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+TV Recap The Bachlorette: Season 8, Episode 3 | May 29, 2012

The Bachelorette Watch: Sixteen Bachelors, Three Departures, One Trip to Dollywood

By Melissa Locker

Highlights include Dolly Parton singing for Emily Maynard and one omelet named Shelly

+TV Recap The Bachlorette: Season 8, Episode 2 | May 22, 2012

The Bachelorette Watch: The Muppets Make a Move on Emily

By Melissa Locker
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The Muppets stop by The Bachelorette so Kermit can make a play for Emily Maynard’s heart. Or something.

+TV Recap The Bachlorette: Season 8, Episode 1 | May 15, 2012

The Bachelorette Watch: Emily Maynard Meets Her 25 Boyfriends

By Melissa Locker
CRAIG SJODIN / ABC

Twenty-five men, a bunch of roses, and one lady who is trying really hard not to catch a disease on national television. That’s right, it’s The Bachelorette.

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Tuned In+Television | April 19, 2012

White Roses: The Bachelor Sued for Racial Discrimination

By James Poniewozik
ABC

If nothing else, the suit is bringing attention to the fact that The Bachelor franchise has been too white for too long. And that’s no good, not just for applicants, but for the audience and the show.

+TV Recap The Bachelor: Season 16, Episode 1 | January 3, 2012

The Bachelor: Meet Ben and His 25 Sorta Crazy Girlfriends

By Melissa Locker
ABC

When last we saw him, Ben had been rejected by Bachelorette Ashley Hebert. Now, he is just dying to break the hearts of these 25 willing contestants.

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | August 3, 2010

The Morning After: The Kindest Cut

By James Poniewozik

Spoilers for last night’s Bachelorette finale coming up: The Bachelorette‘s Ali made her decision in the summer season finale last night, in a way that offered a little something for everyone. There was a rose for Roberto, who in turn got down on bended knee and pulled out an engagement ring, popping the box in [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | July 6, 2010

Fairytale, Ending: Last Night's Awkward Bachelor Reunion

By James Poniewozik

Last night on a very special edition of The Bachelorette, the current reigning Bachelor, Jake Pavelka, and the object of his rose-bestowal, Vienna Girardi, returned to explain to Chris Harrison the very public tabloid breakup of their made-on-TV relationship. The charge, as Vienna brought it: that a month after they declared their love in the [...]