• The Bachelor 5 - The Women Tell All summary

  May 17, 2004
  "Taking Out The Trash," our episode summary for The Women Tell All episode of ABC's fifth edition of its The Bachelor series, written by sassycowgirl, is now available.

• The Bachelor 5 - Episode 5 summary

  May 12, 2004
  "Trish's Diary," our episode summary for the fifth episode of ABC's fifth edition of its The Bachelor series, written by buckeyegirl, is now available.

• The Bachelor 5 - Episode 4 summary

  May 4, 2004
  "A Tale Of Four Fateful Trips," our episode summary for the fourth episode of ABC's fifth edition of its The Bachelor series, written by SilverStar, is now available.

• ABC orders two more 'The Bachelor' installments for 2004-05 schedule

  April 28, 2004
  In what was probably one of the biggest "no brainer" fall schedule decisions in all of Hollywood, ABC has announced that it has renewed its hit The Bachelor series for the 2004-2005 television season.

• The Bachelor 5 - Episode 3 summary

  April 26, 2004
  "Dishing Trish," our episode summary for the third episode of ABC's fifth edition of its The Bachelor series, written by KObrien_fan, is now available.

• The Bachelor 5 - Episode 2 summary

  April 18, 2004
  "Trish Or Trash? You Decide!," our episode summary for the second episode of ABC's fifth edition of its The Bachelor series, written by volsfan, is now available.

• The Bachelor 5 - Episode 1 summary

  April 12, 2004
  "Yellow Flag -- Too Many Players On The Field," our episode summary for the premiere episode of ABC's fifth edition of its The Bachelor series, written by greeneyes, is now available.

• Ratings: ABC's Jesse Palmer-led 'Bachelor' premiere averages over 11 million viewers

  April 12, 2004
  Despite facing stiff competition from Fox's post-Idol broadcast of its new The Swan series, ABC's two-hour premiere episode of the fifth installment of its The Bachelor series starring NFL Giants quarterback Jesse Palmer debuted well, averaging 11.08 million overall viewers and winning its time period in the Adults 18-49 demographic during its second hour.

• ABC unveils the women competing for new 'Bachelor' Jesse Palmer -- including an embedded "spy"

  March 18, 2004
  Is this The Mole or The Bachelor? ABC has released the identities of 24 of the 25 women who will be competing for the heart of NFL New York Giants quarterback Jesse Palmer when The Bachelor premieres April 7 as well as details of several new show elements -- chief among them the introduction of a secret 25th "spy" bachelorette who is actually working for Jesse.

• NFL quarterback Jesse Palmer to star as ABC's next 'Bachelor'

  January 22, 2004
  In the latest example that the quarterback always gets the girl, the syndicated Extra entertainment news magazine will report tonight that NFL New York Giants backup quarterback Jesse Palmer will be the star of ABC's fifth edition of The Bachelor.

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