*A NYC Times Bestseller*

The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America’s favorite guilty pleasure.

For sixteen years and thirty-six seasons, the Bachelor franchise is a mainstay in American TV viewers’ lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show’s recognition and relevance possess only grown-more than eight million audiences tuned in to see the summary of the very most recent season of The Bachelor.

LA about Bachelor Nation: Inside the Globe of America’s Beloved Guilty Pleasure Moments journalist Amy Kaufman is a proud person in Bachelor Country and includes a long background using the franchise-ABC actually banned her from attending present events after her insurance of this program got a little too real for its liking. She’s interviewed a large number of companies, contestants, and superstar fans to provide readers never-before-told information on the show’s inner workings: what it’s like to end up being captured in the mansion “bubble”; dark, juicy stories of producer manipulation; and revelations about the alcohol-fueled debauchery that occurs a long time before the Fantasy Collection.

Kaufman also explores what our fascination means, culturally: what the show says about just how we watch so-called ideal suitors; our subconscious yearning for fairy-tale romance; and exactly how this enduring television show has shaped society’s emotions about love, marriage, and feminism by attractive to a marriage storyline that’s as previous as the very best of Jane Austen.