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The Bachelors run times have been steadily creeping up since its first season of six hourlong episodes in 2002.
Then, in 2008, everything changed.
ABC brought backThe Bacheloretteafter a three-year hiatus and moved it to a plum two-hour, 8 p.m. slot.
Thus, the Bachelor Industrial Complex was born.
Its simply too muchBachelor!
(Oh, Gerrys in love with two women?
Get in line behind every Bachelor since Ben Higgins.)
At a sleek single hour,The Golden Bachelormoves its story lines along at a more palatable pace.
It doesnt feel like homework when I see a new episode pop up on my Hulu queue.
In short:Its an hour!
I worry ABCs response fromThe Golden Bachelors success will be to make moreGolden Bachelor.That is the wrong strategy!
The solution is to makeThe Bachelormore likeThe Golden Bachelor.
The easiest solution to keep it from feeling like a slog?
