ABC Hoping Clare Crawley’s ‘Bachelorette’ Season Will Still Air in 2020
Filming for Clare Crawley’s season of The Bachelorette was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic back in March, but now we have some good news — it looks like we may get to see the 39-year-old’s search for love after all!
Though the season was intended to premiere in May, host Chris Harrison and ABC’s reality chief Rob Mills told Variety they are hoping to start filming in the summer and begin airing episodes in the fall.
Because of strict travel restrictions and health concerns, they are also looking at filming the whole season in just one location.
“We’ve looked at everything — are travel restrictions going to ease up? And it just doesn’t look like anything is changing anytime soon, and what we would rather do is start getting the season underway, sooner rather than later,” Mills explained.
“As of right now, the plan is to get a great location that has a ton of space where everybody could safely be together and we can still have great dates that still feel big and romantic, and we would shoot the entire season there.”
According to Harrison, the producers are already preparing for the season, and though they are hopeful for the future, there are still many unknowns left to figure out.
“It would be crazy for us to say that we know what anything is going to look like — not even television, I’m just talking the world in general,” Chris shared.
“We don’t know when we come out of this, what it’s going to look like as far as getting back to social distancing, can you get 10 people in a control room? Can you get 20 people in a control room? How are we going to shoot this safely?”
Are you excited for Clare’s season of The Bachelorette? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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I wish she wasn’t the bachelorette. I like it better when they choose a bachelorette from the season that just happened. Claire was on the show so long ago and I was never a huge fan of her to begin with. Not sure I’m going to watch this season. I think they should just cancel her season due to the coronavirus and move on.
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Same I thought it would’ve been so entertaining if someone like Hannah Ann or Kelsey was the bachelorette
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Claire old and too much of a leftover
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Never did care for Clare as the bachelorette:hope they select someone else now
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Not liking the choice of Bachlorette. Clare has been around enough. Find someone new and younger. Not looking forward to it!!
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When does bachelorette actually begin?
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I wish it was someone new
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I wish they would pick people that haven't been on previous seasons at all...like way back in the day when random civilians were chosen. It made it feel way less cliquey and felt like it gave real people a shot. For the last several seasons, the only way someone can be the bachelor or bachelorette is to have been on a prior season. Sucks.
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I will have to agree with red beer it should have been one from Peter's season like Hannah the runner up from.
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Hi cannot wait for the new season, I love all the silly drama that comes with this how. The men always overreact like the women do, so let’s see what happens.
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