But there is one demographic that has been hitherto unrepresented: the demographic that uses the word “hitherto” and doesn’t watch much reality TV. Senior citizens.has been announced in the US and he is 71, deeply tanned and searching for a partner with whom to share the sunset years., as are many of my cohort. For the first time, we will see people our age and older – instead of our children’s age – on a dating show.
It is the rarity of the Golden Bachelor that may keep this new season interesting. The OG Bachelor has one fatal flaw, and that is the myth of scarcity. Twenty or 30 women compete desperately for the attention of one single young man, when there are thousands of eligible young single men outside the gates of the mansion. But a hot, older bachelor is as rare as hens’ teeth and the competition will be brutal.