I would like to take this moment to plead with Bachelor producers. HOW ABOUT SOME NEW MEAT ON THE SHOW!? Seems like every season they’re recycling Bachelor’s and Bachelorette’s from previous seasons! I know this means higher ratings, but in my opinion, it makes it so much less interesting. I thought Roberto Martinez (Ali’s fiance) was so dull, but that’s just my humble opinion.

His engagement to Ali Fedotowsky didn’t work out, but Life & Style can exclusively reveal that Roberto Martinez is giving reality-show romance another go — as the star of The Bachelor!

“He’s already signed the contract,” a production insider confirms to Life & Style in the new issue, on newsstands tomorrow.

The 29-year-old insurance agent proposed on the season-six finale of The Bachelorette, but in November, Ali, 27, called off the engagement after 18 months.

“They chose him because he’s very likable,” the insider tells Life & Style. While Ali claimed the split was “100 percent mutual,” the insider notes, “in the back of Roberto’s mind, I’m sure there’s some enjoyment in getting revenge on Ali.”

I mean how about Lamar Hurd for the Bachelor?!? Let’s get THIS GUY on the show!

Emily Maynard is determined to be the best dressed Bachelorette ever – and with a whopping $350,000 wardrobe budget, she’s already showing off her amazing style.

“We had an enormous clothing budget,” Emily’s stylist, Cary Fetman, tells In Touch in an exclusive interview. “It was bigger than any previous season – and we still went over!”

No doubt, Emily, 26, is pulling out all the stops in her quest to find Mr. Right.

“Emily has fabulous taste and was involved in deciding what we would dress her in this season,” Cary adds. “For me, it was like dressing a Barbie doll!”

And while Emily dazzles in her strappy $1,045 Christian Louboutin Straratata heels and a $40,000 nude Randi Rahm gown, there are some things she absolutely refuses to wear.

“Emily hates flats,” Cary says to In Touch. “She loves to be a girlie girl. She loves dresses and anything glitzy and sparkly.”

Despite Emily’s Southern charm, she isn’t your typical girl next door. Confesses Cary: “She is not a jeans girl by any means.”

How many of you are watching Emily’s season? I actually am really enjoying it! I think she’s doing a great job so far. Who are your favorite bachelor’s? I really like Sean & Doug!

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How many of you are watching ‘The Bachelorette’? I’m ashamed to admit that I’m watching it – and I will watch it the entire season. Even when it gets SUPER cheesy and hard to watch, I’m still going to hang in there. I don’t know why I’m drawn to this hot mess, but I am. SEASON AFTER SEASON!

Are you liking Emily as the Bachelorette? And more importantly, what do we think of her shoes.

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Rumor has it ABC was very close to canceling ‘Cougar Town’. But Courteney Cox and her cast members no longer have to worry, as TBS has ordered a fourth season of the comedy to start airing in 2013!

TBS to the rescue!

The cable network has ordered a fourth season of the comedy to begin airing in early 2013. In addition, TBS has purchased the rights to Cougar Town‘s first three seasons of 61 episodes that originally aired on ABC. “Cougar Town is a smart, whimsical sitcom that draws its humor from likable, relatable characters” said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TBS. “We are thrilled to have Cougar Town moving to the TBS neighborhood as the network continues to expand its slate of original comedy series.”

On ABC this season, Cougar Town averaged 5.3 million viewers and a 1.9 rating in the adult demo, nosediving after it was moved to Tuesday nights and away from its previous Modern Family lead-in. With the axe hanging over the show, TBS stepped in and rescued Courteney Cox and Co. from cancellation.

Busy Phillips, who plays Laurie Keller on the comedy, had a couple choice words for ABC earlier this week. Before she learned the fate of her show, she said:

“It’s not been fun to feel like the ugly stepsister of the network,” Phillipps, who plays Laurie Keller, told E! Online. “They moved us around, they took us off the air for months … If TBS is willing to launch the show in a real great way and we would actually have like billboards and commercials, that would be really cool.”

Philipps has been vocal about her frustrations. Initially, when ABC decreased “Cougar Town’s” episode order, she told TVLine, “The writers have amazing stuff planned out for this season, and now they’re going to have to condense … I feel bad for them. I feel bad for everyone. It’s a bummer. It sucks.”

I only watched one – maybe two episodes of ‘Cougar Town’. I just didn’t find it funny, not my kind of humor I guess. Are any of you still watching it?

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Apparently the wedding is still on with ‘The Bachelor’s’ Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson. I’ll be surprised if they actually make it down the aisle together, but as of right now – that’s the plan.

They’re debating over where they’ll live once they’re married.

Los Angeles vs. San Francisco. That’s the debate between The Bachelor’s Ben Flajnik and Courtney Robertson regarding where they’ll live.

“It goes back and forth, back and forth,” he told PEOPLE Saturday at Pure Las Vegas, his fiancée by his side.

Flajnik lives in San Francisco and “loves” the Santa Monica area of Los Angeles. Robertson lives in Santa Monica and “loves” San Francisco.

“We most definitely talk about it,” he tells PEOPLE. “We’re trying to figure out how it’s going to work and when it’s going to happen. One thing we do really well is communicate. If something’s bothering me or bothering her, we squash the bug really quick and move on.”

Though the couple got engaged on the season finale of The Bachelor, they recently said they were “engaged dating.” On Saturday, the duo seemed every bit the doting couple, snuggling in their VIP booth, chatting with friends and fans and taking pictures.

“We’re still in the early stages so we’re learning a lot about each other, spending as much time with each other,” he said. “We’re slowing acclimating our lives together and our friends together. It’s going really well.”

Despite the fact Flajnik and Robertson don’t live together – or even in the same city – the relationship has been “easy,” he says. “It’s not exactly long distance. We live in the same state. It’s an hour flight.”

How many of you think they’re going to actually get married?

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How many of you are dying to know if Ben actually chooses Courtney tonight on the season finale of ‘The Bachelor’?

Here is Courtney with Jesse Metcalfe, whom she dated back in 2005.

I’ve got the answer after the jump!!! (more…)

One of “The Bachelor” franchise’s most popular celebrities, Ali Fedotowsky, has sat down for an exclusive, tell-all interview with E!’s Chief News Correspondent Ken Baker for her first TV interview since her shocking split last November from Roberto Martinez. Revealing the truth about the break-up, her feelings about the current season of “The Bachelor,” the real-deal about the “Facebook millions” she allegedly lost by quitting her job to go on “The Bachelorette” and her plans for the future, the beautiful blonde opens up to Baker in her first sit-down television interview since her very public breakup.

On why they split:

“We were unhappy more than we were happy, and something needed to change…I didn’t want to let people down. I felt anger from my followers, fans…the pressure was to make sure we did what would make both of us happy.”

On what she hopes people will believe about her “Bachelor” relationship:

“I wouldn’t want people thinking we were deceiving them. We didn’t highlight the negative; we wanted to believe in it. When we posted a happy moment [on Twitter/Facebook], we truly were happy in that moment.”

On the latest with Roberto:

“We are not currently in touch, I’m sure we’ll be friends, we did really love each other so maybe one day”.

On reports that she “lost millions” by leaving Facebook years ago:

“Did I have some stock? Yes. How much was it worth? I don’t know…money is the last factor when deciding what I want to do with my life. I made this decision and I’m super happy”

On the current controversial “Bachelor’” contestant, Courtney:

“I am not a fan of what she did on the show and sometimes you think this can’t just be editing, this woman has to be saying this stuff but I was happy to see her apologize.”

On her new hosting job with NBC for the show “1st Look”:

“It’s a lifestyle show where I travel to the best restaurants hotels and nightlife and get to share it with people… I am pretty lucky, I can’t complain, I’m so blessed. It will be on NBC after ‘Saturday Night Live’”

Tune-in to E! News to see the complete interview at 7:00 and 11:30 PM only on E! News.

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