A celebrity most famous for being the brother of ‘Crossing Jordan’/’Sliders’ star Jerry O’Connell – Charlie O’Connell – has been cast as the new bachelor in ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’. Word comes from E! gossip columnist Kristin, who is rarely wrong in cases such as these, that ABC has attempted to inflate the sagging ratings of their reality franchise by casting an under-30 “with a celebrity angle”.