Bodog Beat

Last night ABC premiered the latest installment of it's long-running, hit dating reality show, The Bachelor. (ABC Images)

Single dad Jason Mesnick had it rough on the show's last season of The Bachelorette. He dropped to his knees in excitement thinking he'd won the show's prize, the frustratingly self-absorbed but hot to look at, DeAnna Pappas. It was one of the saddest rejections fans of the show had ever witnessed – the single father who had been left by his first wife for another man, who finally realized he could love again, was brutally blindsided on national television.

Realizing that he was about to propose, DeAnna blurted, "No I can't" and grabbed his arm to pull him up.

Jason's jaw tightened as she told him she would be the luckiest person in the world to be with him, but that she was in love with someone else. In the limo, a shell-shocked Jason clutched the unopened engagement ring box and remarked, "The only sure thing I have is my little boy."

Thus, the Internets went wild with chicks dying to meet Jason and ABC realized immediately who their next Bachelor must be.

Last night's premiere was shocking – yes shocking – as female contenders desperately showcased their gimmicks in order to score a rose from Mesnick. Some danced; some made hot dogs; some recited bad poetry; one girl actually admitted to quitting her teaching job to go on the show, while another recited all the information from Mesnick's MySpace page. Some things are better left unsaid.

The kicker was the montage at the end – which previewed the upcoming drama on the season. We saw girls slapping each other, chicks in swimming pools, the return of DeAnna The Terrible and Jason having a nervous breakdown on a balcony. Oh man, bring it on, ABC. Bring it.