Re: Bachelorette 8 - Media - Thread #3

by **Admin** Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:26 pm

momoftrips wrote:
poohbear wrote:
michie671 wrote:Emily on The Morning Buzz WHEB:

http://www.wheb.com/player/?station=WHEB-FM&program_name=podcast&program_id=themorningbuzz.xml&mid=22145391

Is this interview done via phone? like she can do from home or anywhere? Or does she have to go to the station?

It was a phone interview. She did a few this morning that aren't up yet.

Handlers are still there with her during phone interviews too right?

by Guest Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:42 pm

Hahaha I had to laugh when at the beginning of the call, one of them said something like "Do you ask yourself "Why did I do this? what was I thinking?" and then you hear the ring of the cash register loud and clear!!! kaching!!

They were so skeptical giggling

by shoepie Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:52 pm

San wrote:
momoftrips wrote:
poohbear wrote:
michie671 wrote:Emily on The Morning Buzz WHEB:

http://www.wheb.com/player/?station=WHEB-FM&program_name=podcast&program_id=themorningbuzz.xml&mid=22145391

Is this interview done via phone? like she can do from home or anywhere? Or does she have to go to the station?

It was a phone interview. She did a few this morning that aren't up yet.

Handlers are still there with her during phone interviews too right?

Yes, they are there for every interview and all the way until the end of the season on TV.

by **Admin** Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:59 pm

shoepie wrote:
San wrote:
momoftrips wrote:
poohbear wrote:
michie671 wrote:Emily on The Morning Buzz WHEB:

http://www.wheb.com/player/?station=WHEB-FM&program_name=podcast&program_id=themorningbuzz.xml&mid=22145391

Is this interview done via phone? like she can do from home or anywhere? Or does she have to go to the station?

It was a phone interview. She did a few this morning that aren't up yet.

Handlers are still there with her during phone interviews too right?

Yes, they are there for every interview and all the way until the end of the season on TV.

Thank you! bestbud!

So her answer could have been prepared for if they mentioned any of the guys. IMO

by shoepie Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:12 pm

^^^^ I absolutely agree san. She is smart and well prepared.

by NCGalBecca Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:33 pm

She does come across as well prepped. It's interesting that she is still having to do so much promotion at this point. I wonder if the purpose is to quell the spoilers, encourage them or perhaps these interviews are simple, ratings booster tactics. It seems in years past, that this midway timeframe was the quiet period before the media storm picks up closer to the end with rumors flying everywhere.

I noticed MF's tweet for this week promoted drama over love since he knows that ultimately is what brings home the bacon for him. Yet, he promised a love story this time.

by jlccaz Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:52 pm

NCGalBecca wrote:She does come across has well prepped. It's interesting that she is still having to do so much promotion at this point. I wonder if the purpose is to quell the spoilers, encourage them or perhaps these interviews are simple, ratings booster tactics. It seems in years past, that this midway timeframe was the quiet period before the media storm picks up closer to the end with rumors flying everywhere.

I noticed MF's tweet for this week promoted drama over love since he knows that ultimately is what brings home the bacon for him. Yet, he promised a love story this time.

The business of TV explains everything. The ratings suck this season. So they have to put the lead out there to hustle up some viewer interest. A scandal free / "show me the love story" season is not a ratings formula! Fleiss et al may have over estimated her appeal to the mass audience that decides what to watch on Monday's at 8 p.m. Not that they had any better options for Lead in that department!

by NCGalBecca Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:02 pm

^^I think that you're right. While Emily is better than I anticipated, I think that she's a mixed bag with the viewers. A sports forum that I belong to composed mostly of men feel that she comes across as fake and robotic.

Perhaps MF needed RS more than he thought to retain viewer interest and to keep the rumor mill rolling. If he has another week of low ratings, I can see him sacrificing a few of the guys to the tabloids to stir things up.

by GrahamGal Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:27 pm

San wrote:The guy also said, I hope you pick Arie in the end. I think he is the perfect guy for you and not just because he is a racecar driver, it's because I could sense it, he's the guy.

And people say radio guys aren't perceptive. Thank you Mr Radio Guy! Your assessment was right on. Tell her! lol

by Archer23 Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:42 pm

'Bachelor' Producers Settle Lawsuit with Spoiler Website 'Reality Steve'

Producers of The Bachelor have settled a lawsuit against the operator a website that allegedly solicited and published spoiler information from cast and crew of the long-running ABC reality series.

In December, Warner Bros.-owned NZK Productions and Alternative Television, Inc. filed suit against Stephen Carbone, who runs a website called realitysteve.com, which regularly publishes news and spoilers on shows including The Bachelor, Jersey Shore and Survivor. Carbone was accused of soliciting information from Bachelor participants, cast, crew and other employees of the series and inducing them to breach contracts promising not to divulge non-public information. The case raised some interesting issues about the legality of publishing newsworthy information about a secret reality competition. But the parties have reached a settlement and the case will be dropped.

"We have resolved our dispute with Reality Steve and are pleased he has agreed to have no further contact whatsoever with any of the cast, crew or employees of The Bachelor," Warner Bros. tells THR in a statement.

Carbone acknowledged the settlement on Twitter on Monday:

“Great start to the week. The lawsuit is over. We have finally settled. I will explain more this week…Long story short: RealitySteve.com isn't going anywhere, I don't owe the other side a penny, and they had no case.”

Carbone has posted several "spoilers" of the current season of The Bachelorette, but unlike some previous seasons he has not named who he believes is the winner of the competition.

In the lawsuit, Carbone was alleged to have offered at least one Bachelor participant a monetary incentive to induce her to breach her contract. He allegedly wrote, "Since you are a student, and I know you have loans up the ying-yang, I'd be willing to compensate you...I swear, this is the easiest money you'd ever make and you and I are the only two people that would know."

A day later, Carbone followed up with another purported email that said, "$2500 to help me out. Not joking. Some of this stuff is driving me nuts ha ha."

The producers allegedly sent Carbone a cease-and-desist letter on August 12 and again on Nov. 22, then the lawsuit was filed in December.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/bachelor-settle-lawsuit-spoiler-reality-steve-332824

by nutty1 Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:21 am

"We have resolved our dispute with Reality Steve and are pleased he has agreed to have no further contact whatsoever with any of the cast, crew or employees of The Bachelor," Warner Bros. tells THR in a statement.

Very interesting. Anxious to see what his spoilers are like from here on out.

by shannonmac Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:29 am

nutty1 wrote:"We have resolved our dispute with Reality Steve and are pleased he has agreed to have no further contact whatsoever with any of the cast, crew or employees of The Bachelor," Warner Bros. tells THR in a statement.

Very interesting. Anxious to see what his spoilers are like from here on out.

A little different that what he tweeted. LOL.

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