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Setting the record straight. ABC executive Rob Mills opened up about the changes to the 2021 Oscars broadcast that upset fans when the show aired on Sunday, April 25.

The Oscars had everyone talking on Sunday night, but not always in a good way.

In the run-up to this year’s Oscars telecast, the folks behind the scenes kept hinting that the event was going to be very different than what film fans have come to expect from the awards show. Dubbing the event a “film” versus an awards show, with a “cast” instead of presenters, it seemed as if ABC and the Academy were hoping to use the pandemic as an excuse to experiment with the format.

No worries here! Matt James’ Bachelor premiere had the lowest ratings in franchise history, but ABC executive Rob Mills thinks it will pick up.

Bachelor in Paradise might actually be coming back in the summer.

Plot twist! After the Monday, January 4, premiere of The Bachelor, a trailer revealed that more women would be joining Matt James‘ season at a later date — including Heather Martin, a contestant who first appeared on Colton Underwood‘s season of The Bachelor, which aired in 2019.

Tayshia Adams is now the new star of The Bachelorette and her promo pics were just revealed after she made her debut on the ABC reality series.

Clare Crawley‘s ex-fiance Benoit Beauséjour-Savard says the way the hairstylist is being portrayed on The Bachelorette “is not the Clare I know.”The Bachelor Winter Games alum, 33, who was engaged to Crawley, 39, in 2018, spoke about his ex in an interview with Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti on their “Almost Famous” podcast.Beauséjour-Savard filmed a segment with his ex that was supposed to air during the premiere of her season but was cut.

The powers that be over at ABC are finally speaking out about those crazy rumors surrounding Clare Crawley‘s headline-making season of The Bachelorette!

Matt James‘ season 25 of The Bachelor kicked off on the weekend of September 10 and the 28-year-old was delighted to meet his hopeful women.“It was so interesting because Matt is not on the season of The Bachelorette, and the reason why we take leads from a previous season is because you know them so well and we can predict which person he might like or not, but we just didn’t know at all, so it was really fun to watch him interact with everyone,” ABC Entertainment executive Rob Mills told

The Bachelor where she was Juan Pablo Galavis’ runner-up, and her time on Bachelor in Paradise seasons 1 and 2. But when Clare's intro failed to include her falling for her ex-fiancé, Benoît Beauséjour-Savard, during The Bachelor Winter Games, fans wanted answers.

Peter White Television EditorThe Bachelorette is successfully in can ahead of its October 13 premiere as ABC gets ready to start production on its parent show The Bachelor later this month.Rob Mills, SVP, Alternative Series, Specials & Late-Night Programming, ABC Entertainment, told Deadline that The Bachelor will start production at the end of September with a view to airing in January as per previous years.While the show will run on a similar timeline to previous seasons – the last 12 seasons

Peter White Television EditorABC non-scripted boss Rob Mills would be “shocked” if summer game show Holey Moley doesn’t return for a third season next summer.Mills has also opened talks with the team behind Don’t, including Ryan Reynolds, about what a second season of the Adam Scott-hosted format looks like.Mini-golf competition series Holey Moley has been a strong performer for the Disney-owned network this summer, up from its first season, with the broadcaster teeing up two special episodes of

Peter White Television EditorDancing With The Stars is returning to the ballroom next week.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe annual Time100 list of the world’s most influential people is getting the TV treatment with an hourlong ABC special on Sept. 22, the same day that that the full list will be released on Time.com.“We are elated to be partnering with Time to bring the coveted Time100 list to primetime for the first time in its history,” said Rob Mills, senior vice president of alternative series, specials and late night at ABC Entertainment.

Peter White Television EditorABC’s Ultimate Surfer is riding the wave of a return to production.The competition series, which is produced by Pilgrim Media Group, is now underway at Kelly Slater’s Surf Ranch in Kings County, California.Nicholas Caprio, Chief Content Officer at Pilgrim Media Group, speaking alongside ABC alternative chief Rob Mills on a HRTS virtual panel session about returning to production outlined how the show got back in the water.Ultimate Surfer features top up-and-coming

Production on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette is still moving forward full steam ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic, but as you might expect, things are going to look very different this time around!

Producers have a plan about how things will be filmed for Clare Crawley‘s season of The Bachelorette.

When director/choreographer Kenny Ortega got the call to help organize a grand finale for The Disney Family Singalong, he didn’t hesitate to say yes.

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Peter Weber‘s mom is an honest woman. Barbara Weber made headlines during the Tuesday, March 10, finale of The Bachelor after she called out Madison Prewett, making it very clear that she didn’t like her with her son.

Talk about a twist! Throughout season 24 of The Bachelor, one moment in the finale teaser has had everyone talking. Peter Weber‘s mom, Barbara Weber, begs her son through tears, “Bring her home to us.”

“The Bachelor” finale airs next week, but nobody knows how the season will end — not even the Bachelor himself, Peter Weber.

Bachelor Nation fans will be able to watch two Olympic games this year! Following 2018’s Bachelor Winter Games, the franchise is adding another spin-off with a summer version as the Olympics take place in Tokyo this year beginning on July 24.

The Bachelor is getting yet another spin-off this summer. The Bachelor Summer Games will air this summer, Rob Mills, ABC's Senior Vice President of Alternative Series, Specials & Late-Night Programming, revealed on the Bachelor Party podcast on Monday.

Cancel your summer plans, becausewill be airing not one, not two, but three shows over summer 2020. 

During Sunday night's Academy Awards, ABC surprised fans by dropping a sexy promo spot featuring its current Bachelor, Peter Weber, shirtless and crafting clay a la the iconic scene in the Oscar-winning film. ET's Lauren Zima spoke with Rob Mills, the network's Senior Vice President of Alternative Series, Specials & Late-Night Programming, exclusively on Monday morning.

“The Bachelor” is back with its 24th season, starring Peter Weber, who was a fan favorite and finalist on Hannah Brown’s season of “The Bachelorette.”