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ABC is taking its Sunday nighttime schedule week-by-week aft it pulled Season 22 of The Bachelorette.
The Disney-owned web will slot repeats of America’s Funniest Home Videos and The Greatest Average American into nan 8pm-10pm spot that was expected to beryllium filled pinch roses. AFHV will aerial astatine 8pm and Nate Bargatze’s gameshow will aerial astatine 9pm.
Last weekend, a two-hour repetition of American Idol took its place.
On March 19, ABC made nan determination to propulsion The Bachelorette aft a video emerged of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives prima Taylor Frankie Paul, who was this season’s bachelorette, throwing a chair astatine her partner Dakota Mortensen, successful nan vicinity of 1 of her children.
“In ray of nan recently released video conscionable surfaced today, we person made nan determination to not move guardant pinch nan caller play of The Bachelorette at this time, and our attraction is connected supporting nan family,” Disney said successful a statement.
It’s not clear whether nan Warner Horizon-produced making love show will ever aerial connected ABC, aliases its streamer Hulu, but Disney has kept nan doorway open, statement nan aforementioned “at this time” successful its statement.
There is an unfastened constabulary investigation involving Paul and Mortensen and that needs to beryllium resolved earlier immoderate last decisions tin beryllium made, hence ABC putting repeats successful nan Sunday nighttime slot.
The fallout has besides engulfed Hulu’s Mormon Wives pinch accumulation connected Season 5 of nan reality bid having been paused earlier this month.
