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nutty1 wrote:I found episode 2 to be a bit depressing.

I watched the first four episodes and I am way more interested in this show than this season of the Bachelorette. I keep wondering how true to life it is in representing the show.....Obviously the behind the scenes drama is fiction but I wonder where the line is drawn? I keep watching the MF character and think that he is even worse than I suspected if any of his character is true. And the Chris Harrison character really has pegged his mannerisms, hand gestures (that has always made me laugh), and voice. But yes, I agree, if all of that is true, especially the CH character in bed with a contestant.....yuck. The behind the scenes stories are really downers though. Hoping for redemption for the main character though. The producers are just creepy.

I was there at FORT but mainly as a lurker. I find the storyboard concept really fascinating. I had always heard about this but watching it (I guess I am visual) is really interesting.

that interview was very interesting -- says CH is def very flirtatious but the interviewee doesn't know how much he's had sex with contestant "when he was married" meaning he did it after he got divorced?

I also laugh at the "suiter." What a funny name for the bachelor!!

sparkler wrote:I also laugh at the "suiter." What a funny name for the bachelor!!

RS said that they almost had to use names like that so they wouldn't get sued by the Bachelor.  



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I love this show! I must say, though, once I finally watched it I was upset knowing how in the dark I was about the reality of reality shows and how fake they truly are. But it was nice to be set free from my fandom and naïve ways.   

And he certainly would know first hand about law suits.

He's good at using fake names.

GuardianAngel wrote:He's good at using fake names.

Touché, GA!

Litta123 wrote:

GuardianAngel wrote:He's good at using fake names.

Touché, GA!

Wasn't he once "kissy face" on this board? I am surprised that ABC can't sue over this very thinly disguised portrayal of the Bachelor!!

I think ABC hopes silence will leave the show scrapping for ratings or buzz on Lifetime, and it will die a quiet death vs. sparking interest with a tug of war.  Who,owns Lifetime, I forget.

The Disney-ABC television group owns both ABC and Lifetime. So on some level, someone with a financial stake in the Bach is actually endorsing this. Which is maybe what I find most interesting of all about it.

historyrepeats wrote:The Disney-ABC television group owns both ABC and Lifetime. So on some level, someone with a financial stake in the Bach is actually endorsing this. Which is maybe what I find most interesting of all about it.

mutual benefit. Raise interest in both, promote one and the other at the same time. Pay 1, get 2.

www.hearst.com/newsroom/producer-sarah-shapiro-talks-lifetime-s-newest-hit-unreal

Interesting interview with Sarah Shapiro.