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The Bachelor 4

Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss “get[s] nervous about all the shows, … ratings.”

by Andy Dehnart 17 Oct. 2003 | 8:00 am

Bachelor creator Mike Fleiss “get[s] nervous about all the shows, … ratings.”
Although he’s apparently unaware that we’re currently on the fourth season of The Bachelor (fifth if you include The Bachelorette), creator Mike Fleiss says he “get[s] nervous about all the shows, all the ratings. Even though it’s the third season of ‘The Bachelor,’ I still freak out and can’t sleep at night. I’m a tweaker that way, and I’m always thinking that I’m 15 minutes away from being out of the business.” Today he’s nervous about The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, which he co-produced. He also produced a reality TV movie called The Quest, but after Bunim-Murray’s The Real Cancun bombed at the box office last spring, Fleiss’ film was pulled. He says “our movie is essentially much different. The studio likes our movie.” No release date has been set.

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