http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/SHO....ew/t1larg.jpgAs ABC announced last week, "Bachelor" producers are busy preparing for the Jason Mesnick-Molly Malaney nuptials on March 8 -- the first-ever wedding to come out of the seven-year-old series (Ryan and Trista Sutter met on The Bachelorette). But in some ways, the wedding opens old wounds for producers-- specifically how the spoilerific blog realitysteve.com, run by Steve Carbone, accurately revealed last year that Mesnick would first propose to Melissa Rycroft and then dump her for Malaney on a shocking "After the Final Rose" special. As for Carbone, the blogger says he relies on several tipsters who "just fell into my lap." A former sports talk deejay from L.A.-- he's now living in Texas while working as a national sales rep for home furnishing companies-- Carbone says that while he wouldn't want to read spoilers on his favorite shows like "Survivor" or "American Idol," he likes to "one up" "The Bachelor" simply because he can.
power leveling"I don't go looking for this stuff, it comes to me because I'm willing to throw the show under the bus," he explains, adding that he's never received a complaint from ABC or Fleiss. Since his site gets only about 400,000 to 500,000 page views a week, Carbone doesn't believe it impacts the show negatively. "I spilled everything about this season on Jan. 6, and I don't think the ratings have suffered. People are still watching because they want to see it play out."And (once again), he's right about "The Bachelor." The audience for the Feb. 1 episode grew by 200,000 viewers for a total of 11.7 million, and the show is up 10% in viewers versus the same time last year.
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