Freeform Greenlights ‘Bachelor’ Spinoff

Freeform has greenlit a The Bachelor spinoff titled Ben and Lauren: Happily Ever After, starring the series's most recently engaged couple, former Bachelor star Ben Higgins and fiancée Lauren Bushnell.

The Freeform reality series will follow the couple as they navigate the real world after the spotlight, and lush settings, of The Bachelor. Higgins will explore politics while Lauren establishes her post-Bachelor identity.

The series is scheduled to air in October, Karey Burke, Freeform's executive VP, programming and development, said. 

“Ben and Lauren are the biggest Bachelor couple of the last 10 years,” Burke added. “Their romance captured everyone’s attention, and we are delighted to continue their story on Freeform.”

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Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.