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  'Bachelor' producer: Jason Mesnick didn't need to dump Melissa on TV

  March 4, 2009
  Despite Jason Mesnick's recent comments, The Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss says that The Bachelor didn't have any contractual obligation to end his relationship with Melissa Rycroft on the show.
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  ABC reveals Jill Harris as 'The Bachelorette,' series to debut May 18

  March 4, 2009
  ABC apparently can't wait to wash away the bad taste of the ending of Jason Mesnick's The Bachelor season. The network has announced that former The Bachelor bachelorette Jill Harris will serve as the star of a still-unfilmed new The Bachelorette edition that will premiere on May 18.
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  'The Bachelor' host Chris Harrison: I expect a retraction and apology

  March 3, 2009
  The Bachelor host Chris Harrison is vehemently denying an Us Weekly report that alleges the show's producers pre-planned last night's thirteenth-season ending which The Bachelor star Jason Mesnick picked Melissa Rycroft in the show's Final Rose Ceremony but then dumped her in favor of runner-up Molly Malaney during the season's subsequent After The Final Rose special.
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  Ex-'Bachelor' stars Trista Sutter, Andy Baldwin slam Jason Mesnick

  March 3, 2009
  You can count former The Bachelorette and The Bachelor stars Trista Sutter and Andy Baldwin among those who aren't impressed with current The Bachelor star Jason Mesnick's decision to choose Melissa Rycroft over Molly Malaney only to later decide to dump Melissa on-air for a second chance with Molly during last night's season finale of the ABC reality dating series.
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  Chris Harrison: "Something changed" between 'The Bachelor' couple

  March 3, 2009
  The Bachelor host Chris Harrison has added his take on last night's ABC broadcast which featured thirteenth-season star Jason Mesnick picking Melissa Rycroft in the show's Final Rose Ceremony but dumping her in favor of Molly Malaney -- the woman he originally rejected in favor of Rycroft -- during the season's subsequent After The Final Rose special.
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  'The Bachelor' star Jason Mesnick defends his flip-flopping decision

  March 3, 2009
  Jason Mesnick followed up ABC's Monday night broadcast of the finale of his The Bachelor season with a late night appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in which he defended his decision to choose Melissa Rycroft over Molly Malaney but later decide to dump her for a second chance with Molly.
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  'Bachelor' Jason Mesnick picks Melissa Rycroft, then Molly Malaney

  March 3, 2009
  Monday night's broadcast of The Bachelor's thirteenth-season finale ended with the ABC reality dating series' first flip-flop, with Jason Mesnick rejecting bachelorette Molly Malaney in favor of Melissa Rycroft but later deciding to dump Melissa and ask for a second chance with Molly.
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  'The Bachelor' star Jason Mesnick: "I have found the one. I am in love"

  March 2, 2009
  Although it remains unclear what The Bachelor's "shocking" ending will exactly entail, Jason Mesnick claims one thing is for certain about the outcome.
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  Chris Harrison: We have never decided the ending of 'The Bachelor'

  February 24, 2009
  The Bachelor host Chris Harrison is firing back at a blogger's recent allegations that ABC and the show's producers pre-determined and staged the heavily-hyped "shocking" ending that viewers will see during next week's broadcast of the show's season finale.
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  Interview: Jillian Harris talks about her time on 'The Bachelor'

  February 19, 2009
  Jillian Harris had it all figured out. She had even applied her "hot dog test".

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