Three years after his racially-tinged exit from ‘The Bachelor’ franchise, Chris Harrison is partnering with Dr. Phil’s new streaming/broadcast community launching April 2.
It has been three years since Chris Harrison promised the “most dramatic” something, however he is again and saying that this time he means it. The previous Bachelor host has partnered with Dr. Phil’s McGraw’s Advantage Road Media for not one, however two new reveals.
A kind of will see Harrison returning to one thing acquainted to followers of his lengthy tenure as host of ABC’s actuality courting present. The opposite will see him going toe-to-toe with ABC’s Reside with Kelly and Mark, sharing an analogous format.
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Alongside making appearances on Dr. Phil Primetime, Harrison will host a brand new actuality courting collection, and co-host a morning present along with his spouse, Lauren Zima.
“Name it divine intervention, karma, kismet, no matter it’s, the truth that Dr. Phil created this community in my very own yard right here in Dallas,” Harrison informed Leisure Tonight, “it means the world to me to, not solely be returning to tv, however to be doing it right here in a hometown crowd.”
Dr. Phil’s new enterprise is a partnership with Christian broadcasters Trinity Broadcasting, which owns 30 tv stations and can assist with distribution of Advantage Road programming, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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As for Harrison, Dr. Phil informed ET, “He is so good on digital camera. When he walked out for the primary time, the viewers went insane.” The previous host tackled catfishing romance scams on Dr. Phil Primetime.
Whereas Harrison did not provide a lot concerning the format of his new courting present, Dr. Phil teased that it is going to be one thing completely different. “It has courting components in it, however that is so completely different and so novel,” he mentioned. “It’s flipping the script in a manner that I feel persons are gonna grow to be hooked on it in per week. It’s unbelievable.”
“For years and years I mentioned, ‘That is probably the most dramatic present ever,'” Harrison informed the outlet. “We need to create a present the place these phrases truly ring true, so this courting present would be the most dramatic ever — that you could make certain of.”
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On their new morning present enterprise, former ET correspondent Zima promised their relationship will probably be a giant a part of it. “What issues probably the most to each of us has all the time been our viewers, so we wish to have the ability to join with them,” she mentioned. “What’s extra relatable than speaking about our relationship and what is going on on in our personal lives?”
Nonetheless newlyweds, Harrison and Zima wed on October 14, 2023 … and once more no November 4. The couple first met when she interviewed him in 2016 for ET. Zima had been assigned the Bachelor franchise and was pretty new to it. After a number of interviews, issues began to attach extra intimately.
Harrison’s eventual exit from the Bachelor franchise got here after he defended contestant Rachael Kirkconnell’s images at an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity social gathering. The feedback got here throughout an interview with the franchise’s first Black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay.
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When Lindsay mentioned the 2018 images have been “not look,” Harrison shot again, “Effectively, Rachel, is it look in 2018? Or is it not look in 2021? As a result of there’s a giant distinction.”
“It isn’t look ever,” Lindsay countered. “If I went to that social gathering, what would I characterize at that social gathering?”
Harrison acknowledged his responses have been a mistake and expressed remorse for them. He initially stepped away briefly from the franchise, however in June 2021, it was introduced that he was “stepping apart” completely. Jesse Palmer ultimately took the host place.