• CBS to televise Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich's reality wedding

  April 19, 2005
  Reality TV veterans Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich have reportedly taken a love of cameras to the next level, marrying on-camera for a CBS special.

• The Year In Review: Reality TV still delivering strong ratings, despite missteps

  April 16, 2005
  At the "upfront" advertising-sales meetings prior to the 2004-05 primetime television season, the six U.S. broadcast networks and their cable competitors made it clear that the next season would feature lots and lots of reality television. In fact, the push for more reality TV became so severe that one network (Fox) resorted to the blatant theft of other networks' ideas. Now that the season is in its final two months, how did this glut of reality shows fare?

• ABC's 'Bachelorette 3' ends with Jen Schefft rejecting both John Paul Merritt and selected suitor Jerry Ferris

  March 1, 2005
  In the end, similar to the long-running reality franchise's ongoing ratings decline, ABC's third The Bachelorette edition ended not with a bang but with a whimper.

• 'Bachelorette' couple Meredith Phillips and Ian McKee announce breakup

  February 2, 2005
  So much for The Bachelorette's much-ballyhooed perfect relationship record. Last year's The Bachelorette 2 couple is no more, with Meredith Phillips and Ian McKee having announced yesterday that they have ended their relationship.
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  'Bachelor 3' fiancee Jen Schefft to star as ABC's next 'Bachelorette'

  August 4, 2004
  Multimillionaire Andrew Firestone proposed to her, equivocated, and then decided that he preferred skirt-chasing to monogamy. Donald Trump's Apprentice Bill Rancic -- who had been under consideration for Andrew's role on Bachelor 3 -- also dated her before she realized that he was too similar to Andrew. Now she has a chance to do it her way.
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  'Bachelor' Bob Guiney marries actress Rebecca Budig in lakeside wedding ceremony

  July 7, 2004
  Reality TV World learned yesterday that Bob Guiney, star of ABC's The Bachelor 4, and his fiancee Rebecca Budig, an actress who also hosted repeats and special editions of The Bachelor, were married on July 3rd. An attendee told Reality TV World that the nuptials took place in Hale, Michigan, at his parents' home on Long Lake, at 11:00 AM.
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  'Survivor' winner Amber Brkich and fiance Rob Mariano negotiate for TV wedding

  June 29, 2004
  The Boston Herald reports that Survivor: All-Stars winner Amber Brkich and her fiance, runner-up "Boston Rob" Mariano, who became engaged during the show's live finale, have continued to negotiate with a couple of TV networks to have their wedding televised "sometime next year."

• 'Bachelor' Jesse Palmer and Jessica Bowlin announce breakup

  June 17, 2004
  Better make that "0 for 5." The Bachelor's woeful romance record took another loss today when fifth series bachelor (and rumored to soon be ex-Giants quarterback) Jesse Palmer confirmed to the syndicated Extra entertainment news program that he and Jessica Bowlin, the woman he selected during the program's May finale, have decided to "mutually end their relationship."

• 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.

• Second 'Bachelorette' edition premieres as the evening's top-rated show, draws 12.4 million viewers

  January 17, 2004
  Meredith Phillips might not have been every Bachelor fans first choice to star in the second installment of ABC's The Bachelorette series, however that clearly didn't stop viewers from tuning into the series premiere.

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