The season premiere of ABC’s The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love premiered to a lovely 9.5 million viewers, according to preliminary overnight ratings. But, in terms of total viewers, the night was won by Fox’s coverage of the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl which notched a strong 13.1 million. Elsewhere, the return of NBC’s Heroes only managed a weak 4.9 million eyes.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8pm | Tostitos Fiesta Bowl (Fox) The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love (ABC) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Heroes (NBC) One Tree Hill (The CW) |
13.1 9.5 7.0 (repeat) 4.9 1.3 (repeat) |
| 8:30pm | Accidentally on Purpose (CBS) | 6.7 (repeat) |
| 9pm | Two and a Half Men (CBS) Gossip Girl (The CW) |
12.0 (repeat) 0.8 (repeat) |
| 9:30pm | The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 10.9 (repeat) |
| 10pm | CSI: Miami (CBS) Conveyor Belt of Love (ABC) The Jay Leno Show (NBC) |
10.0 (repeat) 6.5 4.8 |
Source: Nielsen
Wow, Heroes numbers are pretty bad. Maybe some of those viewers were watching the Fiesta Bowl? Hopefully Chuck will premiere to strong ratings next week!
I can’t watch Heroes anymore. It’s more than lost its grip on me. I loved the first season . . . then the second season came along. From then on it grew sillier and sillier.
Based on the other story EW posted earlier, “Heroes” viewers will be pirating the episode from the Internet. I wonder how many people really watch that show.
I’m not into Heroes but my husband is. Our DVR is so crazy on Mondays that we record Heroes and he will watch them once all of the other shows go into repeats. I wonder if lots of other people do the same thing.
I’m doing that with Flash Forward; I plan on catching up this spring or summer when my other shows go into repeats.
Heroes was back ? Shoot, I missed it!
Officially deleted Heroes from my DVR Series Recording list…bye bye.
I love how they said during the show “this will be the most shocking season of the bachelor yet”. Don’t they say that every season!
The Bachelor is just ok. Too many ridiculous girls pulling ridiculous stunts bringing him ridiculous gifts. I watched it last night and was like, blahhh.
What was up with Jake’s Extra LARGE Motorcycle Helmet? He looked like an idiot. His new nickname should be Lord Dark Helmet…
NBC tanks yet again…what a surprise!
Woah, The Bachelor premieres to nearly 10 million viewers. And the ratings steadily increased from 8pm to 10pm. Nice guy Jake may end up being even more popular than Jason Mesnick.
I can’t believe 6.5 million people watched Conveyor Belt of Stupidity.
The 13.1 rating for the Fiesta Bowl is on the low side for major college bowl game ratings. The Big 12 Championship back in November on a Saturday night drew 12 million viewers. The only good game left is the National Championship between #1 Alabama and #2 Texas. That will be a battle of major proportions.
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