ABC Inc.

03/14/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/14/2024 13:35

Season Premiere of ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’ Marks Series’ Strongest Multiplatform Telecast in Nearly 3 Years

ABC/John Fleenor*

Series photos are available here.

"The Bachelor" (7.70 million Total Viewers and 2.82 rating in AD18-49 in MP+35):
After 35 days of viewing on ABC, Hulu and digital platforms, the January season premiere of "The Bachelor" delivered the series' strongest multiplatform telecast in nearly 3 years in both Total Viewers (7.70 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.82 rating) - since its March 2021 season finale (3/15/21).

The season premiere of "The Bachelor" shot up more than 5 times over its initial Live+Same Day rating among Adults 18-49, skyrocketing by +432% after 35 days of multiplatform viewing (2.82 rating vs. 0.53 rating) to score its biggest delayed-viewing increase ever. In addition, the ABC unscripted series picked up an additional +4.52 million Total Viewers (7.70 million vs. 3.18 million), marking its largest lift in 3 years - 1/25/21.

"The Bachelor" soared by double digits over its year-ago premiere (on 1/23/23), jumping year over yearby 17% in Total Viewers (7.70 million vs. 6.56 million) and by 18% among Adults 18-49 (2.82 rating vs. 2.39 rating) to deliver its strongest season opener in 3 years - since 1/4/21.

Source: The Nielsen Company, preliminary ABC Multiplatform+35 Day Ratings for 1/22/24. ABC Multiplatform+35 Day numbers begin in 2015.

*COPYRIGHT ©2024 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All photography is copyrighted material and is for editorial use only. Images are not to be archived, altered, duplicated, resold, retransmitted or used for any other purposes without written permission of ABC. Images are distributed to the press in order to publicize current programming. Any other usage must be licensed.

Contact
Salima Merchant
[email protected]