The Bachelor 13

Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney got married a week ago, and their wedding aired on ABC last night as part of a dull two-hour special that was only watched by 9.26 million people. That’s down significantly from the only other franchise wedding, Trista and Ryan’s Bachelorette wedding in 2003, which was watched by 17.1 million… continue reading

The Bachelor 13 stars Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney have done where few other Bachelor couples have: they got married. While I’m not quite sure if they count as an official franchise-formed couple, considering Jason actually dumped her on the show, the show needs all the help it can get with its success rate. The… continue reading

Despite the awkward beginning to their relationship, Bachelor 13 couple Molly Malaney and Jason Mesnick will do what no other Bachelor couple has done before them and get married on TV. Their wedding will air as a two-hour special March 8 that will, of course, include all of the preparations and opportunities for product placement…. continue reading

After being proposed to and then dumped on The Bachelor 13, and then being dumped by viewers on the Dancing with the Stars 8 finale, Melissa Rycroft is once again engaged. This time, it’s to her boyfriend Tye Strickland, who she’d dated before going on the show. Gossip magazines reported the engagement Monday, and minutes… continue reading

Gossip reports that Molly Malaney and Jason Mesnick have broken up–which, let’s be honest, is statistically inevitable–are false, according to Molly. And to make sure they don’t break up, an airline has given Molly free tickets to fly to Seattle. AirTran announced Monday that it was “providing airline tickets to Milwaukee resident and recent television… continue reading

Early Bachelor 13 reject Megan Parris has offered strong criticism of the show, and and among her charges are that producers “berate[d]” her during “scripted” confessionals to get her to say certain things, constructed quotes via frankenbiting, and bleeped her even when she wasn’t swearing. She’s said a version of this before–talking to reporters after… continue reading

Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney are still together four weeks after dumping Melissa for Molly during The Bachelor 13‘s reunion. An alleged upcoming Star magazine story that supposedly detailed why Jason wants Melissa back hasn’t yet materialized; instead, the magazine has the scandalous pictures of Melissa dancing when she was younger. “Molly and I are… continue reading

There may be another twist to The Bachelor 13‘s saga: Jason Mesnick might want Melissa back after dumping her for Molly, which of course would mean he’s now dumping Molly. Star Magazine says that’s what happened in a teaser for an upcoming story, which Seattlest reproduced: Bachelor Jason Mesnick has changed his mind–again! After handing… continue reading

The Bachelor 13‘s second After the Final Rose special was as boring as the reunions usually are, and rivaled American Idol for its pointless filler. ABC totally burned the capital it banked after the highly rated three-hour finale and reunion; they never should have tried to milk this for another hour. By my count, there… continue reading

The Bachelor 13‘s double-dumping three-hour finale was the highest-rated episode in five years, and it was the highest-rated show on TV for all three hours. An average of 15.5 million viewers watched the family-meeting, sheep-petting two-hour finale, while 17.5 million tuned in for the reunion, on which Jason dumped Melissa. The finale “provided ABC with… continue reading

The Bachelor 13 concluded, and the spoiler proved to be true: Jason Mesnick dumped Molly Malaney, then picked Melissa Rycroft, and then, during After the Final Rose, dumped Melissa, picking Molly. For the highlights and lowlights, read the live blog from last night, in which I detailed every noteworthy and cringeworthy moment, from dozens of… continue reading

Live blogging the finale of The Bachelor 13. Refresh often for the latest mocking of this awesome crapfest. 10:59 / “You gotta follow your heart, and if some people don’t like that, I get that. It’s not the classiest or coolest thing to do in the world. It’s not, but you can’t control what’s inside… continue reading

Tonight’s the night: Three hours of The Bachelor 13, including the one-hour reunion that apparently contains the crazy, shocking, oh-my-God, who-could-have-imagined, shit my life will never be the same again I need to go have a drink moment that we’ve been teased with for weeks. Will single dad Jason Mesnick pick Melissa Rycroft or Molly… continue reading

Bachelor host Chris Harrison denies that the producers of the show constructed this season’s shocking ending, as a blogger has claimed. Harrison also writes that the second After the Final Rose special has not yet been taped. “[W]e are not responsible for, nor have we ever scripted, the ending of this show. Let me re-type… continue reading

Two bloggers have released what they say will happen on The Bachelor 13‘s finale, citing a tabloid’s impending publication of the story, and both are in agreement about the shocking finale, although one claims ABC essentially constructed the ending. (Stop reading now if you don’t want to have the ending–or your fantasies about true reality… continue reading

ABC is expanding its post-The Bachelor 13 reunion by an hour because of what its producer calls “the most dramatic anything ever. It’s a shocking finish to the show. Just when you think the show is going to end, it doesn’t,” executive producer Mike Fleiss told TV Week. That follows a blogger’s relentless teasing of… continue reading