While former contestants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are keeping themselves busy on TikTok (see below), franchise executives at ABC are reportedly working on a few ideas about how to produce new content given the state of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bachelor Nation is currently enjoying the franchise’s music spin-off, The Bachelor: Listen to Your Heart, which was filmed prior to Hollywood productions’ shutting down. But Clare Crawley’s season of The Bachelorette (which would have started airing in mid-May) and Bachelor in Paradise (mid-August) are on hold for the moment. (The Bachelor: Summer Games was already canceled because the Tokyo Olympics was postponed.)

Now, Deadline is reporting that a Bachelor in Quarantine spin-off is absolutely a possibility—and yes, that is the name apparently being discussed internally at ABC.

“The best thing about The Bachelor is its willingness to evolve as a format, so if we need to shoot a cycle that reflects these times, that’s what we’re going to look at doing,” Rob Mills, the head of alternative programming at the network, said.

But according to Deadline, this wouldn’t just be a straight-up restructuring of the Bachelor in Paradise model. Reportedly there have been talks about whether they could actually shoot that series in Mexico this summer. “Getting 20 cast members is one thing. Getting 100 to 180 crew members and putting a director in a truck next to the producers, where you’ve got 30 people in a trailer next to each other is another thing. There’s a lot of logistics that go into it,” Bachelor host Chris Harrison told Bill Simmons on his podcast, per Deadline. “We are on it; we’re chomping on the bit to produce content.”

Whatever direction they decide to go, though, Mills says Crawley’s season of The Bachelorette is going to happen. “She’s always been resilient,” Mills said. “We’re going to do her a season, and it’s going to be fantastic. If she finds a person, then this all means it was all meant to be. We’ll be nimble.”

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