Re: Bachelorette 8 - Media - Thread #3

[Guest]

Winners usually come on strong at the 2/3 season mark. It's basic Reality TV Editing 101.

[Love_Me]

Why is the article all about Sean? Or was it an interview?

Most of it is from his interview.

[Love_Me]

'Bachelorette' producers up the ante this season with three villains under one roof

By Abigail Forget

Published June 11, 2012

FoxNews.com

The prevalence of villains on “The Bachelor” or “The Bachelorette” is hardly anything new. But on this season of “The Bachelorette” with sweet southern belle Emily Maynard, it seems the producers are upping the ante.

In the past the contestants have all rallied around one villain—this season, it seems as though the majority of the house is taking issue with three of them.

First up is Ryan, the full-of-himself personal trainer who has made several chauvinistic remarks to Emily including that she would be his “trophy wife,” and if she gained weight during their marriage he would, “love her, but just not love on her.”

Then there’s Kalon, an arrogant socialite from Texas, who boasts about his designer clothing and interrupts Emily frequently, telling her to, “let him finish.” His alleged blog has made its rounds on the Internet, and in it, he dishes about getting high, checking himself out in the mirror “to see how good he looks,” makes anti-Semitic comments, and dishes on his tactics to get multiple women to sleep with him.

Classy.

Rounding out the trio of meanies is Doug, who initially seemed to be a pleasant man. But as the episodes progress, he’s becomes very short tempered, even starting a fight with one contestant just before Emily walked in.

And it’s not the first time Doug has been connected to allegations of violent behavior. Star Magazine and WetPaint.com reported that Doug was booked in 2000 for assaulting his girlfriend with a weapon. Star cites the police report, which claims the couple’s argument, “got physical when he pushed her and held her against the wall, grabbed a shotgun, and started firing into the dirt.”

So why the sudden influx of negative contestants?

Entertainment Weekly’s executive editor Kristen Baldwin said that although the show has a history of inserting one stereotypical villain per season, the producers might not have necessarily known that these men would have these tendencies.

But although this season’s trifecta of bad behaving dudes might not have been detected until after “The Bachelorette” started to tape, it’s not to say that the producers didn’t take advantage of the opportunity when it came about.

“When you’re dealing with a class of people who are attention-seeking, it is much more likely that they will have done something ridiculous and provocative in their pasts,” she said.

After all, as Baldwin points out, it’s the job of the producers to highlight the bad behavior—they’re making a television show after all.

Moreover, ABC’s ratings for Monday evenings have been excellent, as a result of the drama, which casts doubt on the notion that “Bachelorette” producers had no role in stirring up trouble by casting these men.

Still, as Baldwin points out, “nobody put a gun to [the contestants heads]” to make them act poorly. And it can’t all be blamed on the idea that producers edited them to make them look a certain way.

“I wouldn’t give too much credence to people that say it’s all editing,” she said. “People who go on these shows are not very self-aware. When they see themselves true to life, they get defensive.”

“Editing is the dubious defense of all reality TV,” Baldwin said. “Of course they’ll highlight bad behavior, but there has to be bad behavior. If you give them fodder for the villain edit, you’re doing to get the villain edit.”

An ABC rep did not respond to multiple messages from FoxNews.com.

[composer53]

People keep comparing this season to others. Go back to Trista's season, if you're going to compare. I believe Emily is really trying to find someone to marry like Trista. Come from there and then do comparisons. Someone do a comparison checklist with Trista's and Emily's season and see what comes up.

[Guest]

Sorry, totally unrelated! Anyone know where I can find Ep3 of SHA?

[nutty1]

Sorry, totally unrelated! Anyone know where I can find Ep3 of SHA?

Here you go....

http://www.cmt.com/show/sweet_home_alabama/season_3/episode.jhtml?episodeID=188740

[Guest]

Sorry, totally unrelated! Anyone know where I can find Ep3 of SHA?

Here you go....

http://www.cmt.com/show/sweet_home_alabama/season_3/episode.jhtml?episodeID=188740

Thanks nutty... but not available outside USA :(

[nutty1]

Sorry, totally unrelated! Anyone know where I can find Ep3 of SHA?

Here you go....

http://www.cmt.com/show/sweet_home_alabama/season_3/episode.jhtml?episodeID=188740

Thanks nutty... but not available outside USA

Sorry Sophie :Frown:

[dee]

Sorry, totally unrelated! Anyone know where I can find Ep3 of SHA?

Here you go....

http://www.cmt.com/show/sweet_home_alabama/season_3/episode.jhtml?episodeID=188740

Thanks nutty... but not available outside USA

Sorry Sophie :Frown:

I think you should be able to watch it here. I'm in Canada and I can view it.
http://watchseries.eu/episode/sweet_home_alabama_s3_e3-145407.html

[Guest]

THanks!!

[Pattycake92]

[06/12/12 - 09:02 AM]
Continuing to Grow ABC's "The Bachelorette" is Monday's Most-Watched TV Show
ABC spins the numbers for Monday, June 11.
[via press release from ABC]
Continuing to Grow ABC's "The Bachelorette" is Monday's Most-Watched TV Show

Early info on ABC's Monday, ahead of the regular press release.

With The Bachelorette and a repeat airing of Castle, ABC finished as Monday's most-watched TV network, winning the night by double-digit percentages over Fox (+10%), CBS (+16%) and NBC (+57%). In addition, the Net earned second place on the evening in Adults 18-49 to Fox's all-original lineup (Hell's Kitchen/MasterChef), beating NBC's series-clinching NHL Stanly Cup Game 6 coverage by a wide margin (+19%).

· In viewers and young adults, ABC marked its strongest summertime (Memorial Day- Labor Day) Monday since the beginning of last August - since 8/8/11.

At 8pm, ABC's The Bachelorette won its 2-hour time period to emerge as Monday's most-watched TV show overall. In addition, the ABC unscripted series led its slot for the 4th week running across all key Women demos (W18-34/W18-49/W25-54), standing as the night's #1 TV series for the 4th consecutive week among its core Women 18-34 audience.

· Up for the 2nd week in a row in Total Viewers (+7%) and Adults 18-49 (+5%), The Bachelorette produced ABC's top summertime numbers in the time slot since last July - since 7/25/11.

In the 10 o'clock hour, ABC's Castle scored its highest-rated-ever summer number with Adults 18-49.


Read more at http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2012/06/12/continuing-to-grow-abcs-the-bachelorette-is-mondays-most-watched-tv-show-590100/20120612abc01/#1rr8CKvKPXvm05iq.99

[doantam]

7.33 million last night. Last year was 8.1 million.

At this rate Emily's season will beat Ashley's by the finale.

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