{"id":109240,"date":"2020-11-10T20:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-bachelor-sets-season-25-premiere-for-its-first-black-lead-matt-james\/"},"modified":"2020-11-10T20:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T17:00:16","slug":"the-bachelor-sets-season-25-premiere-for-its-first-black-lead-matt-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-bachelor-sets-season-25-premiere-for-its-first-black-lead-matt-james\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The Bachelor&#8217; Sets Season 25 Premiere for Its First Black Lead, Matt James"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;The Bachelor&#8217; Sets Season 25 Premiere for Its First Black Lead, Matt James<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Bachelor Nation won&#8217;t have to wait long after the calendar turns to 2021 to see the upcoming &#8220;momentous&#8221; Season 25 of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/the-bachelor\"><em>The Bachelor<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ABC has set the premiere date for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/matt-james\">Matt James&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0journey to love for Monday, January 4, at 8\/7c. The franchise&#8217;s first Black Bachelor was originally cast for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/clare-crawley\">Clare Crawley&#8217;s<\/a> season of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/the-bachelorette\"><em>The Bachelorette<\/em><\/a> (which has now become Tayshia Adams&#8217; after the first lead fell hard for Dale), but that changed when filming was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were given the benefit of time to get to know Matt and all agreed he would make a perfect Bachelor,&#8221; Karey Burke, president, ABC Entertainment said in a statement at the time of his casting announcement. &#8220;We know we have a responsibility to make sure the love stories we&#8217;re seeing onscreen are representative of the world we live in, and we are proudly in service to our audience.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old real-estate broker, entrepreneur, and community organization founder is described as &#8220;the total package,&#8221; with &#8220;strong family values,\u00a0a great career,&#8221; and someone who &#8220;has used his growing platform for good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Bachelor<\/em>\u00a0Season 24 (with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/peter-weber\">Peter Weber<\/a>) was Monday&#8217;s No. 1 broadcast program among Adults 18-49 and TV&#8217;s No.1 show among Women 18-34.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_956276\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-956276\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-956276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster-380x570.jpg\" alt=\"The Bachelor Season 25 Matt James Poster\" width=\"380\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster-380x570.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster-193x289.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/the-bachelor-matt-james-poster.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-956276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(ABC\/Billy Kidd)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>The Bachelor<\/em>, Season 25 Premiere, Monday, January 4, 8\/7c, ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/956268\/when-does-the-bachelor-2021-premiere-matt-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#&#8217;The Bachelor&#8217; Sets Season 25 Premiere for Its First Black Lead, Matt James&#8221; Bachelor Nation won&#8217;t have to wait long after the calendar turns to 2021 to see the upcoming &#8220;momentous&#8221; Season 25 of\u00a0The Bachelor. 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