‘The Bachelor’ and ABC Renew Their Vows

The series gets picked up for a 16th season

ABC apparently has an endless supply of roses.

The network announced Monday that "The Bachelor" — which airs its season finale tonight — has been renewed for a 16th season. The popular competitve-dating program, in which women vie for the affections of a single man, will return to the schedule in early 2012.

ABC also announced that the spin-off series "The Bachelorette" will return for its seventh season this May.

As if that weren't more than enough "Bachelor"-related news, ABC also confirmed its plans (as originally reported by EW.com) to air a second season of "Bachelor Pad." The spin-off rounds up former contestants of the other two series in the franchise and forces them to live together, a la "Big Brother."

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