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So, ABC is pushing this idea that suicide is inspirational and therefore a positive for EVERYONE! Yay! Such a positive message! Also, ABC wants us to believe that witches shouldn't be persecuted! They're pushing witchcraft! Nothing sinister in ABC programming!

The majority of the US is still white. Even when whites become a minority, they will be the largest racial bloc in the US. For the vast majority of our country's history, 90% or more of the country has been white. It's OK to be white. Ratings for the bachelorette plummeted when the bachelorette was black as well, so that's something to keep in mind.

I'm pretty sure this franchise was appealing to the male demographic at some point. There have been some very hot women passing through in various earlier seasons. But in the last 2-3 years, there's been a big dropoff. Male viewership has to be dropping, no? Not that ratings matter that much: the other reality shows abc competes are equally dreadful so there's not much of a choice for viewers. That means that advertising rates are still sky high since there are only 4 networks that monopolize all OTA broadcast time. So in the end it really doesn't matter. ABC doesn't HAVE to attract the prettiest women. All they have to do is cast women who are passably attractive just enough so that the premise that these women are desirable doesn't become totally laughable. But the show is on the brink. Annaliese for example. She's 33, so she says. But she looks like she should be at a point in her life where she's happily married, with a couple of kids. She doesn't look the part she's playing: immature, clingy single girl ensnared in boring catfights with other 30 something immature clingy single girls. It's not very plausible. How much cognitive dissonance is necessary before everyone, even the most loyal of viewers, becomes so disgusted that tv viewership becomes a non starter? ABC is on the cusp, yes?

The franchise can't attract the most beautiful women. Those women are already taken. It attracts women who are a little bit over the hill, and/or women who can't quite get a foot in the door into the entertainment industry. The show is also attracting a lot of single moms now as well. It's becoming so commonplace no one even mentions it or brings it up. Angela Amezcua is an example of several of the above. She's a single mom, late 20's, and still signed to a modeling agency, even though the top models begin their careers in their teens. She's a beautiful woman, I'm glad she was on the show, but she's a career first girl, trying to enter several professions at 29 when those industry's 'stars' are groomed starting as children. Not exactly the traits you're looking for when searching for a wifey. The franchise simply can't attract young, beautiful single women who aren't divorced or who don't have kids. The reasons why are simple: the show doesn't even pay it's contestants/actors! Second, they often portray them in a humiliating fashion, or in a less than sympathetic light. If Juan Pablo's claims are accurate, the show's producers are even forcing it's 'actors'/contestants to take part in softcore porn (such as the 'nude' 'sex scene' on the beach). Honestly, no man will prefer a 30 year old woman who's been divorced and is raising a child on her own vs. a 20 year old woman who's never had a child and never been married. These women simply have too many miles on the odometer: they're burned out, cynical, and are clinging to their last and best shot at stardom. Everyone on the show knows that they have a zero percent chance of becoming a steadily working (and paid) actor or model, but maybe they can schmaltz it up enough on screen to earn a return gig as bachelor or bachelorette or as a contestant on dancing with the stars. Before they return to whatever it is that they were doing before (social media influencer, software salesperson, hairdresser, etc.). Being on tv sure beats whatever it is they're on vacation from, I suppose. As far as the men, they're looking for a quick jump in the sack from a pre-selected group of hot women (hotter than what they'd find in an online dating site or at the local watering hole, that's for sure). I've gotten addicted to the hot women but if they keep casting older, less attractive women where's the buy-in?

The contestants or cast or whatever you call them are getting progressively less attractive with each successive season. The new additions in the past few weeks have been pretty good: angela, cassandra and shushanna are all good looking women. However, the original cast was pretty weak: as weak as I've ever seen in any season of bachelor or BIP. I remember watching a few minutes of the opening episode of the premier season. The bachelor was in a tux, and the women looked gorgeous in evening gowns. Now it seems as if the franchise is scraping from the bottom of the barrel. Most of the women are at least 26, several are at least 30. A significant percentage of the women have children. The low pay (or lack thereof), the extremely negative spin some of the contestants receive, and the total lack of any tangible benefits that anyone would consider worthwhile means the franchise can only attract the trashiest and most desperate for attention. This is a dream franchise for ABC/Disney: they pay the contestants/actors nothing, and they make tens or even hundreds of millions in advertising revenue.