Now in its zillionth season, ABC’s The Bachelor boasts an audience that’s actually growing. (Most series see their viewership totals shrink after several years.) According to preliminary overnight ratings, the reality dating show averaged 10.6 million viewers on Monday night, an increase of 600,000 from the previous week. Meanwhile, the second half of NBC’s Mira Sorvino/Scott Foley (now there’s a dynamic duo!) miniseries, The Last Templar, lost 1.6 million of its Sunday audience. Elsewhere, Fox continued to have success on Monday with strong showings for House (15.6 million) and 24 (12.2 million).
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8pm | House (Fox) The Bachelor (ABC) Big Bang Theory (CBS) Superstars of Dance (NBC) Gossip Girl (The CW) |
15.6 10.6 9.3 (repeat) 6.7 1.6 (repeat) |
| 8:30pm | How I Met Your Mother (CBS) | 8.1 (repeat) |
| 9pm | Two and a Half Men (CBS) 24 (Fox) The Last Templar (NBC) One Tree Hill (The CW) |
12.7 (repeat) 12.2 8.3 1.4 (repeat) |
| 9:30pm | Worst Week (CBS) | 7.2 (repeat) |
| 10pm | CSI: Miami (CBS) True Beauty (ABC) |
9.2 (repeat) 7.1 |
the bachelor keeps growing haha! I knew everyone else was watching this show and denying it. I have believed this for years in order to make myself feel better for wasting my life watching this show.
Fizzy, I hear you. For me, it’s like cosmic bowling — a whole lotta stupid fun!
Check out the first ever Podcast for The Bachelor – http://bachelorlove.blogspot.com will take you there.Hilarious!