• New report: Meredith Phillips... or "Tina Fabulous" starring as ABC's next 'Bachelorette'

  December 1, 2003
  Apparently her own name isn't that only thing about which E! Online gossip columnist Kristen (who formerly went by the pen name Wanda) is indecisive.

• Bob Guiney's 'The Bachelor' season finale draws over 18.5 million viewers

  November 21, 2003
  According to the fast affiliate ratings for November 19, ABC's season finale of The Bachelor starring Bob Guiney drew an average audience of 18.5 million viewers and earned an 8.7 rating, 21 share among Adults 18-49 during its 2-hour telecast.

• ABC's 'The Bachelor: The Women Tell All' special draws 12.4 million viewers

  November 19, 2003
  ABC might have only aired a reunion special of The Bachelor last week instead of an original episode of Bob Guiney's reality dating saga, but viewers didn't seem to mind, as the network's The Bachelor: The Women Tell All special drew only 1.1 million fewer viewers than the previous week's penultimate episode and still won its timeslot in the Adults 18-49 demographic.

• 'For Love Or Money 2' couple Erin and Chad appear on 'Today Show,' 'Regis'

  September 9, 2003
  The summer of For Love Or Money has ended, and the media tour has begun for the final couple: Erin Brodie, daughter of football and golf superstar John Brodie, and her selected boyfriend Chad Viggiano, whom she chose over Wade in the show's finale on Sept. 8. Today, Erin and Chad appeared together on NBC's Today Show and the syndicated Live with Regis and Kelly.

• 'For Love Or Money' star Rob Campos was passed over for ABC's 'The Bachelor'

  June 17, 2003
  Extra TV is reporting that "For Love Or Money" star Rob Campos had previously applied to and been rejected for ABC's "The Bachelor" show before being cast in NBC's reality-relationship series. "The Bachelor" producers eventually chose to instead cast millionaire Andrew Firestone.

• 'Bachelor' couple Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft attend Indy 500 together

  May 28, 2003
  Finally, a couple from a dating show that does things together in public after the show is over. The Boston Herald 'Inside Track' reports that Andrew Firestone, star of ABC's The Bachelor, and his chosen partner Jen Schefft attended the Indianapolis 500 together over Memorial Day weekend. According to the story, it was the first time Firestone, whose family helped pioneer auto racing, had ever attended the race.

• 'Bachelor' couple Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft discuss having children

  May 23, 2003
  We have to give The Bachelor's Jen Schefft credit for optimism. Even though none of the couples from the previous editions of reality dating shows have ended up getting married so far, the Associated Press reports that Jen and her Bachelor mate, Andrew Firestone, discussed having children in an interview that will appear in the June 2 issue of US Weekly.

• 'Bachelor' winner Helene Eksterowicz honored by high school

  May 22, 2003
  This is how fame goes in reality TV: one day, all of America wants to see you -- the next day, you're lucky to be speaking at your former high school. The Associated Press reports that former Bachelor winner (if you could call ending up with the self-absorbed Aaron Buerge "winning") Helene Eksterowicz was honored by her former high school in Gloucester City, N.J. , on Monday for "bringing honor to her hometown."

• Ratings: 'Bachelor 3' series finale averages over 15 million viewers

  May 20, 2003
  Despite other media reports that the ratings for the season finale of ABC's "The Bachelor" were a relative disappointment, ABC reports that the show drew an average audience of 15.0 million viewers during its 2- hour telecast, with 17.5 million viewers tuning in to the final half-hour (10:30-11:00 p.m.) of the program to watch Andrew Firestone propose to Chicago resident Jennifer Schefft.

• Ohio native Jen Schefft chosen as Andrew Firestone's mate on 'The Bachelor'

  May 19, 2003
  Reality TV show contestants may be old hat in many places in America, but at least one city is still excited about a hometown winner. On the season finale of The Bachelor, wine heir Andrew Firestone proposed to 26-year-old Jen Schefft from Mentor, Ohio. As noted in these stories from WTAE-TV Pittsburgh and WEWS-TV Cleveland, Mentor seems very proud that a hometown girl and former high school cheerleader won Andrew's heart, however low the odds of a marriage.

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