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NBC News
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
HGTV announces a ‘Bachelor' mansion renovation series. Here are the details
The famous 'Bachelor' mansion, which has been a staple in the long-running reality dating franchise for decades, is getting a makeover. On May 14, Warner Bros. Discovery announced in a press release that HGTV is partnering with Bachelor Nation for a new renovation show. 'Renovating the Bachelor Mansion,' a working title for the series, will premiere in 2026 on HGTV and HBO Max and feature Bachelor Nation alums as the competitors. 'Now, HGTV shines the light on this recognizable estate, giving the property the facelift it finally deserves,' Warner Bros. Discovery said. On the show, past 'Bachelor' and 'Bachelorette' contestants 'who possess expert reno skills return to the house to duke it out in various design challenges with the hope of winning a cash prize.' The 'Bachelor' mansion, where the contestants arrive during every season premiere dressed to the nines for their limo entrances, is located in Agoura Hills, California. Filming for 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette' has consistently taken place at the residence throughout the years, with the exception of the seasons that were shot during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most recent season of 'The Bachelorette,' starring Jenn Tran as the lead, also strayed from the norm. Episode One of Season 21 was filmed at Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Santa Susana, California, 'Entertainment Tonight' revealed in 2024. But for Grant Ellis' season of 'The Bachelor,' which premiered in January, the show returned to the iconic mansion. HGTV's upcoming crossover with ABC comes as 'The Bachelor' franchise undergoes a series of changes. Variety reported in February that 'The Bachelorette' will not air this year, a first for the show since it took a hiatus from 2005 to 2008. Then, ABC revealed in April that a newcomer, 66-year-old former NFL player Mel Owens, will lead Season Two of 'The Golden Bachelor' this fall. Next up for the 'Bachelor' franchise is the return of 'Bachelor in Paradise,' which hasn't aired since 2023. After filming in Mexico for past seasons, Season 10 of 'Bachelor in Paradise' will head to Costa Rica, the network shared in an April press release. It will change its format by featuring contestants from the 'Golden' spinoff shows, as well.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘The Pitt' Will Make Its Linear Premiere on TNT This Fall
As expected, a second run of Max's (soon to once again be 'HBO Max's') smash freshman medical series 'The Pitt' will make its way to TNT this fall, exposing the drama to linear viewers who perhaps haven't caught it quite yet on streaming. The TNT run of 'The Pitt' is meant to serve as a bit of a snack for viewers in preparation for Season 2 of the series. Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of the Warner Bros. Television Group and US Networks, announced the news on Wednesday during her portion of the Warner Bros. Discovery 2025 upfronts — along with the rest of her early plans for the networks, which she added to her oversight in January. More from Variety 'Dancing With Sharks' and 'Renovating the Bachelor Mansion' Among First Orders as Channing Dungey Shares Plans for Warner Bros. Discovery's U.S. Networks HBO Max Lives! Max to Change Its Name Back After Two Years Warner Bros. Discovery Ready to Offer Batman, Harry Potter, 'Friends' as Figures for Ads Dungey and her team aren't yet ready to share how they plan to roll out the 15 episodes of 'The Pitt' on TV (remember, it's produced in a real-time format like '24'), but she does say she wants to make sure it gets an 'eventized'-level launch. 'When we put Max programming on the T-nets, we want to make sure that we're telling the audience, 'this is something special, you want to tune in for this,'' she said. 'And so we want to make sure that the schedule reflects that kind of event feel, and that we can make it feel consistent. And so people will hopefully tune in, and we can build a real cadence around it.' News of 'The Pitt' on TNT isn't a complete surprise; HBO Max boss Casey Bloys referenced it recently in an interview he did with Vulture. But this is still the first time it's been officially announced that the show will indeed make its way to its linear WBD sibling. It's also not the first HBO Max show to get a run on the Turner nets, which has become a bit more common. HBO's 'True Detective: North Country' recently ran on TNT, while the first season of 'Hacks' aired on TBS. Coming up, the first season of 'Peacemaker' is also expected to run on TNT ahead of its Season 2 launch. 'Those were really good experiments for us,' Dungey said. 'We're learning a little bit about how to platform the shows, how to make them feel more like an event. These have been some very good learnings for us as we go towards The Pitt launch in Q4 this year. Doing things like that, it's great for us, and it also is helping Max as well. If it drives viewers to Max for the new season, that's a win/win.' This is a unique case where, Dungey serves as the seller of 'The Pitt' as the head of Warner Bros. TV. And now, as head of TNT, she's also the acquirer of the show's second run. The series has been a critical success, and a breakout hit for Max as it gave the streamer a 15-episode medical juggernaut. Noah Wyle, Tracey Ifeachor, Patrick Ball, Katherine LaNasa, Supriya Ganesh, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Isa Briones, Gerran Howell and Shabana Azeez star. Each episode follows Wyle's character, Dr. Robby, during his 15-hour shift as the chief attendant in a Pittsburgh hospital emergency room. R. Scott Gemmill created the series and serves as an executive producer. Wyle is also an executive producer along with John Wells and Erin Jontow of John Wells Productions, Michael Hissrich and Simran Baidwan. Warner Bros. Television, where John Wells Productions is under an overall deal, is the studio. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
HGTV Is Going to Renovate the ‘Bachelor' Mansion
HGTV's latest renovation of a memorable pop-culture location will come with a bunch of roses. The cable network has announced a series with the working title Renovating the Bachelor Mansion, with the goal of, uh, renovating the Bachelor mansion. Channing Dungey, chairman and CEO of the Warner Bros. Television Group and U.S. Networks, announced the series, along with host of other shows, at Warner Bros. Discovery's upfront presentation on Wednesday. More from The Hollywood Reporter Inside the Disney Upfront: "Glen Powell, What Are You Doing Here?" Jimmy Kimmel Roasts His Employer and Boosts '60 Minutes' at Disney Upfront Krysten Ritter Joins 'Daredevil: Born Again' Season 2, Reprising Jessica Jones Why is a Warner Bros. Discovery channel making a show about a location in an ABC show? There is still corporate synergy at play here, as Warner Bros. produces The Bachelor franchise. Renovating the Bachelor Mansion will feature former Bachelor and Bachelorette contestants 'who possess expert reno skills' will compete in a series of design challenges at the Augora Hills, California, house that's the home base for the franchise. The winner gets a cash prize. Among the other shows Dungey announced Wednesday are: Guy's Flavortown Games: Food Network host Guy Fieri will build an actual Flavortown in which chefs will compete in a set of challenges in different culinary environments, from a food truck to a fine-dining restaurant. Family Recipe Showdown: Octavia Spencer hosts and executive produces a Food Network show where families compete against one another using recipes passed down through the generations. It's set to premiere later this year. Dancing With Sharks: As part of Discovery's Shark Week, the special will feature Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron. Best just to quote the show's description here: 'Dancing With Sharks is a new Shark Week 2025 special that features an unprecedented underwater dance competition between expert divers and their shark partners. Blending skill, grace and the daring pursuit of the ultimate underwater thrill, five divers—all trained by a world-class underwater choreographer—will compete to show off their skills during epic underwater dances. Each diver will attempt to outperform their competitors, with moves including the Hammerhead Hoedown and Tiger Trot, and redefine dancing with danger.' High Value Target: TNT dips back into scripted programming with a limited series starring Joel Kinnaman as CIA analyst John Nixon, who was the first American to interrogate Saddam Hussein after he was captured in the 2003 Iraq war. It's based on Nixon's book Debriefing the President. Dick Wolf/Vanity Fair series: ID is teaming with Law & Order creator Wolf and the magazine for a true-crime series with episodes helmed by 'best-in-class documentary filmmakers.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
