[TV] Ratings: The Bachelor Finale Gives ABC The Win
Posted by Joseph Lee on 03.12.2013
Against a night of mostly reruns..
The finale of The Bachelor and the reunion show After the Final Rose gave ABC a dominating win last night against mostly reruns from CBS. This was up from last year's finale and had the best demographic ratings for ABC since September 2011. Meanwhile The Following was down a little from last week but still finished second in its hour in the demo and viewers. The Biggest Loser fell for NBC but Deception was up slightly.
ABC won with 10.3 million viewers and a 6.7 rating/10 share in households. It was followed by FOX (6.42 million, 4.0/6), CBS (6.37 million, 4.2/7), NBC (4.8 million, 3.1/5) and The CW (900,000, 0.6/1).
In the adults 18-49 demographic, ABC won again with a 3.5 rating, followed by FOX (1.9), NBC (1.7), CBS (1.6) and The CW (0.3).
Monday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
ABC: The Bachelor season finale (9.5 million viewers, 6.2/10 households)
CBS: How I Met Your Mother rerun (5.3 million, 3.5/6)/Rules of Engagement (7 million, 4.5/7)
NBC: The Biggest Loser (5.2 million, 3.4/5)
FOX: Bones rerun (4.85 million, 3.2/5)
The CW: The Carrie Diaries (1.1 million, 0.7/1)
18-49 leader: The Bachelor (3.0)
9 p.m.
ABC: The Bachelor season finale (10.5 million, 6.7/10)
FOX: The Following (8 million, 4.9/7)
CBS: 2 Broke Girls rerun (6.2 million, 4.2/6)/Mike & Molly rerun (6.2 million, 4.1/6)
NBC: The Biggest Loser (5.9 million, 3.7/6)
The CW: 90210 (683,000, 0.5/1)
18-49 leader: The Bachelor (3.6)
10 p.m.
ABC: The Bachelor season finale/The Bachelor: After the Final Rose (11 million, 7.1/11)
CBS: Hawaii Five-0 rerun (6.8 million, 4.4/7)
NBC: Deception (3.3 million, 2.2/4)
18-49 leader: The Bachelor/After the Final Rose (3.8)
