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Positive:
5
Mixed:
6
Negative:
5
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Critic Reviews
Jan 3, 2011
Season 15 Review:
I hope the guy finds forgiveness and love. Until then, the squirm-factor is fun. [10 Jan 2011, p.39]
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It serves up 25 attractive women willing to sacrifice their dignity--and future--to win a possible husband in what amounts to a glorified game show. [22 Mar 2002, p.49]
Jan 24, 2023
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The cheese factor is undeniable, but The Bachelor makes a connection with its audience beyond the vicarious thrill. [25 Mar 2002, p.C20]
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The six-week series premieres tonight on ABC, a network so desperate it has stooped to ripping off Fox, home of the infamous Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? [25 Mar 2002, p.12C]
Jan 24, 2023
Season 27 Review:
Cat Carter could be fun for us. From the jump, she brought a sort of chaotic energy that might actually wake Zach up a little. ... Almost as soon as he [Zach] started talking, I felt my eyelids get heavy. He simply isn’t charismatic enough to command a room on his own. ... Hopefully, the producers know who they’ve chosen in Zach and will do what’s right to give the season a prayer of being worth watching: Send Zach to the back. Let the women do the talking.
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May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The Bachelor gets off to a slow start but maybe that's to be
expected. It starts with a marathon mixer; Take "hi, my name is
Angelique" and multiply it 25 times and you get the idea. Michel
tells the women he is "humbled and honored" by the turnout, perhaps
forgetting that ABC flew all the women to Malibu for the party. [25 Mar 2002, p.D5]
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Like so many of these relationship reality shows, The Bachelor is cheesy and the whiff of desperation wafting off the contestants is strong. A preview for future episodes promises jealousy, back stabbing and cat fights as the bachelorettes vie for the main man...What do you want to bet this one won't make the National Organization for Women's Top 10? [22 Mar 2002, p.36]
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Cringe-inducing... In a season of duds, the show is more jaw-droppingly bad than Jason Alexander's witless sitcom "Bob Patterson" and John McEnroe's foul game show "The Chair." [23 Mar 2002, p.E1]
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Let's just say ABC could have saved a ton on limousine fees if it had shrink-wrapped 25 women and placed them in the meat case at Safeway for its new hook-up series, The Bachelor...The Bachelor is an embarrassment - a tawdry example of a desperate network taking advantage of desperate people. Stay away. [25 Mar 2002, p.C1]
May 12, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Besides being insulting to any woman who may not look like a runway model, The Bachelor, hosted by Chris Harrison, is just plain boring. Show supposedly takes the high road from more sexed-up fare like "Temptation Island," but the result is that ABC has promo'd the show with quick cuts of babes in bathing suits and bedside make-out sessions. It's as if the network bankrolled a brothel and positioned cameras to catch the action. [25 Mar 2002, p.34]
May 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways: You are degrading, debasing, desperate, depressing, dull, and dopey...You are a show so ill-conceived and so demeaning to women that you make Howard Stern look like a feminist. [25 Mar 2002, p.75]
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