The Bachelorette
The Bachelorette is a
reality television dating game show that debuted in
2003 on
ABC, which took the runner-up date from the first season of
The Bachelor (
Trista Rehn), and let her choose a husband. The
2004 season of
The Bachelorette again took the runner-up from the previous season of
The Bachelor.
*Season 1:
Trista Rehn selected
Ryan Sutter, and the two were married on TV in December 2003 in one of the most widely viewed programs in the history of reality television.
*Season 2:
Meredith Phillips, rejected by
Bob Guiney, Season four's Bachelor, chose
Ian McKee, but the two broke-up in February
2005.
*Season 3:
Jennifer Schefft, selected by and subsequently broken up with
Andrew Firestone in Season three's
Bachelor, chose none of the Bachelors in a live final ceremony.
* In the cartoon
Family Guy (7th Episode of the 4th Season, "
Brian the Bachelor"),
Brian is selected to become a contestant in
The Bachelorette and he finally falls in love with her.