Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America’s Favorite Guilty Pleasure

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The first definitive, unauthorized, at the back of-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, The us’s favorite guilty pleasure.

For fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers’ lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show’s popularity and relevance has only grown–more than eight million viewers tuned in to see the conclusion of the most contemporary season of The Bachelor.

The iconic reality tv show’s reach and influence into the cultural zeitgeist is undeniable. Bestselling writers and famous actors live tweet about it. Die-hard fans–dubbed “Bachelor Nation”–come together each and every week all the way through every season to take part in fantasy leagues and viewing parties.

Bachelor Nation is the first at the back of-the-scenes, unauthorized look into the reality tv phenomenon. Los Angeles Times journalist Amy Kaufman is a proud member of Bachelor Nation and has a long history with the franchise–ABC even banned her from attending show events after her coverage of the program got a little too real for its liking. She has interviewed dozens of producers, contestants, and celebrity fans to give readers never-before-told details of the show’s inner workings: what it is like to be trapped in the mansion “bubble”; dark, juicy tales of producer manipulation; and revelations about the alcohol-fueled debauchery that occurs long before the fantasy suite.

Kaufman also explores what our fascination means, culturally: what the show says about the way we view so-referred to as ideal suitors, our subconscious yearning for fairy-tale romance, and how this enduring tv show has shaped society’s feelings about love, marriage, and feminism by appealing to a marriage plot that’s as old as Jane Austen.

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