Over the course of 16 seasons, the gang from “It is At all times Sunny in Philadelphia” have gotten as much as a complete lot of ridiculous mischief on TV exhibits inside their very own collection. Frank (Danny DeVito), particularly, appears to be a considerably common fixture on native Philadelphia information, fearmongering so as to drive up gross sales of weapons or water filters, and he is additionally appeared on speak exhibits with Dennis (Glenn Howerton) and Dee (Kaitlin Olson) whereas attempting to do injury management for his or her Wolf Cola model. The complete 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 completely humiliated. In season 17, nonetheless, 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 in the “It is At all times Sunny” and “Abbott Elementary” crossover that kicked off earlier this yr, exhibiting the gang’s facet of what occurred after they volunteered on the titular college, it seems this new batch of episodes may even function a completely completely 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 appears like it may be an absolute catastrophe in the easiest means.
Frank’s happening The Golden Bachelor, child!
Within the season 17 trailer for “It is At all times Sunny,” we get to see Frank dressed to the nines on an episode of “The Golden Bachelor,” the spin-off of the hit actuality collection “The Bachelor,” the place hopeful singles attempt to win the center of the titular bachelor. “The Golden Bachelor” options an older bachelor in search of 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 supplies 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 woman however with a a lot cruder title. 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 house to dinner with Charlie (Charlie Day). Earlier seasons of the collection have interacted closely with real-world occasions and riffed on them, like when the “It is At all times Sunny” season 15 opener posited the gang had been answerable for each main information story that yr, however a spoof of the Hawk Tuah woman is unquestionably a brand new one.
Between the “Abbott Elementary” crossover and now this “Golden Bachelor” sorta-crossover, it actually feels just like the collection goes larger and bolder than ever. Is that this an try to attract in new viewers so the present can preserve going for one more 20 years? Or is the “It is At all times Sunny” gang merely attempting 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).