So much of a hit, in fact, that the reality dating show has already spawned four spinoffs (The Bachelorette, Bachelor Winter Games, Bachelor Pad and Bachelor in Paradise) with a new one (The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart) on the way this spring.
The Bachelor has mostly been a very large and consistent hit for ABC since the franchise began all the way back in 2002.
And there’s at least one TV executive who thinks the two shows just can’t coexist.
There have been several pretenders to the reality dating throne since then, and last summer saw CBS bring the UK hit Love Island to America, but it didn’t fare nearly as well as it does overseas.