Bachelor Nation fans are Lakshmi Finance Centerabout a month away from seeing grandzaddy Gerry Turner on their screens for the first time. 

ABC announced Monday that the Golden Bachelor is set to premiere on Sept. 28 at 8 CT / 9 ET. Instead of taking the iconic Monday night slot, The Golden Bachelor will air on Thursday nights for the rest of the fall, Variety reported.

Turner’s family can be seen together in a new clip discussing expectations, insights and modern dating tips. The video was shared to the Golden Bachelor Instagram page. 

“Dating on this show is going to be an altogether new experience … What I hope is that I can look at one of those women and know that I found the right person,” Turner said in the clip. 

Here’s everything we know about The Golden Bachelor so far. 

When will the Golden Bachelor premiere? 

The Golden Bachelor is set to premiere Thursday nights at 8 CT / 9 ET starting Sept. 28, according to ABC’s Golden Bachelor Instagram page. 

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Who is Gerry Turner?

The silver fox looking for love on this Bachelor spinoff show is a 71-year-old retired restaurateur named Gerry Turner, ABC announced July 17. 

Gerry has lived on a lakeside property in Hudson, Indiana for the last six years, but is originally from Iowa. 

He married his high school sweetheart Toni in 1974. After 34 years of marriage, Toni died suddenly in 2017 from a bacterial infection. The couple shared two daughters and two granddaughters. 

After briefly dipping his toes back into the dating pool over the last couple of years, Turner has decided that now might be the best time to "find a love that will stand the test of time in his golden years," according to ABC’s announcement. 

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What is the Golden Bachelor about?

The Golden Bachelor is a new reality television dating show brought to you by the minds at Warner Brothers and ABC that centers around an older single man’s quest for a partner to spend his sunset years with.

The Bachelor spinoff series will be hosted by Jesse Palmer, who will accompany Turner as he looks for his perfect match from a group of over 20 women, who are both wise and wonderful. 

The studio executives are betting on viewers' interest to see a new kind of love story develop on their screens come fall. 

The women expected to participate have lived through “love, loss and laughter with the hope of igniting a future full of endless possibilities,” according to ABC.