• ABC "gives" Trista Rehn and fiance Ryan Sutter filmed bachelor(ette) parties

  September 9, 2003
  Nobody can ever say that The Bachelorette couple Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter didn't earn their $1 million payment from ABC for having their wedding televised. The Associated Press reports that Ryan and Trista held their respective bachelor and bachelorette parties this past weekend on the Caribbean island of Saint Maarten... with ABC camera crews filming it all for inclusion in the network's upcoming four-hour-long special presentation of Trista and Ryan's wedding.

• '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.

• 'Who Wants To Marry My Dad?" father admits marriage not likely to happen

  August 14, 2003
  Will any reality show couple ever join Bachelorette's Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter on their way to the altar? Apparently joining a growing list of reality relationship failures, Don Mueller, the dad at the center of NBC's just-concluded "Who Wants To Marry Me Dad?" series, says that he "isn't necessarily going to marry" Christena Ferran, the woman that he proposed to in the series finale.

• 'For Love Or Money 2' star Erin Brodie plans move to L.A. to pursue show biz

  July 30, 2003
  Does Erin Brodie, the winner of NBC's first For Love Or Money, who threw a check for about $465,000 into the fire for a chance to double her money (or meet her real soulmate) in For Love Or Money 2, find love at the end of the show? Or does she win the dough and dump her beau? Or does she walk away with nothing more than lint in her pockets? We don't know. However, we do know, according to the Los Altos (CA) Town Crier, that Erin is now moving to Los Angeles, to "explore opportunities in the entertainment field."

• 'Bachelorette' Trista Rehn and fiancé Ryan Sutter "feel betrayed" over publication of $1,000,000 wedding contract

  July 17, 2003
  TV Guide Online is reporting that Trista Rehn and her fireman fiancé Ryan Sutter "feel betrayed" over The Smoking Gun's public publication of the $1,000,000 contract they signed with ABC for the rights to air a four hour special of their wedding. "I don't care that people know the ins and outs of the contract," Ryan told TV Guide. "What bothers me is, someone was deceitful, dishonest and took advantage of us. We signed the contract and gave it to people who are working with us, so somebody sold us out." "I have no idea who it was," Ryan added mischievously, "but if I find out..."

• ABC paying Trista Rehn & Ryan Sutter $1,000,000 for the TV rights to their wedding

  July 8, 2003
  As we reported previously, ABC announced in May that it will broadcast the two-hour wedding of "The Bachelorette's" Trista Rehn and fiance Ryan Sutter as a two-hour special in the fall, with a additional two-hour preamble.

• Trista Rehn helping ABC to search for the next 'Bachelorette'

  June 8, 2003
  Extra TV reports that Trista Rehn was at "Good Morning America" in New York City this week to help launch the search for the new Bachelorette.

• '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.

• Brother of 'Bachelorette' winner Ryan Sutter seeks own identity

  May 19, 2003
  Having a famous sibling can be hard, even if the 'fame' comes from a reality TV show. According to the Rocky Mountain News, that's the message from Chris Sutter, the lookalike younger brother of Ryan Sutter, who won Trista Rehn's hand in marriage on ABC's The Bachelorette. Chris, a waiter at a restaurant in Beaver Creek, Colorado, joked that he wanted to change his name to "That Guy Who Won The Bachelorette's Brother."

• ABC to air four hour miniseries special of 'Bachelorette' Trista Rehn & Ryan Sutter's wedding

  May 13, 2003
  ABC unveiled its Fall 2003 schedule this morning, and in addition to revealing that former Trista Rehn "Bachelorette" suitor Bob Guiney will star as the next "Bachelor," the network also announced it will air a "The Bachelorette" wedding special featuring the made-for-TV wedding of the last bachelorette, Trista Rehn, and her chosen one, Ryan Sutter.

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