half months after former showrunners Claire Freeland and Bennett Graebner left the franchise amid allegations that they ran a “toxic” and “hostile” workplace; the pair have denied those allegations.
Their departure, along with the prior exit of co-executive producers Michael Margolis and Keely Booth, left The Bachelor in an uncertain place after its 29th edition concluded in March. ABC left the show off its 2025-26 schedule at May’s upfronts, even as Bachelor in Paradise geared up for a summer run and the network announced its next Golden Bachelor lead.
More to come.
