The Lowdown
Harrison is doing what he always did on The Bachelor: turning a confrontation into a promo. Warner Bros. has a real IP point if the teaser leaned on Bachelor imagery, but every headline about the letter is free marketing for a six-episode Fox Nation show that otherwise would have struggled to get noticed.
Key Takeaways
- Fox Nation released a teaser for Harrison’s dating show The Vow on September 16, with several nods to The Bachelor (Deadline).
- Warner Bros., which owns the Bachelor franchise, sent a cease-and-desist on October 1 claiming unauthorized use of its IP (Deadline).
- Harrison told Entertainment Tonight: “Sounds like somebody misses somebody really bad” (Deadline).
- The Vow is a six-episode series premiering November 11 (Deadline).
The Story
Chris Harrison isn’t backing down. The former Bachelor host is pushing back against a cease-and-desist letter over his new Fox Nation dating series, The Vow (Deadline).
The dispute traces back to September 16, when Fox Nation released a teaser for the show that included several nods to The Bachelor. On October 1, Warner Bros., which owns the franchise, sent a cease-and-desist claiming the teaser used its intellectual property without authorization (Deadline).
“Sounds like somebody misses somebody really bad,” Harrison told Entertainment Tonight. “Jealousy is a tough thing. Green’s not a great color on anybody, is it?” He added that he doesn’t know of other reality dating shows the studio has gone after and said, “I take it as a sign of respect” (Deadline).
Harrison left the Bachelor franchise in 2021 but spoke warmly about it, saying “The Bachelor changed my life” and that friends still working there called, excited about his return. The Vow runs six episodes and premieres November 11 (Deadline).
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