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Ryn

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 12:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Andrew Firestone, the great-grandson of tire entrepreneur Harvey Firestone, has been picked to be the new Bachelor. Read more about Andrew here! The third installment of the hit reality series will premiere on Wednesday, March 26, at 9/8c!

http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/specials/bachelor/index.html

Ryn

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Tabbyking

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 01:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
aren't those the tires that explode? it's a good thing he's on the 'bachelor' and not the 'explorer'...

Pamy

Monday, March 17, 2003 - 01:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Tabby!

Rslover

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 12:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
He is a cutie but it makes you wonder. He's rich and handsome, so why does he need this show? How serious will he take it?

Grannyg

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 - 03:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I see this as being another Joe and Zora thing. I can't imagine HIM finding someone on tv that he couldn't find in his own personal life. But we'll see. Of course I am gonna watch just to see if it is the real deal.

Babyjaxmom

Friday, March 21, 2003 - 02:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I've been seeing this guy on TV and in written interviews. He seems like a nice enough guy. At least he doesn't come off as some doofus looking for a woman with a "hot rocket body" (ala Joe Millionaire). He says he's looking to meet someone who's not just interested in his last name. Dare we hope????

Deedee

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 09:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
If you are on the west coast be sure to catch Bill Cosby interviewing Andrew tonight. (Cosby is filling in for David Letterman). It is too, too funny and done in a manner that only Cosby could accomplish!

Tabbyking

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 09:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i plan to boycott this show. with abc pulling 'the mole' last year, 'push, NV' in the middle of its run, and now 'the family' mid-way through, i am not going to start watching something else for them to take away half-way through. i've pretty much had it with abc.

Wink

Tuesday, March 25, 2003 - 09:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The cranky me is with you on this one Tabby.

Misspoufy

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 02:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, I honestly don't blame ABC for pulling The Family, but are you sure it's pulled and not simply pre-empted? I watched it once and it was horrible. I'm a reality show nut and I couldn't stomach this one. I too was upset when they pulled The Mole, but understood why in the wake of 9-11...and to their credit they did show it, in its entirety. I don't see them pulling The Bachelor. We're in this war for the long haul, and other than pre-empting things for breaking news stories I think programming will go on. I'm going to be front and center for The Bachelor..and hope he can find a woman who'll love him for him and not his bucks.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 02:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
MissP, no, they cancelled it. It will be aired this summer. Go ahead and blame ABC, the war had nothing to do with it. All networks have returned to prime time programing. Family was getting poor ratings I think that is the reason. By moving it they hope to gather more viewers and buzz.

Meme9

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabbyking, sending you some hugs.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 06:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Unless you have a Neilson box hooked to your TV they will never know your are boycotting.

...........predicts Tabby will take a peek anyway ....................

Tabbyking

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 07:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
nope, no peeking. i was working hard on the Push game, and whooooooosh......that carpet was pulled out from under me, too. abc has a knack and a history of this. if this were the first time, it wouldn't be a big deal (although, i was watching the second mole, and everyone i know was also watching it, so it was disappointing.) it's a good thing ABC doesn't bring us TAR, because i would really, really be angry to have that 'journey interrupted'.
i'll bet whoever made the decision to stop these shows has trouble with relationships, and is maybe even a premature eja.......LOL
either can't finish or finishes too soon!

Tabbyking

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 10:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
this show has been filmed already, like trista's was, right? so, since it's not current, and there is no fan interaction or voting, it could be pulled, too. not worth the risk and i am mad at abc!

Nathalia

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just don't like this guy, I don't know why. They couldn't get anyone else to do it? I will watch tonight only because I love the show.

Bobbie_552001

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love the show as well....BUT don't you think it would be a wild idea to use middle age single men and women?? After all what do these young hard body gals have that we don't?????

Grannyg

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Boobs that don't sag, hips that haven't spread from having babies and legs with no vericose veins!!

Bobbie_552001

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh...ok. You do have a point...but of course the bachelor would have to be a middle aged man, right?

Tabbyking

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 07:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah, same with the guy----things that don't sag, no vericose veins!

Sherbabe

Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 11:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've seen an interview w/ Andrew on E! or Entertainment tonight, and he did say this will be a love story. Don't forget to cast your selection of 15 over at THE POLL.

Tabbyking

Sunday, March 30, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
did they pull this show yet? oh yeah, we need another 2 episodes to get people hooked....

Texannie

Thursday, April 24, 2003 - 02:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-04-22-bachelor_x.htm

'Bachelor' is looking like a retread
By Donna Freydkin, special for USA TODAY

They may have said "I do" to ABC's first two Bachelors, but this time around, viewers are ditching the latest sexy singleton, tire scion Andrew Firestone, at the aisle.


Lackluster ratings for The Bachelor could indicate formula is stale.


Last Wednesday's edition of the show (9 p.m. ET/PT) drew 11.5 million viewers and only 7.2 million among young adults ages 18-49 whom advertisers strive to reach.

Put another way, only 15% of TVs in use among that younger audience were tuned to watch Firestone frolic with a bevy of beauties in search of his one true love.

The premiere of the third installment of ABC's The Bachelor March 26 averaged 9.9 million viewers and ranked fourth in its time slot, a stunning contrast to the January premiere of The Bachelorette, which roped in 17.4 million viewers. In fact, the Bachelor premiere lost out even to ABC's struggling legal drama The Practice, which was the network's most-watched show with 10.7 million viewers.

To date, the latest Bachelor still hasn't managed to crack the top 20. But its producers aren't worried.

"Bachelor 3 is on par with where Bachelor 2 was starting out," co-executive producer Lisa Levenson says.

"The marketplace is flooded with dating shows, but the cream will rise to the top. The Bachelor is one of a kind and was the first of a kind and has really, really loyal viewers."

And the field is getting more crowded with the arrival of Fox's Mr. Personality, in which a woman looks for a mate from among a group of masked men.

According to preliminary ratings, Personality, which features Monica Lewinsky as host, drew about 12 million viewers in its premiere Monday, second in its time slot among total viewers. More important, it was tops among the 18-49 age group.

But before anyone hands The Bachelor his annulment, experts point to three reasons why the formerly hot franchise has cooled.

No connection. The show's whole premise rests on matching up an ultra-appealing guy with his special someone, but hunky heir Firestone is no lovelorn loser. Sure, the show's intent, Levenson says, is "to find one of America's most eligible bachelors and highlight them, and not take pitiful, desperate men or women and give them a last-ditch effort to hook up."
But, analysts say, the current candidate just lacks the everyman appeal of, say, Joe Millionaire's Evan Marriott. "It's more interesting to look at ordinary people than people who are celebrities or who have a lot of money," says Stacey Lynn Koerner, executive vice president at ad-buying firm Initiative Media. "Audiences connect with people like them — and I'm not sure Firestone is even particularly likable."

Adds media analyst John Rash of Campbell-Mithune: "This version has more to do with fortune and possible fame. Viewers quickly surmise that Mr. Firestone is perhaps acquiring the one thing money can't buy, which is a chance for national fame, as opposed to romance."

Stale premise.The Bachelor remains the glam granddaddy of reality dating shows, devoid of any eye-popping gimmicks or sexy twists. There's no Joe Blue Collar posing as a new millionaire. No bodacious bachelorette hunting for her own Mr. Right on deluxe beaches and in burbling hot tubs. "The Bachelorette outperformed The Bachelor because inverting the genre seemed to bring new life and new viewers to it, especially with the intended younger female audience," Rash says. "But today, reality dating shows are ubiquitous and there's nothing too compelling about this one."
Koerner, too, says the "concept is a little tired. We'll see another installment of it, unless it really bombs out. But it's still getting decent numbers." In fact, Levenson hopes to air a fourth Bachelor in the fall and is hunting for the next Bachelorette.

Broken-hearts' club. As any avid viewer knows, romance reality shows aren't delivering on their selling points — hooking up real people with their soul mates. "The stakes are not as high as advertised and the intended viewers are quick to catch on," Rash says.
Most recently, the second Bachelor's Aaron Buerge dumped Helene Eksterowicz five weeks after proposing to her on the Nov. 20 season finale, in which an estimated 29 million viewers watched as he slipped a diamond ring on her finger. The first Bachelor, Alex Michel, meanwhile, also called it quits with his chosen lady, Amanda Marsh, who later told TV Guide it wasn't possible to find love on TV.

In fact, only Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter of The Bachelorette seem to be going full steam ahead and planning their wedding. But that's not enough, Koerner says. "It would restore faith in the process if more of these relationships worked out," she says. "But nobody goes through a relationship through the course of six to eight weeks and decides to spend their life together."

Levenson, too, acknowledges that it's "upsetting when the couples don't work out, but people watch The Bachelor to believe in the fairy tale."

Tabbyking

Monday, April 28, 2003 - 09:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
well, boycotting might do something after all...i read today that ABC is sooo in last place out of abc, nbc, cbs and fox networks. they aren't sure what's happening, except that fox had a big hit with AI and they couldn't do well with some of their own reality shows. hello?! some networks actually complete the shows they are running!