Over the course of 16 seasons, the gang from “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” have gotten as much as a complete lot of ridiculous mischief on TV reveals inside their very own sequence. Frank (Danny DeVito), particularly, appears to be a considerably common fixture on native Philadelphia information, fearmongering with a purpose to drive up gross sales of weapons or water filters, and he is additionally appeared on speak reveals with Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) whereas making an attempt to do harm management for his or her Wolf Cola model. The whole gang additionally appeared on an episode of the “Household Feud” spoof “Household Struggle,” as hosted by Keegan-Michael Key (giving us his greatest Steve Harvey impersonation), which ended with Dennis being totally humiliated. In season 17, nevertheless, at the very least one member of the gang goes to go the place they’ve by no means gone earlier than: actuality tv.
Whereas we already knew season 17 was going to function the second chapter within the “It is All the time Sunny” and “Abbott Elementary” crossover that kicked off earlier this 12 months, exhibiting the gang’s aspect of what occurred after they volunteered on the titular college, it seems this new batch of episodes can even function an entirely totally different crossover that we by no means might have seen coming. You see, Frank goes to look on a fictional model of “The Golden Bachelor,” and it seems like it should be an absolute catastrophe in the perfect manner.
Frank’s happening The Golden Bachelor, child!
Within the season 17 trailer for “It is All the time Sunny,” we get to see Frank dressed to the nines on an episode of “The Golden Bachelor,” the spin-off of the hit actuality sequence “The Bachelor,” the place hopeful singles attempt to win the center of the titular bachelor. “The Golden Bachelor” options an older bachelor searching for love, and since Frank is each rich and lecherous, it is a fairly humorous (and excellent) match! We see Frank with “The Bachelor” franchise host Jesse Palmer, together with a few fast interview clips the place Frank gives a little bit of context or colourful commentary. We additionally get launched to Frank’s main romantic curiosity, a younger girl who’s clearly impressed by the Hawk Tuah lady however with a a lot cruder identify. Frank finds her crassness charming, which tracks given his earlier romantic pursuits (together with the tragically deceased drug-addicted intercourse employee Roxy), and even brings her dwelling to dinner with Charlie (Charlie Day). Earlier seasons of the sequence have interacted closely with real-world occasions and riffed on them, like when the “It is All the time Sunny” season 15 opener posited the gang had been chargeable for each main information story that 12 months, however a spoof of the Hawk Tuah lady is unquestionably a brand new one.
Between the “Abbott Elementary” crossover and now this “Golden Bachelor” sorta-crossover, it actually feels just like the sequence goes larger and bolder than ever. Is that this an try to attract in new viewers so the present can maintain going for one more twenty years? Or is the “It is All the time Sunny” gang merely making an attempt to exit with a bang with season 18? We’ll have to attend and see when the season premieres on FX on July 9, 2025 (and the following day on Hulu).
