Game of Roses · Nov 9, 2026 · 23:06
Listen in the Podli app 🎧
Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.
Chris Harrison is promoting The Vow, his new faith-based dating show on Fox Nation, and Game of Roses is digging into the clips in this Digging Deeper preview.
BachelorClues and PaceCase open with the week's news: Chock Chapple and Joan Vassos have ended their two-year engagement, and Jen Affleck has posted audio of her husband criticizing her body, which escalates their divorce. Then it's on to the Dark Lord's press tour. On The George Janko Show, Chris Harrison agrees that The Vow could help a generation and calls it the most genuine, real love story reality dating show ever made. He also says reality TV is in a race to the bottom and promises The Vow will have the highest stakes, and he brings up Nielsen ratings for a show that only streams. The hosts look into who George Janko is, wonder what the stakes could be, and predict what happens when Chris Harrison no longer has an ABC boss keeping him in check. The full episode, with Chris Harrison as "the Martin Scorsese of Love," Clare Crawley on Phantom Night One, and the Bachelor Nation cruise, is on Patreon and YouTube Memberships.
CHAPTERS
(00:00) The Dark Lord Returns
(01:19) Chock Chapple and Joan Vassos End Their Engagement
(02:23) Jen Affleck's Divorce Video
(04:40) Chris Harrison's Goals for The Vow (The George Janko Show)
(11:58) Chris Harrison on Reality TV's "Race to the Bottom"
(17:22) Who Is George Janko?
(19:01) Chris Harrison Without an ABC Boss
EPISODE FAQ
What is Chris Harrison's new show The Vow?
The Vow is a faith-based reality dating show hosted by Chris Harrison that streams on Fox Nation. On The George Janko Show, Harrison called it the most genuine, real love story dating show ever made.
Did Chock Chapple and Joan Vassos break up?
Yes. Game of Roses reports that Golden Bachelorette Joan Vassos and Chock Chapple have ended their two-year engagement.
What did Chris Harrison mean by reality TV's "race to the bottom"?
Harrison said reality TV has been lowering the bar with meaningless hookups and low stakes, and that The Vow goes the other way with the highest stakes. BachelorClues thinks he's mainly talking about shows like Love Island.
ABOUT GAME OF ROSES
Game of Roses is the reality TV podcast that breaks down The Bachelor franchise, Love Island USA, The Traitors, and more as a game. Hosted by BachelorClues (Chad Kultgen) and PaceCase (Lizzy Pace), co-authors of How to Win the Bachelor.
JOIN US IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT
Get every episode ad-free, plus watch-alongs in Casa GoR, members-only live streams, and our Discord: https://www.patreon.com/gameofroses
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GameofRoses?sub_confirmation=1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gameofrosespod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gameofroses
Merch: https://gameofroses.org/
Game of Rosé wine: https://www.gameofroses.wine/
How to Win the Bachelor: https://www.simonandschuster.biz/books/How-to-Win-the-Bachelor/Chad-Kultgen/9781797138787
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.