The Bachelor would be better off if it dumped Chris Harrison - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 03-08-2018, 02:25 PM

http://www.vulture.com/2018/03/chris...to-retire.html

Harrison was 30 when The Bachelor premiered in 2002. He was about the same age as The Bachelors. But at age 46, Harrison has been struggling to keep up with his "host-as-pal" persona. He seems more concerned with The Bachelor franchise, and not The Bachelor himself -- or as Willa Paskin put in her review of Monday's finale, Harrison is "an emotional succubus posing as an empath.” Indeed, as Kathryn VanArendonk notes, Harrison is "a man whose onscreen personality has long since been scooped out and replaced with corporate-speak and a burning desire for better ratings and social-media engagement. He is a human-shaped instantiation of network notes." She adds that Harrison's approach to The Bachelor is stuck in 2002, and needs a shakeup. "His tone, his demeanor, and his transparent pleasure at hyping a calamitous breakup have become the embodied tone of The Bachelor," she says. "Outside, it’s all solicitous worry for the people involved. Inside, it’s a complete contempt for the softies who think maybe you shouldn’t, say, cast racist suitors for the first black Bachelorette. If Harrison is a puppet, what I’m arguing is that the strings are now way too visible."

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Hawkee · 03-10-2018, 02:47 AM

I have never seen Chris Harrison on The Bachelor but mostly have seen him on Millionaire and I think Chris should retire from The Bachelor and focus on his game show career but if Chris Harrison chooses to retire from The Bachelor I'll bet the ratings would get lowered and it will lose their audience. There is a reason why reality shows such as The Bachelor are hits for TV is because people love dating reality shows and because they are successful for TV the audience is very happy with these types of TV shows and no matter what will happen to The Bachelor it will always be the king of ABC's reality shows and they will probably replace Chris Harrison with a new host like ABC did with The Mole when Anderson Cooper left the show after the second season
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Impressions · 04-15-2018, 04:21 PM

No, The Bachelor would be better if it was cancelled

03-08-2018, 02:25 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,142	The Bachelor would be better off if it dumped Chris Harrison http://www.vulture.com/2018/03/chris...to-retire.html Harrison was 30 when The Bachelor premiered in 2002. He was about the same age as The Bachelors. But at age 46, Harrison has been struggling to keep up with his "host-as-pal" persona. He seems more concerned with The Bachelor franchise, and not The Bachelor himself -- or as Willa Paskin put in her review of Monday's finale, Harrison is "an emotional succubus posing as an empath.” Indeed, as Kathryn VanArendonk notes, Harrison is "a man whose onscreen personality has long since been scooped out and replaced with corporate-speak and a burning desire for better ratings and social-media engagement. He is a human-shaped instantiation of network notes." She adds that Harrison's approach to The Bachelor is stuck in 2002, and needs a shakeup. "His tone, his demeanor, and his transparent pleasure at hyping a calamitous breakup have become the embodied tone of The Bachelor," she says. "Outside, it’s all solicitous worry for the people involved. Inside, it’s a complete contempt for the softies who think maybe you shouldn’t, say, cast racist suitors for the first black Bachelorette. If Harrison is a puppet, what I’m arguing is that the strings are now way too visible." ALSO: Harrison isn't worried about the criticism: "When people are angry, it just means they care...it means it struck a chord" Minnesota lawmaker drafts bill to ban Arie Luyendyk Jr. from the state ABC exec on Bachelor diversity: "We look at everything, and diversity is not only ethnicity, but also it’s the types of women that we had..." Arie on Bekah Martinez posting his DMs: "It shows her immaturity" Kelly Ripa doesn't think Arie and Lauren will make it 100 days

03-10-2018, 02:47 AM	#2
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,809	I have never seen Chris Harrison on The Bachelor but mostly have seen him on Millionaire and I think Chris should retire from The Bachelor and focus on his game show career but if Chris Harrison chooses to retire from The Bachelor I'll bet the ratings would get lowered and it will lose their audience. There is a reason why reality shows such as The Bachelor are hits for TV is because people love dating reality shows and because they are successful for TV the audience is very happy with these types of TV shows and no matter what will happen to The Bachelor it will always be the king of ABC's reality shows and they will probably replace Chris Harrison with a new host like ABC did with The Mole when Anderson Cooper left the show after the second season Bestie
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04-15-2018, 04:21 PM	#3
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	No, The Bachelor would be better if it was cancelled