The future of two of the biggest unscripted shows on television hangs in the balance as the Taylor Frankie Paul contretemps continues.
ABC on Thursday pulled Season 22 of The Bachelorette, days before its premiere, after a video emerged that showed Paul attacking her on-again, off-again partner Dakota Mortensen and injuring her child in the process.
The Disney-owned broadcaster is now figuring out whether it will ever air the Paul-fronted season of the long-running dating show, whether the pause has any longer-term implications for the Warner Horizon-produced franchise, if and when it will restart production on Season 5 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Season 6 has also already been greenlit), and how to help Paul and Mortensen over the next few weeks and months.
These are some of the questions that would have filled the Disney war room yesterday as it put out a statement
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