"The Bachelor" Kills (da Ratings)
"Our love is here to stay, forever. Or until next week."
Wow: This is big, or was big.
"After the Rose" last night - when that cad changed his mind, like some spoiled little baby who decided "I don't WANT that toy anymore - I want the other one that I threw against the wall and broke,so buy me another one, mommy" - was seen by 17.5 million of us.
That's 17.5 million of us who cursed the set...
The finale - when the cad promised his undying love to two women, only to then decide, "meh, I guess I'll just throw Melissa overboard anyway" - was seen by 15. 5 million of us.
That's "TB's" biggest finale in five years.
If you want the nitty-gritty viewer details,please head south to the jump...ABC is feeling generous with the numbers today, and who can blame 'em...?
The Bachelor” (8:00-10:00 p.m.)
The 13th season finale of ABC's “The Bachelor” drew 15.5 million viewers and a 5.4 rating, 13 share in Adults 18-49, attracting the series’ largest finale audience in over 5 years (“The Bachelor 4” - Bob) and top Adults 18-49 finale rating in over 4 years (“The Bachelor 5” - Jesse) – since 11/19/03 and 5/19/04, respectively). “The Bachelor” built on its most-recent telecast 2 weeks ago (12.5 million & 4.4/10 on 2/16/09) by 3.0 million viewers and by 23% in Adults 18-49. In fact, for the first time in 6 years (10 seasons/cycles ago - going back to Spring 2003) and only the 2nd time in its history, “The Bachelor” has built on the previous performance on each regular telecast since its season opener on 1/2/09 (7 consecutive telecasts), excluding the prior week’s “Tell All” episode.
Winning each half-hour in viewers and young adults, “The Bachelor” grew by nearly 4.0 million viewers (13.6 million to 17.5 million) and by 40% Adults 18-49 (4.5/11 to 6.3/14) from its first half-hour to its final half-hour.
“The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” (10:00-11:00 p.m.)
Building on its lead-in by 2.0 million viewers and by 24% in Adults 18-49, “The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” won the 10 o’clock hour and stood as Monday’s No. 1 program in Total Viewers (17.5 million) and across all key Adults demographics: Adults 18-34 (6.0/16), Adults 18-49 (6.7/16) and Adults 25-54 (7.3/17), posting best-ever numbers for the franchise’s “After the Final Rose” specials. In fact, among the younger demos, ABC beat the combined performances in the hour of both CBS and NBC, by 8% in Adults 18-49 (6.7/16 vs. 6.2/15) and by 46% in Adults 18-34 (6.0/16 vs. 4.1/16).
“The Bachelor: After the Final Rose” logged ABC’s best numbers in the hour in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 in over 2 1/2 – since 5/15/06.
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I confess to being one of the 17.5 million this year, but I promise not to be part of the audience ever again for as long as I live.
If I were Molly, I'd run away from Jason just as fast as I possibly could. He needs a psychologist, not a girlfriend!
If I were Molly, I'd run away from Jason just as fast as I possibly could. He needs a psychologist, not a girlfriend!
I feel bad for Melisa, and sorry for Molly. Melisa, you will be better off without him in your life. Its obvious that Jason has issues.
Jason is at best, a heartless ass who only cares for himself. Yeah, I'm sooooo sure he was 'following his heart'.
What kind of a man would use his child like that?
I hope his son realizes that his father is infact just as big loser who doesn't know a thing about women.
It is no wonder why his previous relationships have failed.
He went from the nicest to the worst bachelor in one lousy show. His poor son, with that jerk for a Dad.
Melisa had Jason name right Bastard. For this season they should have named the show The Bastard instead of The Bachelor. Class is one thing Jason don't have. I can't believe Molly jumped into his arms after that sorry little I'm sorry speech. Molly has very little respect for herself. Every one is laughing at her. Molly do you need a man that bad. Really Molly how long do you think its going to be before he realize you don't feel right. Melisa don't realize it now; but she is a very lucky lady. She is a beautiful girl inside and out; and their is a man someone out their that really deserves her love. Melisa's parents was very smart and wise, not to let Jason in their home. They seen the true Jason. The person I really feel sorry for is Jason's little boy. Jason is not a good father. He let Ty fall in love with Melisa, then took her away from him. A good father would never brought a girl into their child life unless he was sure he was in love with her. A child is not a puppy.
Jason is creepy and Molly must be desparate to want him after the mess he made of things. That show is degrading to women and I have banned ABC for airing such garbage. What is wrong with these women who subject themselves to this kind of treatment?
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