The Bachelor is expanding to include seniors as it mostly ignores minorities and LGBTQ community

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The ABC reality franchise expanding to senior citizens comes after years of complaints over the lack of diversity in The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, particularly in the lead roles. "It’s pretty incredible that The Bachelor franchise is expanding and becoming more diverse by creating a show for old people, but still has yet to meaningfully include people of color or queer people in its central shows," says Andy Dehnart. "The network and producers are still very, very afraid of scaring off the show’s audience by handing over a season to anyone other than a bland white straight person. And there’s a reason for that: The one season of The Bachelorette that starred a black woman had significantly lower ratings, which lead franchise creator Mike Fleiss to say that 'revealed something about our fans.' So what are the odds we get a bunch of straight, white old people for this new show, in the same way the other shows give us a lot of straight, white young people, both as suitors and especially as the stars of the show?" ALSO: The Bachelor Peter Weber insists he wasn't given a sex ultimatum.