A thought from the dark recesses of my mind:

I don't understand why any woman could like The Bachelor or The Bachelorette. It's a blatantly transparent show, the cast is always ONLY the most photogenic at any given time, and whoever gets hurt the most gets to be the star of the next show! Every star is basically promised marriage from the beginning with whoever they pick, and everyone who watches it thinks this REALITY show is actually REAL. In REALITY, it's more fake than a script-based sitcom.

Plus, everything I've learned about human behavior says that girls would NEVER compete for the same guy (especially knowing this guy will kiss and do who-knows-what-else with the other girls) and guys would NEVER compete for the same girl (especially knowing the girl will throw herself at every other guy there). Plus, if anyone's read the Twitter captions at the bottom of the screen during any showing, and you'll quickly figure out that every girl only watches it for one reason: "OMG the guys are so hot!1!!1!1!"

It's a show that only exists for the ratings. Anything goes, as long as the female populous likes what happens.

I might respect them if their "casting call for the most eligible bachelors/ettes in America" had an ACTUAL criteria, instead of just HOT guy/girl with a sob story that they can EXPLOIT.

Where's the guys and girls who look like MOST guys and girls in America? Normal 4-7's instead of 9's and 10's.

Please, females, explain this moronic excuse for a perfectly good 8PM timeslot...

I also hate those shows and, well, pretty much all forms of "reality tv" that are currently on the air. I do agree with you though that this particular travesty dressed up as entertainment has got to be some of the worst minutes in television history.

That said, I would also like to point out that guys watch it too... for the "hot chicks"... so don't just look at the opposite gender for blame here.

Everything you said is very true. But people don't watch it cause it's a great thoughtful show, but cause it's full of good looking people and really shallow.

There will always be stupid shows, and people will always love them.

One Documentary I caught on... "Discovery" I think... revealed how fake all reality T.V. shows are.
Some of them do not even use real people. (Actors. Thus the "Photogenic Properties" of everyone.)
One of my favourite "M.T.V.'s Real World" Characters was not even real. ("Puck" I think.) They said the dude repeated everything he said like 5 times. They then edited all the lame stuff and only showed the good stuff. For a long time I thought he was cool. And More Importantly thought he was Real.

With the Bachelor/ette. It is all fake.
Some of them claim to be virgins. The lies are just too thick for me to bear. Cue the "Soap Opera Music".

If you have heard some of the wild "sick-time" excuses at work that I have heard? There will be no drama on the T.V. Particularly Fake Drama. Save it Networks. Save it.
Good Luck.

Good Luck To All.
I'm done. Stick a fork in me.
Peace.

Those shows bug me. They should be called unreality shows. Even if they were real, why would you want to watch what happens irl like that? That's what the news is for. I thought watching TV was so you could escape reality, not relive it.

I hate both bachelor & its other half who wants to watch shows where everyone seems like spoiled brats. I don't like reality shows like that at all.
My cousin is always talking about those shows & I just look at her like you make me sick. Because really who cares. And I am a woman