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                    &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s been a bad week for &amp;lsquo;The Bachelorette&amp;rsquo; franchise.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;For the first time in the show&amp;rsquo;s history, ABC pulled the plug on its new season just days before it was set to air. The move came after a 2023 video surfaced of the show&amp;rsquo;s star &amp;mdash; Taylor Frankie Paul of &amp;lsquo;Secret Lives of Mormon Wives&amp;rsquo; fame &amp;mdash; physically assaulting her then boyfriend.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Could this scandal mark the end of the already struggling franchise? And what does it say about the future of the reality genre? Sam talks it out with Vulture&amp;rsquo;s TV critic&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.vulture.com/article/why-taylor-frankie-paul-bachelorette-was-cancelled.html"&gt;Kathryn VanArendonk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Sign up for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/the-sam-sanders-show"&gt;Sam&amp;rsquo;s Newsletter&lt;/a&gt; to get behind the scenes stuff from every interview each week.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;The Sam Sanders Show is a production of KCRW and Sam Sanders Productions.&lt;/p&gt;
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The Sam Sanders Show

Can Reality TV Survive This?

Can Reality TV Survive This?

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