"It's almost like watching sports," says DeLeon, who works in marketing in Tampa. "You're all watching it together and commenting on the plays that are happening, but you also can talk during. It's a social thing."
"The stakes are a lot higher for them, [since] a lot of them are widowed. There's more emotional investment there," she says. "My dad is the right age to be on that show. It's been really nice to see people who are his age sharing their emotions."
The Golden Bachelor premiered to wild success last year, becoming the most-watched new unscripted series of 2023, according to Nielsen data.
It hasn't had quite the cultural cachet or viewers as its predecessor, but they've both paved the way for a new subgenre of television focusing on later-in-life dating.
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