<p>ABC is on a real mission to get fans on board the Arie Luyendyk Jr.</a> Bachelor train!</p><br /><p>In an effort to reintroduce the former Bachelorette star</a> – who appeared on the show’s eighth season – to Bachelor fans who may not remember him, the network made their ENTIRE promo about binge-watching his 2012 season of The Bachelorette.</p><br /><p>“It feels like it’s been forever,” Arie says in a clip from Emily Maynard‘s season in the video, with a voice-over responding, “It kind of has!”</p><br /><p>To get fans familiar with the new Bachelor, ABC is making Arie’s season of The Bachelorette available to stream on ABC.com ahead of his season premiere this January</a>. “We’re remembering why we fell in love with him, from the first one-on-one to the blindsiding break-up,” the promo explains.</p><br /><p>As OK! readers know, Bachelor Nation was not too happy with the network’s decision to cast Arie</a> (fans slammed ABC on Twitter</a> for their “out of left field” decision</a>) over Peter Kraus</a>, who was the runner-up on the most recent Bachelorette season starring Rachel Lindsay</a>.</p><br /><p>However, with the network standing firm in their decision to cast him as their lead, it looks like this Arie train is moving full steam ahead.</p><br /><p>So as the voiceover says in the promo, “Now get revved up for his new start at love!”</p><br /><p>Arie’s season of The Bachelor will premiere January 2018 on ABC. And you can watch his season of The Bachelorette on ABC.com and the ABC app.</p><br /><p>How do you feel about Arie’s first promo? Sound off in the comments! </p><br /><p>The post ABC Lays It On Pretty Thick In Their 1st ‘Bachelor’ Promo Featuring Arie Luyendyk Jr.</a> appeared first on OK! Magazine</a>.</p><br />
