It's time to put 'The Bachelor' out to pasture

We're in the first quarter of the year, which means that a new season of ABC's The Bachelor is underway. The lead of Season 27 is Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old who appeared as a contestant on the last season of The Bachelorette.

Shallcross is a fine Bachelor; just that — fine. But the franchise as a whole, created by Mike...