Earlier this year, Bachelor Nation was rocked by the news that The Bachelorette was not returning in 2025. Then, ABC announced that Season 30 of The Bachelor was coming in 2026, with no updates about the future of The Bachelorette.
However, fans were able to rest easy by September 2025, as the network confirmed that The Bachelorette was actually the show that would be coming back first. No new updates about The Bachelor have been given, but the Season 22 Bachelorette lead was confirmed, and it was definitely a shocking decision.
