‘The Bachelorette’ Special to reunite 18 lead actors, Taylor Frankie Paul
Taylor Frankie Paul is getting a plethora of advice ahead of her season of “The Bachelorette.” Following the live Oscars broadcast on Sunday, March 15, ABC and Hulu will air “The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose,” a special preview of season 22.
The special will feature 18 former Bachelorettes reflecting on their seasons and offering advice and stories with the “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star.
Trista Sutter (Season 1), Meredith Phillips (Season 2), DeAnna Pappas (Season 4), Ali Fedotowsky-Manno (Season 6), Ashley Hebert-Rosenbaum (Season 7), Emily Maynard-Johnson (Season 8), Desiree Siegfried (Season 9), Andi Dorfman-Hart (Season 10), Kaitlyn Bristowe (Season 11), JoJo Fletcher (Season 12), Rachel Lindsay (Season 13), Becca Kufrin (Season 14), Hannah Brown-Woolard (Season 15), Tayshia Adams (Season 16), Katie Thurston (Season 17), Rachel Recchia (Season 19), Charity Lawson (Season 20) and Joan Vassos (The Golden Bachelorette Season 1) will be included in the special.
The former leads missing are Jen Schefft (Season 3), Jillian Harris (Season 5), Clare Crawley (Season 16 with Adams), Michelle Young (Season 18), Gabby Windey (Season 19 with Recchia) and Jenn Tran (Season 21).
“The Bachelorette” will premiere the following Sunday, March 22, with a two-hour episode led by the 31-year-old Utah native. Paul went viral on TikTok for a mild MomTok scandal, which led to Hulu’s hit series “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” A single mother of three, Paul’s unfiltered takes and honesty landed her the lead role in the dating series, in a minor revamp for the franchise.
The special will also air three days after the Season 4 premiere of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” on March 12, with all 10 episodes on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally.
The Oscars, hosted by Conan O’Brien, will air from 7:00 PM to 10:30 PM ET. “The Bachelorette: Before the First Rose” is produced by Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, a Warner Bros. company. Television Group, with Scott Teti as executive producer.
