Now that fans have confirmed interest in its return, NBC has officially decided to renew American Gladiators for a second season.  (This anti-climactic announcement comes as a big relief to the naive contestants; they had already been led to believe they could be a Gladiator.)  No timeline has yet been announced for the show’s next round. The current season will finish its run in February.

After choosing to dust off The Mole, ABC has set its sights on another old friend.  This time it’ll be The Bachelorette seeing the light of day.  The series, which will premiere sometime this summer, had been (surprisingly) dormant for a whole three years already. The last woman to hand out the roses was Jen Schefft (Andrew Firestone’s ex) back in 2005.  No details on who the next Bachelorette-to-be have yet been revealed.  Meanwhile another Bachelor installment is preparing for a March 17 debut.