ABC Announces ‘The Bachelorette’ and ‘Mistresses’ Premiere Dates

ABC LogoABC has set air dates for the return of The Bachelorette> and the premiere of the sexy drama Mistresses. The network will air The Bachelorette on May 20, 2013 at 9pm and then move it to its regular 8pm slot the following week. Mistresses, starring Alyssa Milano, will air episode #1 on May 27, 2013 at 10pm.

The Bachelorette’s identity will be revealed during The Bachelor: After the Final Rose show on March 11 at 10pm.

Mistresses is based on the UK series and also features Yunjin Kim, Rochelle Aytes, and Jes Macallan.

The Bachelorette Details:

This season the hit romance reality series will feature its ninth edition with the lucky new Bachelorette getting to know 25 fortunate men via a series of social gatherings and exotic, romantic dates – some in groups, some individually. She will introduce some of the men to her family and will visit their hometowns for a slice of their lives in an effort to determine the man with whom she is most compatible.

At the end of the journey, filled with drama and surprises against the backdrop of spectacular international settings and featuring innovative twists and special guest stars, the Bachelorette may quite possibly have found true love. But the big question is: After all of this, will she hand out her final rose? And if she does, will the final bachelor accept it and propose?

Mistresses Detail:

Based on the hit UK television series of the same name, Mistresses is a provocative and thrilling drama about the scandalous lives of a sexy and sassy group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery: Savannah (“Savi”), a successful career woman working toward the next phase in her life, both professionally and personally; Savi’s free-spirited and capricious baby sister, Josslyn; their friends April, a recent widow and mother of a ten-year-old daughter, and Karen, a therapist with her own thriving practice.

These four friends find support and guidance with each other as they brave their turbulent journeys and life’s storms of excitement, secrecy, and betrayal, all the while bound by the complex relationships they’ve created.