A brand new season of ABC’s longest running reality series, The Bachelor, has its season 26 premiere tonight Monday, January 3rd at 8 p.m. EST.

In it, ‘Bachelor’ Clayton Echard’s journey to find love begins with 31 female contestants vying for that final rose.

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From all the pre-interviews, teasers, and promos, Clayton admits he falls for three women at the same time, and then there is that shocking revelation to the women themselves that he had sex with both of them who were standing in front of him at the roes ceremony.

Bachelor Nation was originally not thrilled that Echard was chosen as The Bachelor instead of some other contestants from Michelle Young’s season, or men from past seasons, but the franchise chose the former pro football player and a Missouri native following his elimination from Young’s season where he broke down in tears.

In one of the earlier loglines for Clayton’s ‘Bachelor’ season, it said:  “This Midwestern man proves he is so much more than just a good-looking guy with a rock-hard bod, He’s a throwback romantic who’s not afraid to put himself out there for love.”

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The new season of The Bachelor also features a new host. Jesse Palmer replaces Chris Harrison, and for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic, the series filmed in locations around the world.

Watch the full trailer for the new season of The Bachelor, and let us know if that montage of tears, or any of it, sparks your interest to see what happens via the comment section below.

This week, as the Forresters and friends say goodbye to 2021 and welcome in the new year on The Bold and the Beautiful, there is major trouble brewing between Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) and Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), that is sure to kick-start 2022 on the CBS daytime drama series.

In story, Sheila is about to hatch an evil plot to get back at Brooke for coming between her and her family (son, Finn and grandson, Hayes), and if you caught last week’s Christmas episode of the series, you saw that the writers made a point of saying that some of the champagne that was being served was non-alcoholic, especially for Brooke, which she and Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) thought was very tasty and seemed almost like the real deal!

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Cue Sheila! In a preview in this week’s issue of Soap Opera Digest on newsstands now, when Sheila learns that Brooke is ordering non-alcoholic champagne bottles for New Year’s Eve, she secretly switches them out, in an effort to target Brooke’s weakness … her drinking problem.

With a strain in her relationship with Ridge over Deacon’s (Sean Kanan) return to town, what will happen to Brooke?  What will the actual fallout be?  Stay tuned.

Watch the CBS promo for this week’s B&B below. Then weigh-in: how do you feel about seeing Brooke hit the bottle, even if by accident? Do you hope Sheila continues to escalate her plots against all those who keep her from her family? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Friday’s Christmas Eve episode was just a prelude of what’s to come next week on DAYS.  When we left off, John (Drake Hogestyn) rescued Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes), Doug (Bill Hayes), Ciara (Victoria Konefal) and Ben (Rob Scott Weston) from the MarDevil who was causing terror and destruction in the Horton home before the annual Ornament hanging.

With an assist from the medallion John received during a visit from Gabe, it is able to yield some power over Satan. John heads to the Hortons and in the nick of time, literally flings MarDevil into the wall to knock her out with the powers within in the medallion.  He then kidnaps her and ties her up.  When MarDevil wakes up, John is sitting beside her in a chair expressing: “I hope these accommodations are to your liking.”

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That sets the stage for the final week of the year on DAYS, which in its latest promo, shows the return of Greg Vaughn as Marlena’s son, Father Eric.  Together with John, and the rest of Marlena’s family, can they exorcise the devil out of her once and for all?

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That may be harder than you think this time, because this MarDevil is very, very clever, and she will tempt Father Eric over his former lust for Kristen in the form of Eileen Davidson, in another guest appearance.

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And don’t think MarDevil doesn’t have more tricks up her sleeve! She has something major over Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) – that he is the one that kidnapped Sami – and Satan blackmails Lucas to untie her or she will divulge his secret! Juicy stuff.

Check out the promo below, and then let us know what you think will happen next week on DAYS? Will MarDevil go free? Will Marlena return? Is Lucas going to do MarDevil’s bidding? And what did you think of DAYS’ Christmas Eve episode? Share your thoughts in the comment section.