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NEWS ABOUT: The Bachelor

The Bachelor stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 Drug Trials a Lot Like Reality TV 


May 14, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only one couple from The Bachelor has actually gotten married. No Apprentice winner has become fabulously wealthy. American Idol produced Taylor Hicks. Reality shows don’t always make good on their real-world promises, and in that way, they’re a lot like clinical drug trials, writes pediatrician Darshak Sanghavi in... More »

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reality TV • American Idol • ADHD • pharmaceutical industry • clinical trials • Ritalin • The Bachelor • The Apprentice • Taylor Hicks

 Octuplet Mom Will Be Lookin' 
 for Love on Reality Show   

Unclear which network has rights to show

Apr 8, 09 8:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just in case you ever wanted to live vicariously as a single mom of 14, an as-yet-unnamed network is giving octuplet mom Nadya Suleman her own reality show, Hollyscoop reports. As if chronicling that can of worms weren't enough, the show will toss in the requisite twist: It will also... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • The Bachelor • Jon and Kate Plus 8

OPINION

Beef With The Bachelor:
Men Should Do the Chasing

Men only appreciate what they fight for, author writes

Mar 10, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - You might view ABC’s The Bachelor as harmless fun. Think again. “It’s wrong. It’s just plain wrong,” Lisa Earle McLeod writes in the Huffington Post. “It violates the social order of the universe.” No, not because reality TV is evil or sexist.... More »

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television • reality TV • feminism • dating • The Bachelor • Jason Mesnick

gossip roundup

Bachelor Castoff to Rebound
on DWTS

Rihanna makes music again as Jessica Simpson craves ring

Mar 8, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Melissa Rycroft has dried her tears and put on her dancing shoes, People reports. Only days after being jilted by Jason Mesnick on The Bachelor—and renouncing reality TV altogether—Rycroft has agreed to compete on Dancing With the Stars' Monday premiere. She will fill in for Access Hollywood host... More »

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Hollywood • Dancing with the Stars • gossip • The Bachelor

 Bachelor's Jason 
 Betrayed Me: Melissa 

Plus, revenge author to Melissa: Keep that $65K ring!

Mar 5, 09 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - In her first interview since being dumped on national television, former Bachelor fianceé Melissa Rycroft told Ellen DeGeneres today she felt betrayed and lied to, Us reports. Rycroft said she knew Jason Mesnick had contacted runner-up Molly Malaney once, but when she asked him, "'Am I going to be... More »

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television • reality TV • TV series • The Bachelor • Jason Mesnick • Melissa Rycroft • Molly Malaney

opinion

 This Bachelor Jerk 
 Is Hard to Hate 

He may have dumped his fiance, but he's a real guy: Kaufman

Mar 4, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Jason Mesnick, the 32-year-old Bachelor star who publicly dumped his fiance of 6 weeks for the show's runner-up, is a jerk, but he's hard to hate, Amy Kaufman writes in The Wrap. "He's a total dime piece: tan, crisply ironed blue button-downs and a winning grin," she... More »

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television • reality TV • love • relationship • The Bachelor • Jason Mesnick • Melissa Rycroft • Molly Malaney

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