Love it or hate it, you can’t deny that The Bachelor is still one of ABC’s most successful unscripted programs. It’s no surprise that the network has renewed the show for a 20th season.
Hosted by Chris Harrison, the most recent season of The Bachelor (featuring farmer Chris Soules) averaged a 2.35 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 8.2 million total viewers. It was down by 10% and 4% in the respective categories. As of this writing, The Bachelor is ABC’s highest-rated unscripted series in the coveted demo this season.
It’s expected that The Bachelor will return in early 2016. The upcoming 11th season of The Bachelorette launches on May 18th. Spin-off Bachelor in Paradise kicks off its second season on August 2nd.
What do you think? Do you like The Bachelor? Is it a guilty pleasure? Do you typically watch a season from start to finish or, do you catch intermittent episodes?
Jimmy Kimmel was so very crude and disgusting last night on The Batchelor with his ‘dolls’ that I KNOW people on stage and MANY OTHERS were embarrassed but Kimmel is soooooo low class he either is too vain or stupid to care. WHY would ABC allow this type of behavior?
The future of television. Next LBGT. I got 200 channels. Yeah. ABC will push this crap on us thru other shows.
This is the future of television. When do you start with LGBT oriented shows. I am glad I got 200 other channels. But ABC will promote this stuff on GMA/Kelly/Michael/Rachel. We are going to burn in hell.
Rob & wypm are correct! Who’s still watching this? It’s just as stale as that dancing crap. But you canceled FOREVER???????? And renewed this junk? No more ABC for me except for THE MIDDLE.
This series is so tired and really needs to be cancelled. Please put it out of it misery. ABC cancelled so many great shows and kept the worst. Great job.
This Bachelor piece of junk was renewed … and so was Dancing With the Thighs … and that so was that miserable Galavant (which has low ratings) BUT NOT ….. FOREVER. A curse on ABC, that it should be paralyzed and stuck in bed for eternity like “Adam” in FOREVER.