• 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.

• Sans 'Bachelorette" lead-in, 'Celebrity Mole Yucatan' premiere struggles in the ratings

  January 14, 2004
  Lesson learned -- perhaps moving the debut of Celebrity Mole Yucatan up a week from its originally scheduled January 14 post-Bachelorette 2 premiere wasn't the smartest programming move ABC could have made.

• ABC unveils the men competing for 'Bachelorette' Meredith Phillips... and the return of Kelly Jo

  December 31, 2003
  ABC has revealed the names and profiles of the twenty-five men who will be competing for the heart of new The Bachelorette star Meredith Phillips -- as well as some of the new twists and surprises that will be occurring during the second edition of the program.

• 'Bachelor' Bob Guiney and Estella Gardinier finally come clean and publicly acknowledge breakup

  December 30, 2003
  Another week, another Bachelor couple admitting that their relationship has ended during an interview on the syndicated Extra entertainment news program. Oh what a busy December it's been for Bachelor/Bachelorette couple news.

• Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter to appear in Tournament of Roses parade

  December 28, 2003
  So much for those plans to quietly fade out of the spotlight immediately after their nationally televised wedding. FTD, Inc., the Official Floral Company of the Tournament of Roses, has announced that they've enlisted Bachelorette newlyweds Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter to ride on -- what else -- a New Year's Day Tournament of Roses parade float containing a record-breaking 100,000 roses.

• 'Bachelor' producers lose fight to enjoin marketing of Bob Guiney's '3 Sides' CD

  December 25, 2003
  In the lawsuit between the producers and the star of ABC's The Bachelor 4, which we reported here Monday, Bob Guiney received an early Christmas present.

• 'Bachelor' couple Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft breakup

  December 9, 2003
  Fresh on the heels of yesterday's news that Bachelorette Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter were married this weekend, comes the news that Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft, the couple from the third Bachelor edition, have broken up -- and they announced their split on television.

• 'Bachelorette' couple Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter marry

  December 8, 2003
  It's official, there were no last-minute cold feet, no leaving their one million dollar wedding dowry at the altar -- Bachelorette couple Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter tied the knot this weekend.

• 'Bachelorette' Trista Rehn sued by ex-agent for cut of wedding proceeds from ABC

  December 5, 2003
  Wedding etiquette can be so messy. For example, where do you seat the process server?

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