ABC Will Lose Tens of Millions of Dollars if Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘The Bachelorette’ Doesn’t Air

By Michael Schneider

Michael Schneider

Variety Editor at Large

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ABC could be out tens of millions of dollars if it can’t find a way to salvage “The Bachelorette,” according to sources familiar with the show (and the current predicament it finds itself in). That includes license fees to Warner Bros. Unscripted TV, marketing dollars and other loss of revenue.

With the release of a 2023 video showing star Taylor Frankie Paul throwing chairs at her estranged partner Dakota Mortensen — and accidentally hitting her child — ABC abruptly pulled the show on Thursday, after having sworn throughout the week that it had no plans to do so.

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