ABC Casting 'The Bachelor' For Seniors "In Their Golden Years" | THR News - video Dailymotion

During a commercial break during Monday night’s episode of 'The Bachelor', the network flashed a casting call for "seniors looking for love."

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00:00Calling all seniors looking for love. Senior citizens, that is.

00:05If you're a boomer looking for love, but those bingo nights just ain't cutting it,

00:09you might want to consider joining The Bachelor. Yes, I mean that Bachelor,

00:13ABC's franchise that seems to have been churning out 20-something Instagram influencers

00:17over the last couple of years, but a potential new series from the franchise may serve you better.

00:22So here's what we know so far. During a commercial break on Monday's episode of The Bachelor,

00:26ABC flashed a casting call for quote, seniors looking for love.

00:30While there's no title for the project, ABC's casting page offered a few more details.

00:35Are you entering your golden years and looking for romance?

00:38The producers of The Bachelor are looking for active and outgoing single men and women

00:43in their golden years for a new exciting dating show.

00:46And if you're wondering how soon is too soon to sign up,

00:49ABC's reality chief Rob Mills clarified that golden years strictly means 65 or older.

00:55Now the network does have a good reason to try and squeeze more out of The Bachelor

00:59franchise, which has proven to be among the most evergreen in all of reality TV.

01:04The franchise already boasts multiple spinoffs. After The Bachelor made its debut in 2002,

01:09The Bachelorette followed a year later, and Bachelor in Paradise premiered in 2014.

01:14Other spinoffs including Bachelor Pad and Bachelor Winter Games have also previously

01:19aired on the network, so it looks like ABC's quest for love isn't slowing down anytime soon.

01:24See boomers, you don't need your grandkids to teach you how to use those dating apps after all.

01:28For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:31For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.