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The Golden Bachelor Season 2 Debuts With Mel Owens After On-Camera Apology

Producers foreground his mea culpa, steering the series toward stories of dating after divorce.

Mel Owns.
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"The Golden Bachelor" season two will premiere on Wednesday, September 24 (photo courtesy of ABC).
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Overview

  • The two-hour premiere airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, with new episodes weekly and next-day streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
  • Owens, 66, meets 23 women ages 58–77 from diverse careers in the senior-focused spinoff.
  • After pre-season remarks about excluding women 60+, he apologized directly to the cast on night one and asked for another chance.
  • Jesse Palmer returns as host, with production wrapping a few weeks before the premiere following mid-summer filming.
  • This season emphasizes later-life companionship and post-divorce dating, with mostly regional U.S. dates reported at spots like the Orange County Fair and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.